Engineer Mechanical
Resume:
Victor James Croasdale
*** **** ** ****** ******, IL 61362
**********@*****.***
Versatile engineer with strong consulting and application skills.
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Bachelor of Science, Marine Engineering, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Chartered Water and Environmental Manager
Member of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (MCIWEM)
US Citizen
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Summary
I have a wide range of mechanical, electrical and civil experience.
This includes :- pumps, compressors, heat exchangers, fire mains, water and sewage systems, generators, sub-stations, switchgear and controls.
Mechanical and Electrical
Design, specification writing, installation, commissioning, operations and maintenance experience with sewage treatment plants and pump stations from very small to 480 MGD
Worked on the design and or installation of a wide range of industrial equipment, air compressors, air lines, gas lines, fire mains, vacuum systems, pump systems including pumping corrosive hazardous waste, installation of various tooling.
Familiar with many NFPA standards, including NEC, and several flammable hazard standards.
Design, specification writing, installation, commissioning, operations and maintenance experience with power generation, sub-stations etc, for operation 24/7, peaking and stand-by.
Design, specification writing, installation, operations and maintenance experience with heating, air-conditioning and odor control ventilation.
Experienced with all aspects of computer based control and telemetry systems, including SCADAs, Distributed Control Systems and PLCs. This experience includes specification, programming, operation and troubleshooting. Also attended several manufacturers' training courses for SCADA Systems.
Contractual, Budgetary and Financial
I was one of the original creators of the MoPEP (Missouri Public Energy Pool) organization; later one of the six member committee who produced the terms of association for MoPEP 1, Missouri's first public power group. This power pool will be the mainstay of power supply of twenty Missouri cities well into the 21st century.
Chairman of the sub committee responsible for setting, reliability standards, information exchange protocols etc. for the MoPEP 1 group.
Preparation of budgetary estimates prior to issuance of tender documents.
Preparation of valuations for interim payment for both construction contracts and for operation and maintenance contracts.
Auditing of contractors' valuation submissions prior to issuing recommendations for payment.
Auditing of City’s request for SRF (State Revolving Fund) payments.
Evaluated eligibility of SRF funding applications.
Management and Supervision
Revised city utility departmental financial reporting procedures to get a cost allocation for each activity. This was in order to establish priorities for cost saving in the short term, to help identify long range goals and set a cost based pricing structure for electricity, water and sewage.
Responsible for the operation, maintenance, budget preparation, power supply contract negotiation and design/specifications of new equipment, power lines, and water mains of municipal infrastructure in the City of Palmyra. The Palmyra city system has 16 MW of generation, a 12,470 V distribution system, and a 1000 gallon per minute water treatment plant.
Entered into negotiations with IBEW when employees sought to unionize.
Responsible for operation, maintenance and ordering of non-medical supplies for a 100 bed hospital and its associated staff residences. Also supervised a staff of two hundred comprising engineers, technicians, operators, building workers, gardeners and laborers.
Responsible for the construction (including some materials procurement, hiring of staff and preparation of valuations for interim contract payments) of a water treatment plant. Supervised a staff of about twenty engineers, electricians and mechanics.
Merchant Navy Engineering Officer - responsible for safety, operations and maintenance of the engine room and all machinery therein.
Have served on several safety committees.
Water and Waste Water Engineering
Mechanical and electrical design and construction of water treatment plants from 0.16 to 13 MGD.
Mechanical and electrical design and construction of sewage treatment plants from small package plants up to 164 MGD and sewage pumping stations ranging in size from a single submersible pump to 480 MGD. (Note, at various times I have been both the Resident Engineer employed by the consultant and the construction manager employed by the contractor.)
An unusual part of one project involved four motorized valves on a twin 900mm (36”) effluent disposal force main. These were about 20 Km (15 miles) out in the desert, away from any mains electricity. These were powered by solar cells charging batteries and controlled by a two way radio link with 27 M (100 ft) high towers at the sewage treatment plant and at the valve chamber. The valve actuators were fitted with non-standard 48 v DC motors.
The treatment plants had the usual headworks with degritting followed by primary tanks, aeration and secondary settlement, the secondary effluent then passed through rapid gravity sand filters prior the disinfection by gaseous chlorine. The tertiary treatment was to enable the final effluent to be reused for irrigation. The sludge was thickened by Dissolved Air Floatation Thickeners prior to mesophilic anaerobic digestion. Secondary digestion was aerobic, the sludge was then pressed and used as compost.
Commissioning, operation and maintenance of both water treatment plants and sewage treatment plants.
Developed process to reduce residual Radium concentration in softener media to allow disposal in a regular landfill, instead of disposal as TENORM.
Experience with ventilation and odor control systems as applied to sewage pumping stations.
Corrosion mitigation against aggressive liquids for both water and wastewater.
Statistical analysis of rainfall and sewer overflow.
Writing and preparation of tender specification documents; evaluation of tender bids.
Evaluation of contractors' design submissions.
Instruction of clients' operation and maintenance staff.
Evaluation of plans and specifications and issuance of Construction Permits.
Drafted revised Iowa DNR sewage Pump station standards.
Drafted revised Great Lakes – Upper Mississippi (10 State Standard) wastewater treatment plant design standards.
Commissioning, operation and maintenance of water treatment plants.
Construction, operation and maintenance of desalinators (reverse osmosis, single and multi stage flash evaporators).
Analysis of long term water supply options.
Computer Skills
Familiar with most popular software.
Experienced with Cybernet water system modeling software.
Familiar with installing hardware and software.
Familiar with troubleshooting and repairing computers.
