Tim Wagar

Experience

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Summary

Over 38 years of domestic and international experience in the energy and heavy industrial industry as project/construction manager, trainer and mentor, department manager, project engineer, start-up manager, electrical superintendent and electrician for power generation facilities, paper mills, oil, gas, ethanol, material handling and mining. Experience has covered conceptual and final design engineering, start-up, construction and operational services for EPC, Design Construct and Self Perform construction projects. Specific experience includes design, construction, start-up, operation and maintenance of gas, coal and steam turbines, power and recovery boilers, evaporators, feed water, water treatment, material handling, paper machines, flame safety and burner management, substations, power distribution, motor control, variable AC and DC drives, large rotating machinery, high voltage, transmission to 500 kV, energy management and protective device co-ordination, wind turbines, and solar farms. Managed overall project performance including safety, scope, QA/QC, schedule, cost and customer satisfaction. Have thorough knowledge of utility practices, operations, standards, construction, design, finance and contract management. OSHA-10/30 Certified.

Professional Experience

L-Con, Inc. Engineers/Constructors 2012

Program Manager

Project Manager for L-Con Inc, Renewable Power & Transmission Division for two contracts under Isolux Corsan. Isolux Corsan is the general contractor for construction of Wind Energy Transmission Texas (WETT)’s transmission system. WETT is a newly formed utility which was awarded some 390 miles of transmission work under the Public Utility Commission of Texas’ Competitive Renewable Energy Zone program. Project includes installation of the foundations and erection of 527 - 345 kV lattice towers and fifteen monopoles in three different line segments totaling 118 miles crossing four counties in the vicinity of Big Spring, Texas. Project also includes delivery of the materials, supplied by Isolux Corsan in Big Spring, to the project site. The project entails delivery of nearly one million pieces of galvanized steel totaling some twenty six million pounds and held together with over 2.6 million bolts.

Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc. 2011 – 2012

Principal Consultant

Provide litigation support for attorneys and corporate counsel, as well as claims investigation and evaluation for insurance companies in situations involving electrical systems, control systems, plant maintenance and engineering, industrial accidents, power generation and distribution as well as electrocution incidents, work policies and procedures, and safety procedures, including failure analysis on electrical equipment and machinery.

Analyze claims and losses for industrial and residential wiring workmanship, controls, lightning, industrial/commercial/residential fire C&O, transformer/generator failures, substation damage, transmission/distribution damage, large induction/synchronous motors, variable frequency drives, busways, switchgear, electrical construction disputes, boiler controls, high voltage cable splicing, fiber optic cables, electrocutions, telecommunication equipment, rectifiers, vehicle fires, appliances, and flood damage

Henkels & McCoy, Inc.

Senior Project Manager / Project Sponsor 2009-2011

Responsible for managing large construction projects located throughout the United States. In addition to specific project assignments, responsibilities in the corporate project management office include providing project planning support and reviews for various project teams.

• Meadow Lake Wind Farm: Deliverable Review for a 200 MW wind farm which included 121 Vestas V82 WTGs, 300,000+ ft of UG collection, a 345 kV Interconnect Switchyard, and 345-34.5 kV Substation.

• Copper Mountain: Project Manager for a 48 MW photovoltaic solar generation plant for First Solar in a +300-acre facility in Boulder City Nevada. Project includes installation of 775,000 solar panels, AC and DC systems, tilt brackets and “tables”, installation of fiber backbone and testing and commissioning of the system.

• TRTP: Construction Manager for 16 miles of double bundle 500kV Transmission Line in Palmdale California for Southern California Edison.

Fagen, Inc

Project Manager, Dry Fork Power Station 2008-2009

Project manager responsible for self performed construction of steel and concrete on Turbine, Service, and auxiliary buildings for a coal fired power plant in Gillette, WY.

Shaw Power

Site Area Manager, BOP, Elect. Superintendent Cliffside Modernization Project 2006-2008

An EPC project for construction of a new 800MW coal fired unit, Unit 6, at Duke's Cliffside Steam Station and installation of a wet scrubber (WFGD) on an existing generating unit, Unit 5. Project scope includes installation of all scrubber process equipment, a coal fired boiler, steam turbine-generator, transformers and an auxiliary boiler. In addition, the project includes extensive site preparation, coal, limestone, gypsum and ash material handling systems. The majority of the work will be self-performed, with the balance performed by specialty subcontractors

Calpine Corporation, San Jose, California 2001-2006

Senior Project Engineer – Corpus Christi Energy Center

• Supervised project team responsible for construction of a 500MW combined cycle power plant. Managed subcontracts, change-orders and steam hosts piping design. Project included main substation with connection to 225 kV transmission line.

