Mechanical Engineering
Resume:
Luis Johnson
Weston, FL ***** ************@************.***
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Mechanical Engineer with 15 years of diverse practical and managerial experience in Pharmaceutical and Construction industry with an emphasis in Digital Control Systems for facilities and building automation. Responsible for designing, installing, and commissioning systems in Utilities Plants, Commercial Installations, and Pharmaceutical Clean Rooms. Excellent managerial skills in handling budgets, contractor’s performance and project deliverables.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
● BAS (Building Automation Systems), Fire, and Building Security Systems Designer.
● Certified with major HVAC manufacturers like Lennox, Trane, and York. Proficient in programming BAS (Building Automation Systems) systems from several major vendors to include SIEMENS, JOHNSON CONTROLS, and ANDOVER CONTROLS (Schneider Electric).
● Certified installer for PLC’s (Programmable Logic Controllers) from different vendors (AB from Rockwell and IDEC).
● Strong background in Solid State Electricity (DC/AC motors).
● Understanding of Protocol communication for LonWorks, Modbus, BACNET
● Proficient AutoCad user to include excellent skills in Electrical wiring diagram and Mechanical P&ID.
● Strong HVAC-R (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning- Refrigeration) hands-on technical skills.
● Strong Background in Electrical motors and Solid State Electricity.
● Strong Background in cGMP (Current Good Manufacturing Processes) and all facets of system Life cycle like FRS (Functional Requirements), DDS (Detail Design Systems), and IOQ (Installation Operational Qualification).
● Extensive qualifications in all facets of full project life cycle development, from initial feasibility analysis and conceptual design through documentation, implementation, quality review and enhancement.
● Proficient knowledge and certified IT (Information Technology) background that includes structure languages like VB-Scripting, ASP, and LAN (Local Area Network) infrastructures
● Extensive knowledge of SQL (Sequential Query Language) Server database, including data analysis and design, data manipulation, data acquisition and archive recovery.
● Combined expertise in project planning with strong technical implementation qualifications. Extensive experience formulating strategies for technology acquisition and integration.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
URS, Inc February, 2010 to Present
Kennedy Space Center (NASA), FL
A Fortune 500 company with 50,000 employee’s worldwide and global leader in engineering, construction and technical services for public agencies and private sector companies around the world
Principal Engineer.
Provide engineering technical and subject matter support for all NASA - ISC (Institutional Service Contract) control systems engineering for Power, HVAC, Water, and Fire.
● Coordinate and provide technical and leadership skill; efficient / effective relationships between ISC organizational entities and NASA. Provide engineering advice in design, preventive maintenance and troubleshooting to different engineering group’s in-charge of daily site operations impacting space shuttle mission.
● Provide proactive systems engineering planning/analysis, and consistent/timely review, resolution, and corrective action for facilities engineering anomalies. Work with field engineers and trade mechanics/electricians in order to timely resolve systems problems. Provide expert advice to engineers and technicians on control system troubleshooting and/or electro-mechanical equipment.
● Provide project guidance and instructions, review drawings, and Specification. Support Design Engineers on project designs which could include review drawings and specification to make sure we conform to industry and government standards.
● Provide anomaly Reporting – technical support of resolution. Responsible for reporting equipment and technical anomalies to the NAS-KSC Engineering Review Board, comprised of NASA engineering and Institutional Service Contract management. This anomaly reporting process allows for engineering to asses any potential equipment failure that could impede space shuttle mission launches from generators, chiller plant to landing lights operations.
● Facilities Automation & Controls Operations – Oversee overall Automation and Control processes at the Kennedy Space Center under ISC management. Provide a clear and concise path to improve operational processes under the automation and controls group. Clearly identify NASA requirements for facilities automation operations, and verify ISC compliance to these requirements.
LJ Automation & System integration, Inc., FL June, 2005 to February, 2010
Privately owned Mechanical and BAS integrator for HVAC and Automation.
Principal
Provided core expertise to customers in understanding their energy usage as well as maintaining control of their premises environmental variables like Temperature, Humidity and Lighting. Responsible for the design and installation of BAS and commercial HVAC equipment. Managed sub-contractors on project deliverables and provided project coordination between the different trade’s groups, general contractor, and owner. Overall, this position required a deep understanding in several areas of expertise to include mechanical engineering, electrical systems, computer science, and IT management as well as building codes and standards like ASHRAE and NFPA.
