Ronald Gopez

Electrical Project Designer at Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts
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(386) 825-5501
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Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Languages
  • English Professional working proficiency
  • Tagalog Native or bilingual proficiency

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Experience

    • United States
    • Environmental Services
    • 500 - 600 Employee
    • Electrical Project Designer
      • May 2021 - Present

    • United States
    • Engineering Services
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Senior Electrical Designer
      • Feb 2019 - Nov 2019

      Senior Electrical Designer for Eichleay Inc. - an Engineering and Design firm based in Westminster, CA. Major Client is Chevron Refinery, El Segundo, CA. Responsibilities includes design and draft power plan, grounding plan, lighting plan for Chevron's Coker Power Upgrade project and Goliath project which involves incorporating 3D models from Piping and Structural disciplines to show backgrounds and latest information about existing condition and equipment location. Modify and update existing CAD and Raster (PDF) drawings with Blue Beam software. Perform sitewalk to check availability of power source from existing switchrack and transformer and verify location and condition of existing equipment. Other responsibilities includes helping out with engineers in the design and drafting of Chevron's Refinery CCTV project, Fence Line monitoring system, Radio Tower and Gate 10A consisting of power, fiber, security, grounding, lighting, pole design and panel schedules. Show less

    • United States
    • Engineering Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Electrical Designer
      • Feb 2017 - Feb 2019

      Electrical Designer for an electrical engineering consulting firm based in San Diego, CA. Responsibilities included performing load analysis and load calculation on panel boards, switchboards, feeders, sub-feeders, overcurrent protection and voltage drop. Calculated the potential capacity of a given area of a building of unknown loads by using watts per square foot. Perform lighting calculations with visual software and fixture’s IES files to determine footcandles and number of lights needed in schools, laboratories, offices, hospitals and retail stores. Performed Title 24 calculation to meet California Energy Standards, non-residential compliance and the recommended IES illumination levels. Assigned occupancy and daylight sensors, motion sensors and auto/manual dimmer switched to control lights inside buildings, and prepared lighting control diagrams based on vendor information. Show less

    • United States
    • Staffing and Recruiting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Electrical Designer
      • Feb 2015 - May 2016

      Seconded by Superb Tech Inc. (agency) to Phillips 66 (Client) - Los Angeles Refinery. Assisted Electrical Engineer in the turn around work at the plant substation and other areas. Prepare, update and modify existing plan drawings, elevation & installation details, update existing single lines, schematic & wiring diagrams as needed for the modification and commissioning work, check out and verify existing schematics and wiring diagrams against current vendor drawings info to produce and update a working drawing. As-built and update Foxboro Loop Diagrams as per existing markups and drawing information and verify the validity of existing drawings against actual plant equipment layout & P&ID drawings. Prepare some conduit and cable routing and some tray modification works, assisted in creating area class drawings and do site walks to gather information and measurements needed on drawings. Proficient use of Microstation, Microsoft Word, Excel and SAP (Los Angeles Refinery database) in executing work. Show less

    • Oil and Gas
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Electrical Designer
      • May 2012 - Feb 2015

      Prepare and model lighting fixture layout in PDS 3D model. Prepare and design new lighting and power for revamp project including demolition works for existing drawings in raster file. Make use of Iras B in Microstation software to do the work. Prepare cable schedule, panel schedule and MTO schedule for bill of materials on current project. Prepare and draft underground duct stub-ups and details using Microstation. Prepare and draft above ground cable tray elevation, section and details using Microstation and PDS model to extract the desired background, view or section to be used in the working drawing. Make use of Smart Plant and PDS modeling to extract sections on platforms. Prepare and draft grounding layout and details. Prepare and draft lighting and receptacle layout and details, circuit homeruns, panel schedule and load balancing. Prepare and draft Heat Tracing ISO's based on P&ID Diagrams and Piping Isometrics using Microstation or AutoCAD. Prepare and complete the Electrical Heat Tracing Line Schedule, Instrument Enclosure Plot Plan, Tube Bundle Plot Plan and Isometric Plot Plan. Assigned to do site walk/visit to Nova Chemicals in Joffre, Alberta, Canada to coordinate and verify existing site condition and progress of work on three furnaces H-141, H-144 and H-149 particularly on all existing panel board capacity, cable tray run, lighting and receptacle installations that needed to be modified and rectified. Show less

