Engineer Maintenance
Resume:
Thomas M. Price
Home Address: **** ******** *****
Bismarck, ND 58504
EDUCATION
North Dakota State University Bachelors Degree - 1976
Electrical & Electronics Engineering,
Communications Option
University of Colorado Masters Degree - 1995
Engineering Management
PERTINENT KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS, ABILITIES
Employee and Project Management; Planning for large projects; Good oral and written communications skills. Proficient at various software programs for budgeting, project planning and scheduling.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2014 to 2017: Sr. Project Engineer, HDR, Inc.
Salary: Begin: $121,046; End: $124,698
Duties: As a Senior Electrical Engineer with HDR, I coordinated the work of Electrical Engineers, establish client relations, and was involved with design and production meetings regarding electrical and telecommunications systems. I coordinated workload throughout project development; tracked the financial aspects of the projects, and coordinated and adjusted the work effort with the team to ensure that the work was completed within the project parameters and on schedule. I mentored and directed the activities of other electrical engineering professionals.
I have been a Project Manager on various Power Delivery Projects: Substation rebuilds and expansions; mobile capacitor bank installations; SCADA and telecommunications systems including installation, testing, and commissioning.
Each project required comprehensive knowledge of telecommunications and substation equipment; monitoring and control devices; relaying; IEDs and other smart meter, monitoring, and control devices; and proper maintenance of each, according to NERC requirements for Bulk Electric System substations.
I worked with CADD Technicians, Design Engineers, Project Managers, and Clients, to organize and coordinate installation, testing, and commissioning of such equipment.
I initiated contracts and purchase orders with transmission line OPGW construction; fiberoptics equipment and splicing; and network hardware and software contractors.
2008 to 2014: Field Maintenance Manager, Western Area Power Administration, North Dakota Maintenance Office, GS-340-14
Salary: Begin: $100,976 per annum; End: $119,249 per annum
Duties: I directed the maintenance and operations functions of Western's North Dakota Maintenance Office. I was responsible for the maintenance, installation, and commissioning of high-voltage electrical equipment, safety and availability of our workforce, and budgeting and costing of all projects in Transmission Lines, Substations, Meter, Relay, and Communications Facilities in the NDMO area. This area experienced very drastic load requirement increases based upon exponential growth in the oil, gas, wind energy, and electrical industries. Frequent schedule modifications based on internal meetings and meetings with our customers as well as regular workload was maintained in a safe and highly efficient manner.
I supervised 77 employees, including Division Directors, Administrative Personnel, IBEW Craftsmen, Engineers, and Safety, Environmental, Procurement, Warehousing, and Financial specialists. I worked with customers in our area to plan facilities in partnerships and initiate or suggest proposed wording for sharing agreements and contracts. I was responsible for execution of a $7M average annual O&M and replacements budget. I managed buildings for office, craft, and support personnel.
I participated in National Electric Reliability Council/Federal Energy Reliability Commission audits as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) of the Maintenance Program, and provided information, comments, and suggestions for proposed NERC regulation changes. I oversaw audit finding remediation and Cyber documentation to ensure compliance with our Maintenance Program.
Secret Security Clearance held for this position.
1996 to 2008: Team Lead, Communications, Western Area Power Administration, North Dakota Maintenance Office, GS-855-13
Salary: Begin: $67,491 per annum; End: $100,976 per annum
Duties: I directed the maintenance and operations functions of Western's communications in North Dakota, northern South Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. I was responsible for the maintenance, design, installation, and commissioning of analog and digital microwave radios and respective management systems; VHF and UHF base and mobile units; fiber optic cable and termination equipment, VoIP, PABX and Voicemail and OPX circuits and equipment; SCADA equipment; pilot-wire relaying and carrier; digital fault recorders; Uninterruptible Power Supply units and Motor-Generator sets; Multiplexers; antenna, connector and cable, coax, fiber connections; battery chargers and distribution equipment; and computer, LAN and WAN ethernet and T1 circuits. I planned, budgeted, and managed the 12-year installation of a fiberoptics system utilizing T-Line optical ground wire and Cisco termination equipment (15454), and Alcatel-Lucent Multiplexors (3600). As the manager of the first large power utility fiberoptics system in the area, I gave presentations to regional telecommunications entities such as UTC and MIC/MUG; other power marketing agencies; and local power utilities and cooperatives.
I supervised electronic engineers and equipment craftsmen who test and maintain and install upgrades to analog and new digital electronics technologies. I worked with customers in our area to plan facilities in partnerships and initiated and suggested proposed wording for sharing agreements and contracts. I was responsible for execution of a $1.2M average annual O&M and replacements budget.
1991 to 1996: Director, Substations, Western Area Power Administration, Bismarck District Office, GM-850-13
Salary: Begin: $56,176 per annum; End: $67,203 per annum
Duties: I directed the maintenance and operations functions of Western's substations in North Dakota, northwestern Minnesota, and northern South Dakota. I supervised Electrical Engineers in the control design and commissioning of breakers, transformers, instrument transformers, relays, reactors, and capacitors and budgeted and planned replacement of such equipment. I supervised maintenance specialists who tested such equipment periodically or during abnormal conditions; troubleshooting with the aid of test data to determine cause of system or equipment problems.
