Craig Schaeffer Email & Phone Number

San Diego Metropolitan Area

Greater San Diego Area

• Develop scope of work for contract designers and engineers to carry out Owner’s Wildfire Mitigation Plan (WMP) • Created and developed Owners Engineer scope and the QC process overseeing design and engineering of over 90 miles of covered conductor per year• Developed streamline process for utility undergrounding efforts to meet 100+ miles per year goal• Coordinate with Owner to ensure compliance with new electric distribution GO95 regulations• Work with Owner in creating scope of work for various design, construction, and design build RFPs• Initiate project tracking and budgeting process for better subcontractor oversight and project spending• Observe process flow identifying bottlenecks and process gaps, creating improvements to increase productivity and timely completion• Oversee the design process creating project milestones and ensuring their continued progress while identifying potential issues

Rye, New York

• Design over $30M of reliability projects on primary (4kV-15 kV) or secondary distribution systems while securing their funding and ensuring constructability • Conduct annual load studies of all primary feeders identifying and resolving overloads through capital projects or load transfers• Coordinate with customer project managers on impact of customer new business jobs in excess of 500 KVA• Perform coordination studies of primary fuses, reclosures, and feeder breakers to ensure correct operation• Write high tension operation and maintenance specifications to be used by field forces• Project manager for $10M Croton River Crossing, effectively managing the feasibility engineering study, construction firm, EH&S applications, and easement negotiations • Manage $30M annual capital budget to increase the reliability of the overhead electric distribution system• Respond to operational emergencies and provide primary contingency switching moves or backfeed analysis to restore customers or relieve overloads• Wrote technical white paper for capital programs under my management, then submitted it to the Public Service Commission for future funding over the proposed rate case• Provide technical analysis from utility perspective to contractors participating in NY Prize competition • Coordinate with DG installations to optimize output and limit risk to the electric grid

• Managed over 30 people each day in efficiently completing the PSC mandated electric structure inspection program to an on time completion• Developed Excel models to solve department operational and management needs including models to track work closures, labor reporting, and material charging• Created a process to better track and regulate contractors resulting in $100,000 per year in savings • Initiated a training curriculum to engage and educate crews in proper use of the new work progress tracking software by Logica• Responded to electrical outages of 50+ customers, assessed the damage, then developed a restoration plan and utilized crews to restore service• Lead team of union personnel on daily electrical system troubleshooting, maintenance, capital enhancements, and other Public Service Commission mandated work

• During Hurricane Sandy responded to numerous electrical emergencies, assessed the damage, coordinated with customers, and created a restoration plan and timetable• Refined computer simulations of cable faults, reducing time and costs affiliated with locating the damage• Presented the SLRP Studies to the Public Service Commission discussing the financial and environmental effects of removing the Manhattan steam distribution system• Developed new technology for creating liquid hydrogen with UTC Power• Modeled energy usage for various Manhattan buildings to estimate cost savings or expenditures by switching from distributed generation to steam• Managed removal, testing, and replacement of over 1,000 gas meters as per New York State requirements

• Redesigned and implemented a new silicone vacuum nozzle which led to annual savings of $15,000• Improved existing cooling system of secondary fill computer cabinets saving equivalent of $5,000 per year in electrical costs• Created troubleshooting guidelines for various activities to decrease downtime and establish standards for repairs

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Accounting And Finance

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: SolidWorks CSWA Certification and Finite Element Analysis Experience