    • Australia
    • Professional Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Principal Electrical Designer
      • Nov 2010 - May 2012

      Work with Samref Hydrocarbon project specifically on HRU (Unit 031), Yanpet (Unit 036), CHD (Unit 032), Cooling Water (Unit 163), Instrument Air (Unit 200), Offsites (Unit 155) and DCSU Unit (Substation buildings and Satellite buildings). Report to Team Lead Designers and Engineers for job assignments and work status. Work closely with Electrical Engineers and Design Leads in the accomplishment of work. Assist lead principal designer in checking and implementing design standards and CAD standards to comply with our company requirements and Client requirements. Review and correct Beijing’s drawings to make sure they comply to our standards and to verify their completeness and accuracy. Proficient in Microstation and Smart Plant Review in the preparation of electrical drawings and in checking out and identifying clashes and interferences with other disciplines. Coordinate with engineers and design leads to resolve issues. Update and revise single line diagrams with MicroStation and axiom program to append excel load list datas and other information, prepare and draft duct bank details and layout, cable trench layout and details, design and draft lighting and receptacle layout for substation building, platforms, vessels, and pipe racks, prepare and design panel schedules 120/208V 3phase, 4 wire and 480V, 3 phase 3 wire system, 120/208V single phase, prepare and draft pull pit details for instrumentation. Also, prepare and update drawings using IRAS B in raster image environment. Prepare and update instrument and electrical cable schedules, single lines, motor control schematics and wiring diagrams, cable sizes, over current protection, starter size, current ratio, cable runs and lengths, conduit sizes, etc,. Help out in the design updates and drafting of hazardous area classification both plan and elevation details. Show less

  • Global American Staffing
    • KSI Engineering - Bakersfield, California
    • Senior Electrical Designer
      • Jun 2010 - Nov 2010

      Report to Design Supervisor and Senior Electrical / Instrument Engineers. Work closely with Electrical/Instrument Engineers in the Design of Oil Wells Test Manifold Facilities for Aera Energy. Prepare complete sets of Electrical drawings for the Oil Wells Facilities which include Area Classification, Power utility plan, Single Line Diagram, Schematic and Wiring Diagrams, Cable/Conduit Schedule with correct sizes as per NEC requirements, Electrical Plan, Electrical Details showing the front, rear and side elevation of the facilities, size junction box for instrument wiring, size the PLC panel, VFD panel (Allen Bradley design), Mini-load center, lighting contactor and compressor disconnect, prepare cable tray plan and cable routing plan and determine instrument location plan based on P&ID and Process Flow Diagram. Responsible for attending Well-walks as well as steam injector and water injector walks to determine possible relocation or replacement of these facilities. Also determine and design the power point of connection of these wells from their starters to the overhead secondary utility lines. Gather information for the X and Y coordinates of the Well-walks and draw them into the Belridge Master Plan and show overhead and underground power line connection and routes including location of starters. Show less

    • United States
    • Construction
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Electrical Designer & Estimator
      • Jan 2007 - Mar 2009

      Senior Estimator and/or Eletrical Designer for Fluor Corporation. Prepare, update, revise and manage Single Line Diagram drawings and Cable Schedule. Prepare and develop 2D layout drawings using MICROSTATIONJ7 (Integraph) and AutoCAD such as Grounding, Lighting and Receptacle, Equipment Layout and Cable Routing. Prepare and model Cable Tray Envelopes using PDS (Integraph). Prepare and assign tray supports in the model to help the structural discipline in preparing their steel support schedule. Check and review Model drawings on SPR (SMART PLANT REVIEW) to verify tray elevations on piperacks, verify possible interferences with piping layout, mechanical and steel structures. Also, to measure distances and identify each equipment and structures that are needed information in preparing electrical 3D model drawings. Prepare FEED material estimates and EPC material estimates on grounding, wires and cables, cable terminators, cable trays and fittings, underground ducts, conduits and fittings, lighting fixtures and fittings using ACCES material management program. Prepare and organize drawing files and documentations. Also report to Project Department Manager and Estimating Directors. Prepare material take-off and estimates on Electrical, Controls, Piping, Instrumentation, Civil and Architectural mostly on Petrochemical and Refining plants. Make use of K-Base workshop w/ Icarus Engine technology, a mainframe-based that is used in Design, Estimating, Scheduling and Expert systems by design engineering contractors and operating companies for the process industries. Make use of ICE program to produce estimating reports like COA (Code of Accounts) report, detailed and summary reports complete with pricing, adjustments, calibrations and filterings to produce an ideal report for internal and Client’s review. Show less

