Electrical Engineering
Resume:
Keith Medlin
Spring, Texas 77388
acy25t@r.postjobfree.com
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
An effective Senior Electrical Engineering Professional, who meets challenges skillfully, and creates positive change. A creative and detail-oriented individual with a record of success in on-time / on-budget project delivery, and a proven ability to foster positive client relations. A positive team leader, with a solid technical foundation and a consistent reputation for achieving outstanding results, in fast-paced and challenging environments.
BACKGROUND SUMMARY
Twenty-five years of Electrical Engineering and Control Systems Design experience includes:
Technical Bid Review
System / Process Documentation
FEED Projects
Power Cabling Design
Technical Writing / Reports
PFD & P&ID Reviews
Equipment Data Reviews
Equipment / Station Startups
Client Technical Support
Vendor Drawing Reviews
Control / Electrical Buildings
Design Engineering
Equipment Sizing
Control Systems Design
One-Line Diagrams
Electrical Studies
Estimates and Proposal Response
PLC Programming
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Samsung Engineering America, Houston, Texas
2011 - 2016
Senior Principal Engineering Specialist
Worked on front-end engineering and design (FEED) and pre-FEED electrical deliverables for proposed petrochemical plants in the United States and overseas. Reviewed specifications and data sheets. Managed and reviewed value engineering services performed overseas.
Selected Projects:
1. LyondellBasell Propylene Oxide Process Design Package, Channelview, Texas (2014-2015). As Electrical Lead, managed the electrical schedule, man-hours, and reporting, and coordinated the work between the Houston office and New Delhi office. Created the electrical load lists, electrical/interlock relationship tables, and fire-and-explosion indexes. Reviewed / approved the hazardous source registers, area classification drawings, key one-line diagrams, electrical studies, cable schedules, tray-sizing calculations, and main cable route plans created by the Electrical Team.
2. LyondellBasell Propylene Oxide Process Design Package, International (2012-2013). As Electrical Lead, managed the electrical schedule, man-hours, and reporting. Created the fire-and-explosion index, hazardous source register, area classification drawings, electrical load list, key one-line diagrams, and electrical/interlock relationship table. Modeled the key one-line diagrams in ETAP and performed electrical studies.
3. Borouge Propane Production Project FEED, Ruwais, United Arab Emirates (2014-2015). As Electrical Lead, managed the electrical schedule, man-hours, and reporting, and participated in the on-site survey to add the new propane production unit at an existing plant. Reviewed the deliverables (electrical load lists, motor and consumer lists, low-voltage starter feeder lists, key one-line diagrams, electrical studies, lighting calculations, cable data sheets, cable schedule, main cable route plans, hazardous source registers, area classification drawings, hazardous-area equipment selection criteria, equipment lists, and material takeoffs) done by the New Delhi office.
ENGlobal, Houston, Texas
1994 - 2011
Principal Electrical Engineer
Created electrical drawings (one-line diagrams, control schematics, wiring diagrams, installation details, layouts of electrical buildings and control cabinets, MCC layouts, cable schedules, and area classification drawings) for pipeline stations. Designed the controls for these stations, programmed Allen-Bradley PLCs and Toshiba loop controllers, and configured Omni flow computers and Multilin motor protection relays. As electrical lead, wrote scopes of work and operating instructions, made schedules, added control logic to P&IDs, participated in HAZOPs, and reviewed the work of designers and CAD operators.
Selected Projects:
1. ExxonMobil Pipeline Company Empire Expansion Project, Louisiana (1998-1999). Designed the 15’x55’ electrical building and controls for Empire (one 3000-hp VFD and two 3000-hp motors). Designed the 15'x60' electrical building and controls for Grand Isle (one 3000-hp VFD and one 3000-hp motor). Programmed the PLC and motor protection relays at Empire, Grand Isle, Larose (two existing pumps on a VFD), and Raceland (four existing direct-on-line pumps). Participated in the startup of each site.
2. ExxonMobil Pipeline Company St. James-to-Anchorage Pipeline Logistics Project, Louisiana (2002-2003). Designed the 12’x30’ electrical building and controls for the new St. James North Station (outdoor 5-kV MCC with two soft starters). Designed the 12’x30’ electrical building and controls for the new Anchorage Pump Station (outdoor 5-kV MCC with one soft starter). Programmed the PLCs and loop controllers, and configured the flow computers and motor protection relays.
3. Yellowstone Pipeline (Conoco) Billings Refinery Batch Automation Project, Montana (2001). Assisted in the design of the SCADA architecture, created flow charts to define automated batch operation, participated in the HAZOP, programmed four PLCs, and participated in the startup to automate batch deliveries of refined products from three Billings refineries to Billings Pump Station.
