VINNIE KHETARPAL, P.E

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RANDOLPH, NJ 0786

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PHONE: 973-***-****

I have more than 30 years of hands - on experience designing electrical power, instrumentation, and control systems. I have been in a supervisory position and have managed a group of engineers and CADD operators.

My experience is quite versatile and can be applied to Value Engineering thus realizing substantial cost savings.. I have worked for various industries. I have worked on electrical systems for Oil & Chemical Industries, Power Plants, Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants, Recreational Facilities, Soccer and Baseball lighting, Schools, Stadium, Data Centers, Tunnels, Bridges, NJ Transit Authority, MTA, Airport Security System, Verizon Telecom Buildings etc.

Education:

MS, Electrical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ

Registrations:

Professional Engineer in the States of: NY, NJ, DE, VT

Skills:

Knowledge of NEC and NFPA Codes, Hazardous and Non- Hazardous Area Electrical System Design. I have extensive hands-on experience in the engineering, design, project management, and construction administration of electrical control and instrumentation (P&IDs) systems, electrical power, medium & low voltage systems, security systems, fire alarm systems, and lighting systems design. I have designed several emergency diesel generators, uninterrupted power source (UPS) systems for the Data Centers and Phone Companies.

Selected list of Projects:

Veolia Water, Pomona, Tallman and Eckerson, NY: Design of pumping station at this location. Provision of larger pumps and VFDs, indoor and outdoor lighting and space heating for the new structures.

Arlington Booster Station, Morris County, NJ: Design of additional Booster Pump with VFD, upgrade existing lighting with energy efficient lighting, design temporary diesel generator tap box, design P&ID and interface signals with PLC for remote communication.

Veolia Water, Lake DeForest, Rockland County, NY: Engineer of Record for designing of electrical power systems, control systems, fire alarm and lighting system.

New Jersey American Water, Raritan Millstone Plant, NJ: Lead Engineer for designing Screen Power and Control systems. Control system for Chemical injection and chlorine Residual system.

Parsippany Municipal- Well 1 and 21 upgrades for PFAS and new Emergency Generator.

Parsippany & Mt. Olive Morris County Municipal Transfer Stations- Replacement of MCCs.

Wanaque, NJ Construction Management: Replacement of Medium Voltage VFDs for the Pumping Station.

Veolia Water-Toms River Facility, Water Treatment System upgrades and new Diesel Generator.

NJ American Water, Glen Meadows, Annandale, NJ: Design of electrical system for the Wastewater Treatment Plant. New utility power, new emergency generator distribution of power to plant equipment, new lighting, receptacles, and space heating.

Hanover Sewage Authority, Hanover Township, NJ

Engineer- of- record for the design of 480V Blowers with VFD features for the Nitrification Facility. Design of air flow, mixing motors and dissolved oxygen instrumentation for the aeration tanks. Interface with the Plant SCADA System.

Hanover Sewage Authority, Hanover Township, NJ

Engineer- of- record for the design of Primary and Secondary Clarifiers

Water Treatment Plant Utility Upgrades, City of Rahway, Union County, NJ

Engineer-of-Record for the design of upgrades to utility and emergency power systems to meet the demand of additional electrical loads. Designed power and control systems for the new membrane filtration building.

Encina, Wastewater Treatment Plant CA

Rehabilitation of Primary and Secondary Clarifiers.

Trenton Water Works, Trenton, NJ

Engineer-of Record for the plant wide and off-site facilities upgrades for the lighting and HVAC.

Ocean County Utility Authority Upgrade, Northern Plant, Bayville, NJ

Engineer- of- Record for the design of 4160V Blowers with Soft Start features. Design of air flow, motor operated valves and dissolved oxygen instrumentation for the aeration tanks. Interface with the Plant SCADA System.

