Experience

Watlow

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Account Manager

  • Feb 2018 - Present



GE Digital Energy

• Lead Engineer

  • Mar 2014 - Present

  Saint Louis Currently operate simultaneously as a lead engineer, application engineer and project engineer on multiple 138kv and below substations as part of the 1B+ American Electric Power EPC portfolio. -As an Lead. I oversee, direct and mentor electrical contractor teams whom are responsible for the engineering design, material ordering, quality of design and technical support during construction. I perform quality assurance reviews of the contractor’s deliverables prior to client design review.… Show more Currently operate simultaneously as a lead engineer, application engineer and project engineer on multiple 138kv and below substations as part of the 1B+ American Electric Power EPC portfolio. -As an Lead. I oversee, direct and mentor electrical contractor teams whom are responsible for the engineering design, material ordering, quality of design and technical support during construction. I perform quality assurance reviews of the contractor’s deliverables prior to client design review. -As an application engineer I development and submit documents for full engineering, procurement and construction estimates which are sent to the client per the bid process. Projects have ranged from indoor/outdoor SCADA upgrades to 69kv Switch and motor operator. Document development typically include scope of work, bill of material, construction and testing sequence/duration as well as the overall cost proposal. Understanding industry standards and client standards and requirements while utilizing soft skills are necessary in proposal generation to provide the client at both corporate and local level the biggest bang for the buck. Understanding of the clients’ needs during the scoping phase is essential in reducing engineering re-work during the design phase, construction duration, material ordering errors which translates to customer satisfaction and increase profits. -As the project engineer I work with my team of electrical designers and multidiscipline engineers to execute the client approved scope. Use of 6 sigma quality control metrics and software provide a less than 1 error per drawing are utilized to achieve a 95% or higher customer review score. I provide engineering support during construction for various challenges that typically occur on brown field projects. I work closely with the project control analyst and project manager in keeping numerous projects on schedule and under-budget while assisting in resource balancing. Various programs are utilized e.g. P6. Show less



Laramore, Douglass and Popham Consulting Engineers

• Automation and Substation Engineer

  • Mar 2011 - Mar 2014

  Greater St. Louis Area - Designed arrangement of wind farm collection turbines, transmission line sizing and routing for various clients across the country. Develop and design 34.5kv – 345kv substation drawings to include but not limited to one lines, three lines, schematics, panels, wiring, circuit breakers, transformers, general arrangement, and electrical elevations. - Address client’s changes and/or questions to include drawings revisions, technical specifications, bid packages, technical responses, schedule… Show more - Designed arrangement of wind farm collection turbines, transmission line sizing and routing for various clients across the country. Develop and design 34.5kv – 345kv substation drawings to include but not limited to one lines, three lines, schematics, panels, wiring, circuit breakers, transformers, general arrangement, and electrical elevations. - Address client’s changes and/or questions to include drawings revisions, technical specifications, bid packages, technical responses, schedule updates, BOM modifications, and man hour estimates. - Create major structure and equipment specifications such as control house, transformer, and circuit breakers base on client’s direction, if available. - Design and develop PLC automation programs and HMI screens per clients specifications. Show less



Ameren

• United States
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Substation Engineer

  • Jan 2008 - Mar 2011

  Saint Louis - Subject matter expert and super user of primavera P6, internal company project and material requisition software. - Created Primavera schedules based on projected budgets, complexity, major milestones and engineers personal request. - Conducted bi-monthly meetings with 20+ engineers on project schedules to track milestones such as drawings release to drafting departments, electrical construction release to field, construction start, outages, and major equipment shipment… Show more - Subject matter expert and super user of primavera P6, internal company project and material requisition software. - Created Primavera schedules based on projected budgets, complexity, major milestones and engineers personal request. - Conducted bi-monthly meetings with 20+ engineers on project schedules to track milestones such as drawings release to drafting departments, electrical construction release to field, construction start, outages, and major equipment shipment, testing/commissioning, in-service and as built. - Tracked man hour usage of engineers, drafters, construction team to help engineers and management to stay within budget constraints and balance resources. - Project engineer for 51 substations in 2008, 34 of which were part of 1M POWER ON initiative for remote metering project (SCADA) which provided substations real time load data(SMART GRID) - Hosted lessons learned and corrective actions meeting of 2008 SCADA POWER ON with key members and applied those to the 2M+ 2009 SCADA POWER ON projects. Results of meeting streamlined process, standardized equipment, and minimize schedule and budget impacts. - Provided peer engineers and drafters with various substation site visits to educate on substation and supporting equipment operation. Show less



United States Air Force

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

• USAF Avionics and Mission Integrator

  • Jun 2003 - Jun 2007

  Los Angeles AFB - Responsible for assessing cost, performance and priorities to USAF program budgeted at 5.5B. - Prepared critical executive briefings and acquisition reports for Air Force Headquarters (HHQ), DoD and Congress. - Prepared and briefed Mission Readiness Review and Flight Readiness Review serving as launch verification/validation to USAF Generals and USAF senior leadership across the nation/world on current mission status to obtain launch approval. - Integration engineer between the… Show more - Responsible for assessing cost, performance and priorities to USAF program budgeted at 5.5B. - Prepared critical executive briefings and acquisition reports for Air Force Headquarters (HHQ), DoD and Congress. - Prepared and briefed Mission Readiness Review and Flight Readiness Review serving as launch verification/validation to USAF Generals and USAF senior leadership across the nation/world on current mission status to obtain launch approval. - Integration engineer between the Boeing Delta II launch vehicle and the Lockheed GPS satellite. Responsible for communication to DoD, USAF senior leader ship, FAA, and NASA all technical issues, booster and satellite, which impact the planned launch window. - USAF subject matter expert on all electrical and avionics systems on the Boeing Delta II launch vehicle and provided flight risk and recommendations to USAF senior leadership during readiness reviews. - Led Avionics Integrated Product Team to address and drive to resolution matters impacting electrical related launch vehicle hardware. Reported technical issues to immediate USAF leadership with respect to cost, schedule impact, risk and performance. - Audited and approved flight hardware through pedigree review process, including successful completion of acceptance test procedures, quality test procedures, preliminary design reviews and critical design reviews. Show less