Experience

Vanderweil Engineers

• United States
• Engineering Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Senior Project Manager

  • Aug 2017 - Present



WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff in the USA

• Boston, Massachusetts

• Sr. Supervising Engineer

  • May 2016 - Apr 2017

  Providing engineering services for power facilities and managing interconnection requests for CHP, combined cycle and solar facilities throughout the United States. Providing engineering services for power facilities and managing interconnection requests for CHP, combined cycle and solar facilities throughout the United States.



CEG

• Hopedale, Massachusetts

• Senior Consultant

  • Jan 2016 - May 2016

  Providing on site engineering services for power facilities and managing interconnection requests for solar and natural gas facilities in the northeast United States. Providing on site engineering services for power facilities and managing interconnection requests for solar and natural gas facilities in the northeast United States.



Golder

• Environmental Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr Consultant

  • May 2011 - Dec 2015

  Manage plant electrical interconnection process and participated in team efforts related to development activities for gas turbine combined cycle, low head run of river hydro, biomass steam, solar, and coal fired electric generating projects across the Americas. Mr. Vansant helped develop and manages a long term Engineering and Design Master Services Agreement with a large renewable developer for wind and solar projects across North America. Manage proposed plan applications to interconnect power projects with Utilities and Regional Transmission Organizations (RTO) throughout the North America including MISO, ERCOT, PJM, ISO-NE and IESO. Show less



Mott MacDonald

• United Kingdom
• Civil Engineering
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chief Electrical Engineer

  • Feb 2010 - Apr 2011

  Lead team of six engineers as Chief Electrical Engineer in the efforts of protection and control conceptual to produce detail design briefs and settings for a large New England utility. Projects included protection upgrades of existing systems, equipment additions, breaker replacements, as well as green field installations for installations ranging from 23kV to 345kV and 10MVA to 1500MVA. Lead team of six engineers as Chief Electrical Engineer in the efforts of protection and control conceptual to produce detail design briefs and settings for a large New England utility. Projects included protection upgrades of existing systems, equipment additions, breaker replacements, as well as green field installations for installations ranging from 23kV to 345kV and 10MVA to 1500MVA.



GenPower Services

• Newton, Massachusetts

• Sr Project Engineer

  • Jan 2008 - Nov 2009

  Managed plant electrical interconnection process and participated in team efforts related to development activities for gas turbine combined cycle, low head run of river hydro, biomass steam, solar, and coal fired electric generating projects. Managed plant electrical interconnection process and participated in team efforts related to development activities for gas turbine combined cycle, low head run of river hydro, biomass steam, solar, and coal fired electric generating projects.



Vanderweil Engineers

• United States
• Engineering Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Associate

  • 2006 - 2008

  Managed plant electrical interconnection process and participated in team efforts related to development activities for gas turbine combined cycle, low head run of river hydro, biomass steam, solar, and coal fired electric generating projects. Participated in team efforts related to project development activities for gas turbine combined cycle, wind, low head run of river hydro, waste coal fired, and biomass electric generating projects. Interfaced with major industrial suppliers as to equipment, pricing, lead time, guaranteed performance, liquidated damages and supplemental support services. Show less



R.W. Beck

• United States
• Utilities
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Electrical Engineer

  • 1999 - 2006

  Responsibilities included design engineering from project inception through construction and commissioning and testing of equipment, systems and, development of plant operation procedures. Management duties included utility interconnection negotiations, man-hour estimates, task assignments, cost development and scheduling. Engineering responsibilities included design criteria development, system studies, relay setting and coordination, development of commissioning and start-up procedures, specification and equipment purchase including witness testing, certification of all vendor drawings and manuals. Responsible for hiring electrical testing contractor and directing work activities for power generation facilities in South, Central and North Americas ranging from 80 MW to 280 MW: refurbishment and electrical testing of all plant and substation equipment including gas insulated substation, station and transmission line relaying including fiber optic differential relays, GSU transformers, isolated phase and non-segregated phase bus, cable bus, high- and medium-voltage switchgear, high- medium- and low-voltage cable, medium- and low-voltage motor control centers, medium- and low-voltage motors, battery systems, UPS systems and troubleshooting of inoperative control systems and designing and implementing corrections. Show less



Parsons, C. T. Main

• Canton, Massachusetts

• Engineer

  • 1992 - 1998

  Project Engineer and Lead Electrical Engineer for Engineer, Construct and Procure (EPC) contracts for large combine cycle, coal, hydro facilities and industrial projects. Responsibilities included design engineering from project inception through construction and commissioning and testing of equipment, systems and, development of plant operation procedures. Management duties included utility interconnection negotiations, man-hour estimates, task assignments, cost development and scheduling. Engineering responsibilities included design criteria development, system studies, relay setting and coordination, development of commissioning and start-up procedures, specification and equipment purchase including witness testing, certification of all vendor drawings and manuals. Responsible for hiring electrical testing contractor and directing work activities for cogeneration facilities ranging from 80 MW to 280 MW: refurbishment and electrical testing of all plant and substation equipment including gas insulated substation, station and transmission line relaying including fiber optic differential relays, GSU transformers, isolated phase and non-segregated phase bus, cable bus, high- and medium-voltage switchgear, high- medium- and low-voltage cable, medium- and low-voltage motor control centers, medium- and low-voltage motors, battery systems, UPS systems and troubleshooting of inoperative control systems and designing and implementing corrections. Show less



Wellesley Municipal Light Plant

• Wellesley, Massachusetts

• Town Electrical Engineer

  • 1990 - 1992

  Implemented and directed computer programs to determine monthly billings. Developed methods and trained personnel to process and evaluate SCADA load information. Directed recording and input of electrical parameters to determine substation and distribution associated problems. Wrote and implemented SCADA computer programs to determine feeder loading and to alarm distribution line faults through monitoring of substation analog points. Implemented and directed computer programs to determine monthly billings. Developed methods and trained personnel to process and evaluate SCADA load information. Directed recording and input of electrical parameters to determine substation and distribution associated problems. Wrote and implemented SCADA computer programs to determine feeder loading and to alarm distribution line faults through monitoring of substation analog points.



R.W. Beck

• United States
• Utilities
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineer

  • 1985 - 1990

  Design development of utility interconnection, auxiliary and collector system layout and optimization using various analytical computer programs (SKM, ETAP, PSLF, EDSA, WESTCAT), schedule development, level of effort and cost development, procedure development and, operational and maintenance analysis. Design development of utility interconnection, auxiliary and collector system layout and optimization using various analytical computer programs (SKM, ETAP, PSLF, EDSA, WESTCAT), schedule development, level of effort and cost development, procedure development and, operational and maintenance analysis.



United States Air Force

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Staff Sergeant, Exterior Electric

  • 1980 - 1984

  Maintained and constructed medium voltage electrical distribution facilities for the base including constant current airfield lighting systems. Maintained and constructed medium voltage electrical distribution facilities for the base including constant current airfield lighting systems.