Ocean County Utility Authority Upgrade, Main Plant Bayville, NJ

Engineer- of- Record for the design of 4160V VFD for the main influent pumps, modification of MV switchgear, design of Aeration Grit system, Progressive Cavity Sludge Pumps, Primary Clarifiers and Primary Influent distribution system. Interface with the Plant SCADA System.

New Jersey Transit: Electrical Inspector: Conducted inspection and conditional assessments for more than 100 Railroad Stations and Bus Garages for Power, Security, Communication, and Fire Alarm systems.

New Jersey Transit: Newark Penn Station: Conducted a root cause analysis for Fire originating from a historical lighting fixture and from an Air Curtain in the waiting room.

NJ State Department, Trenton, NJ: Design of Emergency Diesel Generator for the Department of Labor building. Provision of Automatic Transfer Switch and a Remote Annunciator.

Accomplishments: (Selected Projects)

Passenger Check-in Security System Measures, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Newark Airport & LaGuardia Airport, Port Authority of NY/NJ

Project Engineer for the design and installation of a $20+ million closed-circuit television (CCTV) security cameras and related back-end equipment for passenger check-in points at JFK Terminals 1, 2, 7, and 8. Newark Airport Terminals A, B & C and LaGuardia Terminal. Design involved provision of CCTV cameras, positioning of cameras with respect to newly installed security check point wide-body scanning machines and capturing the Field of Views. Design of centrally located security camera recording system linked via fiber optic cables. Performed an assessment of power system reliability and uninterrupted power source (UPS) requirements. Surveyed check lanes and selected suitable cameras and camera mountings for each application. Designed networking of cameras for viewing and recording of images over the fiber network. Provided normal and back-up power.

Newark International Airport, Monorail Project, Port Authority of NY/NJ

Project Engineer responsible for the calculation of 15KV cable pulling tensions on SKM software for the Monorail Project.

Outer-bridge Crossing Toll Booth Improvements, Port Authority of NY/NJ, Staten Island, NY

As Project Engineer, designed power and control systems for the toll booths, toll collection and installation of traffic loop sensing system in accordance with Federal Highway Guidelines.

Holland & Lincoln Tunnels- Mid- River Sump Pumping System, Port Authority of NY/NJ, New York, NY

As Senior Electrical Engineer, designed electrical and control system for storm water pumping for the tunnel at the North and South Mid-River Sumps.

Bayonne Bridge, Port Authority of NY/NJ: Electrical Inspector: Conducted inspection and conditional assessment of bridge for power systems, Lighting and Fire Alarm systems.

Circuit Breaker Housing Repairs, New York City/Metropolitan Transit Authority, Various Locations, Brooklyn and Queens, NY

Pre-construction Manager responsible for constructability reviews of design documents for repairs to several circuit breaker housing units.

Designed emergency power system for the flood control pumps as part of the flood control improvements within the sub-basin.

Joralemon Tunnel, MTA, NY

Review of electrical drawings designed by HNTB for Sandy Recovery Project- Joralemon Tube Rehabilitation.

Far Rockaway, MTA, NY

Survey and assessment of Sandy damaged Circuit Breaker House.

New York City, 32 Howard Street, High Rise Building Tenant Space Refurbishment.

Calculation of electrical load requirements and application to ConEd, design of diesel emergency power and Transfer switch, selection of Fire Pump and Transfer Switch, Tenant power metering, power for the elevator and shaft pressurization, design of fire alarm and lighting system.

Scotch Plains Township, Scotch Plains, NJ

Engineer-of Record for the design of diesel emergency power system for the Township Police Station and Library.

Freehold Township, Freehold, NJ

Engineer-of Record for the design of power, grounding and instrumentation for the overhead water tanks.

Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority, Sussex County, NJ

Engineer-of Record for the design of Micro filter Replacement power and instrumentation system.

Bristol-Myers, Lawrenceville Township, NJ

Engineer-of -Record for the design of pH control system for the sewage retention facility.

