Senior Field Service Engineer with 20+ Years Experience

Rudi Durez

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SENIOR ELECTRICAL DESIGNER

Senior Electrical Designer with 20 plus years of experience in the chemical, shipbuilding, power distribution and heavy industrial on both Commercial and Department of Defense projects.

EXPERIENCE

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Newport News VA Aug 2020 – May 2024

Senior Designer 3 - Engineering Design Digital Enterprise

Electrical drawing checker and developer for NX – Software.

Suez WTS USA Inc. Richmond VA 2015 - July 2020

Electrical & Instrumentation Engineer

Leading and directing the day-to-day technical development of raw water and wastewater projects including supply, treatment, pumping systems, collections and distribution systems and stormwater systems from planning and design through construction. Accountable for all electrical aspects of engineering necessary to deliver custom water treatment systems to industrial or municipal customers.

Working and collaborate with a dedicated team of engineers and designers from North America and India to ensure on time and on budget execution of the electrical engineering tasks on the project.

As an Electrical Engineer, we represent the engineering organization in working with the Lead Engineer (LE) to manage and steer the project toward successful completion throughout all phases of the project including engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation, and commissioning/startup; while complying to company standards, project requirements, and applicable codes. Specific responsibilities will include:

Supported Lead Engineer in discussions with customers. Resolve technical issues and provide input for change requests as needed. Responsible for change management and revision control for the project including communication of customer changes to the appropriate team disciplines and ensure such changes are considered throughout each stage of design, approval and construction.

Interacted directly with the client and other internal/external stakeholders to manage expectations and deliver projects with highest quality. Interact directly with Suez engineering resource support in India for all project execution tasks.

Reviewed project specifications and incorporate requirements into SUEZ design and equipment / procurement specifications.

Took ownership of the P&ID’s and the integration of the project across electrical engineering. Perform design and develop documents including Single Line Diagrams, IO Lists, Electrical Schematics, Loop diagrams, Logic diagrams, Panel Layout Diagrams, Shutdown Keys, Loop Diagrams, Instrument Indices, Setpoint Lists, DCS and PLC Design, Instrument Location and Installation Design.

Developed control system architecture for PLC and HMI systems and select appropriate hardware. Develop panel layouts. Develop the I&C portion of P&ID’s. Develop Bill of Material and process through SAP. Interface with suppliers for preliminary costing, instrument component selection, and submittal document review. Interface with customers regarding I&C designs and submitted design documents.

Expertise with Low and Medium Voltage Power Distribution System design.

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Gibbs & Cox Corp. Hampton VA 2014 – 2015

Senior Designer

Designed electrical, electronic control systems that includes network integration of the Machinery Control and Monitoring Systems on US Navy Ships.

Systems East Inc. Hampton VA 2012- 2014

Project Engineer

Leading and directing the day-to-day technical development of water and wastewater projects including supply, treatment, pumping systems, collections and distribution systems and stormwater systems from planning and design through construction. Position included designing instrumentation, programming control systems and performing the field commissioning duties on per project basis.

Swisslog Corporation, Newport News VA 2011- 2012

Field Engineer

Supported installation, commissioning and efficient operation of Warehouse Distribution Systems. Responsible for the design, programming, installation, repair, field start-up and service of robotic automated storage retrieval systems for warehouses and factory automation sub-system.

Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Corp., Newport News VA 2001 – 2010

Senior Designer – Automate Aircraft Carries

EDUCATION

Applied Science (A.S.), Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technology

Thomas Nelson Community College, Hampton Virginia

Enrolled in Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Old Dominion University, Norfolk Virginia

SKILLS

Possess a working knowledge of Pneumatics, Hydraulics, Mechanics, Personal Computers (PC), Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Human Machine Interface (HMI), Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Proprietary Industrial Protocols; PROFIBUS, LAN, Ethernet etc.

Software – RSLogix 5000, Siemens S7, Microsoft Windows, Project and Office2018, AutoCAD 2018/Promis-E V8i, CATIA V5, NX.

Technical - Experience in component level troubleshooting and repair using a variety of diagnostic equipment.

OTHER TRAINING

Varian Radiation Div., Milpitas Ca. -- X-Ray Linear Accelerator Maintenance, Linatron 400MeV

TFI Corp., Akron Ohio, -- Industrial X-Ray Equipment Service and Repair

International Cybernetics Corp., Pittsburgh Pa. -- Flexible Automation Systems

Programmable Logic Controllers -- Square "D", Allen Bradley, Mitsubishi, Siemens S7

Distributive Control Systems -- Micro XL Johnson/Yokogawa, Fisher Provox (UOC & Batch)

Liebherr Corp. -– Mobil/Ship Crane Electrical/Mechanical/Hydraulic Service and RepairAutodesk AutoCAD -- Release 13 through 2018.

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