Electrical Engineer Power Generation
Resume:
MARK ROBERTS
Oak Ridge, TN *****
********@****.*** www.linkedin.com/pub/markroberts66
SUMMARY
Mid-level Electrical Engineer (EIT) experienced in hydro-power generation, nuclear plant engineering/operations and avionics electronics. Background in generator commissioning and start-up; Installation and commissioning of rotational equipment monitoring systems; Test engineering, test equipment and root cause analysis to incorporate design modifications for product improvement, plant operational improvements and cost reductions. Specific strengths include:
Power Generation & Distribution
SKM Arc Flash Software Package
Electronics & Control Systems
Electrical Power Engineering
Nuclear Plant Electrical Operations
NEC Training, ESO training, NFPA 70E
Root Cause & Failure Analysis
Sub-contractor Technical Manager
Technologies: SKM Arc Flash and System Protection & Coordination, Bechtel Procurement, Set Route, Power World, Smart Plant 3-D Modeling, electrical design, Design Change Procedure, repair, refurbishment and redesign of electrical equipment, Heat Trace Modeling, Matlab, Simulink, RS Logix, RS Linx, PLCs Electronic Workbench, Hi_Wire, Baan Inventory, LABView programming, I-DEAS drafting-AUTOCAD, C, C++ programming, Visual Basic, Spice, MultiSim designs & simulations, SEER-H, SEER-IC, SAP, Scilab. Microprocessors. Design change process, Engineering design review. Microsoft: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Interface design with construction contractors.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Jacobs (Contracted through SpectraTech) 07/2023 – Present
Electrical Engineer 4
Electrical engineering activities including 90% design delivery of LPF (Lithium Processing Facility). A $160 million new construction design to replace existing Lithium Facility to increase production and safety due to age and use. Collect all heat trace information and apply piping information for use in the design and implementation, installation of heat trace elements. RayChem heat trace systems learning, review of documents for 90% release to construction, review process and procedure for contractor to follow during construction phase and adhere to design requirements and equipment that matches design and safety standards the engineers provided.
Training and use of Smart Plant software, Smart Review for design modeling capture, review and data retrieval.
Determine size/length, watts per foot required for material, equipment to meet NFPA Standards and codes to facilitate the process flow, freeze protection for the LPF facility.
TraceCalc Net for heat trace design and V&V for the software for use and acquisition.
N3B (Newport News Nuclear BWXT – Los Alamos NM) 10/2021 – 05/2023
Facilities Electrical Engineer 4
Electrical engineering for facilities to conduct and complete N3B’s mission $8 million redesign construction and refurbishment for the Los Alamos’ Legacy Environmental Remediation and Waste Cleanup Contractor and TRU(Transuranic Waste) Waste removal from TA-54 Area G, Cold War legacy Wastes. Electrical design for added facilities, update (correct) legacy electrical drawings from as built design to current as found conditions.
Design Real Time Radiography (RTR) installation into PAD 10 electrical system design.
SKM arc flash circuit schematic layout for arc flash analysis.
Verify and Qualify all selected components for installation are acceptable according to LANL Conduct of Engineering Requirements.
Completed calculations for voltage drop, cable ampacity derating due heat and conduit sizing to be in compliance of NEC and LANL engineering standards.
Update (correct) legacy errors in B375 drawings including voltage drop, ampacity and arc flash to support addition of CMP(Corrugated Metal Pipe) project in B375.
Configuration Management details address DOE finding regarding lack of panel and outlet labels in Domes 230, 231, & 412, completed immediate hand labelling to give electricians proper labelling needs and placement.
Arc flash preliminary study was completed for form 2193 Electrical Risk/Hazard Assessment Record for use by planners to verify risks and what level of PPE needs to be worn by electricians to complete work packages.
Surge Protection Device (SPD) audit to confirm lack of proper maintenance and records for these devices that are primary safety aspect of the lightning protection system.
Completion of SPD maintenance audit with recommended repair, replace, or install action item.
SPD maintenance path to extend to BACA (Lightning Protection subcontractor) contractual furtherance of protection system maintenance testing and repair to include the SPDs.
Electrical Safety Officer (ESO) training to be SME in Electrical Safety concerns and awareness.
Nuclear Waste Partnership-WIPP (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant – Carlsbad NM) 09/2019 – 09/2021
Senior Cognizant System Engineer
Sr. Cognizant System Engineer for WHO01 & 02 TRU (Transuranic Waste) waste handling operations working with mixed nuclear/hazardous waste streams consisting of both contact handled and remote handled waste. Waste emplaced in underground salt mine requiring additional MSHA mine safety training and knowledge. Beginning for the $15 million expansion project and additional mineshaft with new power leads and conduit.
WHO02 SHR (System Health Report) Annual equipment preventive maintenance review and inspection of equipment for reporting condition and proposed equipment repairs or replacements not considered by regular PMs. Identification of possible and/or impending failures and proposed corrective actions needed to avert a possible failure.
WHO02 is Safety Significant System and requires formal SHR to upper management requiring formal paper and report.
Electric forklift battery and charger replacement project.
