Power Plant Engineer

Objective

Advance engineering management career in the energy, renewable energy, and

biofuel markets.

Education

Bachelor of Science Degree - Mechanical Engineering

December 1998

North Dakota State University Fargo,

ND

Continued Education

Flow of Solids in Bins, Hoppers, Chutes, and Feeders - ASME

Process Piping Systems Design and Operation - University of Wisconsin

Engineer in Transition to Management - University of Wisconsin

Chemical Engineering for the Non-Chemical Engineer - University of

Wisconsin

ASME B31.3 Process Piping Design - ASME self paced CD-ROM

Alltech Alcohol School Text - Self Paced Reading

Managing Multiple Projects - SkillPath

Dealing with Unacceptable Employee Behavior - SkillPath

Affiliations

ASME member, NCEES Record, NSPE member

Registrations

Alabama, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois,

Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi,

Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio,

Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee,

Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Employment Experience

1. Developed conceptual material handling and storage designs for grain and

fertilizer storage and distribution facilities.

2. Drafted work scopes and requests for proposal for sub-consultant

engineering firm support.

3. Wrote design build proposals for $25 million projects and presented them

to clients.

4. Supported project development by addressing client questions.

5. Updated company marketing literature to expand advertising to heavy

industrial market base.

6. Built calculation spreadsheets for determining flat storage building

capacity and automated reclaim system payback.

7. Worked with equipment vendors to detail conveyor requirements for

reclaiming product from flat storage buildings.

8. Created base package of mechanical material handling equipment

specifications.

9. Modeled bulk material handling process flow diagrams (PFD's) for

fertilizer receiving and distribution terminal.

10. Research and analysis of selected target markets for potential project

design opportunities and relationships.

11. Sought bids from subcontractors for mechanical scope of projects.

12. Assisted with conceptual design of advanced emission reduction project

for a coal fired power plant converting precipitated solids to ammonium

bisulfate fertilizer.

13. Retrofit project for alfalfa and biomass pelleting process

1. Pursuit of power, renewable energy, and biofuel projects for expansion

of target markets.

2. Lead the Biofuels Initiative and Sustainable/Renewable Initiative design

teams as internal work groups to maintain firm communication and to rally

resources for business development.

3. Assembled a team of engineers and designers to execute mechanical

process and balance of plant type design for heavy industrial projects.

4. Research and analysis of selected target markets for potential project

design opportunities and relationships.

5. Updated energy sector business development plan and marketing literature

to tailor it for renewable energy client base.

6. Drafted project work scopes defining role of balance of plant designer.

7. Maintained list of contacts from marketing calls and recorded them in

Vision software.

8. Drafted team reports on a regular basis to present business development

progress to upper management.

1. Development of project work scopes for estimating purposes and contract

drafting.

2. Managed firm's business, personnel, and marketing aspects through

drafting and enforcement of policy and procedure, and business

development strategies.

3. Guided staff through organization and prioritization of projects.

4. Pursuit and execution of power, renewable energy, and biofuel projects.

5. Interviewed and hired supporting management staff.

6. Drafted firm operational status report biweekly for reporting to company

owners.

7. Presented firm's qualifications to prospective clients.

8. Conducted employee performance reviews. Developed grading procedure.

9. Addressed performance issues and acted in human resources function.

10. Traveled to meet with clients. Monthly visit to branch office to

receive status update.

11. Reviewed and approved project billing reviews. Developed workload

forecasting.

1. Managed firm operations jointly with two other assistant vice

presidents.

2. Drafted firm's first policy and procedure manual in combined effort with

company owners.

3. Oversight of design and logistical aspects of projects from conception

to completion.

4. Development of project work scopes for estimating purposes and contract

drafting.

5. Pursuit and execution of power, renewable energy, and biofuel projects.

6. Many facets of mechanical engineering, process engineering, project

management, and engineering management.

7. Coordination of projects' environmental permit information.

8. Drafted project work scopes defining role of balance of plant designer.

9. Formed a CAD committee and attended regular meetings to establish

standards, quality control, and software maintenance.

10. Management of biofuel projects in sizes ranging from $60 million to

$220 million.

1. Oversight of design and logistical aspects of projects from conception

to completion.

2. Addressed job site questions submitted by construction managers.

3. Coordinated design efforts with process technology provider.

4. Estimated, monitored, and managed mechanical engineering costs and

project schedules.

5. Hired and supervised mechanical engineers, designers, piping designers,

and drafters.

6. Provided technical and project management guidance to staff.

7. Maintained execution of several projects while also managing the

department.

8. Technical writing of project work scopes, project specifications,

proposals, and engineering business reports.

9. Worked extra hours with one senior pipe designer to deliver full

mechanical design and specification packages for firm's first biodiesel

plant project.

1. Plumbing and HVAC design for industrial and commercial facilities.

2. Utilized Trace 700 software for HVAC calculations.

3. Ductwork sizing, grille selection, and ductwork routing for HVAC

systems.

4. Followed mechanical and plumbing codes for design compliance. Submitted

for agency review.