I supervised 12 electricians and 2 supervisory electricians in their duties of wiring power system equipment; maintaining integrity of breakers, transformers, switches, capacitors, reactors, static var systems, control panels, battery banks, and buildings; and environmental maintenance and improvements associated with power system equipment. I was responsible for $500K annual O&M and replacements budget, including trust fund accounts and job-specific contracts with customers. I served on several ad hoc groups and committees which were tasked with the compilation and writing of manuals and documents such as new fall protection and substations classification guidelines and predictive maintenance guidelines. I provided classroom training of utility switchmen and biannual substation orientation of local college Lineman and Powerplant Technology Classes. I was a trained and certified Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR).
1985 to 1991: Substations Engineer, Western Area Power Administration, Bismarck District Office, GS-850-12
Salary: Begin: $37,267 per annum; End: $52,210 per annum
Duties: I designed control circuits, made and revised drawings for the major power system equipment listed above, utilizing Western design manuals and REA Bulletin 65-1 as guidelines; I instructed and ensured compliance to safety programs; initiated environmental guidelines per EPA requirements; ensured worker compliance of such guidelines by training, observing, and advising crews in the field. I budgeted for replacements and additions, and provided information required to Contracts personnel to set up or modify trust fund accounts and verify input data to rates and repayment studies. I provided technical writing and editing skills for peers and Division Directors, and contributed significantly to tasks of re-writing safety and maintenance manuals. As Substations Branch Chief, I supervised 12 electricians and two Supervisory Electricians. I directed WAPA/IBEW contract requirements, EEO concerns, overtime, and travel, and determined productivity and safety goals. I attended multiple NESC and NEC classes and kept up-to-date on wiring code. I wrote position descriptions and performance elements and standards for subordinates.
1976 to 1985: Field Representative, Western Area Power Administration, Bismarck District Office; GS-850-7,9,11,12
Salary: Begin: $12,518 per annum; End: $37,267 per annum
Duties: I worked with customers on contractual matters, Conservation and Renewable Energy Programs, metering, wheeling, Joint Transmission System contracts, and other interconnection requirements.
I met with councils, consultants, boards of directors, and electrical superintendents to evaluate programs, contracts, and new services; met with power and distribution cooperatives, utilities, and consultants, and oil and gas companies to compile pertinent information for blackstart contingency planning in an area of minimal transmission capacity.
I formulated power contracts to incorporate new assignments of power, Conservation & Renewable Energy program requirements, extended terms, and updated system interconnection data for all customers served by the Bismarck District during details to the Billings Area Office. I worked with Rates and Repayment Branch to ensure that correct background information was incorporated into rate and repayment structures.
During a detail to the Watertown Operations Office (Oct. 1977 - Apr. 1978), I worked with dispatch, systems analysis, billing, statistical, and computer branches, compiling outage data, generation data, hourly schedules, customer billings, and relay coordination reports.
1975 to 1978: Rotation Engineer, Western Area Power Administration and Bureau of Reclamation, Missouri-Souris Office; GS-850-5
Salary: Begin: $11,047 per annum; End: $11,095 per annum
Duties: I designed Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition equipment, and supervised installation of such equipment. I worked with technicians in installation of a PABX phone installation. I initiated purchase requests for substation and transmission line equipment, and drew up single-lines for customer points of delivery. I reviewed and updated relay settings.
Under supervision of a GS-12 Engineer, I worked with customers in contractual matters, metering and interconnection requirements, and met with councils, consultants, boards of directors, and electrical superintendents to evaluate programs, contracts, and new services.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Registered Professional Engineer, ND; Able Toastmaster Certification; Superior Performance (multiple cash awards 1980 - 2013); Regional Safety Committee 1996-98 and 2008 - 2014; Chairman, 1998; multiple Merit Pay Increases 2014 - 2017.
Courses completed for Master's Degree in Engineering Management at the UC, Boulder:
Industrial Power Systems University of Colorado 12/10/76
Power System Protection University of Colorado 1/18/90
Statistical Quality Control University of Colorado 6/4/90
Power Quality Control University of Colorado 12/28/90
Intro To Engineering Management University of Colorado 5/15/91
Finance & Accounting University of Colorado 8/15/91
Strategy, Productivity, Quality University of Colorado 5/15/93
Leadership & Management University of Colorado 7/30/93
Advances in Substation Engineering University of Colorado 12/21/94
Final Project University of Colorado 11/20/95
Master’s Degree University of Colorado 5/20/96
Courses taught as Adjunct Professor at Bismarck State College (2001 – 2008):
Advanced Print Reading
Advanced Substation Design
Advanced Electrical Systems
Electrical System Components
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