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Wylie, Texas, United States

Working independently and with other plant personnel to perform preventative, predictive, and routine maintenance tasks. This role includes troubleshooting issues, repairing failures of production and facilities equipment, and ensuring maximum equipment efficiency and effectiveness. Provide direction for the effective execution of maintenance activity on all machinery and equipment throughout the plant and office facilities. Also responsible for the optimum utilization of available resources such as manpower, equipment, time, etc.

Supporting assigned mission-critical projects to exceed client/management expectations. Coordinating and facilitating the flow of project related information to all stakeholders as required. Maintaining the project database to reflect the status and conditions of the projects assigned (schedule and costs, as examples). Prepare reports, lessons learned, best practices, and other project-related documentation as anticipated or required. Assist with the coordination of proper commissioning of all equipment/systems and turn-over to operational crews. Aid and facilitate training for operational and maintenance staff on new or modified equipment/systems. Developed, trends, and analysis on various facility project metrics (such as missing KW/revenue opportunities). Maintain and track project budgets (local and travel-related). Develops business case studies, RFP/I responses, and proposals, as required. Help with monitoring vendors and contractors for contract compliance. Responsible for safety and environmental issues on the project site. Provides technical expertise and assistance to customers in relation to assigned projects. Working with Teams, Smartsheet, and SharePoint specifically along with standard MS suite software.

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

As a commissioning team member, I provided engineering and technical support to plan, schedule, coordinate, and execute full life cycle commissioning of Mission Critical Facilities. Clients exist in both the private and federal sectors and encompass commissioning for Financial, Healthcare, and mission-critical facilities. This position allows the engineer to participate in the Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) design process, witness the static and dynamic testing of complex mechanical, electrical, and controls systems, operating the system in normal, maintenance, and failure modes of operations. Managing over 10 vendors in the areas of electrical distribution (medium and low voltage): generators, switchgear, RPP’s, lighting, electricians, UPS’s, ATS’s. Worked with Procore, Autodesk BIM, and SharePoint specifically along with standard MS suite software.

Dallas, Texas, United States

Supervised 9 technicians, overseeing 4 separate mission-critical data centers (DC), for Equinix a colocation DC. Managed upgrading, commissioning new installs, maintaining, inspecting, operating, troubleshooting, and repairing site equipment, including 3-phase power circuit breakers, generators, variable frequency drives, protective relays, transformers, and low and medium voltage power distribution switchgear. Operated and maintained chillers, CRAH's, CRAC's UPS's, ASTS's, ATS's, DC Plant's, HMI’s, and control schemes of varying makes and manufacturers - used advanced test equipment. Cross-coordinated and aligned maintenance operations with contractors and vendors, ensuring compliance with scripts, standard operating procedures, and SLAs.

Performed and managed installation, inspections, troubleshooting and repair of customer equipment (3-phase power circuit breakers, variable frequency drives, protective relays, transformers, and low and medium voltage power distribution switchgear). Led a variety of teams in the field, while coordinating with customers and contractors. Conduced upgrades, new installation/commissioning, and repair projects in both low and medium-voltage environments. This included various customer accounts in Mission Critical Facilities such as: railway/aircraft operating and control systems, city electric power systems.

Mesquite, Texas, United States

Troubleshot, repaired, and modified industrial machine electrical equipment. Performed preventive and corrective maintenance required for electro-mechanical equipment. Conducted fabrication and ensured operation of machinery and mechanical equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements on engines, motors, pneumatic tools, conveyor systems, and production machines; incorporated diagrams, sketches, operations manuals, manufacturer's instructions, and engineering specifications; troubleshot malfunctions and removed defective parts by dismantling devices; used hoists, cranes and hand and power tools, examining form and texture of parts. Maintained and enforced safety and housekeeping standards throughout the facility.

Houston, Texas, United States

Performed critical projects and demand services, orchestrating planning, monitoring, and controlling processes. Aligned technical quotes, proposals, planning, scheduling, parts ordering, financial project control, visas, ticketing, report corrections follow up, reservations, letters of responsibility and intent, customer follow up, technical consulting, and up-sell. Held responsibilities for coordination and completion of projects/service call outs for Drilling and Propulsion Drives, Medium and Low Voltage Products (Switchgear, MCCB's, Motors and Generators, Automation and Protections, Transformers). Managed service teams (up to 10 engineers) and projects throughout the world and time zones. Including liaising with ABB manufacturing teams. Managing contracts for Oil and Gas drilling companies for labor and equipment worth more than millions of dollars.

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Routinely assisted in the operation of 150-MegaWatt nuclear reactors and related steam plants. Maintained, modified, and repaired ships' electrical distribution system including routine preventative and corrective maintenance. Inspected, analyzed, and repaired General Electric turbine generators and associated voltage regulators. Inspected analyzed and repaired ITT and Honeywell instrument and control systems, Square D motor controllers, circuit breakers, and overloads.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Software Systems Engineering

Activities and Societies: Raising a family and working. This degree program is designed for students who are interested in pursuing.

Associate Of Science - As, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Activities and Societies: Family and work. The Associate in Science degree is designed for students planning to transfer to four-year.

High School Diploma, College/University Preparatory And Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program