BRUCE FAUBERT

adgt2j@r.postjobfree.com 801-***-**** Gilbert, AZ

Senior Electrical Engineer – Project Manager

An executive manager with experience supervising both union and non-union departments as large as 250 consulting engineers, in-house engineers, designers, CADD operators, system protection technicians, transmission and distribution power line and substation construction personnel, and substation maintenance/construction electricians.

Brings a wide-range of expertise, including electrical utility power engineering, construction, research and development, maintenance, and power plant operations, as well as A&E consulting engineering experience, including design of combined cycle co-generation, HV transmission substations, distribution substations, and utility fossil/hydro/nuclear power plants.

Areas of Expertise

Project Management & Engineering Team Leadership & Development Executive Management P&L Engineering Management Construction Management Engineering Management Project Estimates & Budgets Technical Design Review/Approval Client/Corporate Interactions System Studies Department Administration Profit & Loss Testing & Commissioning Safety Awareness

WORK EXPERIENCE

CYPRESS CREEK RENEWABLES Gilbert, AZ 2018-Present

Sr. Project Engineer High Voltage Substations

Managed EPC contractors for assigned high voltage substations interconnections, and gen-tie power lines. This included technical, contracts, schedules, budgets, and commissioning through mechanical competition, interconnection availability date, and turnover. Supported development, established cost estimates, schedules, and budgets; oversaw QA/QC and projects from start to completion.

Prepared all high voltage substations budgets that were within 5% of the project cost and schedules.

Worked on several development projects in Texas, Virginia and North Carolina. Prepared budgets and schedules for several development projects.

Presently working on two projects in Texas (one 135MW, 138kV transmission interconnect using external EPC and one 200MW, with a 17 mile 138kV transmission interconnect using an external EPC for the PV Plant and using an internal EPC for the substation and transmission interconnect), one project in North Carolina (25MW, 44kV sub-transmission interconnect), one project in Oregon (25MW, 115kV transmission interconnect with a 5 mile 34.5kV collection line) and one in Virginia (one 135MW, 115kV transmission interconnect).

POWER SYSTEMS DESIGN ENGINEERS Gilbert, AZ 2018-2018

General Manager/Owner

Restarted an engineering consulting company with an emphasis on detailed design of medium and high voltage transmission and distribution substations, protective relay modifications, fossil, hydro, combustion gas turbine, and nuclear plant designs/modifications.

Assisted in supplying consultants, engineers, and construction management to both utilities and other A&E’s.

Assisted in preparing project estimates for clients.

FIRST SOLAR Tempe, AZ 2014-2018

Sr. Project Manager High Voltage

Managed EPC contractors for assigned high voltage substations interconnections, and gen-tie power lines. This included technical, contracts, schedules, budgets, and commissioning through mechanical competition, interconnection availability date, and turnover. Supported development, established cost estimates, schedules, and budgets; oversaw QA/QC and projects from start to completion.

Prepared all high voltage substations budgets that were within 5% of the project cost and schedules.

Recognized for successfully maintaining budgets and schedules for six projects in one; this complex project consisted of two plants, two collection systems, two substations, one switching station, and one four-mile 230kV transmission interconnection.

KENNY CONSTRUCTION Jersey City, NJ 2014

Sr. Project Manager Commissioning and Testing High Voltage

Managed all commissioning and testing of the 230kV substation upgrades. Replaced protective relay, switchgear, transformers and beakers as necessary, and upgraded substation controls and cap banks. Conducted cost estimates, organized schedules and staffing assignments, and ensured quality assurance/quality control while managing project to completion.

Created outage plans for testing and commissioning of the new relay and control installations in PSE&G 230kV substations.

Maintained schedules and ensured drawings were accurate and installation was completed within outage durations.

WORLEYPARSONS Folsom, CA 2012-2014

Sr. Engineering Manager T&D

Led daily design activities on all contracted transmission and distribution substation and power line projects with various clients; this included protective relay, switchgear, transformer, and breaker replacements, as well as substation control and cap bank upgrades.

Worked on sun powers 60 MVAR capacitor bank and stowing generator design and installation at California Valley Solar Farm.

Led third party review of wiring issues at NRG’s 590MW Solar Power Plant in Rosemond, CA; ensured complete project oversight with cost estimates, schedules, budgets, staff assignments, and training.

Improved quality of design work completed by assigned team members; provided feedback to make improvements and mentored staff to continue to increase quality of work.

BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR POWER PLANT Athens, AL 2010-2012

Sr. Engineering Manager I&C, Tennessee Valley Authority

Supported all design activities related to plant modifications, with 22 direct reports (electrical and I&C design engineers). Designs included modifications to existing equipment and replacement of obsolete equipment.

Monitored design of the 500kV primary and back-up protective relaying line protection, and oversaw replacement of the capacitor bank protective relays with new microprocessor based relays.

Dedicated substantial efforts to improving relationships between management and the electrical/I&C design team.

KENNY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY Multiple Locations 2007-2010

Sr. Project Manager/Engineering Manager

Took on multiple contract-based projects throughout three-year tenure, including:

PSE&G of Newark New Jersey: Installed replacement transformers, breakers, SCADA Systems, and protective relaying at several of PSE&G substations downtown Newark (previously outdated and any mistakes would cause unplanned outages).

PECO of Philadelphia Pennsylvania: Assisted PECO in documenting the original installation and installing 44 replacement protective relay panels and a new SCADA control system at their large customer substation for SUNOCO.

765kV PATH Project (alliance between AEP and Allegheny Power): Worked on permitting, ROW, environmental, design, procurement, and construction of a 280-mile 765kV transmission power line and two major 765kV/500kV transmission substations in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland.

