Electrical Engineer
Resume:
William J. Fortier
Niagara Falls, NY 14304 **********@*****.***
Summary of Qualifications
Electrical Engineer with proven track record in design and project management. Innovative leader possessing strong communication, technical, and problem solving skills.
Industries: OEM Manufacturing, Aerospace and Defense, Industrial Power Design (MEP)
Knowledge Base: QS 9000/ISO9001, Validation/IP, OP, QP, CAPA Systems / RCA, SMED, 5S, Lean, PM, PMBOK, PLC, NFPA 70E, NEC
Engineering Skills:
• Project / Program Management • Configuration / Documentation
• Process Development / Control • Process Improvement/Cost Reduction
• Procurement Systems • MV /LV Distribution
• Risk Assessment • Substation Design
Professional Experience
ATSI, Amherst NY November 2017 – May 2019
Principal Electrical Engineer
Design, development and project management of a wide variety of industrial customer based solutions. These solutions include power distribution (480V, 12.47kV, 34.5kV), switchgear design, protective relaying, motor control centers (MCC), instrumentation, VFD, PLC / HMI development, lighting and building services and general construction support.
InTomes Technical Services, Springville NY February 2016 – November 2017 (Contract)
Electrical Engineer
Responsible for design and development of tasks associated with the decommissioning of the West Valley Demonstration Project facility. These task’s include electrical isolation, reroute, new substation design and commissioning, arc flash analysis, PM and instrumentation redesign.
Globe Metallurgical Inc., Niagara Falls, NY March 2014 – November 2015
Senior Staff Electrical Engineer
Responsible for all electrical systems at the Niagara plant, including substations and switchgear associated with a 44 MW multi furnace operation, including the following 3 phase voltages: 115k, 13.8k, 4.16k, .48k. Responsible for all controls and instrumentation including maintenance management. The plant is controlled by multiple PLC subsystems that along with multiple HMI’s and servers make up a complete SCADA system, all Allen Bradley ControlLogix. Responsible for programming and troubleshooting all PLC (RSLogix 5000 / RSView ME-SE) and VFD related issues, as well as new process improvement and implementation of capital projects.
Lockheed Martin Corp., Niagara Falls, NY 2007 – 2013
Project Manager
Successfully managed four multi-million dollar Gravity Gradiometer Sensor System programs through proposal, design and build. Duties include program capture management, direct responsibility for overall program performance, status reporting to senior management and customer interface. All programs were planned, developed and executed in compliance with Lockheed Martin’s Program Performance Management Process (PPMP). The PPMP flow includes program organization (SOW WBS IMP), planning, scheduling (IMS), analysis and management reporting (EVMS). Programs were a mixture of commercial and Government contracts including secret classification. Functional reports: Six Engineers and four Technicians.
Accomplishments:
Developed innovative new tools to aid in program tracking / analysis.
Assigned to $11M program already in progress but three months behind schedule and yellow status. Drove program to green within four months.
Designed / developed the power and distribution subsystem for the Enhanced Full Tensor Gradiometer.
Responsible for proposing and executing product improvements for customer-owned systems. Involved creating estimates and schedules, resource planning, initiating procurements, managing program execution and providing status to the customer. These duties were in addition to the Program Manager tasks as described above.
Proposed and delivered $2M worth of business.
Kistler Instrument Corp., Amherst, NY 1992 - 2007
Senior Electrical Engineer / Engineering Manager
Project Manager / Hardware design of the 5134B four channel Acceleration / Force sensor signal conditioning system with mixed mode Transducer Electronic Data Sheet (TEDS) capability. The design includes multiple MCU’s (MC68HC908), I C, Standalone Front Panel Display / Control, USB interface and PC Control GUI.
Developed MEMS based K-Beam 8305B / 8310B / 8312B / 8330A / 8393B.
Pioneered programmable compensation circuitry and process for elimination of temperature based bias shift.
Developed original concept / design for 8395A miniature triaxial MEMS accelerometer.
Engineering Manager
Managed eleven Engineers and Technicians ($1M + budget).
Responsibility for all new Product Development / Test Programs
Fifteen major (ISO 9001) product releases.
Sensors / Support Electronics (Automotive, Aerospace, Biomedical)
Full customer sensor interface support (Data Acquisition / Monitoring)
Chief Development Engineer, Capacitive Accelerometer Products
Developed all Kistler K-Beam series sensors, utilizing MEMS sensor cores and Custom Hybrid Electronics, including 8302 / 8304 / 8352 / 8353 / 8392.
Managed all technical and program aspects of DC accelerometer products.
Implemented the move and startup of French Company ACSEM to Kistler US location and designed a tailored manufacturing / test system allowing production of ACSEM assets. Designed new components to continue manufacture following asset depletion.
Previous experience as Program Manager / Lead Electrical Engineer ACLS R&D at Bell Aerospace Textron.
Education/ Certifications
SUNYAB, MSEE Courses
Closed Loop Control Systems Design, Digital Signal Processing, Optimal Systems Design, Communication Systems, Advanced Electronics Design
State University of New York College at Buffalo
BSET Electromechanical Engineering / Power Generation Systems
Program Management Systems Lockheed Martin
Earned Value Management I,II,III Lockheed Martin
Siemens SIMATIC S-7 (PLC) Programming / System Design.
Computer Skills
Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Project, Visio. ORCAD Capture / Layout, MULTISIM, LABVIEW, COLDFIRE, AutoCAD, Fast Track Scheduler, Math-CAD, MIL-Stress (MIL-217(x), ETAP
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