Electrical Engineer

Edgar A. Rondon

***** ****** **** *****, ******, TX. 77365 ~832-***-**** ~ *************@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

A seasoned professional with practical experience in power/distribution system, and solid understanding of a diverse range of electrical system applications Power Distribution Transformer and Protections,(rapid pressure rise relays and sudden pressure relays), LV and MV Switchgears and MCCs, AC/DC motors, generators, circuit breakers, PLC, VFD,MCC, instruments, data centers. ~ Possess hands-on experience assembling switchgears and automatic control systems. ~ Work with multidisciplinary teams and quality assurance engineering. ~ Ability to select, train and retain personnel. ~ Self-motivated and a customer-oriented. ~ High-caliber presentation skills. ~ Managerial experience. ~ Ability to enable effective communication with customer, OEM and subcontractors. ~ Experience leading strategic planning process to achieve business goals.

My philosophy: I work in a field in which I have experience and I enjoy working on it, I will give the best of my experience, skills and knowledge to accomplish the goals. Also I would like to let you know I am USA citizen.

CAREER EXPERIENCE

SNC Lavalin. (EPC)

Sr. Lead Electrical Project Engineer 03/2014 – 04/2016

Serve as Project Electrical Manager for electrical projects system for Industrial FEED and EPC, building electrical systems, interface with design consultant, contractor and project stakeholders managing schedule submittals providing recommendations

Electrical project engineering design (data sheets) and construction experience in Low/medium electrical distribution systems, HV Power Distribution Transformer, Lighting, Power generation, Motor control center, switchgear, PLC, HMI, VFD. SS, UPS, PV, motors interconnection drawings relay programming and commissioning, control wiring

Produce cable schedule, material take off, data sheet and specification for mayor equipment, review and evaluate the cost, delivery time, and specification.

Review Schedule and operation with the project team, contractors and customer.

Develop Electrical project documents like Single line diagrams, cable trays, lighting and grounding electrical, control drawings and plans.

Experience working with P&&IDs, Electrical hazardous classification rate areas, class I, II, III- Division 1 &2.

Review applicable building and equipment code, including NFPA, NEMA, ANSI, NEC, API500 (ATEX), IEC, OSCHA, DOE and IEEE standards.

Good working knowledge of electrical design and analytical software such as SKM, ETAP, AutoCAD, REVIT and McCormick.

Review and provide technical assurance and cost optimized for the EPC capital expenses projects, manage multiple at Cardon IV refinery (LNG), Phase 150(LNG), Phase 300(LNG) (Venezuela), Jobo Colombia, Gabiao Branco Brazil, include electrical drawings and specifications most of them LNG..

Maintain communication with supply change and vendors to review the RFQ for required product spec, and with customer to advise of better technical solutions

Oversee power systems, instruments and grid analyses including short circuit and load flow analysis, protective system coordination, dynamic stability simulations and arc flash analyses using ETAP Power Tools for Windows

Planning, design and calculate Switchgears, Motor Control Center, Transformers, UPS (industrial batteries system), and VFD, as well as crate SLD and Load List from the P&ID and new facilities, supervise electrical inspections and installations.

Review and provide with the electrical team all electrical drawings needed for vendors and contractors,

Meet and lead regularly update meetings with the project tem and contractors.

Provide and coordinate technical support during construction and work on commissioning.

Review, supervise and audit contractor and electrical safety programs

Participate in the project development process and project delivery, especially for integrated pilot plants as well as project coordination.

Prepare and estimate requisition equipment and material take off, approve deliverables, perform cost analysis, and tracking status.

Communicate electrical engineering lessons-learned from elsewhere in the Company to the site Projects and Engineering.

Supervisory skills, mentor junior engineers.

Eaton Cooper Power System (Nacogdoches, Texas, Manufacturing Plant)

Lead Electrical Engineer 03/2011 – 02/2014

Lead and coordinate projects (EPCM) and review develop and design new products for distribution transformer (continuous improvement) as well as application according to standards.

