Master Electrician

DAVID S. CONNELL

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New Castle, DE. 19720

Office# 302-***-****

Cell# 302-***-****

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OBJECTIVE

Seeking an Electrician related position.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Extensive experience in industrial, commercial and residential electrical installation.

Proven ability to lead teams in extreme environments and conditions.

Licensed Master Electrician in the State of Delaware.

Documented substance abuse testing results from 1989 to present.

NCCER Craft Certification.

Secret Security Clearance.

Professional skills include:

Master Electrician Foreman / General Forman

Electrical Inspector Hazmat CDL - Class A

Stick Welder Instrument Technician

Small Equipment Operator Mixed Martial Artist

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HRI GENERAL TRADING, LLC. – KABUL, AFGHANISTAN 2011 – Present

Electrical Construction Consultant/Electrical Construction Supervisor

Worked with multiple Afghan Construction Contractors and International Construction Contractors using installation methods compliant with NFPA-70, 2008 National Electrical Code or Asian/European wiring methods.

• Traveled freely through the Eastern areas of Afghanistan and gained an applicable understanding of the local customs and social interactions of Afghan Citizens.

• Successfully completed 6 month contract with HRI.

FLUOR GOVERNMENT GROUP - GREENVILLE, SC. 2010 - 2011

Electrical Inspector

Performed electrical safety inspections on NEC and BS7671 installation at Forward Operating Bases in Northeastern Afghanistan. All inspections were recorded on Excel Spread Sheet Software.

• Acquired working knowledge of BS7671 and Asian/European wiring methods.

RAY ANGELINI, INC. - NEW CASTLE, DE. 2010 - 2010

Electrician

Worked on electrical renovations of agricultural lab facilities at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington Delaware.

• Offered a Foreman’s position, refused due to future employment at FGG.

M. J. ELECTRIC, LLC - IRON MOUNTAIN, MI. 2010 - 2010

Electrician

Worked with cable pulling crew setting up equipment to pull in Low and Medium Voltage TC Wiring throughout the Turbine and Boiler Buildings at the new 700MW Longview Power Generation Facility in Maidsville, WV.

• Our crew averaged 5000 feet of installed cable per day.

NOOTER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY - TREVOSE, PA. 2009-2009

CDL A Driver / Electrician

Operated and maintained a Class B International truck with an Altec Digger Derrick Rig and a pull behind self propelled wire reel feeder or a pull behind wire tensioner rig. Electrician duties included setting up and breaking down wire pulling equipment at the Delaware City Oil Refinery.

• Safely pulled in over 2 miles of 3 phase 500kcmil Oconite cable through elevated cable trays and underground duct banks.

CONTI ELECTRIC of DELAWARE, INC. - WILMINGTON, DE. 2008 - 2008

Electrician / Foreman

Installed medium and low voltage power distribution equipment, raceways and wiring to supply process motors and equipment for the new Coke Silo / Ball Mill Project at the Delaware City Oil Refinery.

• Foreman duties included the longest and heaviest cable pulls.

RIGGS DISTLER and COMPANY, INC. - CHERRY HILL, NJ. 2007 - 2008

General Foreman / Electrician

Installed a new 2000 amp stand alone breaker and built new medium voltage bus work connecting the breaker to the existing grid system of the Delaware City Oil Refinery Power House. Mounted new medium voltage switch and metering PTs and CTs. Tested existing breakers and relays, installed new raceways, cable trays, and control and indication cables. Interfaced with many existing relays, switches and meters. Moved existing wiring, adding jumpers and conductors in active control cabinets and enclosures.

• Project was safely completed and no outages occurred.

• Received a Letter of Recommendation from Riggs Distler for a job well done.

J. J. WHITE, INC. - PHILADELPHIA, PA. 2007 - 2007

Electrician

Tested, repaired or replaced MI Power Limiting and Self-Regulating Heat Trace cables.

Also repaired multiple connection boxes, thermostat enclosures and G.F.I. protected branch circuit feeders from monitoring and alarm panels throughout the Gasification Unit at the Delaware City Oil Refinery.

• The Gasification Unit Process tanks and piping had no freeze issues that winter.

J.B.L. ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC. - BOSSIER CITY, LA. 2007 - 2007

Electrician

Installed Fiber Optics, CAT 5 Communication cable, RG 6 cable and 120/240v power in One Family and Multi-Family Dwelling Units. Also installed low and medium voltage wiring and equipment in the Community Center at the same location. Project was located at Dover Air Force Base Delaware to supply new housing for the Military Personnel.

• All buildings passed inspection and received CO.

