Electrical Engineer

Experience: Over **-years of experience in design and specification of

electrical power distribution, lighting, and control for: 50, 60 and 400-

Hz, low and medium voltage systems. Designs complied with State of

California Title 24; Building, Electrical, Energy, Fire Alarm Codes and

Military Specifications and Standards where applicable. BSEE, EIT Status

with State of California accepted and qualified to sit for PE Exam.

Recent Accomplishments:

. Completed an MEP utility upgrade on a 100+ year old 300+ classroom,

LAUSD School; including rerouting and replacing campus wide signal,

data and communications systems cabling.

. Completed design project at Kaiser Mental Health Center Los Angeles,

CA for Emergency and Standby Power System upgrade to support an HVAC

upgrade and improve reliability.

. Completed project at Dolby Sound Labs for Emergency and Standby Power

System including Engine-Generator, Automatic Transfer Switching and

UPS for Critical Data Center power bus.

Budlong & Associates Inc., Camarillo, CA May

2005 to Present

Senior Electrical Designer

. Attend meetings with architects, clients, project managers, owners,

and stakeholders, engineers from other disciplines, contractors, and

sub-contractors from conception to completion of projects.

. Prepare electrical construction documents including AutoCAD drawings

and CSI MasterFormat specifications for various divisions including:

power, lighting, low-voltage and various power-limited circuits (fire

alarm systems, security systems, data networks, telephone (systems and

VoIP), public address/intercom, CCTV).

. Design Fiber Optic installation for data networks including single

mode and multimode FO cables.

. Designed electronic sub-metering installations with interface to

campus-wide Building Management Systems-BMS and/or Energy Management

Systems-EMS.

. Develop single-line diagrams, wiring diagrams, panel schedules,

transformer schedules, light fixture schedules, feeder schedules and

details.

. Prepare California Title 24 forms for Non-Residential Building

Lighting.

. Prepared Critical Care Facility Parallel Power and Standby Power

Systems

. Prepared Emergency Lighting Plan for Commercial Sport Park and High

School Stadium Exterior Egress Lighting. Applied Eaton UPS Powerware

System.

. Develop NFPA and California State Fire Code compliant, fire alarm

designs with riser diagrams, battery calculations, voltage drop

calculations, floor plan device placement, installation details,

equipment list with California State Fire Marshall (CSFM) approval

listings and required cut-sheets.

. Perform design reviews, value engineering reviews, material

submittals, shop drawings, plan checks, peer reviews, and

constructability reviews.

. Assist design team in construction cost estimating from SD thru 100%

CD design.

. Prepare electrical calculations including; voltage drop, fault current

and load calculations.

. Prepare and/or review selective device coordination and/or load-flow

studies associated with switchgear submittals.

. Review test report for fiber optic cable, ground resistivity,

conductor insulation-resistance and other specified or required tests

to assure they were performed in accordance with construction

documents and met specifications.

. Prepare technical engineering reports including; site survey report,

value engineering report, existing system condition report, project

feasibility and recommendation studies/reports, forensic

studies/component or system failure report, conductor failure report,

and equipment commissioning reports, based on field investigations and

provide facility data.

. Conduct field engineering site surveys and commissioning of electrical

systems. Meet with utility company service planner and prepare

associated submittal package for new service request.

. Attend construction progress meetings. Address Requests for

Information (RFI), Requests for Clarification (RFC), Change Orders

(CO), prepare punch. Provide Architect with a cost estimate analysis

for CO.

. Provide field construction administration or construction management

when and where required.

. Submit plans and specifications to AHJ (city, county or state-DSA and

OSHPD) attend back-checks and resolve issues.

. Provide direction to Junior Engineers and CAD support on various

projects to meet schedules.

. Mentor junior electrical designers in Code and creation of

construction documents.

Technifex Inc, Valencia, CA (Contract Engineering Service Employee PTS)

2004-2005

Electrical Design Engineer/Conformance Engineer

. Prepared power and lighting control system design to meet State of

Louisiana Electrical Code.

. Prepared isometric conduit and outlet installation detail for

multimedia tower.

. Provided electrical power single-line, signal single-line, for

remotely controlled, Schneider Powerlink G3 lighting control systems

diagrams, and detailed lighting plans. Control Network was DMX-512 for

entertainment industry application. Specify DMX controllers and

dimmers for tower top stage lighting.

. Developed conformance Technical Data Packages-TDPs, consisting of cut

sheets, specifications and other technical data. Coordinated testing

and evaluation by third-party certifying agencies to meet UL, CSA and

CE Mark labeling and certification of same.

. Modified existing control panel designs to comply with CE mark for

shipment to Europe.

