Jacob Gomez Email & Phone Number

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

• Review and release New Service Delivery Applications for construction and connection • Follow Design standards to design distribution line extensions for commercial applications • Adhere to National Electrical Safety Code to develop and revise existing design standards and practices to improve efficiency and safety • Attend and participate in Design Standards committee meetings • Develop design tools for colleague engineers and engineering techs • Complete load/capacity/voltage drop calculations • Complete pole loading/guying calculations that adhere to NESC requirements • Manage multiple projects and communicate with customers on project statuses • Attend meetings with customer engineers and contractors to provide distribution expertise

Roswell, New Mexico, United States

• Perform power flow studies for potential load on the distribution system for oilfield and urban areas • Perform fault analysis on distribution circuits for primary and secondary service customers • Analyze distribution protection coordination and ensure end-of-line faults will be cleared • Issue protection settings for distribution breakers and downstream devices based on protection analysis • Program field equipment including Regulators, Reclosers, and Capacitors • Maintain multi-year models for present and future load across distribution system • Troubleshoot voltage issues and develop solutions for field personnel in real time • Investigate power quality issues and communicate problems and solution options with customers • Investigate distribution system wide issues and produce solutions for field personnel • Identify and recommend strategic locations for future substations • Identify weak feeder ties and create work orders to reinforce and rebuild aging distribution line and equipment • Prepare switching scenarios to ensure redundancy in case of substation transformer failure • Provide instruction for field personnel to develop comprehensive understanding and operation of field equipment • Assist control center and field personnel with advanced knowledge of the distribution system during overloading situations and emergency outages • Contribute to the development of technical requirements for new distributed energy resource (DER) interconnections • Provide technical feedback to DER customers for interconnections to our distribution system • Perform power flow studies of new DER installations ranging from 3kW- 10MW • Continue to learn industry knowledge by attending technical trainings and conferences • Responsible for protection and reliability for 35 substations and 80 circuits across New Mexico

Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States

• Follow design standards to design distribution level power lines • Manage many different projects with customers • Meet with oil companies and account managers to discuss current and upcoming projects • Acquired adequate knowledge of Passport, Bentley Expert Designer and GIS Smallworld • Learn basic knowledge of Area Engineering, including load studies and equipment operation • Attend weekly safety meetings with entire service center • Do load/capacity/voltage drop calculations • Shadow construction crews to learn field installation of equipment