Verona Wastewater Plant, Verona, NJ

Engineer-of- Record for the design of Bar Screen and Chemical Feed Systems upgrades.

Kearny and Harrison Sewage Treatment Plants, Kearny, NJ

Engineer-of Record for the design of emergency power, sewage pumps, HVAC & Lighting and SCADA system.

East Windsor Municipal authority, Mercer County, NJ

Engineer- of -Record for the design of Well# 6 electrical upgrades and provisions for a permanent emergency generator.

Pond View Estates, Rockaway, Morris County, NJ

Engineer-of- Record for the design of emergency power and metering chamber for the sewage flow system

Cape May City, DPW Facility, Cape May, NJ

Engineer-of-Record for the design of diesel and Gasoline Dispensing Tanks with automatic level control and anti-theft systems.

Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Water Treatment Plant, National Park Service, Washington, DC

Lead Electrical Engineer for the design of electrical power and control systems for pumps, filtration HVAC, ozone safety, and fire alarm systems.

Wastewater Treatment Plant Utility Upgrades, Kearny Municipal Utilities Authority, Hudson County, NJ

Engineer-of-Record for the design of upgrades to the power, pumping, and controls systems.

Wastewater Treatment Plant Utility Upgrades, Middlesex County Utilities Authority, Edison, NJ

Engineer-of-Record for the design of upgrades to the power and controls systems, as well as other systems which were damaged during Super Storm Sandy.

$101 M Sewage Treatment Plant Upgrade, District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water), Washington, DC

Lead Electrical Engineer for upgrades to the nitrification and denitrification facilities. Designed more than 50 variable frequency drive (VFD) pumps. Designed control panel for longitudinal and cross conveyors for the sedimentation tanks and waste and return sludge pumps, and a state-of-the-art plant central control system based upon Emerson’s Ovation Distributed Plant Control System. Provided design of a new consolidated outdoor 4160/480V Main-Tie-Main Double Ended Substation in a prefabricated building.

Flushing Bay Combined Sewer Overflow Retention Facility, New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP), Queens, NY

Field Construction Engineer for this $550 million project. Responsible for field changes and redesign of several sections of the plant for the Power, Instrumentation, and Security Control System for the primary and secondary pumping systems, solids removal screens, interior and exterior lighting, fire alarm system, security camera system, and the automatic gate/door entry system. Responsible for managing the requirements of the SCADA system and working jointly with the designated system integrators.

Bowery Bay Water Pollution Control Plant, New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP), Queens, NY

Field Engineer for underground conduit and cable installations and modifications to the fire alarm systems for this 150 MGD wastewater facility. Responsible for the preparation of change orders.

Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant, New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP), Brooklyn, NY

Field Engineer for the installation of effluent pumps and related power and control systems.

Hunts Point Wastewater Treatment Plant, New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP), Bronx, NY

Field Engineer for the installation of new substations and emergency generators for the 200 MGD facility.

Power and Control Systems, Raritan Township Municipal Utilities Authority/New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Raritan, NJ

As Lead Engineer, designed power and control system for the 3.8 MGD wastewater treatment plant, involving pumps, solids removal screen, and primary, secondary, and final clarifiers. Designed control systems for chlorination of water and Sulphur dioxide neutralization system.

Thimble Shoal Tunnel, Chesapeake Bay, VA

Project Design Engineer for the design of substation and electrical switchgear.

Renovation of Public Restrooms, Amtrak, New York Pennsylvania Station, New York, NY

Provided design analysis for automatic toilets and sinks based upon photo sensors, power for electric hand dryers, panic bell and panic buttons, speakers, duct smoke detectors, new energy-efficient lighting, emergency lighting, relocation of sprinkler heads, and fire alarm smoke detectors and horn/strobes.

Waste to Energy Plant, City of Los Angeles, CA

Electrical Design Engineer for power, controls, and lighting. Designed substation, switchgear, and Motor Control Centers (MCCs) and power distribution for the plant machinery. Designed complex control system schematics. Designed lighting and paging systems.

