Kyle De Herrera, P.E. M.S.E.E. Email & Phone Number

Findlay, Ohio, Us

In my current role I am responsible for acting on behalf of the refinery's long term operational availability & maintenance when coordinating with other refinery departments and outside organizations. Required to maintain and/or implement and manage various databases & metrics for electrical equipment health and help coordinate the preventative maintenance thereof. Review and approve electrical changes in the plant in accordance with NEC, NESC, and API rules and standards. Required to supervise or participate in troubleshooting of refinery electrical & instrumentation systems.Mentor junior electrical engineers & interns.

Sugar Land, Texas, Us

Worked in Capital Project Department designing & managing large, medium and small capitalized projects to meet continuous operating requirements and practices Required to be subject matter expert in electrical engineering and instrumentation on peer engineers’ projects in addition to daily assignments Responsible for daily project tracking and construction tasking, scheduling, and reporting to refinery management on project progress Required to coordinate with Operations, Automation, Environmental, Inspections, Reliability, and Safety departments to meet MOC requirements for implementation of all projects Required to participate in emergency outage restoration for refinery-Managed emergency I&E field crews during July 2014 incident, ~20 personnel-Coordinated loop shooting, instrumentation testing, QA/QC, and commissioning services-Responsible for day/night shift turnover reporting and field document control Completed Environmental, Health, & Safety Projects-LEL Detection at LPG Spheres - $250k-Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Meter Runs - $850k-LERU & HBON H2S Gas Detection - $525k-Alky Flare Steam Flow Meter - $85k-Flare Flow Meter Replacement - $616k-Emergency Power for Administration Office - $190k-FCCU Steam Drum Levels - $175k Completed Sustaining Projects-Sub XF007 Replacement - $1.1MM-Danload Meter Replacement - $970k-Wireless Infrastructure Installation - $950k

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Worked and participated with Transmission, Substation, and Relay (TSR) engineers designing new substation installations to meet area load growth in utility service area to meet peak load of ~1800 MWResponsible for variety of projects as needed by Systems Planning , Distribution, and Maintenance Departments – Includes organizing pre-design meetings to discuss project requirements with respective entities, prepare project budgets and approvals, drafting initial substation one line andsubstation electromechanical plan view, approaching local municipalities for right of way acquisition, full design of project using AutoCAD drafting software, permitting for construction, procurement of all necessary materials for construction, coordinating system outages for construction, conduct pre-bid meetings for construction, provide engineering support during construction and commissioning, generate project as-built’s and update systemdatabasesProject ListShearman Substation RevitalizationLuna 50MVAR, 345kV Shunt Reactor ReplacementArroyo 400MVA, 345kV Phase Shifter InstallationFelipe 7.5 MVAR, 68kV Capacitor Bank InstallationAscarate 69kV Breaker ReplacementNMSU, Mesa, Felipe, & Alamo Transformer UpgradesSunset T4 Installation

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Utilized AutoCAD software to draft designs of substation physical layouts, foundation layouts, grounding systems, conduit plans, retro-fits of new equipment into existing substations including substation LV and HV breaker replacement, medium voltage switchgear installation, CCVT/PTinstallations, Air Insulated System (AIS) three phase bus design at 13.8kV, 69 kV, 115kV and 345 kV substationsResponsible for assisting mentoring engineer in creating specifications, operational requirements, and drafting services for retro-fit installations in older substations – Proficient in reading AC/DC wiring schematics of substation transformers, breakers and switchgearPrepared project budgets, project scopes of work and hourly estimates of upcoming projects for next year broken down between substation, relaying and construction departmentsProvide engineering support for project management to ongoing projects and assist on-site crews in construction processAdditional responsibilities include evaluation of existing grounding grids in electric substations and re-designing of the grid, if necessary to accommodate larger SC currents usingWinIGS Grounding Software and ASPEN One-LinerProvided engineering support on substation-generation interconnects of Rio Grande Power Plant Unit #9 - designed grounding addition, conduit addition, control and battery building addition Assisted with project management of final designs and construction processes in 115 kV Pendale and Durazno substations Conducted system-wide study of substation circuit breakers to identify what breakers needed to be replaced due to higher short circuit currents at all substation voltage buses, HV and LV, during 2013-2017 system improvements

Englewood, Co, Us

Worked alongside electrical field engineers performing various office duties at EPE Newman Power Plant in El Paso, TXPrepared, organized and tracked wire and cable termination paperwork for field cable termination crewsWorked with qualified Journeyman and field crews installing/pulling control and power cable, installation of EMT conduit, and tracking of those installed quantities throughout plant

Responsibilities included transportation of materials and heavy equipment i.e., bulldozers, tracked excavators, pipe layers, etc., to various jobsites in and around the State of New Mexico and Colorado Required to maintain truck/trailer, keep cargo manifests, driver logs, and acquire state and federal permits for the moving of over-dimensional loads

Yard ManagerResponsibilities included shipping and receiving of materials, dispatching crews and providing essential tools to crewsRequired to clean and maintain fleet vehicles and heavy equipment and perform basic repairs on such equipmentDelivered urgent materials to crews in the fieldRequired to keep data logs and inventories of equipment, in and out of the field, rentals, etc.Hydrostatic Test TechnicianResponsibilities included following proper procedure for pressure testing pipelines and other fabricated pieces for natural gas processingRequired to take test pressure readings both digitally and mechanically using different recordersRequired to safely depressurize and document work completedWelder’s ApprenticeWorked in tandem with qualified rig welder in completing projects for natural gas processing and pipeliningPrimary responsibility was to help welder perform their duties and also to keep work area clean and safeRequired to clean and inspect field welds and prepare surfaces for proper weldingCarpenter’s ApprenticeResponsibilities included measuring, cutting and installing lumber to carpenter’s specificationsHelped construct concrete forms, wood frame structures for residential, small commercial, and industrial applicationsWorked as concrete laborer for residential and small commercial concrete foundations

Masters Of Science, Electrical Engineering, Power & Utility Regulation Emphasis

Bachelors Of Science, Electrical Engineering, Power Emphasis

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Engineering

High School Diploma, Math & Science