Electrical Engineer Engineering

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Sugar Land, TX *****

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Austin B. Callegari, P.E.

Objective

Obtain a position as an Electrical Engineer with an organization where my experience and education will be utilized to assist the organization in achieving its operational objectives.

Summary of Qualifications

Have held multiple positions of continually increasing levels of responsibility over my 28 year career; working on projects in the Refining, Petrochemical, LNG and Power Generation industries. Experience includes 15 years of working on small and mid size capital projects in existing facilities located in the United States.

Experienced with developing project schedules, work sharing and preparing lump sump proposals, including detailed man-hour estimates and scope definition. Management professional; results focused, entrepreneurial and practical. Exceptional organizational skills and self-disciplined, with well-developed interpersonal skills. Offer outstanding team leadership and conflict resolution skills.

Also experienced with Microsoft Office, Lotus notes, Microstation Intergraph CAD system, Electrical Transient Analysis Program (ETAP), SKM Power Tools, CDEGS by Safe Engineering Services and Time Current Characteristics (TCC).

Experience

28 years of engineering and design experience.

2014 - Present

Fluor – Director, Design Engineering

Responsibilities Includes:

As Director of Design Engineering, I worked on several projects for clients as noted below,

oUpgrade of the MV MCC lineup in one substation, the additional of electrical components in another substation and the demolition and replacement of the existing 13.kV Switchgear, the demolition of the existing 2.4kV switchgear and MCC with a new 5kV line up and installation of a new 480V switchgear and new MCC line-ups. In addition, it included the demolition of existing Cooling water substation transformer, switchgear and MCCs, which were replaced by new 480V MCC lie-up.

oServed as IPMT (Integrated Project Management Team) Lead Electrical Engineer. As IPMT member, my role consisted of interfacing between the Fluor Shanghai and Manila office with our local client on project technical issues which included specification development, module design concepts, facility power requirements with Entergy and electrical interface requirements with third party process units .

oAs the Overall Lead for the Houston Electrical scope. which included the modification of the existing 300kV GIS switchgear to support three (3) new circuits to the New Refinery, the 300kV cable routing LSTK package and the New Refinery Main Intake Substations (300kV and 132kV). This also included a LSTK contract package, five (5) Main Distribution Station (MDS) 33kV substations and a total of over 45 unit substations. Fluor has responsibility for six (6) of the unit substations. The UOI portion of the project involved a joint Venture, as well as a Distributed Execution with the Amsterdam, New Delhi and Al Khobar office. In addition, there were three (3) EPC contractors that were involved for the Process Units, Tank Farm area and Small Boat/Solid Pier Area.

2012 - 2014

URS - Engineering Manager/Electrical Engineer Department Manager/Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities includes:

Developed and maintained project scope of work and project schedule, maintained engineering consistency and resolved engineering conflicts.

As department manager, I work closely with the office Operations Manager to expand the electrical and instrumentation group which consisted of six (6) engineers and designers to a peak of 13 engineers and designers. In addition, I am responsible for workshare coordination with the other offices in our region for execution of detailed engineering projects. Primary responsibilities included staffing forecast, developing hiring requisitions, salary administration and performance reviews.

As Chief Electrical Engineer, I worked on several projects for clients as noted below,

oLead a team of six electrical engineers and designers on the BP Exemplar Program. The program consists of approximately seven lines and contains approximately 2,100 miles of pipeline and more than 30 stations. A combination of field walk-down and desk top work was performed to complete as-builting for electrical equipment from the utility drops to the lighting panels. Responsible to perform ARC flash calculations, develop area classifications and single line drawings.

oPerformed detailed design for a CO2 compressor station. Scope included outdoor medium voltage switchgear, outdoor 480V MCC, outdoor medium voltage variable speed drive (VSD) with associated cable routing, grounding, lighting and cable tray.

oDeveloped of Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) for two transformer replacement projects. Work included a site visit with Utility, developing a scope of work for the FEED and preparing a + 30% TIC estimate. Performed both Project Manager duties and technical consultant. The client then requested that a EPC contract package be developed for soliciting bids from contractors to execute the detailed engineering and construction. Responsibilities included resource allocation, ITB package development/coordination, client interface and representing the client during contractor bid meeting.

2006- 2012

Fluor - Project Engineering Manager

Responsibilities includes:

Developed and maintained project scope of work and project schedule, maintained engineering consistency and resolved engineering conflicts.

As Project Engineering Manager for the FEED portion of the project, I managed the engineering and project efforts in regards to project schedule and deliverables for the FEED portion of a $2.8 bil refinery upgrade project. Other responsibilities included the management of the development of a comprehensive FEED package, development of a + 10% Class 3 estimate for the 2012 work ($2.6 mil) associated with the November turnaround and the 2014 work ($2.4 bil) to support the January and October 2014 turnarounds. The scope for the 2012 work included model reviews, P&ID development and issuance of 22 construction work packages.

