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Power Plant Engineer

Location:
Ooltewah, TN
Posted:
May 24, 2014

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Scott Pyle

Cell: 423-***-****

Home: 423-***-****

Email: acd98b@r.postjobfree.com

Summary:

Skilled Engineer with excellent technical, analytical and communication

skills demonstrated by >28 years of engineering plant equipment, design,

process improvement, and MODS/upgrade experience. This Engineering

knowledge and experience has covered all engineering disciplines. (I & C,

Civil, Electrical, Structural & Mechanical) The new designs and upgrade

experience has included: Nuclear, Oil & Gas, and fossil power plant new

construction, construction upgrades of power plants, new plant

commissioning and start up, hydraulic systems, air controls, industrial

chemistry, DC and AC power, robotics, computer controls, piping,

audio/video, machine shop practices, welding, Project Management, and

assembly and design of control systems. My experience has taught me many

"lessons learned" that I apply in my daily activities from all of the

plants that I have worked within the USA and strong work ethics,

dependable, self motivated, positive attitude and team orientated.

SKILLS

Project Management

Robotics

Scheduling tools Audio/Video systems

Electrical drafting Cisco Networks

Electro-mechanical design Cable Management

Structural red-line revisions skills Water

Treatment/Chemistry

Process piping AutoCAD 2014

Quality control Microsoft Office

Analog and digital electronics design UNIX

Electronic computer systems MAXIMO

Process improvement Passport

Team player SAP

Mechanical design/implementation Adobe Writer

Product specifications Military Connector

Assembly

Fiber Optics

Inventor/CAD

PM Implementation ASME, NEC, ASTM,

OSHA

Field Engineering Nuclear/Fossil/Oil & Gas

Plants

Machine Shop Practices EC Change Packages

Supervision of Craft NEC, IEC, ISA & IEEE

standards

Troubleshooting

Experience:

Matrix Service Company

Civil/Structural Field Engineer

Keystone Oil Pipeline Project, Cushing, OK. August 2013 - January 2014

(>500 M)

Verify quantities of construction daily, initiate RFI's and NCR's, design

field modifications, structural fit up problem solving, technical support

for foremen and workers, JSA, JHA safety mentor, oversee subcontractors,

and lead in daily construction activities. Providing support duties to

company management to insure construction work complies with all

engineering standards, codes and specifications. Read and interpret piping

isometric, piping plan, pipe support, structural, concrete, civil site

plans, and mechanical drawings. Research and resolve drawing interpretation

problems, conflicts, interferences and errors, and add new design changes

that were needed. Prepare field design change requisitions, "as built"

drawing changes, and monitor incoming material as required. Track and

verify that all completed work complies with applicable codes, drawings and

specifications and coordinate all technical queries between Supplier,

Engineering and Fabrication site and Client during the different phases of

the project (Project Assignment)

TeleCAD Wireless,

Chattanooga, TN

Senior Designer/Field Engineer July 2013 to September 2013

Traveling throughout Georgia and Tennessee providing audits and updating

AutoCAD drawings for the clients Cell Tower installed Instrumentation

hardware information. Assisting with new design for Cell Towers which

includes wiring, conduit, buildings, general arrangement, connections,

power plant panels and miscellaneous Cell Tower modifications. (Contract

assignment)

URS Corporation

Crystal River Power Plant (EPU/Plant upgrades >500M)

August 2012 - February 2013 Crystal River Power Plant

Electrical I & C/Mechanical Field Engineer

Designing/implementing power plant modifications, which included walkdowns

of plant systems and coming up with new upgrades, designs and documenting

on new drawings using AutoCAD

(I & C, P&ID, Civil, ISO, Electrical, & Mechanical) (Lead Designer on site)

The initial modifications, process improvement and/or new plant hardware

were specified by me. During the design phase, I was responsible for the

instrumentation, piping, panels, controls, mounting instructions and all

associated hardware selections. New Fukushima plant upgrades for flooding,

power, and procedure upgrades. All of the design changes were implemented

using Engineering Change (EC) packages with all engineering codes and

standards in place. (Plant Closed in February, 2013 Laid Off)

Bechtel

TVA Watts Bar Unit II Construction (>3B)

January 2008 - June 2012 Spring City, TN

I & C Design/Field Engineer

Upgrading the main control room panels by walkdowns and producing field

reports with detailed sketches for new equipment and instrumentation that

were to be retro fitted in the existing control room panels. The drawing

documentation was implemented using AutoCAD/Raster. (I & C, P&ID, Civil,

ISO, Electrical, & Mechanical drawings) Verifying instrument lines,

instrument piping, instrument panels, and associated equipment that are in

place and make design changes that are needed to update to present day

standards for all of the instrument panels throughout the power plant.

Initiate engineering design change packages (EC, EDCR) Lead designer for

the redesign and updating of the chemistry sampling rooms to today's

standards with new digital instrumentation, chillers, and pumping stations

that were specified by me. Upgraded pressure gauges, temperature, flow

instrumentation, and chemistry panels throughout the plant for process

improvement. Issuing Material Requisitions for new equipment that will be

installed per my specifications and communicating with the vendors. During

construction, I was responsible for all installations to be correct by

working with craft Superintendents. All new drawings or design changes that

I performed were done by using AutoCAD/Raster. Prepare technical

presentations and proposals to client, System Engineer for the central lube

oil, raw cooling water, high pressure fire protection and fire suppression

CO2. (job ended 6/2012, Laid Off)

DER-KEL Chemical, Chattanooga, TN

June 2007 to January 2008

Field Service Chemical Engineer

Traveled the southeast for servicing industrial plants boilers (fluidized

bed & tube), cooling towers, condensers, closed loop systems, chillers and

waste water facilities. The daily duties included testing for conductivity,

PH, O2, SO3, and other chemical testing variations. I would process a

report for guidance to the operators or maintenance supervisor for adding

or deleting the chemistry mixtures. This report was to prevent the plants

equipment from being out of specifications and other contaminants that

could enter each system. My other assignments were sales, install various

water softeners, piping, and instrument controls for upgrading the plants

monitoring systems.

Westinghouse Electric Company, Chattanooga TN.

June 1979 - June 2007

Field Engineer

Traveled to various power plants for upgrades, MODS and repair. Tooling

designer and assembler for various types of maintenance equipment. Directed

with the design and assembly of a new digital Audio/Video system which

included working with vendors and estimating all equipment costs and labor.

Designed new fiber based control system and networking controls from copper

wire cabling to fiber which saved the company many hours for repair and

yearly cabling costs. Technical and shift lead supervising technicians and

craft at various power plants during outages and reporting the daily time,

schedules, and costs. While at the home office, daily duties included

being the lead for maintaining all outage equipment and initiated

preventive maintenance on all of the equipment. Created and maintained

detailed technical drawings for all of the outage equipment. Coordinated

daily work assignments in the electronics shop. Assembled and troubleshoot

field networks, robotic data acquisition of plant components, and assembly

of electronic, fiber, A/V, cabling for control systems that were to be used

at power plant outages.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

Chattanooga State, Chattanooga, TN, USA

Past Work Related Certificates/Training: NDE Principles: ECT, UT, VT, MT,

PT, ANSI QA/QC Mechanical Dimension, Fiber Optics, Fiber Controls,

Microsoft Networking, Supervision Training, Vermatt & ROSA Robotics, OSHA,

Hazmat, chemical spills/safety, MSDS, ASME codes, confined space, radiation

safety/work practices, respirator, and First Aid CPR.



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