RAY ANGELLINI, INC. - SEWELL, NJ. 2006 - 2006

Electrician

Installation of underground duct bank for medium voltage supply to main gear, gear to risers throughout building, gear to pad mounted transformers. Also installed low voltage and Data cable trays through all levels of the building. Installation of HID Card Access Control System including the main control cabinets, remote power supplies and controllers, card readers, mag locks and related equipment. Also assisted with moving, setting, connecting and terminating the medium voltage distribution equipment at the new New Castle County Public Safety Building in Wilmington DE.

• All systems passed testing and inspection.

J.J. WHITE, INC. - PHILADELPHIA, PA. 2005 - 2006

Instrument Technician

Sequentially disconnected and removed all of the existing flow and level transmitters relative to the Coke Gasification Unit at the Delaware City Oil Refinery. Installed stand mounted weather- proof instrument enclosures nearest original transmitter locations. Mounted transmitters in new enclosures, fabricated and connected new tubing, purged lines and calibrated.

• All instruments were tested, inspected and back on line within the scheduled shut down.

FURNESS ELECTRIC, INC. - WILMINGTON, DE. 2005 - 2005

Electrician

Installation of underground duct bank from the nearest 480V Distribution Gear to a pair of 112.5KVA pad mounted transformers located outside the refinery’s blast radius. Constructed a wooden support wall for 4 200amp disconnects and 24 60amp disconnects to supply a new trailer city and fabrication areas. Repeated this process on the opposite end of the refinery. One of these temporary services is still in use at the Delaware City Oil Refinery.

• Both services passed electrical inspections.

GEORGE SPARKS INC. - MONROEVILLE, NJ. 2004 - 2005

General Foreman / Electrician

Managed the electrical construction of the Dupont Security Monitoring Center and several Tenant fit outs at the Dupont Chestnut Run Facility in Wilmington Delaware. These projects consisted of relocation of metering equipment, installation of new modular switch gear, new Lighting and Appliance Panel boards, UPS, transfer switching and pad mounted diesel generators. Below floor and above ceiling cable tray installations. New lights and receptacles per customer specifications.

• The Security Center was successfully relocated.

• All projects passed inspection and testing.

RIGGS DISTLER and COMPANY, INC. - CHERRY HILL, NJ. 2004 - 2004

Foreman / Electrician

Managed personnel on the #2 Boiler Upgrade Project at the Delaware City Oil Refinery Power House. A complete upgrade of the DCS Hardware and new instrumentation was installed. New motors, modular Motor Control Centers, lighting and receptacle Panelboards, cable tray systems and connecting raceways were installed. Pollution Monitoring Shack was set and linked with the EPA.

• #2 boiler passed testing and inspection and is 35% more energy efficient.

BATTAGLIA ELECTRIC, INC. - NEW CASTLE, DE. 2003 - 2004

Electrician

Installed switch gear, load centers, cable trays and race ways to supply various motors, lighting and appliances at the new Astra Zeneca Animal Research Wing in Fairfax Delaware. Also worked at the Newark Delaware Chrysler Plant during a model change over.

• The Animal Research Center opened on time and within budget.

• Chrysler started building new Durango’s on schedule.

FURNESS ELECTRIC, INC. - WILMINGTON, DE. 2001 - 2002

Electrician

Installed panels, enclosures and raceways for the fire alarm system at the Christiana Hospital Addition Project in Christiana Delaware. Pulled wiring, terminated and mounted remote devices, installed and terminated control panels and batteries. Also worked at the Delaware Memorial Bridge, High Mast Lighting Project. Operated and Maintained a Class B International truck and a Class B International Boom truck. Assembled three section high mast poles, assembled and installed light fixtures on mast, raised and set masts and pulled in and terminated under ground circuits

• Fire alarm system passed testing and inspection.

• Lighting passed inspection and can be viewed on the east and west sides of the bridge.

DAY and ZIMMER NPS, INC. - LANCASTER, PA. 2001 - 2001

Electrician

Installed temporary light and power inside the containment area at Salem Unit #1 Nuclear Generating Station in Alloways Creek, NJ. Also Replaced M.I. Cable Assemblies connecting exterior branch circuits running through transition vaults, to inside containment area equipment.

This project was a scheduled 18 month refueling and maintenance turn around.

• Received extensive General and Nuclear Worker Training.

• The Reactor was brought back on line per schedule.

CONTI ELECTRIC of DELAWARE, INC. - WILMINGTON, DE. 1999 - 2000

Electrician

Delaware City Oil Refinery built 2 new 42Megawatt Generators with connecting heat recovery units. Texaco also built an Oxygen Plant to supply a new (Coke dust to Synthetic Gas) Gasification Unit. Installed Class 1 Div 2 gear and equipment through most of this project. Installed Rigid raceways and cable trays, pulled multiple low and medium voltage TC wiring. Installed multiple Heat Regulating and MI heat trace cables and relative equipment.

• The Gasifier experiment operated more than ten years.

• The Generators are still operational.

