Manager Engineer
Resume:
Karoly Magda, CEM
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Knoxville, TN 37922 Mobile: 865-***-****
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Summary
Mechanical engineer, Certified Energy Manager and OSHA 30-hr. Certified Safety Manager experienced in research facility, automotive manufacturing, power generation and energy savings. Proficient in electrical and civil engineering and project management with expertise in new power plant startup, managing operational and capital budgets and environmental and heat recovery projects. Designed, created and managed energy saving projects that boosted revenue levels and saved $1 million per year through environmental projects.
Professional Experience
Oak Ridge National Laboratory 2010-present
Neutron Science Directorate, Research Accelerator Division (SNS)
Central Utilities Engineer
• Acts as Design Authority to develop design change packages for improvement implementation to industrial pumped water systems, chilled water plants, cooling towers, air compressors and related components.
• Provides the technical direction and oversight for the operation, maintenance, energy management, system upgrades, and improvements to Central Utilities systems.
• Develop and maintain standard procedures for the operation and maintenance of the Central Utilities systems, Budgeting, and PM Contracts.
BOSCH Group AF / PBR Knoxville, LLC, Knoxville, TN 1999-2010
(480 employees, motor vehicle brake caliper manufacturer for GM and Ford)
Facilities Engineering Manager, 2006 - 2010
• Planned, budgeted and managed a $1.5 million building expansion project that included access control, security, and fire protection projects.
• Recognized by US Department of Energy (DOE) for demonstrating leadership in energy savings, and received a Pacifica Award for the Corporation Best Environmental Project for a waste water ultra filtration.
• Championed plant wide electrical safety projects such us arc flash protection.
• Supported lean manufacturing, JIT, and work place organization (5S). Designed layouts for equipment installation and relocation to improve lean manufacturing and material flow.
• Established and directed the energy savers team.
• Led critical reorganization projects during transition at company buy out.
• Assumed numerous responsibilities of SH&E Manager during plant closure.
Senior Facilities Engineer, 1999-2006
• Supervised energy saving programs such as heat recovery utilization. Designed a recovery system that heated the 100,000 sq. ft plant. Reduced compressed air usage by 34% and saved $270,000/year.
• Managed operational and capital budgets ranging from $3.5 million to $5 million.
• Re-designed chip reclamation and captured $90,000/year savings in machine coolant recycling.
• Negotiated three utilities and twelve equipment and building maintenance contracts and saved over $200,000 a year.
• Initiated and prepared work packages and led equipment shutdowns and outages. Achieved a five-minute TVA-required plant shutdown plan to qualify for reduced monthly utility rates.
• Directed and oversaw contractors and maintenance work on mechanical and electrical equipment including switchgears.
• Managed: compressed air system, boilers, natural and back-up gas system, HVAC, electrical distribution, wastewater equipment and metal machining chips reclamation.
• Directed and managed plant activities to obtain and maintain ISO 14001 certification.
Breed Technologies Inc. / AlliedSignal Safety Restraints, Knoxville, TN 1993-1999
(350 employees, motor vehicles airbag and seat belt manufacturer for Ford, GM, Chrysler)
Maintenance Technician
• Worked on welding robots, hydraulics and pneumatics, heat treat furnaces, E-coat painting line, steam boilers, chemical water treatment equipment, cooling systems, compressed air and nitrogen generating equipment and propane vaporizer-mixer.
• Established preventative maintenance program, equipment maintenance history and daily-checklists.
• Designed a new compressed air system, equipment layout and piping diagrams.
• Participated in establishing QS-9000 and TQM trained.
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Cogeneration Steam Power and Heating Plant, Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia 1981-1992
Manager of Mechanical Maintenance and Maintenance Engineering
• Directed the activities of 10 engineers and over 30 maintenance technicians.
• Planned and budgeted outages and maintenance, capital modifications and retrofits on steam turbine-generator, natural gas fired boilers and auxiliary equipment.
• Supervised major repair and retrofit of pumping station, water softening and purification, cooling towers, heat exchangers, high pressure boilers and steam-turbine generators with several extractions.
System Engineer of Powerhouse and Auxiliary Objects
• Performed as technical adviser on maintenance of steam turbine generators, boilers, high-pressure heat exchangers, feed-water pumps with “Voith” fluid variable speed couplings, centrifugal and screw pumps, cooling towers and fans.
• Played a critical role in startup of new cogeneration plant and managed the startup of 120MW turbine-generator and auxiliary objects.
• Created engineering procedures and provided technical advice on plant projects. Directed work by outside contractors and optimized equipment performance.
• Wrote and launched PM procedures.
Power House Section Head
• Played crucial role in vast analysis and energy saving program determined on thermal equipment innovations, such us steam turbine condenser reject energy usage for the city heating system. Supervised a project that provided enough energy each year from heat recovery to heat 20,000 apartments for over a month.
• Initiated and led repair and maintenance on steam turbine generators and auxiliary equipment, rotary equipment vibration monitoring, analysis and trending and trouble-shooting of mechanical and electro-hydraulic control.
Shift Supervisor in Production and Steam Turbine Machinist
• Supervised electric and thermal energy generation, including operation of turbo-generators.
• Optimized performance of all plant equipment.
Production Analysis
• Analyzed boiler and steam turbine efficiency, energy distribution, sale and loss statement and initiated efficiency improvements.
Education
Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Certificate of Energy Engineering
Atlanta, GA
Associate Degree, Technical College-Mechanical Engineering, Zrenjanin
University of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
Steam Turbine Operation License-Ministry of Industry
Novi Sad Yugoslavia
Languages
Fluent in English, Hungarian, Serb-Croat. Used German and Spanish
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