Project Manager

• Project manager for construction to off site steam hosts and project completion of Corpus Christi Energy Center.

Electrical Superintendent – Electrical Area Manager

• Electrical, Instrumentation, Process Control Manager for construction of a 525MW combined cycle power plant in Valladolid, Mexico. Supervised construction of substation with connection to 225 kV transmission line.

Sandwell Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia 1989-2000

Project Manager/Electrical, Process Control & Automation Department Manager/ Project Engineer

• Southern Energy; Preliminary engineering, construct ability and cost estimate for a GE-7FA gas turbine and DELTAK HRSG.

• VIAWAPA; Formal design check and construct ability review for a Pratt & Whitney FT-8.

• WPS; Preliminary design and construct ability review for a GE LM6000.

• Dravo Lime; Project Engineer for design, installation, maintenance and start-up of a limestone conveying, crushing, screening, storage and blending system for a new 900 TBD limekiln.

• Principle Electrical Engineer for detailed design of a 400 TBD OCC-linerboard mini-mill.

• Principle Electrical Engineer responsible for design/start-up for a 200,000 TPY new coated bleached paperboard machine.

• Principle Electrical Engineer for a new 347 TBD recycled liner mini-mill.

• Principal Electrical Engineer for a kiln/caustizing plant.

• Principle Electrical Engineer for a bleached stock system, blow heat recovery and NCG system.

Dravo Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia 1987-1989

Principal Electrical Engineer

• Principle Design Electrical Engineer/Start-up for a cogeneration facility at P.H. Glatfelter consisting of a recirculating fluidized bed boiler burning coal, wood wastes, and sludge; a 55-MVA turbine generator; substation, precipitator and limestone injection system; and fuel handling systems.

Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio 1986-1987

Senior Project Engineer/Project Manager

• Responsible for the electrical and instrumentation design for a nuclear repository.

Morrison Knudsen Corporation, San Antonio, Texas/Boise, Idaho 1981-1985

Senior Project Engineer/Project Manager/Electrical Superintendent

• Project Engineer for 50,000 TPY lignite mine for Bastrop mining. Project included; mine facilities, lignite handling, loading and unloading facilities, high voltage distribution and assembly of a 2,500 HP dragline. Duties included construction, startup and maintenance of all equipment.

• Assistant Project Manager for a 12 mile long continuous curved conveyor, 50,000 ton slot storage for lignite, electrical distribution and controls, installation for a 200,000 TPY coal mine with unloading facilities, ancillaries, high voltage pit distribution and assembly of a 10,000 HP dragline for LCRA.

• Electrical Superintendent responsible for electrical plant design, construction, maintenance, field problems, electrictrian training for the company’s 8 active mining projects.

• Senior Project Electrical Engineer responsible for management of the electrical/instrumentation of a coal mine and mine facilities for Cerrejon Coal in South America. Work involved design/installation for mine associated facilities, primary substation, 69 kV pit distribution, fuel handling for truck and rail.

• Corporate Electrical Superintendent responsible for all construction and maintenance of the division’s construction projects.

Dravo Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 1975-1981

Chief Electrical Engineer/Project Engineer/Electrical Superintendent

• Chief Electrical Engineer for coal operations responsible for electrical design and installation of power distribution and control systems for surface mines, coal prep plants and coal handling facilities.

• Project Engineer responsible for electrical design, field supervision, and maintenance for mine development projects as follows:

600-foot shaft and 2400-foot slope for a coal mine for Freeman Coal

2-350 foot shafts and an 1800-foot slope for Montery Coal

2-3600 foot slopes for US Steel

2-800 foot shafts for Old Ben Coal

Power distribution, motor control, and mine hoist for a Mine d’El Abed in Algeria

• Project Electrical Engineer/Electrical Superintendent for electrical design, installation and maintenance of the electrical/mechanical system for R.B. Russell Dam.

• Project Electrical Engineer/Chief Electrician responsible for instillation, operation and maintenance of the electrical system, purchasing of electrical equipment and supervision of electrical employees for construction of 2-1000 foot shafts and mine development for Inland Steel.

• Project Electrical Engineer/Electrical Superintendent responsible for design, installation and maintenance of all underground lighting, power distribution, shaft and slope hoists, slope conveyor, crushing equipment, and ventilation for Dravo Lime.

Education and Registration

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan

BS Electrical Engineering 1975

Registered Professional Engineer – Alabama, Michigan, Montana, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wyoming

Certified Mine Electrician, Surface, MSHA; Underground, MSHA: low, medium and high voltage

Certified Electrician Instructor – MSHA

Working knowledge of MS Project and Primavera

Email: abgm98@r.postjobfree.com

Cell: 704-***-****

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