Mechanical Engineer Manager

JOHN T. LANGAKER, PE

Mechanical Engineering Manager

*** ******** *****,

Apex, North Carolina 27539

Tel 913-***-****

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Present – May 2012

Associate Mechanical Engineer / Engineering Manager / Project Manager, Burns & McDonnell Engineering Co, Inc

Raleigh, North Carolina

August, 2000 – May, 2012

Staff / Senior Mechanical Engineer, Burns & McDonnell Engineering Co, Inc

Kansas City, Missouri

July, 1998 – August, 2000

Mechanical Design Engineer, New Products, Burke Mobility

Kansas City, Kansas

August 1995 – July, 1998

Engineering Coordinator / Quality Test Engineer, Honda of America, Mfg

Marysville, Ohio

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:

As currently an Associate Mechanical Engineer in Burns and McDonnell’s Energy Division, Mr. Langaker has over 19 years of experience. This comes most recently from large and small project teams for mechanical engineering in new cogeneration, combined cycle power plant design, new coal fired plant development, upgrades, as well as improvements to pollution controls and systems engineering.

Approximately one third of experience is related to EPC or Design-Bid-Build project arrangements. Common to almost every type of project has been a solid background in piping system analysis and design, and also equipment specification, purchase, and related high-energy system implementation.

PROJECT AND TEAM EXPERIENCE:

Nearly every project over the past 19 years has involved piping design, stress evaluation, piping and system Code compliance, and system construction and testing. Over the past 10 years, significant time has also been dedicated to training new engineers on pipe design processes and the tools used to analyze them.

Hand-in-hand with design responsibilities, project cost estimates, planning, and team management play a significant role to office and project success. Specifically in Raleigh, Burns & McDonnell has carefully grown from 12 engineers in 2012 to over 40 at the start of 2019.

The following are samples of some projects over the last several years that demonstrate typical responsibilities:

Harvard University Blackstone Steam Plant

Cambridge, Massachusetts

As engineering manager for the 100% design portion of the project, Mr. Langaker has overseen multiple disciplines engaged to complete 100% detailed design of the dual-fuel (oil and natural gas) Blackstone steam plant Combined Heat and Power expansion project. The project includes the challenging installation, inside a historic building, of new gas compressors, a new 8MW gas turbine, and water-wall HRSG with duct firing and SCR.

Duke Energy

Carolinas East Region – Combined Cycle

Several projects for Duke at gas turbine facilities in the region have engaged Mr. Langaker as project manager and lead mechanical engineer, including chiller package cooling tower winterization heating for Buck and water treatment process upgrades at both Buck and Dan River stations.

Luminant Sandow Steam Electric Station

Rockdale, Texas

To comply with stricter air emissions regulations, Mr. Langaker is leading the mechanical engineering behind a complex, steam-based flue-gas reheat system on Sandow Unit 4, an existing 600 MW-class pulverized lignite coal steam generator.

NRG M&G Combined Heat & Power

Corpus Christi, Texas

Supporting project EPC execution for the owner, Mr. Langaker has previously planned and executed, as Engineering Manager, a multi-discipline team of\for system design, cost estimating, and equipment for the 30% Design Phase of a cogeneration project for NRG-Thermal. The green-field site combines electric power produced by a GE LM6000PF gas turbine along with steam production from its heat recovery and back-up gas fired conventional boilers. The project supplies electric and thermal energy to a large resin processing facility in parallel new construction.

Luminant Sandow Steam Electric Station

Rockdale, Texas

Several projects to improve Luminant’s twin 250MW coal-fired circulating fluidized bed boiler, Unit 5, enlist Mr. Langaker’s evaluation, design, and construction support. Recent projects include induced draft fan noise mitigation, service water supply upgrades, and steam turbine forced air cooling which is slated to become a fleet standard for Luminant.

TransCanada Energy, Ltd. Halton Hills Generating Station

Toronto, Ontario

A project configured as Engineer-Procure-Construct (EPC) to build a 700MW gas-fired combined cycle station included Mr. Langaker as lead mechanical engineer shortly after it was awarded to the joint venture with Aker-Kvaerner Construction in 2007. Two Siemens 501F gas turbines in front of Alstom heat recovery steam generators and a single three-pressure steam turbine are installed green-field outside of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Mr. Langaker led the 10-person mechanical design team for all power and balance of plant systems, and equipment selection and installation design.

Hoosier Energy Merom Station

Sullivan County, Indiana

Mr. Langaker evaluated and devised a main steam pipeline blow sequence and hydrolazing for Hoosier Energy’s Merom station’s 500 MW pulverized coal Unit 1.

Seminole Electric Coop., Inc. Seminole Generating Station

Palatka, Florida

Two distinct projects held Mr. Langaker working closely with Seminole Station. Primarily, the station’s Unit 3 development took majority stake, specifying and bidding an 800MW class supercritical coal fired boiler and Air Quality Control System in addition to upgrades to existing solid fuel handling and water supply systems. Concurrently, Mr. Langaker folded over into taking on as lead mechanical engineer on the existing sub-critical units’ Flue Gas Desulfurization upgrades and new urea-to-ammonia fed SCRs being constructed through 2008 and 2009.

Power Holding Company of Nigeria Alaoji Station

Rivers State, Nigeria

Previous project experience took Mr. Langaker into a lead mechanical engineer role in an EPC joint venture project with Rockson Engineering of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The ultimate combined cycle build is aimed at 1000MW of natural gas fired generation, and simple cycle phase 1 construction is currently underway. Gas turbines are four Frame 9E machines combining for 500MW of simple cycle power as a green field station. Mr. Langaker took lead position of the mechanical discipline, working in conjunction with Rockson engineers and international suppliers.

Publications:

“Dual Fuel Application of SCR For Gas Turbines – LES Salt Valley,” American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Authored and presented at the 2003 International Joint Power Generation Conference, held in Atlanta, Georgia, June 16-19, 2003.

“Taking The Heat – Nitrogen Oxide Removal in High Temperature Exhaust”, Burns and McDonnell TechBriefs, Vol. 4, 2003, authored with Steven Voss, P.E. and Robert Johnson.

“Boosting Power Output – Cool!”, Burns And McDonnell Tech Briefs, Vol. 4, 2009, authored with Zachary Loehr.

“Green Energy Storage For Better [Gas Turbine] Efficiency”, American Society Of Mechanical Engineers. Author and presenter at the 2010 4th International Conference On Energy Sustainability, Phoenix, Arizona.

“Case Studies: Thermal Energy Corporation (TECO) at Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX”, presenter, ONSITE ENERGY CONFERENCE & EXPO, April 2016, Charlotte, North Carolin.

EDUCATION

BE, Mechanical Engineering

oVanderbilt Univ. 1995

REGISTRATIONS

Prof. Engineer, currently KS, NC (past: NE, FL, Ontario)

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

19 YEARS IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

24 YEARS OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE

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