Electrical Engineer Energy Center

KOSHY J. VAIDYAN. PE, LEED AP

312-***-****, *******@***.***, 208 Rodgers Court, Willowbrook, IL 60527

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Senior Project Electrical Engineer/manager

Licensed Professional Engineer and Certified in LEED, experienced in providing engineering design and construction management services for a wide variety of projects. Experience includes large-scale educational, industrial, commercial, institutional, pharmaceutical, laboratory, healthcare, multifamily residential and religious, nuclear facilities including pumping stations. Demonstrated project leadership experience and ability to coordinate activities with other disciplines. Thorough knowledge of the NEC and other industry codes Skilled in implementing engineering projects from concept through completion and have managed multidisciplinary and widely dispersed teams across national and international level.

Engineering Design I Power distribution systems and Transformers(13.8kV,4kV,480, 208/120vITtansformersI Interior and exterior lighting system I Control Systems I Communication systems I Fire alarm and emergency systems Substantial equipment replacements and refurbishments

Short circuit calculations I Specification writings I Field change requests and nonconformance reports I Reviewing and analyzing electrical design systems and monitoring quality control I Supervising electrical engineers and designers I Commercial Design I Construction Management I Nuclear Facilities I Hospitals I Transportation Facilities I Airport Facilities I Waste Disposal Facilities l Pumping Stations

WORK Experience

HOH ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS, INC 8/6/2021--PRESENT

Firm offering completing Architectural, Structural, Civil, and MEP Consulting Engineering Services and Construction Management Services in Transportation, Education, Industrial, Commercial and Medical Facilities

As a Senior Staff Engineer performing leadership role in designing projects including Power System Analysis to produce bid documents, calculations using SKM software and specifications in conformance with all applicable Codes and Standards

LAKESHORE ENGINEERING, LLC 6/2018 – 8/2021

Firm offering MEP Consulting Engineering Services and Construction Management Services in education, commercial, transportation and industrial facilities.

Senior Electrical Engineer

As Resident Engineer for Cary Metra Station Construction performed construction management services such as responding to RFIs, reviewing submittals and shop drawings, approving invoices from contractors, conducting weekly construction progress meeting, verifying construction in compliance with Contract Drawings and Specifications and reviewing contract modifications and cost analysis.

CTA RPM Phase 1 Design Build Project – Specification, Drawings and Calculation Reviewer

Metra Cary Station (UP-NW) Construction Project – Resident Engineer/ Project Manager

Metra Crystal Lake (UP-NW) Station Project – Lighting/Power/Miscellaneous System Designer

TECHKNOW, LLC– Chicago, Illinois 11/2016 – 5/2018

Firm offering engineering, architectural, planning, environmental, and construction-management services in education, highways, tollways, bridges, rail and mass transit facilities

Principal Electrical Engineer / Project Manager

As Head of the Electrical Department supervised engineers, designers and draftsmen. Developed electrical engineering designs, specifications and electrical bidding and construction drawings. Met with clients, architects and contractors for construction coordination. Coordinated with architects civil, plumbing and mechanical design team to incorporate electrical engineering designs.

Dynamic Message Sign Refurbishment, Traffic Monitoring and other Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Projects for IDOT and Tollway. Coordinated with civil and structural engineers to perform electrical service designs, lighting and ITS designs for tollways and highways. Project cost $ 10M

Chicago Public Schools (CPS). Performed electrical engineering designs including power distribution systems, grounding, specification writing, cost estimating, fire alarm systems, lighting systems, communication systems, and security systems for new and renovation projects up to construction cost of $ 8 M

Water Pumping Stations for IDOT and CDOT. Performed electrical engineering designs including power distribution systems, grounding, specification writing, cost estimating, and construction management

WIPP (WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT and Nuclear Waste Partnership (NWP/AECOM /URS) LLC 3/2015- 9/2016

Senior Project Engineer/Cognizant Engineer

Prepared and reviewed Procurement and Construction Documents including Specifications, Statement of Work (SOW) for installing Standby Diesel Generator at the Emergency Operation Center (EOC) of the WIPP and DOE Facility at Carlsbad, New Mexico. Reviewed System Design Descriptions, Site Construction Power and Control Diagrams and calculations for Interim Ventilation Systems (IVS) and Supplemental Ventilation Systems (SVS). Prepared engineering design and specifications to replace 5kV substations. Prepared cost estimate and designs to replace existing Lightning Protections. Studied existing Fiber Optic System and prepared drawings to replace existing multimode fiber with Single Mode Fiber System. Reviewed Vendor submittals. Also responsibilities include adherence to the industry standards, procedures and operating philosophies based on actual field information, design basis, NRC, DOE and WIPP requirements codes and Standards. Involved in commissioning electrical and instrumentation systems, switchgear, testing, start-up and protective relay testing, QA/QC assurance from construction through turnover to client with associated documentation. Construction Cost of $ 310 M

Sargent & Lundy

12/2008-02/2014

Firm offering engineering, planning, and construction services to build Nuclear, Fossil, solar and wind power plants in US and all other countries of the world.

senior electrical engineer and project associates 2

DOE and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). As senior Electrical Engineer prepared and reviewed procurement and constructions lighting system drawings, and calculations, security systems, system design descriptions, site construction power diagrams and calculations. Prepared design and drawings for medium and low voltage power distribution (13.8kV,4kV, 480v, 208/120v switchgears and Transformers motor control centers) substation design, power generation, motor controls. Project cost amounted $ 9 billion

Coordinated various electrical, mechanical and structural engineers, designers and specialists in a multi-discipline engineering to accomplish detailed engineering designs. Developed single-line diagrams, physical arrangement of electrical equipment, grounding and routing of raceways. Verified adherence to the client, industry, and Sargent & Lundy’s standards, procedures and operating philosophies based on actual field information, design basis, NRC, DOE and LANL requirements, codes and standards.

Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Tennessee Valley Authority. Reviewed calculations of the analysis of the Auxiliary and Control Power Systems to identify associated circuits in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 50 Appendix R. Performed Design Change Notice (DCN) closure support by processing vendor manuals, MEL calculations etc. in accordance with TVA required procedures (NEDP-20, NPG-SPP-09.3) and S& L project Instruction PI-TVAN-03.Prepared and reviewed calculations like Diesel Load Calculations, cable and bus protection/breaker coordination study, thermal overload heater calculation for MOVS, power cable protection analysis for 480v MCCS,250v DC Non-1E main battery system protection and coordination study, BOP AC Electrical Volt Drop, short circuit, fuse sizing and TOL calculations. Construction cost $10 M

Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC), Florida Power and Light (FPL). Reviewed Conceptual Design Package to support modifications required to implement the DACE FLEX strategies which includes impact modifications for component and document change, preliminary sketches and site drawing mark ups showing the mobilizations and layout plan for new FLEX equipment. Project cost $ 10 M

STV INCORPORATED- CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 06/1995-12/2008

Firm offering engineering, architectural, planning, environmental, and construction-management services. The firm consistently ranks among the country's top 25 firms in education, corrections, highways, bridges, rail and mass transit. The firm’s professional and support teams in the US and Canada provide planning, environmental, design, program and construction management, and specialty services for the transportation, design-build, institutional and commercial building, advanced technology, industrial, and defense markets.

Chief Electrical Engineer/Project Manager.

As Chief Electrical Engineer managed multiple electrical projects, ensuring budget and schedule are maintained. Interfaced with other disciplines on multidiscipline projects. Created project scope/cost estimates and assist with engineering proposal development. Developed equipment data sheets, RFQ’s, bid tabulations and technical recommendations. Directed junior electrical engineers, electrical designers and CAD drafting personnel. Provided technical support for customers and support regional business development initiatives as a technical resource. Performed power system studies including short circuit, load flow, arc flash, motor starting and relay coordination using ETAP software

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Calumet Waste Treatment Facility. Designed installation of 4000 HP and 6000 HP, 13.2 kV blower motors in the Calumet waste treatment sewer treatment facility. As Project Electrical Engineer designed power distribution system to modify the existing 13.2 kV switchgear and 480v motor control centers and coordinated all power requirements with mechanical system design. Project cost $ 3 M

CTA Skokie Shop Vehicle Maintenance Facility. Performed the design and construction management of up grading the 4.16kV service entrance switchgear to feed six unit substations with tie breakers for redundancy operation. Provisions were made to reconnect the unit substations to portable standby generators. Assisted in the design of direct digital control and monitoring system for the entire complex lighting systems including parking and security lighting systems, CCTV security system, intrusion alarm system fire alarm and communication systems were designed and managed construction activities. Project cost $ 3 M

Other projects: CTA Green Line Rehabilitation, State Street Washington/Randolph Station Rehabilitation, O’Hare Modernization Program, Replacement of Air Handling Projects in Terminal 2 & 3 of O’Hare airport, Commonwealth Edison Network Center at E/F Concourse, City Colleges of Chicago, Cook County Hospital Building Demolition and Utility Relocation, Cook County Maintenance Facility, Chicago Public School (CPS). Chicago Water Works and Pumping Stations

T & M Associates, Chicago, Illinois 09/1993 – 05/1995

Techknow, Inc. 06/1987- 08/1993

Wallace & Migdal Associates 04/1982 – 5/1987

Environmental Engineering Corp (Subsidiary of Bertrand Goldberg Associates) 02/1978-03/1982

Schmidt, Garden & Erikson 05/1974 – 01/1978

Sargent & Lundy 02/1972 – 04/1974

Bechtel Corporation 09/1969-02/1972

Providence Hospital, Alabama, Masonic Hospital, Chicago, River City of Chicago,

St Mary’s Hospital, Chicago, LaSalle National Bank, Marina Tower Remodeling, VA Hospital

Addition, Hines, Illinois, Pontiac Prison remodeling, CHA Building addition and remodeling,

First National Bank Building, Chicago, 2 North LaSalle High Rise Building, Presidential Tower

Building, Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant, and Limerick Power Station etc.

Education

Govt College of Engineering, Trivandrum, Kerala University, India BSEE

Branch: Electrical Eng.

Licensure & Accreditation

Licensed Professional Engineer, Illinois, Alabama, Arizona, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, California, and New Mexico.

Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED), Accredited Professional, U.S. Green Building Council, 2006.

Professional Membership

IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, CEE, Consulting Electrical Engineers, Division of Chicago Electrical Association.

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