Electrical Construction Quality Assurance

VALDOR A. EBERT JR. (JOSH)

**** **** ****, ******, ** 24121 615-***-**** ****.*******@*****.*** ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST

Electrical construction professional with over 50 years of experience relating to heavy industrial construction. Specific experience in construction and modifications of fossil fuel, flue gas desulphurization scrubbers, combined cycles, combustion turbines, Petro-chemical facilities, hydro plants and new nuclear. Additional experience with start-up operations, maintenance, quality assurance, technical support, system procedures, turn over books to client and procurement of materials to effectively meet demanding challenges. I have the proven ability in managing and coordinating supplier and site contractors in a fast-paced environment, bringing a sense of urgency to every project without sacrificing safety or quality. I have experience in applicable regulatory codes and experience-based leadership with special emphasis on oversight management. I have experience in developing electrical and instrumentation outage scheduling.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Compliance & Policy ● Safety Regulations ● Building Codes ● Electrical Engineering ● Quality Control

Team Building & Leadership ● Project Management ● Budget Coordination ● Delegation & Negotiation

Timeline Management ● Group Dynamics ● Payroll & Scheduling ● Industry Standards ● Industrial Building Extensive Electrical Lock Out Tag out clearance building experience.

Contract management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TVA (Major Projects) & (Environmental Projects)

Electrical Construction Manager: March 2022 to 2024. TVV PSOC Viper (Power Data Operation center)

Monitor the safety and Quality standards of worksite and all workers on project.

Orchestrate the coordination of multiple contractors. Electrical venders and ensure each meet the requirements for their given job, based on timeline management, testing of components and construction milestones.

Oversight all electrical construction and electrical venders performing pre and post testing requirements along with startup activities to assure all codes and work specifications are met and in compliance. Electrical Construction Manager: June 2013 thru March 2024. Gallatin Power plant – Shawnee Power plant and Cumberland Power plants - FGD/SCR Dry Scrubbers, Wet scrubbers, Bottom Ash Dewatering, Wastewater management and EST projects on various sites

Monitor the safety and Quality standards of worksite and all workers on project.

Orchestrate the coordination of multiple contractors. Electrical venders and ensure each meet the requirements for their given job, based on timeline management, testing of components and construction milestones.

Oversight all electrical construction and electrical venders performing pre and post testing requirements along with startup activities to assure all codes and work specifications are met and in compliance. Key Accomplishments:

Well-versed in industry standards, building clearance is and tagging requirements to enforce said standards, verifying all completed work is safe and up to code.

Manage scheduling and payroll information for all contractors under supervision.

Responsible for implementing risk management and value management strategies while ensuring that all projects are completed within scheduled deadline goals. FLUOR

E & I General Superintendent, January 2013 thru May 2013 Casserones Copper Mining Project, Chile

Coordinated with superintendents ensuring efficient progress and, completion.

Facilitated collaboration with multiple contractors and to ensure requirements were met for each job. Key Accomplishments:

Produced effective schedules and payroll data for all contractors under supervision.

Execution of risk and value management strategies producing project phase completions within deadline goals. VALDOR A. EBERT JR. (JOSH)

1347 Gate Lane, Moneta, VA 24121 615-***-**** *******@***.*** / ****.*******@*****.***

Electrical inspections to assure codes and standards are complying. Progress Energy (Major Projects)

E & I Construction Owners Rep, 2008 thru 2013

Wayne County Combined Cycle Project & Simple Cycle Projects.

Oversight the construction of all electrical construction codes and specifications are met.

Reporting site requirements and progress to the NGGP construction site manager.

Coordination with other project engineers regarding technical issues with NGGP project disciplines.

Addressed concerns regarding contractor construction and verified that all contractors and their projected quality plan, personnel, and processes met with industry standards and job requirements.

Managed timesheets, scheduling, and payroll, while verifying that all construction issues, documentation, and spare parts have been properly addressed.

Key Accomplishments:

All contractors under direct supervision completed required projects within specified deadlines, meeting all code, warranty, and regulation requirements.

Managed and maintained all compliance documentation regarding inspections and turnover.

Responsible for providing clearance to contractor isolation boundaries for all new and existing components in reference to construction and plant equipment.

Prepared and disseminated constructability reviews, comprised of compiled site data. Progress Energy Continued:

Crystal River Clean Air Project, 2009 thru 2010

Coordinated contractor installation with existing plant operations. Assisted contractors with vendor warranty items that could cause conflict with schedules.

Coordinated work activities with contractors under supervision, sub-contractors, and the plant.

Assisted with obtaining proper materials for the project, ensuring that they meet with construction code and regulations.

Monitored scheduling and budget, ensuring that assigned project was completed in an economically sound and expedient fashion.

Key Accomplishments:

Completed all punch list items to code within the given deadline.

Ensured compliance and site safety using drawings, code, and specification data analysis.

Kept all contractors and sub-contractors on team working within budget and timeline constraints without sacrificing quality?

TRIAD ELECTRIC AND CONTROLS,

2004 thru 2008

Project Superintendent

Progress Energy

Managed Dry Fly Ash-Sorbent Injection project. Oversight of new installation of 480-volt monitor control centers, cable installation, and terminations. Supervised installation of silo for receiving waste products.

Superintended Flue Gas Desulfurization and Selective Catalytic Reduction Expansion project, assisting Fluor with managing electrical installation on conveyors. Installation included configuration of cable tray and conduit raceway, cable installation, devices, terminations, and lighting. Installation of 480-volt monitor control centers, heat trace, and temporary power for project support. Field Superintendent

Valero

Facilitated refinery expansion project, managing contractor installation of medium and low voltage switchgear, cable tray, and conduit.

General Foreman

DuPont & Conoco Phillips

VALDOR A. EBERT JR. (JOSH)

1347 Gate Lane, Moneta, VA 24121 615-***-**** *******@***.*** / ****.*******@*****.***

Hurricane Katrina Recovery Relief Efforts to restore plant operations. Managed retrofit of thirty Emerson Distributed Control System marshaling cabinets, terminations, and loop checks. Managed new installation of Eight Distributed Control System flotation device control rooms as well as installation of fiber optic system throughout plant.

Belle Chasse

Expedited installation of new Low Sulfur Gas Expansion Project. Oversight the installation of medium and low voltage switchgear and 480-volt monitor control centers. Managed device net and mod bus installation for Distributed Control Systems & SCADA.

Harrisburg Waste Authority Energy Facility

Organized federal power plant expansion project, Harrisburg. Managed contractor installation of all phases of electrical installation.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Virginia State Electrical License: Current.

Johnson Electrical Technical College, Johnson County, North Carolina

Technical Electrical College of Low Country Beaufort, South Carolina

Dale Carnegie Supervisor Training, Baltimore, M.D.

Dale Carnegie Supervisor Training, Raleigh, N.C.

Progress Energy & TVA Power Operations Group LOTO Clearance Training

Current Passport POG Equipment Tag Out Training, Current

OSHA 30 Safety Certification, 2011 - United States Army: Engineer, Vietnam veteran, honorably Overseas passport.

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