Electrical Engineer

James McDaniel

Sr. Nuclear Electrical Power Systems Engineer

Power Distribution & Control / Instrumentation

Jacksonville, Florida

904-***-**** (home) / 904-***-**** (cell) / ******@*******.***

SUMMARY

Over 20 years Engineering & Design experience in Low & Medium Voltage Electrical Power & Distribution, as well as over 4

years of Instrumentation & Control, and PLC Systems experience. Expertise includes: Engineering, Design, AutoCAD / Micro

Station, Field Survey / Checkout, NEC/OSHA Code violations, Specification Writing, Material Ordering & Expediting, Systems

Start-up, and Project Supervision in all phases of a multitude of Commercial, Industrial & Nuclear construction projects

throughout United States.

EDUCATION

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

NUCLEAR & INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

Commercial, Industrial & Manufacturing experience including: A & E Firms,, Aerospace, Airport, Automotive, Bank, Brewery,

Chemical, Hi-Rise Buildings, Incineration, Metals, Mining, Nuclear, Office Buildings, Petrochemical, Pharmaceutical, Pulp &

Paper, Schools, Silicon Wafer, Atlas V Space Shuttle, International Space Station, Textile, Warehouses and Wastewater

Treatment Plants.

ELECTRICAL POWER

Engineered / designed, specified, & estimated electrical distribution systems including low & medium voltage feeders

substations, switchgear, motor control centers, cable trays, distribution panels, variable frequency drives, grounding systems,

hazardous area classifications, UPS systems, lighting & power, lightning protection, fire alarm, CCTV, & communication

systems, all in compliance with the latest National Electric Code. Specified and coordinated system protection for power systems.

Prepared one-line riser diagrams, motor wiring diagrams, cable tray schedules, cable schedules, cable wiring diagrams, location

plans and routing drawings.

INSTRUMENTATION & CONTROL

Designed control loops and specified microprocessor based data acquisition and process control systems including direct digital

& analog PLC systems. Specified instruments, including primary elements and control valves, developed data sheets &

instrument index utilizing P&ID’s, schematics, logic, loop sheets and wiring diagrams.

PROJECT ENGINEERING

Prepared concept proposals & estimated new / existing construction cost. Designed complete electrical systems within scope of

architectural design, checked/wrote specifications, and supervised construction on numerous nuclear, commercial, & industrial

projects. Coordinated new & existing electrical work with other disciplines, solved complex construction / installation issues, and

supervised construction & startup of new power & control systems.

ENGINEERING / DESIGN EXPERIENCE

50.59 Safety Evaluation Environmental Qualify Hi-Rise Buildings Power Factor

Cable Tray & Raceway Emergency Generators Lighting & Power Single Line Diagrams

Cable/Pin to Pin Fault Current Lightning Protection Specs/Tech. Writing

Diagram Calculation Machine Control Switchgear

Class 1E Equipment Fire Alarm Protection Medium / Low Voltage Substations

Coordination Studies Grounding Grids Motor Control Transformers

Duct Bank Systems Hazardous Locations Motor Control Centers UPS / Battery Systems

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Variable Freq. Drives Voltage Drop

SYSTEM / TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE

Access Intergraph 95 Schematics

Excel

Alcan Cable System Internet / Netscape Safe Shutdown

Foxboro I/A

Allen-Bradley PLC5 Ladder Logic Siemens Fault Calcs

I-Cards

AutoCAD 2008 Maximo Smart Plant

Inspections (Code)

Buss Fusing/Breakers Microstation2005 Testing Qualification

Instrument Spec’s

Digital / Analog MS Office Pro Triconex

Instrument Loops

Elementary Diagrams MS Access Windows 2007

Interconnect National Electric Code

EMPAC

Diagrams P&ID’s

ETAP

James McDaniel

Sr. Nuclear Electrical Power Systems Engineer

CHRONOLOGY

2009 - 2010 WATTS BAR 2 TVA CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION PROJ. (Knoxville, TN) – Electrical Power Systems

(Nov) (Apr) Senior Electrical Engineer - Nuclear Power Watts Bar 2 TVA Construction Completion Project. Assigned to

DCN / EDCR Group working on System 43 Water Sampling System, developed DRA’s in AutoCAD 2008.

EDCR was successfully completed and signed off. My next assignment was with the “Penetration Group” to

achieve separation of Train ‘A’ from Train ‘B’ Unit 2 Reactor in Primary Containment associated cables currently

routed together through Penetrations 30-B, 37-A and 40 by either re-routing or re-designating the affected cables

bringing all 54 Penetrations up to NRC Standards. EDCR was successfully completed and signed off. Assisted

in several additional EDCR’s to meet deadlines. Responsible for traveling to site for constructability walk-

downs, providing Electrical Engineering & design for DCN & EDCR Packages to ensure timely delivery and

compliance to all Nuclear Regulations, as well as NEC & OSHA.

