Quality Assurance Utility Scale

DR Durell Rutherford

Killeen, TX ***** 608-***-**** ******.**********@******.***

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PROFESSIONAL

SUMMARY

Strong utility scale solar farm background with 9+ years of experience in construction, remediation, and Quality Assurance. Willing to work in any climate or location for any duration of time.

SKILLS • Quality Assurance

• Inspection

• Solar farm construction

• Remediation

• Nextracker

• Game Changer

• ATI

WORK HISTORY SITE SUPERINTENDENT 08/2023 to 03/2025 Mills Creek Renewables Ocean City, MD

Over saw all construction processes on 4 separate 2-3 Megawatt solar farms using ATI and Nex Tracker systems. Completed sites include -

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• H093- (Solar Farm) Ocean City, MD

• Catherine 1-3 - (3 Solar Farms) Cookesville, MD

• Matterhorn ( Solar Farm) Wood stock, MD

• DE-9- ( Solar Farm) Magnolia, DE

Daily tasks consisted of monitoring and advising sub contractors on all aspects of site construction as well as implementing periodic QA/QC inspections on the entirety of civil construction, electrical installation, and mechanical installation

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Offloaded and processed deliveries of site materials and equipment including piles, racking, modules, and electrical components using the company materials tracker via Procore

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Supervised all subcontractors onsite to make sure safety protocols were practiced and enacted at all times or to the best of our physical abilities

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ELECTRICAL REMEDIATION FOREMAN 02/2023 to 08/2023

KT Black/Avengrid Bickleton, WA (6 Month Contract) Over saw and assisted with electrical and mechanical remediation processes at a 200MW solar farm

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Remediation activities consisted of deconstructing cab-lines for the entire site that were attached to improperly oriented piles

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After reinstalling piles in correct positions, cab-lines were reconstructed and inspected for quality specifications

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• Also implemented site de-commissioning along with LOTO on all combiner boxes and inverters to ensure a safe work environment for the electrical and mechanical remediation processes enacted on site OWNERS REPRESENTATIVE QA/QC INSPECTOR 01/2021 to 01/2023 Invenergy LLC Las Vegas, Nevada

Worked as both Mechanical and Electrical Owner's Rep on multiple large solar farms.

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Performed quality assurance inspections on multiple 150+MW solar farms

(Dry Lake/ Las Vegas, Nevada)

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• (Badger Hollow- Mineral Point, Wisconsin)

• ( Flat lands- Flora, Illinois)

Inspections consisted of Nex Tracker, ATI, and Terrasmart racking systems. I also inspected module installation, civil, and electrical construction along with daily, live work observations.

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Performed daily inspections on Mechanical components of the entire solar farm. 100% inspections were performed on all piles, racking, and modules immediately after contractor's installation and Qa/Qc was complete.

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Communicated with land owners while also noting safety protocols and safety violations to contractors onsite.

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Electrical inspections entailed combiner box inspections, trenching, MV, Fiber optic installation, transformers, and inverters.

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QA/QC INSPECTOR & REMEDIATION TECHNICIAN 10/2019 to 12/2020 Tradesman International/Sterling & Wilson Johnson City, KS Inspected mechanical construction consisting of racking and module installation to ensure all blueprint specifications were achieved for entire duration of 150 MW solar farm

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Performed troubleshooting tests to identify potential causes of system failure and remediation of the racking system on an older 50 Megawatt solar farm

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Removed all obsolete Nextracker motors from entire solar farm and replaced them with new functioning motors, while also adding/removing improperly installed mechanical hardware such as star washers, nuts, bolts, etc

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Performed QA/QC checks on all torque tolerances to ensure proper racking system and panel rotation on all areas of racking systems that we're experiencing operational issues

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• Extracted and replaced dozens of damaged torque tubes Remediated combiner boxes with improper hardware sequences and also performed wire management on string lines.

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MECHANICAL CREW LEAD 02/2019 to 09/2019

Red Dawg Solar, LLC Batavia, NY

• Led Crew of 8 men in successful and timely construction of 25 MW utility scale Solar farm for a small solar company

Efficiently led team in everything from staging of materials/ racking system assembly/ module installation/ Quality control, and remediation

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WIND FARM TOWER TECHNICIAN 09/2018 to 02/2019

Tradesman International (6 Month Contract) Ft Stockton, Texas Received extensive 2-week climb training and Safety Access and Rescue certification in order to climb 200ft Siemens Wind towers for maintenance and hardware replacements.

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Also assisted crane operators in removal and replacement of transformers inside of the bases of dozens of windmills

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• (DTA, down tower assembly)

SOLAR ELECTRICIAN 11/2017 to 08/2018

Tradesman International (Temp Work) Starbuck, Watertown and St.Cloud, Minnesota

Performed terminations of combiner boxes, wire management, and grounding of combiner boxes at multiple locations.

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MODULE INSTALLER-QA/QC INSPECTOR 01/2016 to 11/2016 S.E.C, First Solar Butler, GA

Installed modules and later joined QA/QC team and assisted in inspecting module installation and racking on large utility scale solar farm project

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APPRENTICE ELECTRICIAN 11/2011 to 08/2013

CSW Charlotte, NC

• Conduit bending at various commercial locations around the southeast

• Addressed and resolved worksite safety hazards to reduce risk EDUCATION N/A Computer Diagnostics

Columbus State Community College, Columbus, OH

CERTIFICATIONS • Quality Management in Utility Scale Solar Construction Certification ENSA- Safety Access and Rescue Training - Amarillo Tx. 3 day training camp

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• NFPA 70E Certification

• CPR training

• Electrical Safety and LOTO Training

• Fire Extinguisher Training

• Heavy Machinery, Skid-steer, backhoe, and lull operating license AUTHORIZED TO US for any employer

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Willing To Relocate: Anywhere

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