Electrical Engineer Power Plant

NIEVES G. SOTO

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Katy, Texas 77450-4012

Telephone: 281-***-****

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A Senior Electrical Engineer with diversified international professional and managerial

experience in electrical and instrumentation engineering. Demonstrated accomplishments in

problem solving, specification writing, sales proposals generation, project management and

contract administration. A results oriented professional possessing strong analytical and planning

skills, who is bilingual (English and Spanish).

EDUCATION

B. S. in Electrical Engineering, Power Option, Texas A & M University, 1963

WORK HISTORY

WOOD GROUP MUSTANG, INC., HOUSTON, TEXAS March 2011 to October 2013

Electrical Engineer, performing engineering for onshore and offshore projects. Used ETAP to

analyze Electric Power Systems on Offshore Platforms for EOG and PEMEX. Projects include

offshore platforms for generation, operations and housing in the Mediterranean Sea and offshore

Angola, and onshore facilities for the Oil and Gas industry in the United States.

EDG INTERNATIONAL, TULSA, OKLAHOMA October 2010 – December 2010

Project Support Engineer, performing engineering for building a Power Plant in Morichal,

Venezuela for PDVSA. Project is to install two each G.E. LM6000 50 megawatt generators and

accessories.

SIEMENS OIL AND GAS SOLUTIONS, HOUSTON, TEXAS May 2009 – August 2010

Electrical Engineer, performing engineering for onshore and offshore projects. Projects included

offshore platforms for generation and housing for PEMEX in the Gulf of Campeche, and onshore

Power Plants and Substations for PDVSA in Venezuela.

JACOBS, HOUSTON, TEXAS December 2007- May 2009

Lead Engineer, Electrical

Leading the engineering and design for electric power systems for Upstream natural gas systems

in the San Juan Coalbed Methane field in Durango, Colorado. Installations include green field

and modified Well Sites, Water Transfer Stations, Salt Water Disposal Sites, Compression

Delivery Points and Gas Treatment Plants.

UNIVERSAL ENSCO, INC., HOUSTON, TEXAS September 2006-December 2007

Senior Project Engineer, Electrical

Leading the engineering and design for electric, instrumentation and controls systems for

Compressor Stations. Clients include Gulf South Pipeline Company, Enbridge Pipeline

Company, Enterprise Pipeline Company and Transwestern Pipeline Company. Packages include

Solar Turbines with Solar Compressors, Caterpillar Engines with Ariel Compressors and Electric

Motors with VFD’s and Ariel Compressors.

RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS AMERICAS, INC., AUSTIN, TEXAS

April - August 2006

Site Management - Electrical, managing electrical and control systems engineering design,

overseeing purchasing and construction for Wind Energy Farms.

PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA June 2005

Electrical Engineer, performing engineering for projects to replace switchgear in substations.

T. W. COOK ENGINEERS, INC., HUMBLE, TEXAS January -February 2005

Electrical Engineer, performing engineering for oil and gas projects.

GULF INTERSTATE ENGINEERING COMPANY, HOUSTON, TEXAS May -July 2004

Senior Principal Electrical Engineer, performing engineering for LPG pipelines.

AUTOMATION ONE, HOUSTON, TEXAS April - May 2004

Project Engineer, to expedite purchase and shipment of two MCC’s and one ATS.

GULF INTERSTATE ENGINEERING COMPANY, HOUSTON, TEXAS February 2004

Senior Principal Electrical Engineer, performing engineering for refined liquids pipelines.

DG 21, THE ISLAND OF DIEGO GARCIA BY WAY OF SINGAPORE November 2003

Project Manager, Power Upgrade Project to replace power plant switchgear and cables.

THE AVO TRAINING INSTITUTE, DALLAS, TEXAS November 2002-January 2003

Electrical Safety Engineer

Trained as an Instructor of Courses in Safety Requirements as established by OSHA and NFPA.

LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY, AUSTIN, TEXAS April-October 2002

Contract Senior Electrical Engineer

Edited the Standard Drawings: Transformer Differential, Bus Differential, Auto Transformer

Differential, Capacitor Bank, A.C. and D. C. Distribution and Annunciators, Transmission Line

Protection, and Metering.

Produced Drawings illustrating Automatic Sectionalizing for a Transmission Line with One Tap,

or Two Taps, or Three Taps, in the middle of the Line.

GULF INTERSTATE ENGINEERING COMPANY, HOUSTON, TEXAS

July 2001-March 2002

Senior Principal Electrical Engineer

Led the engineering and design for electric, instrumentation and controls systems for the 2003

Kern River Expansion Project for Williams Gas Pipeline, from Wyoming to California.

Supervised Principal Electrical Engineers and Designers.

Project consists of 740 miles of loop pipeline, 36 inch pipe from Wyoming to California, and 42

inch pipe in California.

LOCKWOOD GREENE ENGINEERS, ATLANTA, GEORGIA February-April

2001

Engineering Consultant

Performed the Front End Engineering for a 500 Megawatt Two-on-One Combined Cycle

Power Plant for Pinnacle West in Phoenix, Arizona

ENRON ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, HOUSTON, TEXAS

January 1998-January

2001

Senior Project Engineer, Electrical

Coordinated the work of Siemens Ltda. in Sao Paulo, Brazil, for the Cuiaba Combined Cycle

Power Plant in Western Brazil. Interfaced with Eletronorte, the electric utility that purchases the

Plant's energy, and with the Contractors who constructed the switchyard and Eletronorte's

substation addition at Coxipo. Coordinated the engineering, construction and startup of a triple

fuel Power Plant in Penuelas, Puerto Rico. Penuelas included an unloading terminal for LNG,

with storage, decompression, export to pipeline and as fuel for the Power Plant. Penuelas

included a sea water desalting plants, to feed the Power Plant and to export to pipeline to sell

potable water.

