Engineering, Electrical Design

Donald J. Lenz

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Electrical Design Specialist with an extensive background designing, applying standards, creating time saving techniques and delivering consistent product.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2016 Automatic Systems Company, Roseville, MN

Department: Engineering, Title: Application Engineer Worked on water/wastewater projects. Provided engineering support on assigned projects from start to completion. Typical projects were lift stations for cities within Minnesota and bordering states. Responsibilities included reading the project specifications/drawings and using bid documents like an estimated parts list to create drawings and bill of materials. Independently worked on overview, enclosure, panel layout and schematic drawings using AutoCAD. Collaborated with senior engineers for advice and recommendations as drawings progressed. Created control description documents and bill of materials containing all necessary company supplied components used in the design upon drawing completion. Referenced past projects similar in design and funtion. 2004 to 2016 – Westinghouse - PaR Nuclear, Shoreview, MN Department: Engineering, Title: Senior CAD Specialist Worked as a project team member and also independently creating design standards. Provided engineering support of fuel handling equipment including AP1000 and crane products. Responsible for creating electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, cable drawings, legend plates, interconnect and installation drawings using various software programs. Enclosure selection and modification. Hardware design of panel layouts and bill of materials. Supported product development group establishing standard product and implementing design changes. Created standard schematic templates for PWR and BWR products.

Used Autodesk Vault for document change control and revision history. Engineering change orders. Problem solving skills using input from manufacturing, engineering and supporting documents to resolve. Following company procedures and work instructions. Design per industry standards such as NFPA 79-74. Employee committee member responsible for planning and execution of company sponsored events such as charitable fundraising and holiday celebrations.

2003 to 2006 - Primestaff Inc., Roseville, Minnesota PaR Systems/Nuclear, Department: Engineering, Title: contractor See above Westinghouse - PaR Nuclear

Foth and Van Dyke, Department: PI&C Engineering, Title: contractor Electrical schematics creation using VIA-toolbox/WD Wiring Diagram. Redraw old manual schematics in AutoCAD using updated device and wire tagging format per customer specifications. Panel assembly and bill of material drawings created using schematics and or supplied part list from panel shop. 1998 to 2003 – Siemens Water - US Filter Control Systems, Vadnais Heights, MN Department: Wastewater Engineering, Title: Sr. Designer III Weekly meetings at customer site as well as field verification of control panels, locating and documenting contents. Updated project drawings per RFI letters supplied as project progressed. Loop diagrams and process instrumentation control system drawings using different client standards and ISA. Traveled to customer site in order to work in cooperation with the electrical contractor. Worked with others, combining skills, developing applications used to increase productivity. Custom applications authored include information extraction such as bill of material and wiring tags. Provided technical CAD and computer support on all levels from user assistance to application development. Provided CAD system development plans and assisted in implementation including software installation, hardware configuration, and documentation of system.

1997 to 1998 - Sebesta Blomberg and Associates Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota Departments: Technical Services & Procedures and the Electrical Utilities Group Produced quality engineering documentation for customers in the petroleum refining, chemical and food/drug industries. Provided design assistance on lighting and power distribution projects. Designed, developed documented and maintained software applications used to batch process AutoCAD drawing files and track information related to project drawing plots and prints. Provided layout assistance and documentation of 13.8kv distribution. Created fault summary reports for underground distribution systems using Dapper Software. 1989 to 1997 - Read Process Control Co. / Novaspect (Fisher Rosemount), Eden Prairie, Minnesota Department: Engineering, Title: CAD Drafter

Used AutoCAD to produce engineering documentation for customers in the petroleum refining, pulp and paper and chemical industries. Created Human Machine Interface displays for local refinery using AutoCAD and Fisher Graphics Toolkit.

1988 to 1989 - 3M Company, St. Paul, Minnesota

Department: Mechanical - Facilities Group, Title: CAD Drafter, internship EDUCATION

1997-1998 St. Paul Technical College, St. Paul

Electrical Maintenance.

1998 Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, University of Minnesota, St. Paul Lighting Fundamentals

1993 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

General College

1991 St. Paul Technical College, St. Paul

AutoLISP; Customizing AutoCAD; and Advanced AutoCAD 1989 St. Paul Technical College, St. Paul

Degree: Architectural and Engineering Technology

EXPERIENCE

Hardware: ABB, Acme Electric, Allen-Bradley, Hoffman, GE, Red Lion, Phoenix Controls, Schneider, Siemens, Sola, Square-D, Toshiba, Turck, more

Database: SAP, Solomon, Access, Jobscope

Data management: Autodesk Vault

Design: AutoCAD Electrical, AutoLISP programs, AutoCAD scripts, Cad Overlay, Promis-e, Microstation, Solidworks. Application: Microsoft Office Suite, MS DOS, batch files, custom Visual Basic applications. PERSONAL INTERESTS: fishing, sports, outdoor recreation, cooking, photography.

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