Wet Design, Universal City, CA (Architect & Engineering Firm and

Manufacturer) 2001-2004

Electrical Engineer/Control Systems Designer Wet Design is spectacular

water feature company

. Prepared 50 and 60-Hz electrical power and lighting control designs

for various U.S. and International project sites, to support the

installation of water feature pumps (5-75-Hp), air compressors,

underwater lights power and control systems. Prepared PLC, discrete

and analog, I/O control designs from P&ID and project description

provided by others. Prepared show controller power and control systems

interface design in accordance with specifications. Show controller

programmed by others.

. 20 plus SCADA projects using Modbus Plus network protocol and

Schneider Electric's Modicon Premium or Modicon Quantum PLC, PAC and

Distributed I/O and Magelis HMIs. Did not perform programming

functions. MCCs used Schneider ALTIVAR 61 AC Drives 1-100 Hp

applications.

. Revised Industrial Control Panels for European delivery to meet CE

Mark European Directives and conducted TUV certification process with

TUV Rheinland of North America.

. Designed UL 508 Industrial Control Panels and UL 845 Motor Control

Centers.

Manufacturing Technology Inc. Ventura, CA

1999-2001

Electrical Power & Control Systems Designer/CE Mark Conformity Engineer

. Developed 50 and 60-Hz facility electrical power distribution upgrades

to support the installation of precision machine tools at U.S. and

International project sites. These included the addition of isolation

transformers, automatic transfer switch systems, emergency generators

and UPS systems. The ATS system was a PLC SCADA that monitored and

recorded: Utility and Generator; Voltage, Frequency, Load Amperes and

Transient events. Designed Machine Safety circuits and installation

designs.

. Prepared all electrical load calculations and delivered to project

file.

. Developed Conformity Technical Packages and coordinated testing and

evaluation by third-party certifying agencies to meet UL, CSA and CE

Mark labeling and certification of same.

. Modified Data Acquisition and Control System for improved reliability

and serviceability for nickel-diamond precision blade manufacturing

system.

. Prepared Bills of Material and Requests for Procurement entered into

the Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and accounting software

application.

. Provided shop floor technical support and component failure analysis.

BAE Systems Inc. Oxnard, CA (Design Build Division supporting NAVFAC)

1983-1999

Electrical Designer/Field Engineer

. Prepared Construction Documents (Installation Design Guidance) for

over 50 projects located at land based training facilities for NAVFAC-

West Division and East Division. Prepared NAVFAC Guide Specifications

(Government version of CSI-MasterFormat Specifications)

. Attended project meetings with U.S. Military clients, NAVFAC

engineers, and facilities Public Works personnel to develop details

and project requirements.

. Performed field investigative surveys to document existing facility

configuration and developed an associated report including Basis of

Design and project Schematic Design.

. Prepared 60-Hz and 400-Hz power single-line diagrams, lighting plans,

power distribution plans, equipment layouts, signal and power cable

assembly drawings and termination details.

. Prepared equipment installation details including Unistrut racks,

stands and brackets.

. Designed HVAC/Plant and room control modifications, Coolant Systems

for equipment cooling, Dry-air systems for waveguide, water

purification systems for deionized water filtration and monitoring.

. Prepared waveguide isometric installation details routing and bend

details for various size tubing.

. Prepared all electrical calculations in tabular format for submittal

with design packages.

. Developed Uninterruptible Power Supply System Installation Design for

Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance

and Reconnaissance Mobile Expeditionary Forces United States Marine

Corps. These are Mission Critical Data Power Systems using multiple

sources, Parallel Distribution, Standby or Emergency Power Generators

and UPS/Battery back-up systems.

. Developed installation plans including basic structural building

requirement plan for the relocation/installation of motor-generators

60/400-Hz up to 1.5MW, and pumps up to 150-Hp.

EDUCATION:

B.S.E.E. Suffield University, Twin Falls, ID

(Lower Div. Foothill College & Ventura College; Upper Div. West Coast

University Los Angeles, CA)

Professional Publications Inc PPI Electrical Professional Engineer Exam

course completed.

State of California Business and Professions Section of the PE Exam -

Passed

Qualified and attempted PE Engineering & Surveying exam with plans to

retake October 2011

Sate of California Electrical Contractor's License #486622 presently held

in an 'Inactive' status.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:

. Excellent Communications & Personal Time Management skills

. Excellent Technical Writing skills (reports, analysis and

recommendations)

. AutoCAD 2007- Proficient (15 years)

. Microsoft Office Professional Suite: Outlook, Word, Excel-Proficient

(15 years)

. Microsoft Project 2007- Delivered Electrical Design Schedule to an

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