United States Central Command Headquarters, US Army Corps of Engineers, Qatar

As Project Engineer, provided a complete report on the deficiencies and reliability at this Mission Critical Building.

Picatinny Arsenal Electrical Improvements, US Army Corps of Engineers, Morris County, NJ

Conducted QA/QC on the electrical design drawings. Provided comments for the improvement of electrical design based upon Code compliance requirements, reliability, and safety.

Fragment Containment Test Structure, Picatinny Arsenal, US Army Corps of Engineers, Directorate of Public Works, Morris County, NJ

Designed electrical systems for the fragment containment test structure. Provided underground power to the facility. Designed lighting, grounding, and closed-circuit television (CCTV) system.

Postal Facility Upgrade, United States Postal Service, New York, NY

Lead Engineer for the upgrade of lighting, HVAC, and security systems for this two million sf facility. Replaced approximately 8,000 lighting fixtures. Designed computer-controlled energy-efficient lighting using AGi32 photometrics. Calculated Return on Investments. Supported mechanical department for the power requirements for the Chillers.

US Military Academy Cadet Chapel Renovation, US Department of the Army, West Point, NY

Designed power and control system for the historic building’s HVAC system. Provided building management system for the facility.

VA Hospital Renovations, US Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Wilkes Barre, PA

The project involved the renovation and modification of restrooms to comply with ADA requirements. Provided state-of-the-art electronic faucets and flush system. Designed new lighting and nurse call panic calls. Provided new energy lighting system with occupancy sensors.

Chillers Replacement, VA Medical Centre, US Department of Veterans’ Affairs, New York, NY

Lead Engineer for the replacement of a 1x1,000 Ton chiller and seven air handlers.

Security System Upgrades, United States Postal Service, Various Facilities, Rochester and White Plains, NY, Springfield, MA, and Stamford, CT

As Lead Engineer, designed closed-circuit television (CCTV) security camera systems for bulk mail handling facilities. Work involved providing power to the bulk mail sorting handling machines. Provided pneumatic lines, fire alarm interface, and voice/data communication cabling, as well as wiring to main-distribution and intermediate-distribution frames.

Delaware River Bridges Video Security Measures, NJ Turnpike Authority, Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester Counties, NJ

Provided a Feasibility Report for the video security measures at the Delaware River bridges based upon the deployment of Intelligent Video Detection Systems. The installation of cameras was recommended to view steel members of the bridges, catwalks, and piers, and where these are accessible from the bridge, as well as the approaches to these critical members. Cameras were recommended to continuously record using a distributed recording architecture, including network video recorders located remotely at the bridge. Camera images and controls were connected to LAN/WAN infrastructure via wireless or microwave backhaul transceivers linking bridge-mounted equipment to the new communication antennas at the Traffic Management Centre.

Verizon Central Office, NJ

Designed more than 100 Emergency Diesel Generator & UPS power units for Telecom Buildings.

Employment History

Company Start End Location

Consulting Engineer 12/7/20 (Present) Randolph, NJ

Gannett Fleming 10/2018 5/2021 Piscataway, NJ

Mott MacDonald 6/2014 6/2018 Iselin, NJ

WSP (Louis Berger) 6/2010 6/2014 Morristown, NJ

AECOM (URS Corporation) 2/2009 6/2010 Wayne, NJ

Chu & Gassman Engineers 9/2005 11/2008 Middlesex, NJ

Bruns-Pak 4/2003 3/2004 Edison, NJ

M&E Engineers 3/1997 5/2003 Somerville, NJ

DLB Associates 2/1995 7/1996 Somerville, NJ

Research-Cottrell 7/1990 11/1994 Branchburg, NJ

Robins Engineers 2/1986 7/1990 Totowa, NJ

Foster Wheeler, USA 5/1981 2/1986 Livingston, NJ

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