● Provided Consultant work in pharmaceutical for Control System Design BAS/EMS (Building Automation/Energy Management Systems) at Bristol-Myers Squibb Large Scale Cell Culture (LSCC). Assisted with the Hardware and Systems specifications for the LSCC facility design in conjunction with Fluor Engineering culminating in the successful bidding and installation of a PLC to run a full Utilities Plant as a dedicated DDS system.
● Provided Seminars in BAS/EMS Technology to Engineering and Architectural firms in FL. Presented one hour seminars on BAS/EMS technology from its origins in the 60’s to current Web Interactive and multiprotocol systems to more than 30 MEP’s (Mechanical Electrical Plumbing) and Architectural firms between 2007-2008. These seminars where geared in providing engineers an understanding of the many technologies involved in DDC (Direct Digital Controls) systems, from PLC’s (Programmable Logic Controllers) to large distributed systems.”
● Mechanical Contracting work involving HVAC and BAS/EMS equipment. Responsible for daily coordination and running commercial mechanical and control installation projects from $10k to $500k dollars in range. Works include installation of Chilled water systems, DX system, electro-mechanical equipment installation for AHU’s, VAV boxes, and other type of HVAC control equipment at different commercial locations: Miami International Airport, West Palm Beach International Airport, Broward School System, Pei-Wei Restaurant Chain, CVS pharmacies, Naples Mercato Building Complex.
● Designed HVAC Control Panels for the School System in Selma, AL., Provided Electrical Auto-CAD files, SOP’s, and equipment assembly and wiring for two high schools in Selma, AL.
● Provided Communication Interface between EMS and Diesel/LPG Standby generators. Designed Automatic Transfer Switch for a combined total of 150 Amps Main Circuit Breaker and a 100KW Generator. Supervised Electricians in the wiring and hook-up of the generator.
● Provided Troubleshooting expertise to Paving/Cement block companies on their SIEMENS PLC system and control panels. Assisted in troubleshooting a Cement/Brick control system over 30 years old with prints in German and a PLC system dating back to 1980, saving the customer around $15K dollars of daily loss productivity.
● Provided Technical Support/Consulting in upgrading a 50MWatt thermo-electric plant Digital Control Systems in Ecuador-South America (to the local Electric Company in Guayaquil). The proposed upgrade was to install an AB-Rockwell all digital bus communicating system in-lue of their analog ABB system for their 3 main thermo-electric generators and boilers.
● Provided Consulting work for Several Companies in Central America for Security and Energy Analysis Control. Responsible for providing consulting for Security and Energy Improvements on Empacadora Santa Inez, Honduras-Central America. As part of this work, we provided a detail analysis on their Screw Ammonia Refrigeration systems which were using up to 70% of their total plant electrical consumption and offered the installation of a SCADA system with new control algorithms for optimum Start-Time and environmental variable control.
Merck & Co. West Point, PA September, 2002 to Feb, 2005
A Fortune 500 company with 80,000 employee’s worldwide and global leader in innovative medical drugs and vaccines.
Senior Lead Automation Supervisor
Lead design and implementation of sophisticated BAS systems for a pharmaceutical site in the control of pressure, temperature and humidity for the manufacturing and research of vaccines.
● Collaborated with the administration, improvement, and support of the Merck West Point BAS systems (Building Automation System). Lead the technical support group for approximately 80 buildings on their BAS systems and with a yearly budget of 1 million dollars.
● Assisted in implementing change control procedures in cGMP BAS systems controlling Temp, Rh, and Pressure in drug manufacturing buildings. Assisted QA personnel in providing technical expertise in system operation and system validation.
● Designed a fully redundant fault-tolerant cluster BAS system using the Apogee product from SIEMENS. Lead the team responsible for installing the first cluster based and fully cGMP validated BAS system with redundant servers and fault-tolerance cluster capability. This system was responsible for the savings of approximately $50K a month in loss time and clean room sterilization due to pressure loss in high particle count rooms. This was a fully cGMP qualified project.
● Managed contractors as well as hourly personnel in troubleshooting and improving existing BAS networks. Lead hourly union personnel in specific repairs/modifications of the existing BAS networks to include HVAC field-end devices, always maintaining a good working relation with Union personnel and their policies.
● Provided technical expertise in creating new BAS LAN’s. Coordinated with Management on new BAS networks or modifications to existing automation lines bringing superior knowledge into the subject matter with in-house resources.
● Provided Production Network Security analysis and tuning.
Merck & Co. Whitehouse Station, NJ ……………………………………………………….……September, 1997 to September, 2002
Site Engineering
Sr. Systems Supervisor for Building Automation and Engineering
Managed a team of approximately 50 hourly personnel in day to day operations for facilities HVAC, Fire, and Security management and control systems.