Replacement of obsolete vent hoods for containment while opening transport vessels.
Injured Motor Vehicle Accident June 2019 until Doctor Release to work 09/01/2019
AECOM/Bechtel-WTCC (Hanford Nuclear Waste Treatment, Vitrification Plant) 02/2016 – 06/2019
Senior Electrical Engineer 4
Plant Engineer in support of the multi-million dollar Hanford Vitrification (Vit) Plant’s maintenance, construction, redesign and refurbishment and operations of the electrical systems and components installed in the Lab and Water Effluent Building. Document changes in design due to part obsolescence, field changes and field failure mitigation sand plant design improvement. Procurement of electrical equipment, maintain installed equipment documentation, recommend and procure spare parts lists, develop maintenance procedures and schedules using required National Electrical Code NFPA 70, 70B, 70E; ANSI; NETA, ASTM; IEEE.
Design Change Packages for LVE & MVE SWGR/MCC Building.
Bechtel engineering standards and Bechtel drawing conventions.
T Mods affecting temporary power design for construction to permanent plant power configuration for the entire plant site.
Contractor (EATON, GUTOR, & Siemens) bid proposal technical reviewer.
Technical manager for EATON contractor for the power breaker refurbishment and repair project.
Technical Contract Representative for 10 MVA 13.8KV-4160V transformer refurbishment and start up preparation work package.
Nuclear laboratory building lead for equipment procurement, installed electrical equipment lists, spare parts and preventative maintenance tasks creation and scheduling.
UPE/DCE system engineer for GUTOR refurbishment package.
Work package reviews and acceptance, Electrical Safety Reviews.
Junior Engineer mentoring and development.
CONSUMER’S ENERGY (Ludington, MI) 07/2015 – 02/2016
Electrical Engineer/Project Engineer (On contract through Per Se)
ESD (Engineering Support Dept.) On site field support for generator rebuild and plant projects, responsible for developing electrical designs, technical reviews of electrical designs developed by Architectural-Engineering firms (A-E). Resolve electrical design related problems arising during construction. Create Engineering Change Notices,
Review generator designs and verify demolition and installation schematics and documentation.
Review and initiate procedures for document control and revision updates to field technicians.
Plant project field engineering support for all 6 generator rebuilds.
Annual outage and maintenance support.
Support generator/plant testing and commissioning.
Creation of Unit 6’s Rebuild Drawing Package.
BENTLY NEVADA, GE OIL & GAS (Cincinnati, Ohio) 08/2014 – 05/2015
Field Engineer VI
Installed and commissioned vibration monitoring systems and computer-based data acquisition systems and verified performance of existing systems. Interfaced and trained customers and end users.
DP&L-JM Stuart Station, (4 unit coal fired) Installed, tested, and verified turbine & generator and replaced Bently equipment asset management and computer acquisition system.
LG&E-Cane Run 7, (4 unit coal fired converting to gas turbine) Commissioned 3500 rack.
WPS Rothschild, (4 unit coal fired) Installed Bently on the boiler feed pump and forced draft fans
Duke-Hanging Rock, (4 Gas and 2 Steam units) Diagnosed and repaired 3500 rack fault.
Toshiba Consumers-Ludington Hydro, Installed and tested to verify Bently metrology equipment.
AEP-Gavin, (2 unit coal fired) Verified, tested, and commissioned programming, logic, safety annunciation for the 3500 Rack and SW and field inputs.
First Energy-Bayshore Plant (4 unit coal fire) Installed and verified System 1 computer upgrade.
U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (Umatilla, OR) 10/2013 – 05/2014
Electrical Engineer III
McNary Dam Project (project consists of 14 80MW hydro-generators) engineer on-site point of contact. Reported to off- site project managers and design teams. Managed documents, as builds, design drawings and files, accumulated, analyzed and prepared reports, planned tests and evaluated plant performance, monitored projects and coordinated with contractors. Verified and prepared equipment specifications, costs and procurement. Supervised mechanical governor calibration.
Conducted teamwork during commissioning of 3 separate generator units; including switch gear, aunciators, relays and breakers.
Performed environmental hazard oil abatement.
Managed on-site 4160V modification to 480V system project.
Contributed electrical engineering principles & practices for the digital governor system upgrade, and digital exciter upgrade.
Observed team compliance during generator start-up, black start, first spin, ramp test, hi-pot test.
ROCKWELL COLLINS (Cedar Rapids, IA) 01/2011-10/2013
Electrical Engineer II, New Product Support
Cognizant Collateral Engineer in Head Down Display Center, which included program point of contact for customer returns, field failures, service center failures and factory fallout/failure resolution and corrective actions initiated. Participated with ECO documentation, TSO certification efforts and documentation. Performed troubleshooting and determined root cause failure analysis, tracked, evaluated, recommended and tested to replace obsolete components. Led cross functional teams with manufacturing, engineering, design, test to resolve complex design failures.
Business and regional jets programs that included: AFD 5200, AFD 2810 Proline Fusion, Proline 21, Multi Function Display (MFD) 268P2, AirBus Electronic Flight Bag (EFB), Boeing B-1B.