Design and develop new products and applications acting as VA/VE.

Develop and review schedules for transformer projects application and solution for national and international distribution companies.

Estimate and analysis labor, material cost and deliverables.

Provide technical support to marketing and manufacturing.

Lead team of electrical and manufacturing engineers.

Provide technical support to quality engineers to find out customer complains

Lead projects to reduce cost and implement improvement.

Participate in team solution to solve interdisciplinary team and project issues.

Support production, operations to resolve engineering design issues as well as quality and control system for production issues and customer complain.

Develop projects and drive engineering improvement, create and maintain project development plans.

Work with ANSI, IEEE, OSHA and IEC standards, and supervise unit test.

Fulfilled year goals assignment.

Work with Transformer Design Software to design coils, cores, tanks for Poles as well as Pad mount and the complete units.

For prototype design work with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to model transformer stress.

Help operation and production to interpret engineering drawings and instrumentation issues.

Support marketing in relation with customer inquiries and specifications.

Lead and supervise one Electrical Engineer, one Mechanical Engineer and three technicians.

Work to develop and supervise electrical maintenance program.

Work to program the plant reliability and implement changes.

Contribute to solve impedance design issue which a saving of $120K; solve transformer core issue which a scrap saving of $500K, redesign a new core tube form for the transformer coil with a saving of $450K. Solve issue with the transformer core which a saving of $172K.

Supervise 4 engineers team.

Lone Star College

Student Houston 09/2008- 05/2010

Reviewed my English language and update my knowledge with courses in computer system, design and managerial skills, Management, Accounting, Cost Accounting, Project Management, AutoCAD, Java, Visual Basic, REVIT and Web Design.

GEDISA Caracas, Venezuela 05/2002-07/2007

Product Manager

Coordinate electrical projects sales, design, construction and installation of all equipment to be used like automatic control products, breakers, contactors, PLC, UPS, cable tray, Switchgears, Motor Control Center (MCC), lighting systems, VFD, as well as explosion proof enclosures and distribution transformers which all its protections (rapid pressure relays and sudden pressure relays, temperature, etc.), motors and pumps for the oil and gas industry, commercial, utilities and manufacturing projects.

Advise customer about OEM application of MCC, Switchgear and explosion proof enclosures for oil and gas industries, as well as building constructor (shopping centers, Hospitals, large office and residential buildings, Water treatment plants).

Review orders for the oil and gas industry as well as construction and commercial customers relate to luminaries, circuit breakers, switchgears and products for hazardous locations.

Review with customer OEM application of hazardous products in the marine, and construction industries for low and medium power distribution systems.

Evaluate requirements to establish appropriate development objectives for the organization.

Develop short and long term business as well as capital investment plans.

Conduct regular customer visits, understand customer and OEM requirements and provide necessary feedback to management.

Attend and participate in project closure meetings and financial meetings.

Provided technical support to customers and marketing department.

Conduct and develop project work scope and schedules for engineering and commercial projects.

Provide engineering support to other departments as needed.

Conduct schedule evaluation and provide technical recommendation for proposals.

Conduct gap analysis of marketing proposals and provide technical solution.

Lead and supervise 7 Engineers, 10 Technicians one clerical.

TRANSCASA Caracas, Venezuela 01/2000-04/2002 (Transformers Manufacture)

Production Manager

Coordinate Design and construction of dry type 3PH transformers as well as oil immerses power and distribution transformers from 300KVA to 1500KVA. ( under INCOESA Spain Encapsulate Transformer manufacturer )

Participate in team to develop new product, supervise and coordinate installation.

Perform drawings plans and review calculations.

Conduct customer site visits to verify installation and operation of baseline.

Prepare reports summarizing results and making recommendations for resolution of issues.

Prepare and drive division’s strategic business plan.

Ensure attainment of project schedules and budgets.

Monitor the product progress and budget.

Conduct personal training based on product requirement.

