To Whom it may concern,
I appreciate this opportunity to apply for a position at your company.
All of my work experience would be at your disposal to do with as needed to complete the tasks given to me. I have not only extensive electrical experience but experience in mechanical, plumbing and architectural design. My work as an electrical contractor has given me the ability to problem solve field issues and to communicate with contractors. Most of my experience dealt with commercial but I do have residential and industrial experience as well. This means that I can work in multiple fields and do whatever is necessary to assure the best job possible will be done. My work has been in pharma, government, hospitality, data centers, facilities and alternate power sources.
I hope to hear from you in the future and thank you for this chance to be considered.
Matthew Platt
323 Bassett Ave
New Castle, De 19720
Cel 302-***-****
*********@*******.***
OBJECTIVE
My objective is to work in the electrical field in any position necessary to assure that a project is done in the most professional and efficient manner possible.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
·I have worked doing the following: Housing Authorities (Chester, Trenton, Maryland and Wilmington.).
·State work(Port of Wilmington, Water treatment plant, Atlantic City Airport, Sussex Correctional Institute and Inspection lanes)
·Hospital work (Christiana NICU, Wilmington Hospital offices, Elkton Hospital transformer replacement, Zorro ambulatory Center, various Critical Care systems and Christiana Care various office jobs.
·Company offices(DuPont, First USA, AstraZeneca and Dover Airforce base, Household Finance, Rodel(DOW) and Homewood Suites)
·Construction supervision(Rodel locker room, Bldg. 9 and parking lot)
·Federal Work (offices for Secret Service, FBI and Immigration)
·Banking (First USA-Data centers in Florida, Wilmington and Maryland. Maryland was the Eastern Hub of banking)
·Schools (University of Delaware, Rowan University and Penn Christian College)
·Secondary schools(Middletown, Glasgow High, Newark and misc. NCC schools)
·Residential work (High end mixed use buildings i.e. Rittenhouse Square)
·Fuel Cel Work(Design and Install) (Bloom Energy Plant, SevOne)
·Denstply (process design)
·Croda (process installation)
·Baxter Pharma (process and facility design)
·DuPont (design, construction and process design)
CAPABILITIES
·I have worked in many positions doing the following: power and lighting design along with Fire alarm, security, emergency systems, lightning protection and special systems.
·It has been my responsibility to answer RFI’s (Request For Information) to the contractors and to the client. This includes clarifying questions on the drawings and initiating design changes. This would also include coordinating with the different trades to answer the questions and resolve design issues.
·During construction administration problems were resolved in the field or in office, clarification was transferred to the drawings and final drawing changes are recorded.
·Communication with the client was done during the job estimate, conception design and administration so as to give them the best job possible. Communication consisted of request for information or forwarding of progress prints back to them for their comments.
·Redline of drawings for Cad personnel to draft either as as-builts or new work.
·Worked on manual drawings when electronic versions were not available.
·Supervised Cad personnel and fellow designers to coordinate work for consistency and meeting of client standards.
·Work on electrical schematics has been minimal. About 1 year experience doing various schematics and revisions to schematic drawings
·Design and install of grid parallel fuel cel system.
·Mechanical engineering layouts and design.
·Plumbing engineering layouts and design.
·Process piping layouts and design.
·Machine layouts and design.
·When needed, appropriate uses of MS Office was used for example:
1.Cost estimate spreadsheets and calculation sheets were made in Excel.
2.A database on emergency power use was made in Access.
3.A presentation was done for training of non technical personnel in Powerpoint
. Sized UPS and generator systems for various clients(First USA, Barclays, Chase, Comcast,
UofD and PNC) This includes determining if existing is adequate or needs upgrading.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Bloom Energy
December 2017- Present
Electrical Project Engineer
Interface with the utilities, review and approval of shutdown schedules, technical design help and review design drawings and existing condition drawings.
AEI
June 2016- July 2017
Senior Electrical Engineer
Project scopes, Lighting and Power design, Lighting and Load calculations and Construction assistance during construction phase. I also set up the companies electrical standards. Most of the work was mixed use residential with some commercial mixed in periodically. This has prepared me for dealing with difficult situations and clients along with dealing with loads sizing and setting up of services with associated equipment.
Delaware Engineering and Design Corp., Newark Delaware
Electrical Engineer, January 2012 – June 2016
Cost estimates, scopes of work, management of CAD personnel, lighting and power design, light construction management, and CAD work, Excel spreadsheets for ease of calculations, Create databases for emergency loads and Powerpoint presentations for clients. The types of work was commercial and industrial ranging from small offices and large building complexes to manufacturing sites. This has prepared me for dealing with difficult situations and clients along with dealing with loads sizing and setting up of services with associated equipment. I also dealt with specifications of equipment and for emergency contigences.
Mdavis and Sons., Wilmington Delaware
Electrical Engineer, July 2010- December 2012
Run crews of 6 or more, checked drawings for errors and omissions, ordered materials, filled in crew timesheets and reimbursables. Make drawing modifications for constructability. Created RFI's for resolution of design issues. The work was mostly industrial consisting of pumping station ans dental device process design. This has prepared me for dealing with difficult situations and clients along with dealing setting up of services with associated equipment. I also dealt with specifications of equipment and for emergency or temporary contigences.
Delaware Engineering and Design Corp., Newark Delaware
Electrical Engineer, October 1997 – July 2010
Cost estimates, scopes of work, management of CAD personnel, lighting and power design, light construction management, and CAD work, Excel spreadsheets, Databases and Powerpoint presentations.
Furlow Associates, Wilmington Delaware
Electrical Engineer, 1996 - 1997
Design and CAD work in the electrical, mechanical and plumbing fields.
Carew Associates, Wilmington Delaware
Electrical Enineer, 1996 - 1996
Electrical design, CAD work and drafting
Endecon, Wilmington Delaware
Electrical Engineer, 1993 - 1996
Obtaining information and designing of electrical systems
Hough Associates, New Castle Delaware
CAD Designer, 1990 - 1993
CAD work, design of control panels and electrical schematics.
DuPont Inc, Wilmington Delaware
Engineer in Training, 1987 - 1987
Design of a electrical metering system and safety awareness report.
EDUCATION
Widener University, Chester Pa.
B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1988