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Engineer Electrical

Location:
Gaithersburg, MD, 20877
Posted:
March 09, 2010

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Jay L. Jones

** ******** ***.

Gaithersburg, MD *0877

Work 301-***-**** / Home 301-***-****

Email: **********@***.***

Career History

Over thirty years progressive hands-on experience in various fast paced

Electrical Engineering, Installation and Management positions.

Includes eight years at TRW in design, analysis and engineering of complex, classified

Department of Defense (DoD) hardware systems.

Ten years as a Field Electrical Engineer for the FAA Air Traffic Control system up-grade to include

Power, Signal, Fiber, Security, Fire Alarm and HVAC systems.

Areas of Qualification

• Electrical Engineering Design and Installation voltages up to 230kV

• Controls, Instrumentation and Power Distribution

• National Electrical Code, OSHA, BOCA, EPA, LEEDS

• Manufacturing Processing Plant Engineering Design

• Utility Monitoring Design

• Linear and Non-linear power supplies

• EMP, EMI, RFI and Tempest

• RF and HF Comm. Power interface

• Power systems grounding

• Harmonic testing and filtering

• 568A and 568B Certified Telecommunications

• Fiber Optic Certified

• Previous Master Electrician

• Experienced CADD (Micro station and Auto-CADD2000)

• HVAC control systems

• Generators, Battery and UPS systems

• Data Centers Tier 2 and Tier 3 power

• Security and entry systems

• Integration and test facilities

• Configuration management COTS equipment

2004 – Present

Electrical Engineer, Design Tech Inc.

Kensington, Md.

Engineer, design and produce electrical construction drawings. Low to Medium voltage Duct banks, switchboard,

transformer design, vaults, panel schedules, single line diagrams, block diagrams, electrical floor plans to include

power, lighting, details, conduit and cable sizing. UPS, Generator single and paralleled power design, Network

distribution design.

Site survey to prepare concept drawings, site readiness reviews to determine if client has prepared site for activation of

construction, site progress meetings for Action Items Lists, witness testing of vendors, write reports on deficiencies .

Hands on field involvement on regular basis, track problems and resolve as required.

Design/Engineer construction packages for Verizon & Sprint Telecommunications facilities to include 750KW

Generators and 750KVA Ups Systems, Configure floor space and route of feeders, size and locate Auto-Transfer

Switch. Details and sections of equipment and racks. Design security systems for personnel entry and monitoring via

building automation systems (BAS). Survey routing and locations of camera, motion sensors, card readers and main

rack recording. Field visits to ensure proper installation and certification upon completion. Vendor review of submittals

for all pieces of equipment to be installed. AutoCad and Microstation drawing production. Mechanical controls design

for HVAC systems.

2000 – 2004

Electrical Supervisor Design Engineer, Bechtel Power

Telecommunications, Frederick, Md.

Engineered and designed complete construction packages for NEXTLINK. Engineer and design

power system and fiber network for ISP Hotel facilities. Engineering included power single line

development, voltage drop calculations, power distribution, load calculations, panel schedule load

balancing and equipment layout configuration. Design and layout detailed drawings for rack-

mounted equipment. Currently organizing and assigning CADD work to drafters, developing CADD

standards and library. Responsibilities to develop cookie cutter type design for future project

markets.

1994 – 2000

Electrical Design Engineer, Lockheed Martin, Rockville, Md.

Engineered and designed complete construction packages for twenty FAA Air Traffic Control

Centers across the Nation for the new (DSR) Display System Replacement. The detailed design

drawings included Equipment configuration, Cable Trays, Power; Floor tile cutouts, seismic tie

down steel, and site-specific details. Responsibilities included planning and leading site survey’s,

presentations for the client, inter-facing with other departments and client, CADD design,

equipment and materials selection, plotting, reproduction, meet tight schedules and delivering

packages on time.

The power was a complex system of primary and back-up sources to supply complete redundant

capabilities. The cable tray’s incorporated a cable management system for both redundancies of

LAN, Token Ring and Fiber Optic cables.

Hardware Engineer responsible for implementation, activation and deployment of ATC equipment

to ARTCC sites. Integration, designed, deployed, site activation, tested and commission ATC

equipment. Site Lead for several sites during installation. Scheduling, planning, coordinating and

implementing of hardware products and processes. Travel to sites and review installation as

pertaining to customer requirements, standards and local facility requirements. Prepare technical

progress reports evaluate vendors and analyzes test reports. Provided technical on site guidance

and direction to on site sub-contractors.

Engineered and designed complete construction packages for five FAA En-Route Air Traffic

Control Centers (HOCSR) Host Oceanic Computer System Replacement. Responsibilities were

the same on both efforts and to oversee the installation by sub contractors. The HOCSR was very

complex in that the existing two Host Computer Systems were on line with one as back up and

had to remain on line while the transition was occurring. Design included adding Passive switch

racks to switch Bus and Tag cables from the existing Host back up to the new IBM G-3. All five

sites were transferred to the new G-3 systems and delivered on time without incident to normal air

traffic.

1993 – 1994

Electrical Design Engineer, APM Engineering, Washington, DC

Engineered and designed complete construction drawing package for G.T.E. Space/NET Telecom

site located in Woodbine, Md. To accommodate relocation from Mclean, Va. Interfaced with client

and other disciplines to create a first time ever for G.T.E. no change orders. Engineered and

designed complex cable tray system to 19” equipment racks utilizing cable retractors and

equipment supports. Telecom cabling between racks and demarcation room design with backbone

and horizontal run trays incorporated.

Engineered and designed construction package for C-SPAN in Washington, DC. Design work

required Power Distribution System to increase form one TV studio to five. Designed automatic

switch over capabilities added an UPS system and added 700KW back-up generator system.

