Sr. Electrical designer

BENJAMIN W CARDY

LEAD ELECTRICAL DESIGNER

**** ****** ***** ****** *******, GA 30040

Phone: 281-***-**** email: *******@*****.***

SUMMARY OF WORK EXPERIENCE

Thirty-eight years as an electrical designer working on a variety of projects such as petrochemical,

combined cycle power plants, offshore platforms, compressor stations and pulp and paper.

Duties included 480V one-lines, motor schematics, interconnects, loop diagrams, lighting,

Grounding, power plans, lighting calculations, voltage drop, raceway sizing and routing.

EDUCATION

Associates degree in Electrical Engineering Technology, June 1983,

State Technical Institute at Knoxville, Knoxville, TN

SKILLS

Tools: AutoCad, PDMS, PDS, Microstation, CALMA, Excel

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Lead Electrical Designer, Hargrove Engineering, Johns Creek, GA 1/18 to present

Complete electrical revamp to a BASF chemical plant. Created all one lines from 15KV

to 480V MCC’s. Sized and routed all new raceway. Created cable schedule. Reviewed

vendor power and control building drawings. Modeled all equipment and raceway.

Sr. Electrical Designer, EDG, Houston, TX (contract Taylor Technical) 6/13 to 11/17

Chevron gas development project in Bangladesh. Designed one lines, motor schematics,

interconnection diagrams, power plans, electrical calculations and cable schedules.

Electrical Designer, Worley Parsons, Houston, TX (contract TRS) 1/12 to 6/13

Cable routing using PDMS list collections program to route and prevent cable overfill.

Developed power plans from the PDMS model using AutoCAD.

Lead Instrument Designer, Mustang, Houston, TX 281-***-**** 2/08 to 11/11

Multiple pipeline meter stations, gas handling/storage facilities and offshore compressor upgrades.

Designed the following: block diagrams, Allen Bradley and GE Fanuc PLC panels, loop diagrams,

Junction box wiring diagrams, location plans, instrument details and cable schedules. Developed

instrument indexes using Intools.

Principal Electrical Designer, Technip, Houston, TX 281-***-**** 11/05 to 2/08

Chevron Angola oil and gas separation plant expansion. Design of electrical and instrumentation for

entire project. Developed one lines, instrument and electrical wiring diagrams, all physical drawings.

Field work included constructability, as builts of the existing systems and hot cut-over for existing

PLC’s to DCS system.

Principal Designer, Worley Parsons, Houston, TX 713-***-**** 5/05 to 11/05

Unocal gas development project in Bangladesh. Designed one lines, motor schematics,

interconnection diagrams and cable schedules. Modeled cable tray, electrical equipment

and lighting fixtures on PDS. Developed plan drawings from the model using drawing manager.

Lead Designer, Shaw Stone & Webster, Houston, TX 281-***-**** 11/03 to 5/05

Combined cycle power plants: Developed one lines, motor schematics, power plans, conduit & cable

schedules, reviewed vendor drawings and developed interconnection drawings. Performed field

work for construction support. 3D raceway and equipment modeling on PDS.

Senior Designer, Technip Offshore Inc. 281-***-**** 11/02 to 10/03

Cell Spar platform electrical and instrumentation design. Modeled all electrical equipment and

raceways on PDMS. Developed one lines, schematics, interconnection diagrams, and cable schedules.

Produced voltage drop/cable sizing and lighting calculations. Created all electrical physical drawings.

Lead Designer, Stone & Webster, Houston, TX 281-***-**** 7/01 to 10/02

Combined cycle power plants. Developed one lines, motor schematics, power plans, conduit & cable

schedules, reviewed vendor drawings and developed interconnection drawings. Performed field

work for construction support. 3D raceway and equipment modeling on PDS.

Lead Designer, Brown & Root, Houston, TX (contract G.A.S.) 281-***-**** 2/98 to 7/01

Offshore process platforms and FPSO’s. Developed one-lines, schematics and interconnection

diagrams. Reviewed and commented on vendor drawings. Modeled electrical equipment and

raceways to produce all physical electrical drawings and resolved interferences. Performed lighting

calculations, voltage drop and cable sizing calculations. Vendor equipment inspection and check out.

3D modeling using PDS and PDMS. 2D drawings created on Microstation.

Senior Designer, Stone & Webster, Houston, TX 281-***-**** 1/96 to 2/98

Petrochemical revamp & additions. Developed one lines, motor schematics, power plans, conduit & cable

schedules, new installation details, lighting and grounding. Reviewed vendor drawings and developed

interconnection diagrams. Performed field work for construction support and start up. 3D modeling

on PDS. 2D drawings created on Microstation 5.5 and Autocad Rel. 14.

Senior Designer, Oxychem, Houston, TX (contract G.A.S.) 713-***-**** 8/95 to 1/96

Petrochemical plant modifications and additions. Developed one lines, schematics, instrument loops,

power plans, cable schedules, lighting, grounding, and lightning protection using Microstation 5.0.

Senior Designer, Thronson Engineering, Houston, TX (contract G.A.S.) 281-***-**** 5/95 to 7/95

Electrical design of compressor stations. Tasks included one lines, schematics, lighting, grounding,

power plans, conduit and cable schedules. All work performed on AutoCAD Rel. 12.

Lead Designer, Destec Engineering, Houston, TX 713-***-**** 1/91 to 4/95

Cogeneration projects. Lead designer on three 50 MW power plants and one 160MW combined

cycle power plant. Supervision of several designers and drafters. Involved in project meetings

and electrical schedules. Field work through start up and commissioning. Modeled plants

using Calma software.

Electrical Designer, Lockwood Greene, Spartanburg, SC 6/90 to 1/91

Electrical design of security systems for Pantex military facility in Amarillo TX. Systems

included eye retinal recognition, palm readers, motion sensors and high voltage fencing.

Electrical Designer, Fluor Daniel, Greenville, SC (contract Tem-Tech) 2/88 to 5/90

Pulp & paper projects. Lexan plastic plant electrical design. Work performed

on Autocad and Microstation

Electrical Designer, Calspan Field Services/ AEDC, Tullahoma, TN 7/86 to 2/88

Arnold Air Force base wind tunnel testing facilities. Electronic design and drafting of

instrument chassis using Calma software.

Electrical Designer, General Electric Co., Norcross, GA (contract) 3/86 to 7/86

15MW pulp wood burning power plant. Responsible for the design of underground

conduit duct bank system. Drafting preformed on the board.

Electrical Designer, United Engineers & Constructors, Kingsport, TN (contract) 7/84 to 3/86

Holston Army Ammunition Plant. Upgraded design of electrical systems for a 1940’s RDX

plastic explosives plant. Board drafting.

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