Management role with a focus on maintenance engineering management. Coordination of Capex projects and maintenance budgets. Oversee of electrical and mechanical engineering projects for facility infrastructure and production support. Energy management role includes the supervision of electrical and natural gas resources. implementation of utility rebate / reduction programs. Forecasting and monitoring the energy consumption by operations.

Capital and Major Maintenance Engineering- CapEX engineering, start to finish project management for large facility improvements including substation upgrades, SVC upgrades, and EAF transformer improvements. Management of millions in funds for several concurrent projects.- Maintenance engineering, management of hourly PM program for preventative and predictive maintenance for plant electrical equipment. Manage the PDMA motor testing program for large motors and generators AC or DC. Manage budget for NFPA/NETA testing of transformers, breakers and other electrical apparatus. Study results to FMEA style maintenance planning and implementation of repairs.- Creation of plant power system network, upgrading, connecting and automating plant power distribution under a secure network for power flow analysis and fault finding.

Work Duties Include: - Maintenance and troubleshooting of large DC / AC motors and generators. Manage the repair and PM work of Hot Mill Motor Room. Reduced number of outage and maintenance delays dramatically during first year. - PDMA (predictive technology) testing of electric motors and generators to capture conditioned based reports on machine performance and plan for future improvements or maintenance. - Engineering of IBA data collection for entire Power Dept equipment. Set-up control systems on plant network into IBA and performed conditioned based monitoring for improved maintenance. - Project Engineering of replacement softstarters on 2000HP motors. Design of drawings and integration of equipment. - Upgrade of Breaker protection relays with SEL electronic relays. - Emergency rebuild of failed switchgear and management of other high priority projects.

Description of Duties highlights the following:- Engineer and create working drawings for production of large rail equipment including, electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, electrical equipment placement, wire and cable routing, and electro-mechanical expertise.- Diesel engine and genset control, using PLC and DCS technologies to control a genset diesel engine for 480Vac power distribution.- Rotating Electrical Equipment, analysis of industry machines for diesel electric locomotives. - Engineered diesel fuel measurement system to accommodate the harsh environment and fluid characteristics of diesel fuel.- Standards and Drafting, worked to help conform to industry ASME drafting standards.- Manage the engineering related deliverables to the customer- Investigate and resolve issues related to design- Manage the engineering resources, work breakdown, and commissioning.

• Project Engineer, design specifications, and manage medium (2.3-25KV) to low voltage (480-600V) power system capital projects. Lead foreman on a $2.3 million dollar 14MVA distribution substation replacement. Worked to solve issues in the field during installation and interfaced with consultant engineering firm and contractor to correct issues.• Maintenance Engineer, troubleshoot and develop reliability plans to address daily issues in plant power houses, including electric and steam systems.• Power engineering design and implementation of digital protection relay improvements to plant wide power system and control, including SCADA and DCS networks for data collection combined with HMI interfacing.• Design wiring schematics via AutoCad (single and three line diagrams) and directly supervised technicians to facilitate installation with pre-specified components in accordance to NEC guidelines.• Implement Lean Manufacturing techniques, Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), and Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) on all responsible equipment in efforts to improve reliability. • Assisted in managing major maintenance project budgets to complete engineered goals in optimizing reliability with over $500,000 annual maintenance budget.• In depth PDMA and IR analysis of equipment operation, especially AC and DC electric motor controls, in an effort to improve efficiency with problem solving techniques, including Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM).• ARC Flash calculated analysis of plant electrical systems for application of NFPA/OSHA hazard labels.• Designed and implemented Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) initiatives to progressively reduce failures or fine tune Preventative Maintenance (PM) schedules. Designed CBM networks with remote instrumentation and IBA data acquisition technology.

Duties for the summer was to integrate aircraft cockpits into computer simulation systems for realistic training. Designed circuitry to communicate RS485 to specialized navigation equipment. Hands-on construction and fitment of electrical components.• Interfaced flight controls and cockpit functions into flight simulator to allow for realistic functionality. • Constructed wiring and power systems for aircraft panels equipped with microprocessors. • Gained valuable professional and technical skills when having to communicate with suppliers to acquire simulator equipment.