    • United States
    • Wireless Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Electrical Drafter/Designer
      • Feb 2001 - Jan 2007

      Reports to Project Manager and Senior Electrical Engineer. Responsible for all electrical works, correspondence, project coordination meeting, plan check response, design, drafting, analysis and calculations, site walks and status report. Provides and perform electrical design and analysis in support of various projects in compliance with local codes and NEC. Provides electrical design and analysis in support of various projects by contributing and providing oversight to various levels of communications infrastructures. Perform engineering design and analysis in compliance with local codes and NEC. Perform site design meetings with design team to: - Record existing site conditions - Determine the most optimum – location of equipment, point of connection for power and telephone services - Power/Telco Conduit routing  Maintain up-to-date knowledge of design standards and specifications of various clients and applications of same in design.  Coordinate with utility company’s service planner to finalize proposed service plan resulting from the site design meeting.  Provide response to plan check comments to facilitate building department approval.  Supervise and train CAD Specialist/Designer and perform quality control checks on completed construction drawings. Show less

    • Shipbuilding
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Estimation Engineer
      • Jan 1998 - Oct 1999

      Estimation Engineer for Ship Repair and Conversion - Responsible on site coordination of electrical & automation works on-board the incoming ships or vessels that requires repair on dry dock. Gather information from work lists of ship captain and make clarification on job orders to determine the scope of work and make a work schedule for subcontractors. Responsible on electrical estimates for bidding job and budgetary cost estimates needed for additional works, ship repairs, conversion works and other inquiries on cargo ships, oil tankers, gas tankers, oil rigs, FPSO, US Navy ships and super tankers. Inspector and surveyor on-board vessels and meet with Client’s representative in order to assess the scope of work as per specifications. Show less

    • United States
    • Oil and Gas
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Electrical Estimator
      • Jan 1992 - Jan 1998

      Senior Electrical Estimator for Jay Ray McDermott, Singapore - Perform complete material take-off from engineering design drawings, specifications & sketches, and prepares Bill of Materials inclusive of Construction Labor man-hour estimates using McDermott in-house computerized QTO system database. Bill of Materials for pricing are prepared in Spreadsheet and manhours in database. Prepare preliminary design layout and details that are needed for bid estimates. Prepare bid estimates based on client specifications, NEC, NFPA and IEC inclusive of Electrical, Instrumentation, Safety and Communication Systems for oil and gas platform projects. Knowledge in AutoCAD 13 and volunteered to help out Electrical & Instrument Drafting during peak hours in the preparation of design drawings and to ensure the completeness and correctness of the drawings and meet target schedule. Show less

    • Singapore
    • Oil and Gas
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Electrical Engineer
      • Apr 1985 - Dec 1991

      Electrical Engineer for Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Company, Philippines. Seconded to Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Singapore in order to carry out the balance of work to be done onshore - Sembawang Shipyard Singapore and offshore – Bombay, India. Check out and monitor electrical installation on site in Sembawang Shipyard Singapore and Offshore –Bombay, India to ensure that hook-up installation and balanced of work is carried out. Inspect and coordinate electrical works to meet target schedule, prepare take-off, estimates and punch list on all balance of work for offshore installations, prepare daily schedules and accomplishment report on all electrical activities. Pre-commissioning of the platform’s lighting system, telephone and paging system, fire and gas system. Also, work as part of the Engineering team in the design, drafting, estimating, field coordination, assessment of work, and implementation of scheduled activities on project sites like oil and gas platform projects in the Philippines and Malaysia inclusive of Power and Control, Lighting and Small Power, Telecommunication, Instrumentation and Fire and Gas System. Design and draft lighting layout and power layout, cable tray routing, cable routing, equipment room layout, single line diagram, wiring schematic and control diagram, cable schedules and termination schedules. Design and perform panel load calculation, switchboard load schedules, voltage drop calculation, electrical panel sizing and transformer sizing, cable sizing, conduit and cable tray sizing, junction box sizing and others. Provide site technical assistance and pre-commissioning assistance. Site coordination with other discipline to prevent any layout interference that may arise. Prepare daily accomplishment report and inspection report. Check & inspect materials during receipt and handling to ensure conformance to specs. Show less

Education

  • Mapua Institute of Technology
    Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

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