Robert Cowger
Email: *********@********.***
Address: **** ******* *****
City: Las Vegas
State: NV
Zip: 89101
Country: USA
Phone: 702-***-****
Skill Level: Entry
Salary Range: 50
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Robert Cowger
3835 Raymert Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89121
*********@********.***
Objective To obtain a challenging and rewarding position in the field of electrical engineering that utilizes my experience, education, and skills.
Military Honorably Discharged from National Guard, 1994
Education University of Las Vegas Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada
B.S., Electrical Engineering Graduated December 12, 2009
Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, Florida
M.B.A., a Finance, Expected Graduation December 19, 2013
Certifications Osha 10, Method 9, PV Installer and AED
Employment
2010 a Present Eldorado Energy/Sempra Generation a Solar Engineering
Solar Engineer
Monitoring solar fieldas from control room, Swithyard capable in operations, troubleshooting inverters (Moderate Level), troubleshooting DC field issues, testing of new products also developing performance testing. Assisting in LOTO procedures, Emergency procedure, Safety standards, Preventative Maintenance Programs and day to day operations. Modeling of solar panels and plant using excel, PI, Wonderware and Basic calculations for loss and projections. Development of Production sheets for underperforming arrays along with developing programs to determine loss of harness and string values.
2009-02/2010 Hampton Tedder Electric, Las Vegas, Nevada
Project Engineer
In charge of the Project Copper Mountain Solar 1 Substation, including all subcontractors for this project. Duties included, scheduling, material tracking and inventory, technical support, directing all duties, interaction with owners, hosting meetings, as-built, trouble shooting and helping with commissioning and closed out. Currently bidding, communicating with customers and technical responsibilities, includes medium and high voltage testing.
2006-2009 Las Vegas Valley Water District, Las Vegas, Nevada
Electrical Intern IV-Maintenance Engineering
Support the engineering staff in maintaining potable water wells and booster pump stations in the greater Las Vegas Metropolitan Service Area. This includes roles on projects such as: electrical switchgear and MCC replacement, lightning protection upgrades, pump station lighting and Allen Bradley PLC 5 modifications. Duties include: Contract preparation, AutoCAD drawing revisions, documentation review, field verification, equipment purchase, contacting small projects.
2005-2006 Bombard Electric, Las Vegas, Nevada
Electrical Estimator in Training
Prepared take offs, insertions, revisements, invoice tracking, comparisons, RFIas, change orders and hard bids. Projects Iave assisted in hard bids, Beetles Theater, Residence Tower A, B, C and Gatehouse, Sky Las Vegas, Town Square Phase I, II, IV, and Sante Fe Garage. I have also worked on numerous other bids but was not awarded to us.
1996-2001 PMR Electric, Las Vegas, Nevada
Residential Electrician
Responsible for high end residential jobs with crews, including hot checking, trouble shooting, roughing it in and trim.
Skills Extensive: ETAP 6.0.0, AutoCAD 2005 a 2008, Microsoft Project, Data Processing, Microsoft Word, Excel, Lotus Notes, PI.
Basic: Java, C Programming, Matlab, PCB Design, Wonderware, PLC(Ladder).