5. Executed HVAC design for retrofit projects in commercial building

remodels.

6. Conducted building code analysis, documented interpretation, and drafted

fire protection performance specifications.

7. Layout of process piping systems. Reviewed pipe designer's drawing

package.

8. Sizing and selection of major equipment such as pumps, boilers, cooling

towers, chillers, and tanks.

9. Generated P&ID's for balance of plant utility systems.

10. Worked with water treatment companies and process engineering firms to

develop, design, and layout water treatment systems.

11. Coordinated mechanical process design requirements with civil,

structural, electrical, and controls engineering disciplines.

12. Contributed to efficient industrial site plans.

13. Drafted firm's first grain handling system performance specifications.

14. Site inspections to verify design compliance and learn of potential

design improvements.

1. As a plant engineer at a 450 MW coal fired power plant; justified,

budgeted, supervised, and coordinated projects to improve the performance

and safety of operation.

2. Justified, budgeted, managed construction, and commissioned a $1.5

million cold lime softening water treatment plant for reducing calcium

hardness in the plant's circulating water.

3. Managed construction of steam and condensate system for sale of steam to

adjacent ethanol plant.

4. Developed testing program for flow accelerated corrosion in boiler feed

water and condensate piping systems. Selected areas most susceptible to

corrosion, then scheduled ultrasonic thickness testing during plant

maintenance outages. Analyzed data to evaluate repair and to develop

trends of corrosion rates.

5. Specified high pressure feed water heater for scheduled replacement.

6. Analyzed and measured main steam, hot reheat steam, and cold reheat

steam lines for thermal expansion to evaluate issues with pipe hanger

binding.

7. Construction supervision of major capital projects at power plant.

8. Review of alarm logs to troubleshoot operating issues and unit trips.

9. Performed data collection and interpretation to evaluate and report

plant production and performance.

10. Attended EPRI workshops.

11. Maintained fuel inventory records and fuel analysis.

12. Conducted boiler walk downs to monitor ash deposits.

13. Performed superheater, reheater, boiler, and deaerator internal

inspections.

14. Participated in Honeywell DCS training.

15. Searched for broken wires in electrostatic precipitator.

Project Experience (selected)

Commonwealth Agri Energy (20 MGPY ethanol plant) - Hopkinsville, KY

Designed floating, platform and selected vertical turbine pumps for

elevating process water from a quarry lake. Set equipment arrangement

of chiller and water pump building.

Mid Missouri Energy (40 MGPY ethanol plant) - Malta Bend, MO

Developed proposal and coordinated project development for ethanol

plant water treatment system. A slant plate clarifier was used for

iron reduction. Developed equipment arrangement to achieve gravity

flow through the water treatment system.

Granite Falls Energy (40 MGPY ethanol plant) - Granite Falls, MN

Drafted first performance specification for grains system package.

U.S. Bio Energy - Albert City (100 MGPY ethanol plant) - Albert City,

IA

Worked with process engineers to develop equipment arrangement of

cold lime softening water treatment system.

CORN, LP (50 MGPY ethanol plant) - Goldfield, IA

Researched coal handling, coal storage, coal combustion, and

emissions control equipment for fluidized bed coal combustion and

steam generator.

Blue Flint Ethanol (50 MGPY ethanol plant) - Underwood, ND

Project development and preliminary design for steam system utilizing

turbine extraction steam from adjacent coal fired power plant.

Developed the layout of the ethanol plant to fit on a small footprint

site.

White Energy - Hereford (100 MGPY ethanol plant) - Hereford, TX

Designed layout of a non-standard energy center to house two gas

fired DDGS dryers and two package boilers.

Mid Atlantic Biodiesel (5 MGPY biodiesel plant) - Clayton, DE

Performed detail process and utility system design of steam

generator, condensate return, cooling water, feedstock storage, and

product storage systems. Design included P&ID's and detailed major

and minor equipment specifications.

White Energy - Plainview (100 MGPY ethanol plant) - Plainview, TX

Preliminary design and performance specification draft for grain day

storage and milling utilizing off site main grain storage.

Schwan's Sales Enterprises - Marshall, MN

Various plumbing and HVAC design projects for commercial office

building retrofits.

Granite Falls Bank - Granite Falls, MN

HVAC design for bank remodel project.

Director of Engineering October 2009-June

2010

Marcus Construction Company Prinsburg, MN

Team Leader / Senior Mechanical Engineer January 2009-July

2009

Ulteig Engineers Fargo, ND

President June 2007-January 2009

Fagen Engineering, LLC Granite Falls, MN

Assistant Vice President/Mech. Engineering Dept. Head December 2006-

June 2007

Fagen Engineering, LLC Granite Falls, MN

Mechanical Engineering Dept. Head January 2006-December

2006

Fagen Engineering, LLC Granite Falls, MN

Mechanical Engineer May 2002-January 2006

Fagen Engineering, LLC Granite Falls, MN

Plant Engineer January 1999-January 2002

OtterTail Power Company - Big Stone Power Plant Big Stone

City, SD

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