Other Skills and Experience
My post-graduate industrial training was undertaken at a leading British Diesel engine builders, where I worked on the shop floor building Diesel engines up to 24 MW. 33,000 HP (3,000 H.P. per cylinder).
Public speaking and technical presentations (with and without visual aids)
Model making, both radio controlled and static.
WORK HISTORY
Project Engineer - John Deere (Contingent - On Contract) Sept 2014 – Aug 2015
Worked as a facility engineer in John Deere Harvester Works, Cylinder Works and Seeding Works located in East Moline and Moline, Illinois
Projects included installation design of machinery and equipment around the various factories.
This included design and installation of a pump station to transfer toxic waste from the chrome platers to the treatment plant I also gave recommendations for process monitoring equipment, installation of fire mains and sprinkler systems (both wet and dry type) modifications to the vacuum system in the power paint application area, and an ultra-violet inspection area. Other work included participation in design team for the design of a paint kitchen, participation in the factory master plan team for John Deere Cylinder works and participation in the Factory Condition Assessment team for John Deere Harvester Works. I was also on the team to install “Smart Tool” technology to improve product quality.
In John Deere projects are assigned to a project lead, who becomes project manager for that project, so it is common for a co-worker to be your project lead on one project whilst you are their project lead on another project.
Supervisor Tadd Griffith
David Poel was my project lead on several projects and I was his his on some others.
Project Manager - Iowa DNR Oct 2010 – April 2012
Reviewed and commented on applications for construction permits, issued Construction
Permits.
Reviewed and commented on Facility Plans.
Worked with cities, consultants and other State agencies to secure SRF (State Revolving
Fund) loans. Reviewed disbursement requests for ongoing projects. Conducted final
inspections of the project to ensure completeness prior to issuing final disbursements.
Revised Iowa State pump station design standards,
Revised Great Lakes – Upper Mississippi (10 State Standard) wastewater treatment plant design standards.
I was hired on a “not to exceed 18 month”contract (limited by Federal funding)
Supervisors Satya Chennupati, P.E., Terry Kirschenman, P.E.
Design Engineer - Chamlin & Associates Aug 2006 - Aug 2009
Worked on the design of sewer and water systems, including booster stations and water towers.
Developed a process for reducing radium levels in softener media to allow disposal in a regular landfill.
Analyzed rainfall and flow data for combined sewer overflows.
Evaluation of contractors' design submissions.
Supervisor Larry Good, P.E.
Owner/Manager - Croasdale & Associates June 99 - Aug 2006
- Croasdale Computer Services July 03- Aug 2006
Utility Consultant - Shafer, Kline and Warren, Inc. September 97 - May 99
Worked on Mechanical, electrical and control aspects of various water and sewer as well as municipal generation projects. Undertook utility rate and financial analyses. I also undertook some civil design.
Supervisor: Dennis Stith P.E.
General Superintendent - City of Palmyra, Missouri August 95 - September 97
General manager and chief engineer of city electric, water and sewer systems.
Supervisor: The Board of Public Works
Commissioning Engineer- Balfour Beatty Water Engineering, Ltd. August 94 - Feb. 95
Commissioning of 48 MLD (13 Million gallons per day) water treatment plant.
Supervisor: John Douglas C.Eng, MCIWEM
Site Manager - Birwelco (Engineering Contractor) April 93 - April 94
Construction of 0.6 MLD (160,000 Gallons per day) water treatment plant on a remote island off the west coast of Scotland.
Supervisor: Malcolm Tidmarsh
Senior Mechanical & Electrical Advisor - Haiste International Ltd. April 91 - May 92
Advised Greek government on the design and construction of the Greater Athens sewage treatment works, with a Dry Weather Flow of 605 MLD ( 164 MGD ). Maximum installed capacity 1,815 MLD ( 492 MGD).
Supervisor: Hugh Allen, C.Eng, FICE, FCIWEM
Commissioning Engineer - Biwater Treatment Ltd. December 90 – January 91
Troubleshooting of Enelco filters.
Supervisor: Bob Malloy
Senior Mechanical Engineer - Pencol International Ltd August 89 - November 90
Supervision-in-Chief and site supervision of a major surface water pumping station, various sewage pumping stations and commissioning of a 1 Million gallon elevated effluent storage tank, all located in Doha, Qatar.
Supervisor: Ray Russell
Commissioning Engineer - Biwater Treatment Ltd June. 88 - April 89
Commissioned mechanical and electrical installation at Flag Fen sewage treatment works. DWF 60 MLD ( 16 MGD ).
Supervisor: Bob Malloy
Site Manager - International Electronics Center August 87 - March 88
Directed a staff of 200, responsible for all non-medical operation and maintenance of a 100 bed hospital including electrical power generation and supply (4.5 MW generated at 13.8 kV on site), water extraction and treatment, sewage treatment, air conditioning of the hospital and all ancillary buildings, staff housing etc., building maintenance, ground and garden maintenance. This was in in a remote location of Saudi Arabia.
Part-time Technician - Greater Manchester Museum Of Science and Industry
Designed and tested exhibits for a new "hands-on" science gallery. June - Aug. 87
Mechanical Engineer - Pencol International, Ltd. December 84 - June 86
Site supervision and some Supervision-in-Chief for a series of extensions to Doha South Sewage Treatment Works.
Project Engineer - Ministry Of Defense (United Kingdom) January 84 - December 84
The work undertaken was classified.
Assistant Mechanical Engineer - Pencol International July 81 - August 83
Site supervision of the construction of Doha South Sewage Treatment Works and various pumping stations.
Merchant Navy Engineering Officer Nov 74 - June 81
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