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Marietta, Ga, Us

Corona, California, Us

Overall responsibility for the end-to-end management of the implementation process and key deliverables for the establishment of new material management yards in support of the construction of new electrical transmission and distribution projects across the United States.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Griffin, Ga, Us

Facilitated executive-level leadership to a team of 71, and drove operations and customer service excellence, delivering electric utility services to a city population of 28,000 and 16,000 electric consumers Administered $65M annual budget catering to capital projects, operations and purchase power; directed and supervised plans for the future development of electrical facilities and resourcesFunctioned as the City's key interface with other electric utilities and delivered technical, strategic, and financial information for participation on State or Federal regulatory / legislative energy mattersEvaluated and recommended revenue requirements and rate structures consistent with quality business principles and City policies, while adjusting purchase power costsRemained commercially astute during purchase and power contract management, as well as buying & selling energy and reserve capacityPerformed full scope customer service functions, including AMI implementation, customer billing, system engineering & operationsSpearheaded efforts to study, evaluate, plan, document, and prepare designs for expansion, modification, operation and maintenance of the electric system

Overland Park, Ks, Us

• Working on a $1.1B distribution storm hardening project for a utility with a FEMA grant. Quantifying increased reliability per automatic circuit recloser using CymDist with RAM in predictive and historical modes. Submitting scope lock package to FEMA per circuit to secure funding then performing full QA functions on 300 IFC mainline feeder mitigations. Providing leadership for two distribution engineers and one designer. Coordinating QA comments from utility and FEMA experts. Submitting reviews to two engineering design firms and two construction contractors.Utility consulting and Project Management on distribution engineering and infrastructure life cycle as well as Business development.

Manage day to day activities of the Utility Commission, including electric, water, gas, wastewater and telecomminication departments. Extensive project management in each department.Responsible for annual budget, negotiate power and gas supply contracts.Handle operations, billing and finance departments for the Utility Commission, including proper accounting, control of funds, receipt and disbursements.Analyze growth and change, work with department managers, supervisors and employees to ensure efficient operation through short and long range planning.Establish and implement policies and practice to ensure services are provided in an efficient manner.Prepare supervisors and employees to safely execute various job duties with management training, technology,and safety training as well as create emergency plans for each department.Responsible for system designs and improvement, presentations for prospective customers, special reports to analyze data such as customer growth, future system usage, anticipated costs to make recommendations for rate changes, equipment or system upgrades and other necessary changes.Facilitate communication between departments and between employees and supervisors, keep morale and customer service high.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Provide day-to-day Engineering and Operational expertise to several cities in Georgia that do not have their own staff to do so.Provide annual budgeting data to maintain and improve infrastructure.Advocate for cities and liaison to MEAG Power for annual energy consumption needed.Prepare construction drawings and bid specification for review.Liaison between citeis and GDOT on projects involving distribution facilities.Assist city with bid award and provide contract administration.Provide NESC expertise on system operations.Act as certified ITS system operator.Provide strategic guidance, industry insight and policy support of renewable energy technologies.Provide and act on Georgia territorial act.Provide power quality study and guidance on customer issues.

Bellevue, Wa, Us

Provide engineering on distribution system for new customer construction.Supervise line construction crews on system construction and maintenance.Assist with energy consumption forecasting.Assist new customers with new gas service engineering.Liasion with PSE and Public Service Commission.

Boston, Ma, Us

Provide engineering and operational services to public power utilities throughout the southwest and west coastResponsible for multiple operating budgets, from $1 million to $27 million.Coordinate energy efficiency education programs with residential, commercial, and state governments.Provide smart grid analyses on both gas and electric systems to maximize the utility's profits.Supervise engineering staff in duties assigned.Translate high level program objectives into detailed program plans that can be effectively managed and monitored.Daily collaboration with city and state groups, municipal agencies and engineering outreach teams.Responsible for document management, research, and reporting compliance.

Tempe, Az, Us

Support all types of power system and/or supervise full range of complex engineering studies.Ground fault settings, complex short circuit analysis, and difficult protective device coordination.Assist other engineers with all types of power system and engineering studies.Assist in gathering of field data and documentation as needed.Support full range of complex engineering studies including: reliability, harmonics, arc-flash and reliability centered maintenance studies.Assist with the electrical power system documentation including: system configuration, equipment ratings and settings.Write reports relating to: EMF, electrical load, voltage, and power quality projects.Prepare estimates and take-offs for engineering study project proposals.Follow policy and procedures for conducting power system and engineering studies.Plan, organize, staff direct and control construction projects assigned from engineering.Overhead and Underground line construction