Rocky Mountain Power: Performed EPC Contracts for a 250-mile 161kV double circuit transmission power line, 2000 miles of underground/overhead distribution power lines; also installed 15 161kV/34.5kV substations all within budget and schedule.

PacifiCorp Quantum Leap & Pacific Corp Transmission Upgrade Projects: Constructed transmission and distribution of assigned substations and power lines. Completed EPC coordination of subcontractors providing EPC services including engineering, construction, permitting, GEO Technical, procurement of major equipment, surveying, and environmental services.

POWER SYSTEMS DESIGN ENGINEERS Crossville, TN 2005-2007

General Manager/Owner

Started an engineering consulting company with an emphasis on detailed design of medium and high voltage transmission and distribution substations, protective relay modifications, fossil, hydro, combustion gas turbine, and nuclear plant designs/modifications.

Supplied consultants, engineers, and construction management to both utilities and manufacturing facilities.

Assigned two engineers to job shop for one A&E and one utility; prepared schedules and budgets for utility clients.

INTEGRATED ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS Sacramento, CA 2002-2005

Sr. Vice President Business/Project Development

Hired to grow business by managing P&L, developing and closing on leads, and providing guidance to project development and engineering staff working on detailed engineering design of onsite combined cycle co-generation facilities, simple-cycle peaker generation facilities, distributive generation facilities, and transmission/distribution substations.

Played a key role in assisting a Southern California city to become a municipal and completely setting up the program for the infrastructure, legal, financial, regulatory, billing/metering, O&M, construction, start-up, customer service, etc.

Increased bottom line from $2.5M to $7M in one year by developing contracts in a diversified and expanded business portfolio.

-Diversified business in the following areas: HV transmission substations, distribution substations, transmission and distribution line design (using Itron’s LD-PRO Software), and utility fossil/hydro/gas power plants.

Mentored and effectively trained design staff in designing protective relaying systems.

CALPINE CORPORATION WESTERN REGION OFFICE Dublin, CA 1999-2002

Director of Business Development/Project Engineering

Brought on board to oversee business development and project engineering staff that co-coordinated EPC contracts for detailed engineering design of onsite combined cycle co-generation facilities.

Worked in a project development role, responsible for 10 of the simple cycle peaker generation power plants design engineering of the power block, transmission substation, and transmission interconnection to the local connecting utilities.

-This included: Pacific Gas & Electric, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Modesto Irrigation District, Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas & Electric, and Los Angeles Department of Water & Power.

Completed efforts to apply for certification for the California Energy Commission for nine power plants.

Interfaced with the California Independent System Operator (Cal ISO), California Energy Commission (CEC), and Interconnecting Utility.

Conducted design review of the power block design engineering contractor and the substation design contractor; oversaw the construction contractors and commissioned appropriate support and project closeout.

Prepared schedules and budgets for 12 General Electric LM-6000 simple cycle combustion gas turbine peaker power plants.

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

Sr. Electrical Design Engineering Supervisor FLORIDA POWER CORPORATION (Nuclear Power Plant) St. Lucie, FL

Directed a team of five engineers responsible for design electrical engineering of a two-unit 1800MW Nuclear Generating Facility.

Sr. Electrical Design Engineering Supervisor JOHN BROWN/KVAERNER Greenville, SC

Served as lead electrical engineer; led team of 20 through engineering design of $200M Polymer PET Resins facility for Celanese Canada. Worked in Vega Baja Puerto Rico for 12 months at Werner Lambert Pharmaceutical Facility doing Room Preparation Redesign, construction, commissioning and start-up

Sr. Project Electrical Design Engineering Supervisor GILBERT COMMONWEALTH Oakridge, TN

Worked on $5M excitation system and protective relay replacement of 28 hydro units, $4M installation of CEMS in all fossil power plants.

Staff Augmentation Sr. Project Electrical Design Engineer PG&E MORRO BAY POWER PLANT Morro Bay, CA

Oversaw projects including governor control replacement, 2-way radio replacement, estimate, protective relay replacement, air compressor replacement, fuel oil tank farm heat trace replacement, building lighting upgrade, administrative building transformer replacement, and electrical design for the installation of a second-high bay 100-ton crane.

Sr. Discipline Project Electrical Design Engineer, CRS-Sirrine PG&E MORRO BAY POWER PLANT Morro Bay, CA

Led 15-project team members responsible for the detailed design, construction, commissioning, and start-up of a $90M, 82MW one-on-one combined cycle co-generation facility and 115KV substation located in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Sr. Supervisor Electrical Design Engineer NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER COMPANY Syracuse, NY

Took on project control and design responsibility of all electrical modifications at Nine Mile Point #1 Nuclear Power Plant. Additional roles: Manager of Electric T&D Substations Construction and Maintenance and System Protection Specialist Fossil Generation Relay Engineer.

System Protection Relay Engineer ROCHESTER GAS AND ELECTRIC Rochester, NY

Worked on fiber optic static wire mid-span splice, 12kv burn down relay development, and replacement of the pilot wire metallic wire. Additional roles: Transmission and Distribution Substation Design Engineer, Electric System Protection Field Engineer, Revenue Meter Design Engineer, Electric System Protection & Relay Maintenance Technician, and Electric System SCADA Technician.

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration (GPA 3.84) UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX Online

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Rochester, NY

Associate’s Degree, Electro-Mechanical Engineering ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Rochester, NY

REGISTRATIONS/AFFILIATIONS

Third Class Stationary Engineers License in Fossil Generation Power Plant Operations

Member of IEEE Power Engineering Society

Member of IEEE Engineering Management Society

Member of IEEE Reliability Society

Member of the Council of Energy Advisors

Past Member of IEEE Insulated Conductor Committee – Technical Review of Transactions

Past Committee Member Protective Relaying – NPCC

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