Principal Electrical Engineer
Resume:
Marco A. Rios
• *****.*.********@*******.***
• Houston, TX
• +1 (832) 305 - 1984
tate • Phone Number
• LinkedIn URL
Principal Electrical Engineer
Seasoned Electric Engineering and Design professional possessing extensive experience executing valuable business objectives for numerous small and large-scale projects on a domestic and international level. Dynamic and multi-faceted leader with +20 years of experience overseeing and facilitating operations for engineering and design engineering of electrical documents and drawings for LNG liquefaction facilities, ethylene units, phenol units, ammonia plants, fertilizer complexes, polyethylene plants, refinery, petrochemical, chemicals, power plants, NG pipelines, and pulp and paper. Experiences extend to working with EPC projects, including developing, coordinating, field support, and supervision.
• ****.******@*****.***
• San Jose, CA
Qualifications and Proficiencies
Design and Engineering:
Electrical Documents & Drawings, Electric Utilities, Power Systems, Lighting, Grounding, One Line Diagrams, Electrical Equipment Arrangements, Cable Schedules, Schematics, Wiring Diagrams, Underground/Aboveground Power, Cable Tray Layout Drawings, Electrical and Design Specifications & Requirements, Purchasing coordination.
Applications:
AutoCAD 2018, MicroStation CAD systems, Electrical Engineering Technologies, Electrical Equipment Operating Conditions, Excel, word, outlook, SKM, ETAP, etc.
Areas of Expertise:
Project Management, Finance Management, Data Analysis Hiring & Training, Teamwork, Detail-Oriented & Highly Analytical, Problem Solving & Critical Thinking, Oral & Written Communication, Technically Sound
Career Experience
Currently serve as the Technical Leader, overseeing multiple engineering projects, while simultaneously managing initiatives, objectives, and team members adhering to time and budget constraints. Collaborate with external/internal multi-disciplinary engineering teams, Operations, and Sales personnel to understand appropriate electrical equipment requirements. Direct a team of highly skilled members to develop Engineering Documents adhering to specified requirements. Establish relationships and work with clients and vendors to assure electrical equipment is manufacturable and cost effective. Oversee projects and supervise a team consisting of engineers, designers, and technicians. Manage external design resources as required. Confer with engineers and other personnel to implement operating procedures, resolve system malfunctions, and provide technical information. Perform detailed engineering calculations to compute and establish construction, fabrication, test, and installation per electrical specifications. Assist designers/technicians in the development of detail design and engineering documents and drawings, using computer-assisted design/drafting equipment and software. Direct and coordinate construction, installation, maintenance, support, documentation, and testing activities to ensure compliance with electrical specifications, codes, and customer requirements.
Principal Electrical Engineer 2021 – Present
CTCI Americas Houston, TX
●CCPG Project Discovery and LCY Oasis Project as Electrical Engineer Leader, Casa Grande Arizona: Leading design and engineering for grounding, lighting, power aboveground and underground, Main MCC Rooms and substation, One Lines, load lists, cable schedules. coordination of work between Taipei and Houston.
Principal Electrical Engineer 2012 – 2021
Jacobs/Worley, Houston, TX
●LIMETREE BAY REFINERY, Saint Croix Virgin Islands USVI Re-Instate Project: Worked the detail and electrical engineering for grounding, lighting, one lines, area class, schematics, wiring diagrams, cable schedules, power distribution, coordination, requisitioning, and checking. Coordinate with the construction team by providing drawings and materials, as well as reaching commissioning personnel to reinstate transformers and electrical equipment around the substations.
oProductively organized the reinstate of all UPS’s systems within the plant, while directing the team on the assignment after the company was asked to help on the reinstate for a re-start project in the USVI, due to the old refinery shutdown in 2012.
●Texas Borstar, Bayport TX Area, Borealis/Nova Chemical Company, The New Borealis Project: Designed and performed drafting of the CCTV Radio, Phone, and PA systems of every system for our TIC, while adhering to budget.
●2500 KVA Generators Jacobs Camp, Houston, TX Area: Created specifications and data sheets and wrote up the scope of work for the 2500KVA generators, as well as the load Bank and the Transfer Switch. Revised One Lines and plan drawings for Grounding and Power, as well as installation for the cable bus.
oAccomplished entire project scope, which was to implement 2 new emergency generators for the entire camp in the case of power loss around the surrounding area.
●Shell Deer Park Site, Houston, TX: Answered RFI’s and revised all interconnection drawings for substation 1225H. Oversaw releasing for construction of power and cable tray drawings. Provided construction with installation and supervised trips to the field to arrange with the construction team. Fixed cable schedules and released provided construction release forms. Facilitation of work completed by Mahape Office located in India.
oScope of project was to provide 2 new substations to replace 4 existing substations that were going to be out of service in 2017, resulting in coordinating with vendors to provide the required drawings for the substitution of the existing power cables.
●TGNH tuxpan-tula Pipeline Project, Bonatti/TransCanada, Electrical Coordinator, Mexico: Provided detail engineering for Compressor Station and Metering Station (EMRyC Ramal Tula / Tula – Villa de Reyes for Transportadora de Gas Natural de la Huasteca” (TGNH)), including, but not limited to power, motor control, grounding lighting, schematics, wiring diagrams, One Lines, lighting, and hazardous area classification. Supervised data sheets, load lists, One Lines, cable schedules, load balance, equipment layouts, grounding, lighting, and power underground for plant and areas in scope of Jacobs, Mexico. Coordination of work done by Mexico City office and Houston office.
oUtilized expertise in previewing experience to aid the electrical staff advance efficiently through this project.
