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Hatfield, Pa, Us

Mount Laurel, New Jersey, Us

Responsible for engineering and leading projects for a variety of customers in power generation, industrial, gas distribution, and petrochemical industries. Prepare feasibility studies, plant expansion projects, cost and maintenance analysis for refinery and power generation facilities, system uprate studies, and engineering designs for projects both domestic and international. Projects involved a variety of applications from balance of plant systems, simple cycle and combined cycle combustion turbines, industrial process, and reciprocating engines to solar, battery storage and CFB boilers. Also responsible for instrumentation, controls, and mechanical engineering design for several projects. Interviewed, hired, trained and mentored new engineers and prepared proposals for several projects.• Project engineer/manager on several new backup power plants using reciprocating engines located in South America• Lead Instrumentation and Controls engineer for several projects - Combined cycle, power, process and refinery projects. Upgrades to DCS and PLC expansions. Specified instrumentation, prepared P&IDs, prepared loop diagrams, block diagrams, cable lists and schedules, prepared low voltage electricals diagrams, prepared I/O list and alarm lists, attended Factory Acceptance Tests for DCS and supervised field startup and commissioning.• Designed a plant expansion for a combustion turbine power plant that included extension of the natural gas pipeline, diesel fuel pipelines, water treatment systems, DCS, and cooling water systems• Elevated to Project Manager on 2 projects based on positive feedback from Customer• Completed 2 bid proposals and presented proposal to customers – Resulting in project awards of over $200K to the company• Completed 2 projects under budget and ahead of schedule achieving honorable recognition from upper management• Designed natural gas pipeline gas metering station and gas chromatograph station for a gas distribution client

Akron, Ohio, Us

Responsible managing a group of 8-10 project engineers and the R&D for Babcock & Wilcox – KVB-Enertec Products division. Responsible for design standards, Design review of custom built, engineered systems, regulatory compliance, ISO and CE compliance, product safety, and new product development initiatives. Also involved in Sourcing activities and vendor contract negotiations.• Delivered over 300 systems in 4.5 years for sales of over $60 million• Grew Manufacturing Capacity by 200% while reducing engineering staff by 50%• Increased profit margins by 8 points and improved delivery lead times• Subject matter expert on new USEPA MATS & MACT regulations - Researched new environmental regulations for new product sales opportunities and submitted comments to USEPA on behalf of the business• Delivered 2 webinars and 3 technical presentations at trade shows in 2 years - Drove marketing campaign resulting in increased sales exceeding annual projections• Guided transition of Sourcing department to new ERP system – Project completed in 3 months

Boulogne-Billancourt, Île-De-France, Fr

Responsible for all Instrumentation and Controls products for GE Energy - Environmental Products division. Responsible for design standards, R&D, patent reviews, ISO, export and regulatory compliance and CE compliance, product safety, and new product development initiatives. Research and analysis of future product developments and technology development for new instrumentation products.• Completed ETL and UL certification for 5 product lines• Executed certification of product lines to IEC – Expanding markets for products into Middle East and South American countries• Completed CE, TUV, MCert, and EU certification for 3 product lines – Expanding markets into EU member countries leading to increased sales• Managed R&D activities of 4 different products• Submitted 12 patent applications and researched several others before submittal• Supported design reviews for 4 businesses within the GE Environmental Products division• Completed ETL and UL certification for 5 product lines• Led certification of product lines to IEC – Expanding markets for products into Middle East and South American countries• Completed CE and EU certification for 3 product lines – Expanding markets into EU member countries• Led R&D activities of 4 different products• Submitted 12 patent applications and reviewed several others before submittal• Supported design reviews for 4 businesses within the GE Environmental Products division

Schenectady, Ny, Us

Responsible for facilities management, facilities consolidation, as well as managing engineering, design, and fabrication facilities. Design review of custom built, engineered systems. Responsible for product safety, OSHA compliance, new product introduction, and contract execution. Also involved in sales support, preparation of cost proposals, and technical support of proposals. Scheduling of production shop resources using MS Projects. Assisted Sourcing group with negotiating with suppliers.• Led engineering and manufacturing teams to highest production year on record – Delivering over 130 systems • Completed roof top consolidation – Moving 2 production facilities into 1 facility by increasing manufacturing capacity by over 300%• Led over 10 product safety analyses – Ensuring the entire product line met applicable product safety guidelines• Positioned product line to move into new international markets – Thus permitting new growth opportunities for the business

Responsible for medium sized systems integration company involved in emissions monitoring and controls projects. Responsible for managing 10-15 engineers and a 5-15 person manufacturing/assembly shop. Also responsible for engineering and design of emissions monitoring systems for various customers domestically and internationally. Customers include: Electric Utilities, Petrochemical, and Industrial.Experience included: Design of electrical, instrumentation, piping, communications wiring, computerized data acquisition systems, computer networking, pre-fabricated buildings, HVAC, lighting, and environmental permitting. Prepare sales proposals, negotiated contracts, administered contracts with various vendors and installation contractors, prepared schedules, and interfaced with customers. Performed field installation, equipment startup, and customer training. Experience with environmental regulations on both the State and Federal level.

Engineer at a large, international, multi-discipline engineering construction firm. Responsible for engineering, design, specification preparation, bid analysis, and administration of equipment procurement contracts for various customers world-wide. Member of multi-discipline project teams on both small (<$100K) and large (>$5 million) contracts. Experience included projects for utility, petrochemical, and industrial clients such as: emission reduction projects for Clean Air Act Compliance, steam turbine modelling/analysis of utility power plants, heat balance analysis, design of balance of plant auxiliary systems, heat transfer and boiler combustion modelling of fossil power plants, system design for both fossil and combined cycle plants. Responsible for sizing and procurement of plant components such as heat exchangers, pumps, valves, actuators, flash tanks, piping systems, cooling towers, low NOx burners, boiler pressure parts, etc.• Selected by engineering manager out of 15 junior engineers to be trained in Turbine Steam Balance and Boiler Combustion Modelling• Promoted to a Project Manager on 2 projects based on recommendation of customers and my supervisor