Project Manager High School
Resume:
EDUCATION
North Texas State University Denton, TX
Construction Management
Dallas County Community College Dallas, TX
1971
Jetmore High School Jetmore, KS
High School Diploma
EXPERIENCE
Sr. Project Manager with more than 40 years of experience planning, developing and implementing construction projects. Creative professional with extensive project experience from concept to development. Talents include all areas of construction and management.
2024 to 2024 Pattern Energy
Sunzia 1.3 gw
9 Substations (345 kv) including 500 miles of T-line, underground and over head collection(34.5kv)
●Engineering support for substations and T-Line
●Line design and installation
●Underground design and installation
●1.3 gw switchyard to 525dc converter
●Install 9 substations in various locations
●Pole procurement and installation
2020 to 2024 IEA Indiana
SR Project Manager
● EPC engineering, procure and construction
●Substation development and design
●138kv and 345kv line design
●Substation layout and line coordination
●Developed ERCOT, AEP, COMED, and National Grid
●Field support during construction of substations and line construction
●Commissioning of substation
●Line energization
●Coordination with line owners to full capacity
●Procure long lead substation, structural steel and pole design and procure
●Civil design (Substations)
Wind, BESS, and Solar projects
Brazos Wind 230 mw
Panther Creek 200 mw repower
Coyote Wind 250 mw
Substation and T-line Installation
Duties as follows:
Landowner relations
●Engineering support
●Survey
●Local state government consultation
●Civil work oversees
●Concrete install
●Erection of turbines
●Substation installation
●T-line design and install
●Commsioning of turbines and substations
2021 Support for following Solar Farms, Coordination with Civil, torque tubs and panel installation,
Commissioning and online startup
Lilly 146 mw Enel TX
Bluejay 270 mw Enel TX
2023 Battery Storage Support and commissioning
Callisto Battery Energy 400 mw TX
2019 to 2020
CALPINE CORPORATION, Houston, TX
Manager, Wind Construction
●Develop multiple projects across the United States: Bluestone Wind (124MW in NYISO) and High Bridge Wind (100MW in NYISO); Big Blue River (100MW in PJM); Prairie Violet (100MW in PJM); Kaiser Creek (100MW in ERCOT).
●Review civil and electrical designs for Bluestone (60% design) and High Bridge (30% design)
●Review projects to ensure environmental compliance per State and Federal requirements
●Detailed review of transportation aspects, including route evaluation and safety compliance for deliveries, as well as road use agreements
●Manage and evaluate on a continuous basis project controls and budget
●Participated in Turbine Supply Agreement negotiations for Kaiser Creek
●Prepared Technical Specifications Scope book to be used for BOP solicitation at Kaiser Creek.
2008-2019
EDPR INC., Houston, TX
Senior Wind Construction Manager
●Duties as follows:
●Substation design, procure and installation.
●T-line design and procure
●Landowner relations
●Engineering support
●Survey
●Local state government consultation
●Civil work oversees
●Concrete install
●Erection of turbines
●Substation installation
●T-line design and install
●Commsioning of turbines and substations
●Final close out and demobilizing
●Change order and final documentation
●Installed and completed 14 wind farms across the United States totaling 1.6 GW of installed capacity
●Responsibilities included cost estimation, scheduling and management of all construction activities of the project from start to finish.
●Managed Balance of Plant contractor, engineering, land relations, county involvement and land owner relations.
●BOP contract review and signing.
●Managed all third-party relations and project interconnection with transmission operators.
●Effectively communicated with community and landowners during construction and site restoration
●Wind farms constructed: Rail Splitter (Illinois 100MW); Top Crop 1 (Illinois 100MW); Top Crop 2 (Illinois 200MW); Headwaters (Indiana 200MW); Marble River (New York 213MW); Timber Road 2 (Ohio 100MW); Arbuckle Mountain (Oklahoma 100MW); Hidalgo (Texas 250MW); Red Bed Plains (Oklahoma 100MW); Arkwright Summit (New York 78MW)
●Other wind farm work: Bright Stalk (Illinois Start 400MW); Meadow Lakes (Illinois Start 100MW); Twin Groves (Illinois Repair 400MW)
1998-2008
AUSTIN COMMERCIAL, Dallas, TX
●DFW airport (CUP) Central utility plant (Coordination of substation and incoming utility lines to plant. Intel
●Intel Chip facility new construction (Phoenix, Portland, Ft Worth and overseas reviews of incoming utility lines and distribution terminals
●Motorola chip facility reviewing all substation and distribution
●Texas Instruments substation and distribution in existing facilities and new plant Plano Texas
Previous company key points of expertise and experience
1994-1998 IDC corporation
Computer chip design and build including estimating, scheduling and construction of facilities
1990-1994 Jacobs Engineering
Various hydrocarbon projects including connection to combine cycle turbines
Environmental clean facilities including (Fernald project)
Various substation and t-line design and construction
1982-1990 Flour Daniel
Estimate, schedule and engineer various hydrocarbon facilities including substations, t-line
construction and combined-cycle turbine connection to clients, Chevron, Shell, and Aramco
1980-1982
Walker Engineering College facilities and data center construction (Texas)
1972-1980
Greenway Electrical
Apprenticeship program
Journeyman lic.
Grain elevator construction
Various commercial projects
Control construction
Substation and distribution projects
SKILLS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
●Texas Master Electrical Lic. (current) and Oklahoma Master Electrical Lic (current)
●Safety Training and safety measures
●Contract negotiations, review, drafting, audit and execution
●Team Leadership, change management
●Project controls, engineering, procurement, scheduling
●Proficient in Microsoft Office, including word and excel
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