●PCR Project, PEMEX/Odebrecht, Electrical Design / Engineer Leader, Salamanca, Guanajuato, Mexico: Developed One Line diagrams, electrical calculations, data sheets, load lists, cable schedules, load balance, equipment layouts, lighting, and underground power for different plants and areas in the scope of Jacobs, Mexico. Coordination of work done by Mexico City office with Mumbai and Baton Rouge.
oProject scope was to increase gasoline production by 20,000 BPD and diesel production by 30,000 BPD, resulting in a residual reduction of 44,000 BPD. The engineering scope was to provide engineering and MTOs required for the level of effort to support the development of Class II estimate.
oUtilized proficiency of the language and local codes to assist with preparing several documents.
●Latex and Monomer Project, NALCO, Electrical Engineer Leader, Corsicana, Texas: Oversaw estimate/design of grounding, lighting, power aboveground and underground, Main MCC Room and substation, One Lines, load lists, cable schedules, coordination of work done by Mumbai office, including One Lines revisions, equipment layouts, cable schedules and MTO for TIC estimate.
oProject was completed on time and in budget, and the plan’s budget was approximately $300M.
●Altamira Line 2, E.I. DuPont de Nemours (Chemours), Electrical Design / Engineer Leader, Altamira Tamaulipas, Mexico: Oversaw OSBL, which included the following areas around the plant: Outfall, Existing Wet Treatment Water, Water Treatment (Nalco), Raw Water, Waste Water System, “Z” Rail Spurs, Purification Tank Farm, Offsite Overheads Pipe Racks, Tank Farm Relocation, “Z” Scrubber and River Water. Other duties included deploying and design of grounding, lighting, power aboveground and underground for MPP substation. Coordination of work was done by Mexico City office, including existing one lines revisions, equipment layouts, schematics and interconnection diagrams, cable schedules (CCS); and coordination of OSBL/OSSH activities with Jacobs Mumbai office. Spanish speaking required for coordination with Mexico City and Experience with local codes and organization with other offices.
oThe project scope covers the 4 process areas of Neutralization and Ore Handling / Recovery; Reaction, Purification and Oxidation (RPO); Wet Treatment and Finishing (WT & F) and OSBL and Buildings areas; project was completed on Time and Budget with a total cost of $2B.
Principal Electrical Engineer 2008 – 2012
KBR, Houston, TX
Prepared and studied technical drawings and specifications of power systems to ensure that functionality and operations conform and surpass standards and customer requirements. Compiled data and wrote reports regarding existing and potential components for power systems. Performed personnel functions, such as supervision of drawings and documents production, technicians, and other junior engineers and design of evaluation programs. Conducted electrical detail design and engineering related work as needed.
●Palm Beach Renewable Energy, KIOR, Electrical Engineer / Designer, Palm Beach, FL: Reviewed technical bids for MV switchgear, LV MCCs, MV transformers, and 125VDC battery system; as a Designer, as well as the grounding system, cable tray distribution and modeling, power distribution, schematic and interconnection diagrams, and cable schedules. The project was finished on time and under budget (no cost information available).
oExceptional efforts in this project were recognized after ensuring all documents were accurately complete.
oTrained and taught a new Designer during initial stages upon hire.
●Refinery Project Sonangol, Electrical Engineer / Designer, Lobito, Angolan: Estimate of tank farm area grounding system, lighting system, power distribution system, design of 125VDC power system for MV switchgears control, one lines of 125 VDC system, review of 125VDC systems bids and elaboration of bid tabulations.
oFEED was completed on time and in budget, with an approximated cost of $2B.
●Excravos GTL, Sasol, Chevron and NNPC, Electrical Designer, Nigeria: Reviewed and provided revisions of grounding, lighting, and power aboveground and underground systems to support undergoing construction.
●Ras-Tanura Aniline Plant, DOW/Saudi Aramco, Electrical Designer, Saudi Arabia: Design and estimate of grounding, lighting, and power aboveground and underground, provide MTOs for estimate. (300,000 MTA Aniline Plant Estimate).
●Borger CBR, ConocoPhillips, Electrical Engineer / Designer, Borger, TX: Design of grounding, lighting, power aboveground and underground, one lines, equipment layouts, schematics, and interconnection diagrams, cable schedules, review of vendor drawings, coordinate drafting work with Monterrey office, as well as coordinate and provided bid tabulation for power houses 20/21. Existing facility lots of existing drawings to check and display the different ways to show power distribution online.
oThe scope of the project was to perform FEL-3 and detail design engineering and procurement activities in support of construction initiatives in the Borger Plant.
oSuccessfully completed this expedited project with no safely and environmental incidents; the project was finished on time under budget (no cost available).
Additional Experience
Principal Electrical Engineer, MEC/KBR, Monterrey, México
Principal Electrical Engineer / Work Group Leader, Bufete Industrial, Monterrey, México
Education
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Affiliations
●IEEE Member
●PE, Texas, Arizona
Languages
Spanish, Fluent
English, Fluent
Contact this candidate