As Project Engineering Manager for a Project responsibilities included the implementation and monitoring of the Relied Upon Information process, which involved close client coordination and coordination of field verification documentation, the coordination of the CEP and BEP package issuance to the client, client bi-weekly meeting reports, electrical and control systems scope, Process scope, HSE scope and field verification team coordination. Other responsibilities include contract package coordination and discipline interface

Managed the engineering effort associated with the closeout for the detail design of a $4.5 bil Refinery project. Other responsibilities included:

oManaged the electrical engineering group in execution of design documentation and purchased orders associated with over 2100 tagged equipment items.

oFacilitated the design effort for 200+ buildings on the project, many of which involved coordination and interface with three Russian Design Institutes (RDIs). The building design included Substations, lab buildings, ITRs and small process units.

oInstrumental in facilitating technical responses to Issued for Construction documents that enabled construction to maintain schedule.

Instrumental in making the Change Management process successful.

Managed the engineering effort associated with the closeout for the detail design of a Refinery project.

Managed the engineering and project efforts in regards to project schedule and deliverables for the FEED portion of a LNG gas recovery project. Other responsibilities included the management of the development of a comprehensive “Concept Selection” package for the client presentation to the funding committee for project funding authorization.

Facilitated the development of the project Invitation to Tender for the Lump Sum detailed design phase of the project within a one month time frame.

Managed the entire engineering effort with all disciplines to support the FEED work associated with a LNG Loading Facility in an eight month time frame. Other responsibilities included:

oSuccessfully completed the FEED ahead of schedule and under budget.

oWork closely with a very contentious client in developing a project execution strategy.

oDeveloped a + 10% estimate the detailed design phase of the project

1999-2005

Fluor - Lead Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities included:

As lead engineer on the Multiproject taskforce for small to midsize capital projects, I was responsible for managing staffing needs/resources with the electrical department for as many as four concurrent projects. We were challenged to develop scopes of work and man-hour estimates for fast track proposals and then executed those as proposed. Other responsibilities included:

Successfully lead the electrical group in the completion of a diesel hydrotreater (hydrodesulfurization and hydrodewaxing) with a compressed 10 month schedule.

Produced relay coordination study for the new facility.

Reviewed and checked the load flow and short circuit study.

Coordinated the design, purchase and factory inspection of a Pre-fabricated substation building, 400V low voltage MCC/Switchgear, UPS and all required ancillary equipment.

Responsible for reviewing client proposals and developing the electrical engineering scope of work, manhour estimate and manpower staffing within very short time frames.

Successfully managed an electrical staff of 13 engineers and designers for production of project deliverables.

Provided support/input for the estimate to accommodate a grass root LNG terminal with 110kV incoming feeder from the local utility, back-up power generation and facilities for importing and storage of LNG.

Domestic project locations included West Virginia, Texas and Pennsylvania.

As a commodity engineer for the Duke Fluor Daniel taskforce, I was responsible for coordination of all main step-up transformer purchases and inspections, providing training for the grounding software used on the project and providing training for avoiding lump sump contract pitfalls. Other responsibilities included:

Developed detail procedures for transformer factory inspections and coordinated the development of a Root cause analysis report for failures.

Purchased Generator Step –up transformers.

Performed grounding grid calculations utilizing CDEGS (SES Technologies software packages) to determine the acceptable step and touch potentials.

Conducted field inspection of heat tracing system, analyzed defective circuits, prepared proposal to client for repair, and coordinated repair with heat tracing and insulation contractors.

Conducted on-site review of temporary construction power system, documented system using Microsoft Visio to prepare accurate one line diagrams and coordinated Lock-Out-Tag-Out procedure for construction activities.

1999-2005 (cont)

Coordinated the update of the electrical estimating tool, ESEP, for Simple and Combined cycle projects with design/engineering and software development group. This task involved updating assembly and modules to match historical data for bulk items and pricing per latest pricing agreement.

Conducted field inspection of heat tracing system, analyzed defective circuits, prepared proposal to client for repair, and coordinated repair with heat tracing and insulation contractors.

Conducted on-site review of temporary construction power system, documented system using Microsoft Visio to prepare accurate one line diagrams and coordinated Lock-Out-Tag-Out procedure for construction activities.

Conducted on-site review of the cable tray system to determine compliance with NEMA VE1 & VE2 standards.

Domestic project locations included New Mexico, Oklahoma, Georgia, Kentucky, Illinois and Missouri.

1991-1998

As an electrical engineer for the DuPont Delta taskforce, I was responsible for supporting multiple small to mid size projects as a lead engineer. Other responsibilities included:

Responsible for scheduling, progress reporting - project and departmental.

Completed bid tabulations, reviewing vendor drawings and coordinating heat tracing requirements with plant personnel for integration with existing system.

Responsible for purchasing miscellaneous electrical equipment, in order to accommodate the aggressive construction schedule, and a new 480 V switchgear breaker.

Demonstrated initiative and versatility by saving the client a total of $20,000 with innovative ideas for reusing existing equipment in lieu of purchasing new equipment.

Performed short circuit, motor starting and voltage drop calculations, in addition to producing relay coordination drawings.

Purchased motor control center with a variable frequency drive, along with an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) system.

Prepared load list for motor and non-motor loads.

Prepared purchase specifications for communications equipment, 480V motor control centers, automatic transfer switches and substation station batteries.

Domestic project location located in Texas and included Orange, LaPorte and Victoria,TX.

Education

1984-1989, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, La

B.S., Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering

Interests

Louisiana Tech Alumni Association

Louisiana Tech Engineering Association (LTEA)

Saxophonist, Abundant Life Cathedral Church

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

National Association of Investors Corporation

References

Available upon request.

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