Develop and supervise maintenance program.( preventive/corrective) Conduct failure analysis

Monitor routine test according to NEMA –ST20, ANSI-C89.2, IEEE C57.12.01, IEEE C57.12.91

Ensure that project team and customers adhered to product schedule.

Document product scope changes, communicate revised project schedule and issue change orders for customer approval.

Conduct internal, customer and OEM kickoff meetings, participate on cross-functional teams and address inter-departmental issues.

Establish and communicate project schedules, objectives, priorities, and targets.

Ensure adherence to policies, procedures, government regulations and customer specifications while insuring proper documentation of project activities and deliverables.

Manage Plant reliability.

Hiring and develop training for new Engineers.

Lead and supervise 3 design Engineers, 4 field Engineers, one clerical.

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MEVENCA Caracas, Venezuela 1992-2000 (Transformers Manufacture)

Engineering/Plant Manager 08/1994 – 12/1999

Program, plan and execute production budget.

Improve manufacturing time and quantity, reduced production cost and train production team.

Coordinate raw material requirements with purchasing and warehouse departments to ensure the effectiveness of the raw material delivery to the production line.

Support sales department, customers and OEM multi-disciplinary team and executive management to coordinate transformer design and production and test.

Work with engineering department and customer to develop production of new prototype including protections as costumer required.

Supervise production department workers (worked with production department team) and met weekly with the production department personnel to verify and update the transformer manufacturing process, supervised paint, coil, core, single and three phase assembly line and transformer packaging.

Coordinate all relative to manufacturing process, evaluate personal performance and establish salary policy.

Develop budget with the company staff and capital investment.

Work with the sales department, developing sales and marketing strategies.

Develop projects for engineering cost reduction.

Plan and program equipment maintenance. (preventive/corrective) Conduct failure analysis

Monitor quality assurance and ISO 9000 compliance.

Define risk of system reliability,in biweekly meeting with company staff

Review with company staff team the budget plans, new products, new customers, procurement, sales and potential problems.

Lead and supervise 8 multidiscipline professionals, 6 supervisor and 4 clerical.

Design Engineer 01/1992 – 07/1994

Support sales department (oil immerse single phase transformer from 10KVA to 500 KVA and three phase substation transformer form 250KVA to 10MVA, and dry type ( open wound, VPI, VPE), high voltage transformer from (13.8KV to 138KV). Advising the final costumer in reference of the most reliable protection accessories. Used software to prepare designs according to costumer requirement at the primary and secondary voltage, output power, operating frequency, specific efficiency and allowable temperature rise as well as tank design. Improved transformer’s quality, decreased costs and assured greater production efficiencies.

Assist production department to address challenges.

Develop new products, i.e., aluminum-aluminum coils for distribution transformer; paper wrapped aluminum conductor.

Work with customers as well as OEM in new product design and prototype development.

Supervise new transformer assembly and testing with quality control department

Review and assure compliance with international standards.

Meet with the international adviser for the new products and materials.

Lead and supervise two technicians and 2 drafter and 1 electrician

EDUCATION

BS ELECTRICAL ENGINEER (BSEE)

Universidad Central de Venezuela

MASTER SCIENCE IN ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT

Catholic University of America WDC, USA

In addition to formal studies, completed courses and seminars in Finance, Project Control, Human Resources, Purchasing, Marketing, Cost control, Selling strategies as well as technical product such as MCC, Switchgear software (PLC) design, Power plants, UPS Batteries and Control System, motors and generators, encapsulate transformers. Proficiency working with AutoCAD, SolidWorks, ETAP, Microsoft project, DIALUX, Electrical Wiring Software, Maintenance FaciliWorks CMMS and Transformer Design Software, Lab view, Simulink, SAP, 5 Whys, Kaizen and Lean Manufacturer.

Computer and miscellaneous skills: Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Access.

Language skills: Spanish (write, speak, read), German (speak, read)

Member of Venezuela Electrical Engineering Association.

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