A results-driven senior professional with **+ years of engineering and project management experience primarily in electrical, instrumentation and controls for power generation and oil/gas energy industries.
SKILL SET: ENGINEERING
Ability to manage engineering effort on design/build projects seamlessly from inception through to successful completion while maintaining timelines and budgets.
Extensive experience in Piping & Instrument Diagrams, Control system design, Instrument & Electrical Equipment specifications and E&I drawing packages.
Demonstrated communication skills working in a team environment, mentoring others and performing customer and subordinate training.
Successful track record of producing quality designs while maintaining schedules and budgets.
Extensive understanding of ISA, NEC, NFPA and API to make sure applicable codes were being followed on the project.
Leverage design software to ensure project efficiencies and accuracy including Autocad, MS Office suite and other design software as needed.
Solid foundation with PLC, HMI and DCS programming software, such as; RSLogix, RSView, Factory Talk and Ovation.
Heavily involved with business development through estimating, proposal preparation and customer presentations.
Exceptional experience in commissioning & start-up of new installations, field service of existing equipment and factory testing prior to shipping new systems.
Document control and project quality, involved with ISO certification.
SKILL SET: PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Ability to manage multiple projects seamlessly from inception through to successful completion while maintaining timelines and budgets.
Proactively manage projects to avoid foreseeable or potential risk through team and customer collaboration.
Demonstrated project leadership skills through management of multi-discipline teams while delivering utmost satisfaction to the customer and company management.
Successful track record of engaging external and internal project stakeholders to gain alignment to move a project forward.
Controlled scope through change management and clear scope definition.
Responsible for managing Budgets and controlling cost through consistent budget tracking in SAP and other proprietary software.
Heavily involved with business development through estimating, proposal preparation and customer presentations.
Software/program experience includes MS Project, Primavera, SAP, MS office suite and other project tracking tools.
EXPERIENCE:
Matrix PDM, Wexford, PA 11/2015 – 6/2016
I&C Engineer, contract
Project included Crude Oil Storage and Terminal Facilities
Responsible for the specifications of Instruments on project.
Performed plant wide design which included Panel designs, Loop drawings, cable & conduit schedules, I/O schedules and layout drawings.
Hunt Guillot & Associates, Washington, PA 4/2012 – 9/2015
Lead E&I Engineer
Key lead on electrical and instrumentation portions of a project. Projects included natural gas compressor station upgrades, metering station installations, and green-field hydrocarbon processing plants.
Accountable for managing E&I budgets and schedules throughout the project.
Responsible for design team mentoring, training and utilization.
Extensive experience in hazardous area classifications, Process Hazard analysis, cause and effect diagrams and intrinsic safety.
Performed plant wide design which included Panel designs, Loop drawings, cable & conduit schedules, I/O schedules and layout drawings.
AREVA NP, Cranberry Township, PA. 4/2009 – 2/2012
Project Manager
Project Manager in the Electrical Equipment Certification Group. Responsible for projects involving the supply of nuclear certified electrical equipment (including circuit breakers, MCC’s, motors and VFD’s) into nuclear power plants.
Successfully managed assignment to replace outdated Motor Control Centers in nuclear power plant in New Jersey. The original budget was $4 million with $500,000 in scope changes.
Responsible for project to refurbish and recertify reactor cooling pumps, which entailed a $20M budget and 2 year schedule.
Assigned as a Project Engineer to the Solar Energy Division. Successfully streamlined the work load for the instrumentation and controls group.
Medrad, Inc., Indianola, PA. 10/2008 – 3/2009
Project Engineer, Contractor
Coordination of disassembling, relocating, and reassembling of two medical device product assembly lines. Produced overall schedule of tasks, parts lists, connection diagrams, arrangement drawings and wiring schedules.
Metso Minerals, Canonsburg, Pa. 4/2008 – 10/2008
Electrical/Controls Engineer, Contractor
Design, Engineer, Test and commission control systems for bulk material handling equipment. Rail car unloaders, barge movers and conveyors.
Siemens Energy & Automation, New Kensington, Pa. 10/2007 – 4/2008
Project Manager, Contractor
Working in SAP for the manufacture of Variable Frequency Drives. Responsible for project costs, margins, manufacturing schedules, contract compliance and customer coordination.
Converteam, Harmer Township, PA 12/2006 – 10/2007
Project Manager
Managed projects in the steel industry involving manufacture of variable frequency drives, where domestic and international experience was gained.
Emerson Process Management, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1/2006 – 12/2006
Senior Project Engineer
Experience with Ovation DCS systems. Responsible for project design, programming, FAT testing, quality compliance (ISO-9000) and customer interface. Used AutoCAD, MSProject and Ovation programming software.
FS Elliot, Export, Pa. 8/2005 – 1/2006
Electrical/Controls Engineer, Contractor
Design, Engineer, Program, Test and commission control systems for air compressors and associated equipment.
Voith Siemens HydroPower, York, Pa. 3/2002 – 7/2005
Senior Project Engineer
Project Lead in the automation/governor hydraulics group. Responsibilities included critical path and manpower loaded scheduling, project flow, technical lead and design review, customer contact, subcontractor coordination and project budget.
Alstom Power Systems, Wexford, PA 6/1991 – 3/2002
Project Manager, E&I Department Manager
Project Manager, E&I Engineer, Department Manager for waste heat recovery systems and auxiliary boiler packages for refineries, paper mills, carbon black industry and power generation.
Project Engineer assisting Project Managers with Electrical and Instrumentation issues. Responsibilities included Purchasing, Scheduling, Subcontractor Tracking and commissioning/startup of waste heat recovery systems and boilers in the energy industry.
Department Manager for the Electrical and Instrumentation group. Responsibilities included design, engineering, Resource Planning, Costs and Scheduling.
Extensive experience with burner/boiler controls and shutdown systems.
Heavily involved with business development in the estimating of work packages, proposal preparation and customer presentations.
Managed the effort for initial design work, detailed design, procurement, manufacture and start-up/commissioning.
Tetra Technologies, Coraopolis, PA 7/1989– 6/1991
Project Manager, Electrical/Controls Engineer
Municipal and Industrial waste water treatment projects involving engineering, manufacturing, construction, start-up/commissioning and aftermarket services. Domestic and International customers.
Panelmatic Systems, Bridgeville, PA 7/1987– 6/1989
Electrical/Controls Engineer
Engineering control systems for a wide range of industrial customers. Projects involving engineering, manufacturing, testing and start-up/commissioning.
Rockwell International, Pittsburgh, PA 7/1977– 7/1987
Engineering Test Technician
Conducted research and development testing on industrial valves, actuators and control equipment.
EDUCATION:
Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA
MBA, Honors Graduate
Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA
BSEET, Concentration in Controls and Instrumentation
Gateway Technical Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
Specialized Electronics Technology