Engineering Manager

• Dec 2022 - Present

Project Engineer

• Oct 2021 - Dec 2022

• Lead the interconnection agreements, feasibility studies, engineering, and permitting for C&I solar & storage projects while working with our operations team to bring projects to completion• Manage four clients with over two dozen combined projects amounting to 10MW of production and 1MW of storage • Revolutionized preliminary cost estimating by developing and implementing a tool that automates the process to only require 4 inputs with up to 20 modifiers with an accuracy of 10% of the actual cost. This tool provides specific data for all 3000 counties (in terms of taxes and cost of living), all different commercial solar projects, and is used daily by the internal BD team • Collaborated with Legal and Asset Management to overhaul certain sections of the EPC agreements to better shield Safari's risk both when offering our O&M service and hiring vendors • Assist the systems department in rolling out our internal Dynamics platform; including creating a novel Approved Vendor List algorithm that uses KPIs and qualitative data to evaluate existing and new vendors using Power BI Show less

Portfolio Manager

• Mar 2021 - Oct 2021

• Manage the operation of seventy-seven commercial sites across five states which account for more than 130MWdc• Perform data analytics of site performance, activity, and degeneration providing a 98% accountability guarantee• Communicate with clients to build relationships and effectively operate arrays

Solar Engineer

• Jun 2020 - Oct 2021

• Wrote a novel regression analysis script to predict future site performance (using satellite data) based on past performance, temperature, and irradiance• Efficiently commissioned two 280MW arrays in under one month, cutting time spent on site by 70%• Automated QE solar's capacitance testing & reports with python, reducing a 6-hour process down to 20 minutes• Gained an in-depth understanding of solar arrays through constantly troubleshooting problems with modules, CBs, inverters, and devices of all types Show less

Field Service Engineer Co-op

• Jan 2019 - Oct 2019

• Designed and developed a bore shaft alignment marketing demonstration unit using SolidWorks. The demo unit used a mixture of standard and custom parts from McMaster-Karr and Xometry while maintaining a strict budget under $4,000 • Serviced roller parallelism using military-grade gyroscopic technology in the Corrugated, Steel, Tire, Converting, and Lamination Industries. This included traveling to plant sites, coordinating with both customers and millwrights to move rolls to be within a tolerance of 0.050" to 0.003" • Engaged existing and potential clients in an effort to procure new business generating $100,000 gross service sales Show less

Video Editor

• Jan 2019 - Aug 2019

• Change raw footage into usable content for the Youtube channel HowNotToHighline and HighlineUniversity • Collaborate with administration to not only make the videos but also compose quiz questions for the videos • Change raw footage into usable content for the Youtube channel HowNotToHighline and HighlineUniversity • Collaborate with administration to not only make the videos but also compose quiz questions for the videos

Mechanical Engineer Co-op

• Apr 2018 - Sep 2018

• Overhauled outdated Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO) equipment procedures for a plant containing 148 machines. Gained in-depth knowledge of the company's LOTO program and firsthand practical understanding of baking and frying manufacturing processes • Created a new 2800 sq. ft. maintenance fabrication shop by working with the Maintenance Manager to CAD design the shop layout; scheduled vendors (millwrights, electricians, sprinkler contractors) to come in and quote work. Reviewed quotes, developed a project budget of $10,000, and wrote up the capital fund request for submittal • Assisted the corporate engineers with the installation, start-up, training, and hand over to production and sanitation of two new, state of the art, industrial frying systems Show less

Mechanical Engineer Intern

• Jun 2017 - Sep 2017

• Learned about plant systems; refurbished Autoclave units, Electrical Panels, Heating Ventilation and Air Control (HVAC) units, Oil Free Processed Air (OFPA) lines, Water Cooling towers, and Water For Injection (WFI) system • Worked on project team with both engineers and R&D technician to research, develop, and install new clean room filling and packaging lines • Bridged the relationship between West-Ward and our outside contractors. This included completing and filling the necessary paperwork for changes to occur within a pharmaceutical plant Show less

GIS Mapping and Civil Engineering Internship

• May 2016 - Sep 2016

• Updated from PDF all of Camden and Gloucester County tax maps to AutoCAD using Geographic Information Systems and x-references • Collaborated with the Civil Engineer in road development designs • Directed thirty construction workers out in the field on a construction project • Updated from PDF all of Camden and Gloucester County tax maps to AutoCAD using Geographic Information Systems and x-references • Collaborated with the Civil Engineer in road development designs • Directed thirty construction workers out in the field on a construction project