3D/INTERNATIONAL, INC., HOUSTON, TEXAS October 1997-January 1998

Project Manager

Inspected Elementary, Middle and High Schools in the Houston Independent School District, for

3D/International's Facilities Evaluation Group.

DANIEL MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL, HOUSTON, TEXAS August-October 1997

Mechanical Estimator

Interpreted Requests for Proposals for Measurement and Control Systems for Liquid and Gas

Products Flow Streams, estimated the Company's cost of the equipment and recommended sell

prices, prepared Technical and Commercial Proposals in English and in Spanish, and answered

the prospective Clients' questions.

POWELL INDUSTRIES OFFSHORE, HOUSTON, TEXAS December 1996-August 1997

Project Coordinator

Directed all phases of bidding, purchasing materials, and directed construction of offshore

platforms, including Generation Equipment, Controls and Substations with auxiliary systems.

BAILEY NETWORK MANAGEMENT, SUGAR LAND, TEXAS July-September 1996

Contract Bilingual Proposals Manager

Wrote a Proposal in Spanish for EDESUR, Buenos Aires, Argentina, for a

SCADA/EMS/MMI/PLC system.

GOLDSTON ENGINEERING, INC., HOUSTON, TEXAS May-June 1996

Contract Electrical Engineer

Provided Electrical Engineering Services for dock modifications for Hoechst Celanese and the

Port of Freeport, Texas and for a PLC/MMI-based Test Station for Lubrication Oil for Reduction

Gears, for Lufkin Industries, Lufkin, Texas.

GULF INTERSTATE ENGINEERING COMPANY, HOUSTON, TEXAS

February 1995-March 1996

Senior Principal Electrical Engineer

Led the engineering and design for electric, instrumentation, controls and cathodic protection

systems for the ARCO Pipe Line Company Seaway Conversion Project Stage 1.

Project consisted of a 500-mile pipeline, being converted from natural gas to crude oil service,

and included a port with three docking berths, a tank farm, three major pumping stations and a

receiving station.

AES MAINTENANCE SERVICES, OKLAHOMA September-November 1994

Senior Electrical Engineer

Designed the electric systems for interconnection of Mobile Cogeneration Units to Host

Industrial Sites.

AMERICAN REF-FUEL COMPANY, HOUSTON, TEXAS April 1988-July 1994

Senior Electrical Engineer

Supervised the engineering, purchasing, installation, start-up, modifications, operations and

maintenance, of electrical systems, DCS, PLC's and MMI, for Waste-to-Energy power plants.

GH BETTIS, WALLER, TEXAS June 1986-April 1988

Product Design Engineer

Marketed and designed Valve Actuators and high pressure hydraulic cylinders and power packs.

Actuators required springs, hydraulic cylinders, air cylinders and electric motors. Designed

Actuator control systems including auxiliary valves, position detectors and auxiliary relays.

PLT ENGINEERING, INC., TEXAS AND ECUADOR January 1985-April

1986

Lead Instrumentation and Controls Engineer

Led the engineering design for instrumentation and controls systems for tank farms, pumping

stations and pipelines for refined products. Specified the SCADA systems and determined

budget costs for all control systems. FEED for offshore unloading of tankers.

TEJAS CONTROLS, INC., HOUSTON, TEXAS July 1983-

December 1984

Senior Applications Engineer

Wrote Proposals for SCADA/EMS/MMI systems. Sold systems to Salem, Virginia, New

Braunfels, Texas, and the Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative in Gonzales, Texas.

CITY OF BRYAN, TEXAS January – June 1983

Assistant Division Manager

Supervised construction of Overhead Secondary, Distribution and Transmission Lines up to 138

kV. Supervised operations and maintenance of SCADA, Switchyard, Distribution, Relay and

Control equipment, Metering and Substation equipment up to 138 kV.

WILLIAMS BROTHERS ENGINEERING COMPANY, HOUSTON, TEXAS

June 1981-October 1982

Chief Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer

Supervised the engineering design for SCADA, electrical, instrumentation and controls systems

for tank farms, pumping stations and pipelines for crude and refined products.

ARAMCO SERVICES COMPANY, TEXAS AND SAUDI ARABIA

December 1979-June

1981

Electrical Specialist

In Houston, served as the Project Engineer for the $2 billion project for gas-oil separation plants

in Saudi Arabia.

CITY PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

September 1963-December 1979

Superintendent of Electrical Operations

Supervised construction of Overhead Secondary, Distribution and Transmission Lines up to 138

kV. Supervised operations and maintenance of Switchyard, Distribution, Metering and

Substation equipment up to 345 kV. Supervised design and construction of communications

equipment including telephone cables, EPABX, telephone equipment and microwave radio.

Project Engineer for justification, specification, purchase, installation, operations and

maintenance of a SCADA system for the electric and natural gas systems.

Supervised Engineering including Single-Line Diagrams, Schematic Diagrams, Panel Wiring

Diagrams, AC and DC station service, Relay and Control equipment, cabling, control house

details, Interconnect Wiring Diagrams, Grounding Plans and Lightning Protection Plans.

Supervised the operation of the System Control Center, including Generating Unit Commitment,

Trouble Board Operation and Communications with other utilities in the South Texas

Interconnected System.

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