4. ExxonMobil Pipeline Company Grand Isle Water Outfall Project, Louisiana (1997). Designed the 12’x30’ electrical building and controls. Programmed the PLC to control two 350-hp motors, each running on its own VFD. Participated in the startup.
Redland Industrial Services, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
1991 - 1993
Engineer, Marketing and Estimating Group Leader
Estimated chemical cleaning and coating jobs, wrote quotations, and scheduled all projects. Managed a one-year coating project of eight evaporators at a desalination plant in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
United States Peace Corps, Kenya
1987 - 1989
Volunteer
Taught mathematics and physics to 200 students at a secondary school. Involved in the design and construction of a new administration building and water tank.
EXXON Pipeline Company, Houston and Corpus Christi, Texas
1980 - 1987
Pipeline Engineer
Designed the electrical buildings and controls for pipeline stations. Worked for 1.5 years in Operations as a field engineer to construct and start up meter stations and to maintain existing facilities.
EDUCATION
MBA, Finance and International Business (1991)
Columbia University, New York, New York
BS, Electrical Engineering
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
ADDITIONAL PROJECTS
Samsung
1. Texas LNG Pre-FEED, Brownsville, Texas (2014). Modeled the key one-line diagram in ETAP and ran electrical studies.
2. Sasol EO/EG FEED, Lake Charles, Louisiana (2013). Created the electrical load list, cable schedule, layout of the substation building, and hazardous source register. Modeled the key one-line diagrams in ETAP and ran electrical studies.
3. DKRW Energy FEED Verification, Medicine Bow, Wyoming (2011). Reviewed the one-line diagrams and electrical load list for a gasification and liquefaction plant.
ENGlobal
1. ExxonMobil Pipeline Company Tank Overfill Protection Application (TOPA), (2010-2011). Modified a master TOPA PLC program to make it specific for each site where TOPA was implemented. Revised electrical drawings, operating instructions, and SCADA points lists. Started up the PLC at each site.
2. Enterprise Products Cowden Junction Station, Pennsylvania (2009-2010). Created drawings to install a new propane meter skid at the existing station. Wrote PHA documents and control philosophy. Assigned PLC I/O points. Reviewed vendor drawings for the meter skid.
3. ONEOK Brine Pond 2 Project, Mont Belvieu, Texas (2009-2010). Created the electrical drawings for a new electrical building to service the equipment for a second brine pond. Wrote the PLC program to control and monitor two 500-hp pumps. Participated in the startup.
4. NuStar Energy St. James Tank Farm Expansion, Louisiana (2008). Created electrical drawings for mixers and instrumentation on four new crude oil tanks.
5. Colonial Pipeline Company Northern Skies Project - ULSD (2007). Scoped out the work and estimated costs to upgrade the PLC and controls at three products terminals (one in Maryland and two in New Jersey) to take ultralow sulfur diesel.
6. ExxonMobil Pipeline Company Shintech Meter Station, Louisiana (2007). Created drawings for an ethylene meter skid with 11’x12’ electrical building. Wrote requisitions for electrical equipment. Participated in the HAZOP.
7. ExxonMobil Pipeline Company Meraux Pump Station, Louisiana (2006-2007). Designed the 12’x33’ electrical building with low-voltage MCC for motor-operated valves and 5-kV MCC for four pump units. Participated in the constructability review.
8. ExxonMobil Pipeline Company Beaumont Logistics Consolidation Project, Texas (2003-2004). Estimated costs for electrical engineering and design, materials, and construction for 16 sites to consolidate two pipeline systems. Wrote requisitions, created the electrical drawings, and designed the controls. Designed the installation of a new 1000-kW, 2400-VAC diesel generator for one site. Participated in the HAZOP.
9. ExxonMobil Pipeline Company Aldine Products Station Jet-Fuel Capacity and Controls Upgrade, Houston, Texas (2003). Wrote requisitions for electrical equipment, created electrical drawings for a fourth pump (running on a VFD), and programmed the PLC to upgrade the station controls and add this fourth pump. Participated in the startup.
10. ExxonMobil Pipeline Company Grand Isle Station Controls Upgrade, Louisiana (2000). Programmed three PLCs and checked out the cutover of the existing field equipment (pumps, valves, and instruments) to them. Checked out the PLC communications with the remote control center and local control computers.
11. ExxonMobil Pipeline Company South Louisiana Controls Upgrade (1994-1995). Designed three new electrical buildings and controls for three existing pump stations. Created the electrical drawings, wrote requisitions for electrical equipment, programmed the PLC, and revised operating instructions and SCADA points lists for each station. Participated in the startup of each station.
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