● Managed the entire Merck Pharmaceutical HQ’s campus (over 4,000 employees on site) for their BAS, Security and Fire systems. Provided supervision and management for all electrical and HVAC operations under Site Engineering to include a sophisticated 30,000 I/O (Input-Output) system energy network.
● Managed a yearly budget of over $500,000 for site automation processes. Coordinated and supervised daily mechanical and systems task involving HVAC maintenance and operation. Managed Johnson Controls hourly mechanics and provided technical support on all systems from servers to I/O devices. Mentored mechanical and electrical tradesman in learning Information Technology, networking, and basic software algorithm. Provided contractor quarterly performance feedback and awards of $100 certificates to top performers as allowed by Merck.
● Provided technical support to other Merck Corporate groups as well as other Merck plant sites. Assisted other Merck Engineers in the understanding the Andover Control systems in order to better track site energy performance and cost on different sites.
● Lead a team of Engineers and Programmers to create a SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) system for Real Time Energy Site Analysis. Managed and created the Functional Specifications for an application that was responsible for real time monitoring of energy at the site. This application alone was responsible for energy forecasting for our 5 million dollars a year utilities’ bill, preventive maintenance on equipment and overall understating on energy consumption on all utilities equipment.
● Participated and provided technical advice in the roll-out of PKI (Private Key/Public Key Encryption Technology) infrastructure at Merck. Supported Merck IT personnel in tying together Merck large Security Database with over 120,000 employees into several other systems to include the HR (Human Resources) and IT Security group. This project involved the creation of dedicated systems for this process and overall supervisory and technical expertise support for a 5 million dollar budget job.
● Responsible for Merck’s Data Center A/C, Electrical System, and Fire Control. Responsible for design and interface our EMS/BAS system to the existing Fire Control System installed by Simplex (A Tyco Company). This was a complex and large Data Center with over 100 Tons of cooling to include over 40 VAV’s boxes and Liebert Units.
GMP SYSTEMS. Pine Brook, NJ 07058………………………………………………..…...………… August 1996- January 1997
Privately Owned Mechanical Contractor specializing in High Purity Water Systems design, installation and commissioning.
Project Engineer
Responsible for supervision and management of 4 hourly mechanics on High Purity Water equipment and piping installation for pharmaceutical processes.
● Installed and trouble-shoot High Purity Water preparation equipment for the Pharmaceutical Industry.
● Equipment installation included Heat Exchangers, Control Valves, Diaphragm Valves, High Purity Water Triple Pass Stills, Reverse Osmosis Units, and Filters.
● Use of Orbital Welding machines for Pipe fitting of Stainless Steel (SS -316L) High Purity Water Service Loops.
● Supervised four (4) to ten (10) welders in the installation and welding of this equipment.
● Managed day to day Shop Operations, like Equipment Maintenance, Customer Service, and in-house Projects.
* More professional background going back to 1993 upon request, to include positions in Sales Engineering.
EDUCATION/LICENSES
Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering (BSME), New Jersey Institute of Technology, 1994
Commissioned Officer in the U.S. Army Reserve, Seton Hall University, 1994
Licensed HVAC contractor in FL: CAC1815065
MEMBERSHIPS
ISPE, BICSI, RSES, ISIS, ASHRAE
AWARDS/CERTIFICATIONS
IT and Software Certifications
● Crystal Reports v7 Advance Report Design.
● Web Site Manager, Developer, Author and Master.
● MS System Administration for SQL Server.
● Implementing and Administering MS Windows Directory Services
● Implementing MS Windows Network Infrastructure
● Supporting MS Windows Professional and Server
● MS Windows Network and Operating Systems
● MS Windows Security Implementation Fire And Security Systems Certifications
● Fundamentals of Maintenance and Operation of Fire Alarm Systems
● Fundamentals of Maintenance and Operation of CCTV Systems
● Design and Engineering of Intrusion Detection Systems
HVAC and Controls Certifications
● TRANE HEAT PUMP configuration course
● TRANE Centrifugal Chiller maintenance and operation
● SIEMENS BAS system configuration
● SIEMENS BAS Advanced configuration
● Andover Controls ACE certified
● IDEC PLC’S TRAINING
● AB VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVES
● HITACHI VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVES
● LIEBERT A/C UNITS Mechanical Certifications
● Arc/Mig/Tig Welding for Steel and Aluminum.
● Licensed HVAC contractor in FL: CAC1815065
State of FL Contractor’s Yearly Safety and Law Training
● FL State Continuing Education, 16hr Cert.
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