Participated in AFD (Adaptive Fight Displays)-6500 platform introduction, cost reduction, weight reduction, EMI performance improvement.
Managed team investigations and resolutions into die shrink and flex cable failures.
Coordinated AFD -3010 team on synthetic vision and video fault and repair.
Conducted and led (5) FAA formal team investigations and completed reports.
Participated in B-1B teamwork on the displays redesign and integration efforts; including power supply upgrade, grounding improvement, RS 485 resolution, board redesign, EMI Qual testing (MIL-STD 461D), ESS test and Vibe testing, DO-160, Acceleration tests.
Completed (10) hours flight time, pilot training. Helicopter principles.
Initiated component replacement to ensure inventory after Japan earthquake Just In Time deliveries.
Participated L2 team EMI/PWB board redesign project.
MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY (Mankato, MN) 08-12/2010
Graduate Assistant
Assistant to Dr. Khaliq & Dr. Allen for Microelectronics class and Solid State Semiconductor Devices lab, using surface analyzing equipment, four-point probe, Nomarski microscope, Semiconductor Parameter Analyzer, C-V-G meter for probing IC chips, BJT testing, IV & CV measurements, CV measurement of MOS structures,
Taught Solid state lab tech (silicon chip design/manufacture test). Tutor undergrads.
Tutored graduate students in use of lab equipment for evaluation of their chips.
ROCKWELL COLLINS (Cedar Rapids, IA) 05-08/2010
Graduate Technical Engineer Intern
Participated in Black Belt Six Sigma Project. Systems, Project Engineering training to develop LEAN Project Cost Estimation Modeling Techniques for Cross-Multiple Engineering Domains. Implemented a structured approach to Rockwell Collins bid and proposal process by using a parametric tool, SEER-H, to integrate project management skills by creating Statement of Work (SOW), Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) and Design Approach Review (DAR) to fit Request for Proposals (RFPs) and streamline the proposal bidding process.
Completed ARC 210 estimate within 3% actual costs.
CUMMINS POWER GENERATION (Fridley, MN) 05-08/2009
Electrical Engineer Graduate Intern
Worked within controls group testing power generator controls to support development of automatic testing unit for generator tests and to document step by step use and interfaced for a service manual for technical testers use. Documented specifications for the unit to build code for the software to operate relay board for auto test. Use of analytical tools, DMM, multi-channel stored memory Yokogawa oscilloscope, current measure, PF measure, viewgrafs, resistive and inductive load banks, PLC programming.
Discovered failure, controls fault caused by EMI on 12KW home generator set.
Adapted wiring harness for access to control board.
EDUCATION
Minnesota State University (Mankato, MN)
Post-Baccalaureate Coursework in Electrical Engineering
Power Systems Analysis & Design, Linear Systems, CMOS Design, Engineering Design Methods (Project Management), and Statistics
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, 2010
Calculus, Physics, circuits (digital & analog), microprocessors, control systems & advanced controls, RF engineering, communication systems & antennae theory and propagation.
Riverland Community College (Austin, MN)
Associate Applied Science, Electronic Technologies
DMMs, oscilloscopes, electronics, PLCs, networking, troubleshooting circuits and repair
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
University of Kansas (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Fundamentals of Avionics
On-Going Web Based Continuing Education Training
SKM Systems Analysis, Inc. Power Tools Training
SKM Courses 101 & 102 Intro to SKM Power Tools (40 hours)
SKM Courses 103 & 104 Intermediate Topics in SKM Power Tools (40 hours)
SKM Courses 201 & 202 Protection & Coordination + Arc Flash Eval. (40 hours)
SKM Course 206 DC Systems Analysis and Arc Flash DC (40 hours)
SKM Course 207 Electrical Grounding and Application (40 hours)
360 On-Line Training
Course 2101 Elements of System Protection
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
Rad Worker, RCRA Waste Management, Boundary Scan, EMI design and troubleshooting, Requirements & Design, Spectrum Analyzers, 8D/9S RCAT (Airbus), Risk Management training, requirements capture, design review, team building and creating team consensus, project cost account management, 5 Whys, Fishbone analysis, Paredo charts, 5S, Value Stream Mapping, Continuous Improvement, Statistical analysis, SKM arc flash and breaker coordination settings and design, heat trace systems learning,
CERTIFICATIONS
Minnesota Board FE, EIT Certified, #136595
Special Engineer License # SP039771; State of Minnesota (Boiler Lic)
Soldering certified. J Standard 001, Mil Standard 2000
Thru hole and surface mount.
LEAN 6 Sigma Green Belt training, White Belt Certification
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
(United Way) Mississippi River Clean-up (Cummins Volunteer 06/2009),
Southern Mn Science Fair Judge, Advisory Board (2011, 12, 13)
Eastern Iowa Science Fair Judge (2013)
Eastern Washington Science Fair Judge (2014) (2017)
Carlsbad School District Science Fair Judge (2020)
Los Alamos District Science & Engineering Fair Team Captain Judge (2023)
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