2008 – 2009 GENERAL ELECTRIC HITACHI NUCLEAR (Wilmington, NC) - Electrical Project Manager - Northern

(Dec) (Oct) States Power Company (Xcel Energy) $200Mil Extended Power Uprate (EPU) Project in Monticello, MN.

Assigned to replacing Generator Step-Up Transformer, Power Transformers, Switchgear, Load Centers, MCC,

Iso-Phase Bus, and designing & installation of new 13.8 kV System Upgrade. Investigated and generated a list

of all major manufacturers of 5kV & 15kV Cables suitable for IEEE 383 Flame Retardant properties.

Responsible for coordinating an extremely tight schedule with Xcel Energy Project Managers to fit project into

their 2011 scheduled outage. Responsible for traveling to site, as well as manufacturer’s plants, in providing

electrical equipment to ensure timely delivery and compliance to all Nuclear Regulations for quality, safety, and

performance, as well as meeting NEC & OSHA requirements.

2007- 2008 SAVANNAH RIVER NUCLEAR SITE - DEPT of ENERGY (DOE) (Aiken, SC) - Electrical Project Engineer

(Nov) (Nov) Tank 13 Waste Removal & Sealing Team - Assigned to engineering & design requirements for portable skid

with power and controls & instrumentation to remove nuclear waste & seal tank. Also assigned to DWPF

(Defense Waste Process Facility) doing complete Design Change Packages (DCP) on critical areas & equipment

improving safety & working conditions, including 50.59 Safety Evaluations. After constructing & designing a

DCP it was my responsibility to develop & manage required drawings in Micro Station “J2” 2005 & Smart

Plant for plant construction to implement; then given further responsibility to oversee construction of

completed DCP.

2006- 2007 MILLENNIUM ELECTRICAL (Jacksonville, FL) - Electrical Project Manager for various commercial and

(Jan) (Nov) residential infrastructure developments including: “River Town” (5,000 acre PUD), “Palencia” (1,700 acre

PUD).

Designed & Engineered Village Walk, an 80,000 sq. ft. “Live-Work” building inside Palencia. Supervised

construction and assisted drawing development in AutoCAD 2004 on above projects.

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2003- 2005 ANHEUSER-BUSCH (Jacksonville, FL) - Electrical Project Engineer-A-B Plant Expansion & New Projects.

(Jan) (Nov) Responsibilities included “hands-on” project management of entire force of electrical / mechanical contractors

on

site, as well as designing / coordinating with all disciplines in corporate engineering to accomplish company

goals.

Demolished old Keg Line & installed a new $27M state-of-the art New Keg Line, re-worked Pasteurizers,

installed

new Scan System for warehouse, Supervised installation on New Gypsum System, as well as numerous other

small

projects throughout the plant.

2001- 2002 RS&H (Jacksonville, FL) - Electrical / Project Engineer – Hernando High School, UNF Science Engineering

(Apr) (Sept) Building, and Charlotte County Performing Arts Center. Designed, Engineered, and assisted in AutoCAD2000

drawing development of above three projects. Responsibilities included complete design of lighting, power &

distribution, systems (fire alarm, communications, & security); coordination with in-house disciplines and

outside consultants. Supervised & coordinated on-site construction on UNF Science & Engineering Building.

2000- 2001 WOLFBERG & ALVAREZ A&E (Miami, FL) - Electrical / Project Engineer - American Airlines Expansion

(Jan) (Mar) (1.7 Billion) - Miami International Airport. Engineered & re-designed complete Electrical System, coordinated

design with all other disciplines, supervised a complete new complex multiple underground 5 Duct Bank

System,

which included: 5Kv, 600v, 400 Hz, Instrument & Control, and DC System for Monorail.

1999 - 2000 LOCKHEED-MARTIN ASTRONAUTICS (Cape Canaveral, FL/AJT &Assoc.) - Electrical/Project Engineer -

(Apr) (Oct) EELV (Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle), Atlas V Rocket, Pad 41 Project – Engineered / Designed, all new

Support Structures & Buildings for project, including new power lines & distribution system, as well as

supervising the entire Electrical Project Team of 16 employees.

James McDaniel

Sr. Nuclear Electrical Power Systems Engineer

1998 1975 ELECTRICAL ENGINEER / PROJECT ENGINEER FOR THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS:

Start: 1998

Beloit Projects (Jacksonville, FL) PT. Indah Kiat Pulp & Paper (Indonesia) Perawang Paper Machine #4 & #5 ) - Designed Electrical

Systems from 120V to 13.2 kVA for new Paper Mill. Developed & maintained 5,000 item Motor List in MS Access. Assisted drawings in

AutoCAD (2002).

Boeing NASA (Cape Canaveral, FL) International Space Station - $50 Billion Project - Payload Ground Operations for Space Center

Shuttle Processing Facility/MEIT /MIS Project. I initially was assigned to team doing one-line diagrams for first Module of ISS. Due to

NEC violations, my next assignment was an Electrical re-design of certain targeted buildings. I was given the responsibility of designing

Electrical Systems for new Support Buildings & Facilities for future launches.

