Engineer Project

Professional Licensure

Colorado Professional Engineer – License Number 43902

Wyoming Professional Engineer - License Number 14511

North Dakota Professional Engineer - License Number 9503

Texas Professional Engineer - License Number 117617

Ohio Professional Engineer – License Number 78947

Indiana Professional Engineer – License Number 11400426

Illinois Professional Engineer – License Number 062-066524

Alberta, Canada Foreign Licensure – License Number 129215

Education

Colorado School of Mines

Master’s Degree Electrical Power Systems Dec. 2006

Bachelor’s Degree Electrical Engineering May 2003

Experience Summary

Industrial power distribution design (69kV-120V)

Industrial power system protection and coordination

System studies (SKM, motor starting, load flow, arc flash, harmonic, etc.)

Specification writing and editing

Feed design and cost estimating

Site support engineering – large and small industrial construction

Procurement engineering document support

Electrical service building coordination and engineering support

EI&C design and supply project management

Vendor in-process inspections and acceptance test witnessing

Selected Project Experience

Suncor Energy Inc.

Sub 100 Redistribution Project

Commerce City, Colo. (1/2015-2/2016)

Project Engineer for the Sub 100 redistribution project at the Suncor refinery. The project consisted of upgrading the entire 15kV protection system at Sub 100 and adding a secondary 15kV feeder to Plant 2. Managed the design and project development with the Suncor team, Sturgeon Electric and Nelson Engineering Inc. The primary hurdle facing this project was coordinating work completion during a 30 day scheduled shutdown of the refinery.

Redi Engineering Services

Encana – Erie Liquids Hub Project

Denver, Colo. (5/2014 – 12/2014)

Took over lead electrical engineer duties after initial/feed design was complete. Drove all electrical drawings and studies to IFC and managed electrical equipment procurement. The project consisted of a 15kV utility feed, a 5kV motor control center and two 480V load centers within two separate steel electrical buildings.

Redi Engineering Services

Summit Midstream – North Dakota Assets

Denver, Colo. (5/2014 – 12/2014)

Lead Electrical Engineer on several small upgrade projects in the Wiliston Basin. Each project added new electrical or gas driven compressors, heat trace and UPS systems.

ThyssenKrupp Robins Inc.

Imperial Oil (ExxonMobil) - Kearl Oil Sands Project

Ft. Mcmurray, AB, Canada (1/2011 – 4/2014)

Project Manager and Lead Engineer for the material handling side of the Kearl Initial Development (KID) and Kearl Expansion Project (KEP) in the Oil Sands of Northern Alberta Canada. Responsibilities included the entire EL&C design and supply scope, valued at ~ $50M USD. Led a team of 11 employees consisting of engineers, buyers and expeditors. Detailed design was performed in Mexico City by a sister company, Uhde Mexico, and the equipment vendors supplied the project from Brazil and Finland to Mexico and British Columbia, CA. These projects had several interfaces to manage and a tight schedule. The KEP project alone consisted of roughly 3000 design documents which were completed and issued within 16 months of the start date.

Exponential Engineering Co.

HART – Hart High Voltage Substation Relay Protection Upgrade

Buena Vista, Calif. (4/2010 – 11/2010)

Lead Engineer on a relay protection upgrade project for a wind farm interconnection substation. We used the existing transformer differential, overcurrent and line protection scheme to design a replacement scheme with a Schweitzer 351-7 and a 387A. New single lines, three lines, schematics, wiring diagrams and panel layouts were submitted for PG&E review.

Exponential Engineering Co.

Xcel Energy – Cherokee Station Arc Flash Analysis

Denver, Colo. (8/2010 – 12/2010)

Lead Engineer and Project Manager on an Arc Flash Hazard Study for all four units at Cherokee Station. Met with the client and discussed maintenance, safety procedures and operations. Used single lines, three lines, relay setting files and pictures from a site visit to build a SKM model of Cherokee Station. Before the Arc Flash Analysis began, a complete coordination study was performed. We furnished a report based on the clients operation and safety procedures that explained existing Arc Flash Hazard Categories and methods to mitigate Arc Flash Hazards in two steps; basic mitigation and intermediate mitigation. The final report was submitted with Arc Flash labels for all busses evaluated in the study.

Exponential Engineering Co.

Climax Mine – 5 Shaft Pump Starter, Protection and Lighting Upgrade

Climax Mine, Colo. (11/2009 – 3/2010)

Lead Engineer on an equipment upgrade project for a pump house with three 200 HP submersible pumps. The design called for replacing size 5 motor starters, adding motor protection and power monitoring.

Exponential Engineering Co.

City of Aspen – Castle Creek Energy Center

Aspen, Colo. (5/2008 – 8/2010)

Worked as a consulting and design engineer for the City of Aspen on the Castle Creek Energy Center, which included a 1000kW hydroelectric generator, photovoltaic solar panels and 25kV underground switchgear. This project involved numerous coordination meetings with civil, structural, landscaping and architectural firms. The energy center is designed to connect to a brand new 25kV underground distribution line that will offset the city’s power consumption and act as a backup power source to the city’s water supply. Our primary design task was to tie the generator to the 25kV line and design all of the building and generator control wiring.

URS (Washington Group International)

Exxon/Mobile – Piceance Basin Compressor Station

Piceance Basin, Colo. (5/2006 – 12/2006)

Worked on the preliminary design for a large compressor station. As part of a three person team we designed the substation, switchgear and motor control center layouts and created templates for one line diagrams, design sheets and cable schedules. We evaluated several distribution schemes based on construction feasibility, efficiency and operation practicality.

URS (Washington Group International)

Department of Energy – PDCF

Aiken, Georgia (12/2004 – 5/2008)

Design Electrical Engineer for a Department of Energy nuclear reclamation facility project. As part of a 20+ electrical design team, I was responsible for coordinating load changes with the mechanical and instrumentation teams, cable sizing and temperature derating, coordination studies, specification management and emergency load shedding logic. The project had several layers of information security and multiple large scale design revisions.

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