1989 – 1993

Electrical Design Engineer, Bechtel Power Corporation,

Gaithersburg, Md.

Engineered and designed construction drawings for WSSC Waste Water Treatment Plant located

in Blue Plains, Maryland. Engineered and designed construction package to add motor control

centers, power distribution panels and switchgear to support new filtration and pump systems

installed.

Responsibilities included presentations to client from conceptual design to construction.

Performed site surveys to include, site readiness, site inspections, site completion reviews.

Design of complex control and monitoring systems for complete interconnection of wastewater

treatment process.

1988 –1989

Electrical Design Engineer, Ralph M. Parsons Company,

Washington, DC

Engineered and designed detailed construction packages for twenty FAA Air Traffic Control

Centers (ARTCC). Sites were up graded to accommodate a five hundred percent increase in the

HVAC, electrical power system, generators, UPS and utilities. Responsible for the interface with

other disciplines, switchgear and UPS selection, generator controls, motor control centers and

duct bank design. Developed panel schedules, manhole duct bank schedules and conduit feeder

schedules. Engineering studies included voltage drop and load analysis, cable pulls, lighting and

short circuit analysis in addition to the preparation site studies after on site system/facilities

surveys.

Design work required the sizing of circuit conductors, protective devices, electrical equipment and

selection of conduit based on the National Electrical Code; ANSI and IEEE standards design

criteria.

1984 – 1988

Electrical Design Engineer, TRW Defense System Group,

Springfield, Va.

Engineer and design for complex Command, Control, Communication Interface (C3I) System.

Responsible for developing power systems architecture, specifications and test plans. Perform

design analysis and test of power distribution systems. Engineer and designed for EMP, EMI,

RFI, ESA, Tempest and Harmonics. Included calculation of load requirements and system phase

balancing and development of equipment specifications. Accomplished troubleshooting and

operational tests of HVAC systems, uninterruptible power systems (UPS), fire protection

systems, diesel engines and generator systems. Engineered power and control systems following

N.E.C., UL, IEEE, FCC, CSA and Mil-Spec standards. Designed, maintained and troubleshoot

battery charging systems, rectifiers, inverters, static switches and generator controls.

1981 – 1984

Senior Electrical Engineer, TRW Defense System,

Springfield, Va.

Coordinated AC/DC power supplies design and interface with outside suppliers. Installed AC/DC

power supplies systems. Installed power distribution systems for Tempest Screen rooms,

Engineering test facilities and buildings. Installed, tested and commissioned HVAC for facilities

and mobile installations. Installed and serviced hydraulic and pneumatic systems. Install and

troubleshoot power-filtering systems. Managed prototype and production team.

1980 – 1981

Service Manager, Dean Beers Electric, Gaithersburg, Md.

Managed service department with ten technicians. Responsibilities included Proposals, Bids,

Contracts, billing, Materials ordering, job supervision, estimating and scheduling. Increased

department size from two to ten service trucks in one year. Built client base, and secured service

contracts.

Managed construction contracts with up to seventy electricians. Layout work plan and coordinate

with other trades.

1979 – 1980

Electrical Control Specialist, James Holt Electric

Bethesda, Md.

Developed detail designs and installed control equipment for HVAC and Motor Control Centers.

Set up and performed preventative maintenance program for services, switchgear, transformers,

motors and high voltage feeders. Installed all types of high and low voltage systems i.e. services,

transformers, metering, and underground cable systems. Computer room installations, 50, 60 and

400 cycles.

1974 – 1979

Electrical Apprentice, Truland Electric, Rogers Electric, Al Gleson Electric

Performed all types of electrical installations for industrial and commercial facilities. Installed

services, switchgear, transformers, duct banks, signal and control wiring. Installed panel boards,

Telephone cabling systems, fire alarms, elevator controls, lighting and branch circuits. Installed

230kV switchyards, 69kV distribution systems, and 13.8kV cable splicing and switchgear

installation. Utilized all types of tools i.e. Cable pullers, Conduit benders, Hydraulic knock out

sets, core drilling, trenchers, test meters and Oscilloscopes.

TRAINING

•“Theoretical and Practical work for Model 2586 165 KW Power Van”, July 1987,

Fermont Division, Dynamics Corp. of America Bridgeport CT

•“Diesel Engine maintenance and Troubleshooting”, August 1987, Cummins Atlantic,

Inc., Charlotte, NC

•“Un-interruptible Power Supply Maint. School”, February 1989, Exide Electronics

Corp., Raleigh, NC

•“Premise Cabling Systems, Fiber Optic, Token Ring, LAN 568A & B”

Backbone, Horizontal, Telecommunications, Work Area, Equipment Rm. & Entrance Facilities,

AMP Corporation, November 1999

•MacIntosh Graphics, TRW, June 1984

•Asbestos Detection/Removal Course, Ralph M. Parsons Company, November 1987

•Quality Improvement Process (QIP), Ralph M. Parsons Company, March 1987

Education:

Apprenticeship, Electrical, 1974-1979, International Brotherhood of Electrical

Workers

Frederick & Montgomery Community College coarse studies

Clearences:

Previous (TRW) Top Secret & EBI

References:

Adrian Zacarria President CEO Bechtel Power Corp. San Francisco CA.

Fran Gardner Electrical Chief Engineer Bechtel Power Corp. Frederick, Maryland

Brian Stone Montgomery County Police Sgt. 100 Prospect Lane, Gaithersburg, Maryland 301-***-****

Denise Delozier FAA Washington DC Control Towers, En-Route Centers ARTCC’s



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