The Stellar Group (Jacksonville, FL) Refrigeration Warehouse & Facilities - Design Electrical/Refrigeration Systems, as well as

supervising construction of Million Sq. Ft. plus Meat Processing Warehouses in Florida & Oklahoma.

RS&H (Jacksonville, FL) Commercial/Institutional Dept. – Designed & Engineered Power, Lighting, Fire Alarm, Intercom, and CCTV

Systems, as well as supervising construction of 1.2 Million Sq. Ft. Winn-Dixie Supermarket Warehouse in Baldwin, Florida. &

Bellsouth Hi-Rise Bldg in downtown Jacksonville, Florida.

Facility Group (Smyrna, GA) Commercial Dept. – Designed & Engineered Power, Lighting, Fire Alarm, Intercom, and CCTV Systems,

as well as supervised construction of 500,00 Sq Ft Refrigeration Warehouse & “State-of-the-Art” Pickwick School for Marietta, GA.

General Motors (St. Louis, MO/French Gerleman) Robotic Production System in Truck Division – Designed & Supervised Assembly

Modifications for Off-line Construction of Parts when assembly line went down. Client was cited for numerous Electrical infractions;

thus insisted on strict adherence to contract documents and NEC/OSHA compliance.

Farley Nuclear Unit 1 (Dothan, AL 1988) NRC Electrical Safety Issues - Field survey & Design/Engineering/Corrections of various

Electrical infractions uncovered by NRC. Assisted in AutoCAD “as constructed drawings” in bringing plant to NRC/NEC compliance.

Celltech Biologies (Atlanta, GA/McClier Engineers) Monoclonal Antibody Production Facility (Located in Pease Industrial Center

Portsmouth, NH) - Assisted in re-design of Electrical & Controls for a Continuous Batch & Control Process for 3,000 Instruments & Controls.

This was a ground breaking new process for cancer research in a 750,000 Sq Ft 100,000 Clean Room Facility. Supervised construction as well as

maintaining as-built drawings for strict contract document, NEC, and OSHA compliance.

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Dept. of Defense (Toole, UT [Salt Lake City]) - Nerve Gas Incineration Project ($2Billion) - EG&G / MorrisonKnudsen Constructors

Re-Designed Electrical Systems as required by field / engineering changes, performed walk-downs, & supervised construction for NEC

and contract document compliance. I was required to successfully pass some very high security requirements.

Dept. of Energy (Golden, CO / Rocky Flats) - Plutonium Triggers for Atomic Bomb Production - EG&G/Kaiser Constructors

Surveyed existing buildings for Electrical Upgrades in the decision as whether to bring them up to NEC Code, or demolition.

Designed Electrical Systems for New Buildings & Facilities as decided by above survey for this very high security complex.

Watts Bar Nuclear (Spring City, TN 1984) - Watts Bar 1 Nuclear Plant – Designed & Engineered various plant Electrical Project

Modifications using DCN/DCP Packages to satisfy NRC requirements for a safe Nuclear Plant.

Brown’s Ferry Nuclear (Athens, AL 1982) Nuclear Modifications – Created DCN Packages, performed walk-downs & inspections as

well as completing a complete re-design of Lighting in Reactor Area. I was also assigned to correct various Power & Distribution

infractions throughout plant to bring into compliance with NRC requirements.

General Electric (Jacksonville, FL 1978-82) Wire & Cable Representative for Florida – Responsible for sales of cable working

with end users, distributors, and engineering firms. (Top salesman in the USA out of 42 Sales Reps 3 times out of my 4 years there. I

also won several smaller trips and numerous awards, including one for 2 weeks to Hawaii, with all expenses paid). My success was in

my ability to obtain many engineers to specify GE cable, and to get them to hold to the spec.

Minproc Engineers. (Englewood, CO 1977) - Kori Kori Gold Mine - Designed & Engineered complete Power & Distribution System

for a new $100 Million Gold Mine Facility in LaPaz, Bolivia. I was assigned to layout a complete Cable Tray System and run it towards

the Main Switchgear Room before the decision was made on what Switchgear Manufacturers equipment was being purchased. After

the decision was made to purchase Siemens, I then was given the task of making it all fit. Astonishingly, it went it very well.

Coors Brewery (Golden, CO 1976) Robotics System for Aluminum Can Waste Recycling – Electrical Project Engineer - Designed

Storage

Tank Modifications, & various smaller projects, as well as supervised construction for NEC / contract document compliance.

Dept. of Energy / Westinghouse (Carlsbad, NM 1975) Underground Nuclear Waste Facility (WIPP) – Assigned to Survey & Field

Work for a Re-Design of Electrical Systems in several key Support Facilities as required by numerous FCR’s (Field Change Requests).

I was then chosen to be on the team to supervise construction of the re-design for NRC / NEC and contract document compliance.

IBM (Boca Raton, FL 1975) Boca Development Center Project – Designed & Engineered new Power & Distribution System for

demolished Computer Manufacturing Area (Moved to Research Triangle Park, NC), which was converted to a new 750,000 Sq. Ft.

Office Complex.

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