Project Engineer

Ogochukwu Emmanuel Akaeke

**** *. ******* ***** # **** Day Phone: 682-***-****

Irving, Texas 75061 *********.******@****.***.***

OBJECTIVE

Seeking co-op / full-time employment as an electrical systems designer / engineer.

I am eligible to work for any employer in the U.S without sponsorship, and I am also open to relocation.

I look forward to fully utilizing my electrical engineering skills, ability to learn quickly, excellent people

skills, and over 9 years of leadership experience.

I intend to take the Fundamentals of Engineering exam in 2014.

EDUCATION

University of Texas-Arlington: Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering

Minor - Nuclear Engineering

Graduation Semester: Summer 2012

EXPERIENCE

09/2012 – 09/2013

Nuclear Logistics Inc. AZZ Fort Worth, TX

Project Engineer

Identifying and analyzing project requirements to accurately evaluate project needs, compiling and

reviewing existing electrical designs and specifications being purchased or fabricated, writing and

coordinating test plans and test reports.

Maintaining a complete, updated, and accurate project file that contains all appropriate electrical

engineering elements of the project, reporting status of activities timely and accurately and meeting

project timeline and scheduled due dates.

Producing designs and layouts for electrical systems/equipment, reading design specifications and

technical drawings and performing other duties as assigned.

06/2012 – 09/2012

The Sherwin Williams Company (GSC) Arlington, TX

Process / Project Engineering Management Trainee / Intern

Project management responsibilities and personally leading Six Sigma Focused Factory/Lean

projects resulting in substantial improvement of the various processes within the plant.

Complete mastery of Capital and Budget considerations; including Net Present Value, Return on

Investment, Depreciation and other criteria used in the decisioning involving a given project.

06/2011 – 12/2011

Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Dallas, TX

Project Coordinator / Supervised Work Experience

Worked closely with the Director of Fleet Engineering and performed several important tasks while

gaining vital knowledge regarding both the Bus and Rail sides of the business.

Played a vital role in creating and maintaining several matrices & presentati ons to help keep track

of the progress of the NABI / DART contract for the replacement of the entire DART Bus fleet.

01/2010 – 01/2011

Bank of America Corporation Amon Carter, TX

Home Retention Dept. / Loss Mitigation Collector

Managed delinquent client mortgage loan accounts in order to ascertain the best way to bring

accounts current. Worked with other departments within Corporate Service to satisfy customers’

requests.

Performed debt counseling, collected payments and advised clients of Government and Bank

options to prevent and cure delinquency.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Visual Vault, Oracle Systems, Power-World Simulator, AutoCAD, C & C++ Programming, P-Spice,

MATLAB, Mathematica, Microsoft Office Suite, MPLAB, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Photoshop,

Fluency in English and Igbo (Nigerian language).

RELEVANT COURSE WORK

Power Systems Analysis & Design, Senior Design Practicum, Thermal Hydraulics in Nuclear Reactors,

Engineering Entrepreneurship, Concepts & Exercises in Engineering Practice, Control Systems,

Probability & Random Signals, Microprocessors, Reactor Theory & Analysis, Power Systems,

Linear Systems, Electronics (1&2), Electro-magnetics (1&2), Computer Programming Solutions,

Circuit Design Analysis (1&2) and Thermal Engineering. (U.T Arlington)

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND POSITIONS HELD

IEEE Vice-President 2012

American Nuclear Society Treasurer 2012

UTA All-university & Intra mural Men’s Soccer Champions 2005-2007

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

CitiFinancial Auto Monthly Blood Drive, Mission Arlington and UTA canned foods Drive.

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