CAREY’S CUSTOM HOME CONSTRUCTION - MILTON, DE. 1998 - 2011

Framer, Roofer, Siding Installer, Laborer

Seasonal work building custom homes, additions and decks.

• Assisted the company owner with establishment of the business.

PACE ELECTRIC, INC. - NEW CASTLE, DE. 1989 - 1999

Foreman / Electrician

Heavy industrial electrical installation with most projects located at the Dupont Chambers Works Chemical Plant and Waste Water Facility in Deepwater NJ. Other project locations included the Dupont Experimental Station in Wilmington DE. Dupont Stine-Haskell Labs in Newark DE. Dupont Hay Road Chemical plant in Wilmington DE. The Dupont Business Complex in the City of Wilmington DE. Other projects included Oxychem Chemical Plant and Formosa Plastics Plant and located in Delaware City, DE.

• Received 5 Years of Continuous Perfect Attendance Award.

• Averaged 2286 hours worked per year.

• Received multiple Safety Training Certificates.

• Received multiple Supervisory Training Certificates.

MASTER ELECTRIC SERVICES, INC. - BEAR, DE. 1988 - 1989

Electrician

Worked small jobs and Service Division work.

• Hired as a Journeyman Electrician.

DELLCOLLO ELECTRIC, INC. - WILMINGTON, DE. 1987 - 1988

Apprentice Electrician / Foreman

Worked on small commercial jobs or in the Service Division van. Also managed a custom residential housing development.

• After 3 months on the service van, I was put in charge of wiring 4600sq. Ft. custom homes.

ATLAS ELECTRIC, INC. - NEWPORT, DE. 1986 - 1987

Apprentice Electrician

Worked small commercial and residential jobs or in the Service Division van.

• Commercial and residential experience.

COASTAL GROUP, INC. - NEW CASTLE, DE. 1985 - 1986

Apprentice Electrician

Work at the new Chase Manhattan Bank High Rise in Wilmington DE. Also worked at the new Waste Water Treatment Plant in Elkton MD.

• Commercial experience.

DRAPER KING COLE - MILTON, DE. 1983 - 1985

Electrical Plant Maintenance

Electrical trouble shooting on very old canning plant gear and equipment such as single and three phase motors up to 100hp, palletizers, steam peelers, label machines, boxing machines, oil burning boilers, canning machines, in house made DC variable speed drives and Peco track changing systems The primary voltages used were 240V Split Phase Delta and 277/480Y applications. Nearly all the equipment at this facility got wet 24/7. Age and corrosion were continuous issues complicated by a virtual absence of safety procedures and policies.

• Average off season work hours were 60+ per week.

• Average summer season work hours were 84+ per week.

• Extensive experience trouble shooting A/C and D/C motor control circuitry.

EDUCATION

• AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION November, 2010

Heartsaver First Aid Program (5 hours)

• U.S. ARMY, PRE-DEPLOYMENT TRAINING

Anti-Terrorism / Subversion and Espionage Directed Against the Army (SAEDA)

Human Trafficking / Cultural Awareness / Afghanistan Country Study / Tribalism

In Afghanistan / The Afghanistan Threat (16 hours) November, 2010

• FLUOR - GREENVILLE, SC.

NFPA 70E Safety Program (5 hours) November, 2010

• NJATC - NEW CASTLE, DE.

Process Safety Management / Built-Rite Up Date (4 hours) July, 2010

• IBEW - CLARKSBURG, WV.

Code of Excellence Training Program (3 hours) April, 2010

• NJATC - NEW CASTLE, DE.

NEC 2008 Code calculations (12 hours) April, 2010

• NJATC - NEW CASTLE, DE.

Basic Electrical Estimating (7 hours) April, 2010

• DEL TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE - STANTON, DE.

Forklift Certification Training (5 Hours) September, 2009

• SMITH and SOLOMON DRIVER TRAINING - NEW CASTLE, DE.

CDL Driver Training Course (200 hours) August, 2009

• NJATC - NEW CASTLE, DE.

Photovoltaic Systems Training Course (40 hours) May, 2009

• NJATC - NEW CASTLE, DE.

NEC 2008 Significant Code Changes Part 3 (5 hours) March, 2009

• NJATC - NEW CASTLE, DE.

NEC 2008 Significant Code Changes Part 2 (5 hours) March, 2009

• NJATC - NEW CASTLE, DE.

NFPA 70E, Electrical Safety Practices (14 hours) May, 2008

• NJATC - NEW CASTLE, DE.

OSHA 10 Hour with PSM Built-Rite (10 hours) March, 2008

• NJATC - NEW CASTLE, DE.

NEC 2008 Grounding (5 hours) February, 2008

• DEL TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE - STANTON, DE.

Intro to Personal Computers for Technicians (40 hours) December, 2007

• DEL TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE - STANTON, DE.

Intro to Programmable Logic Controllers (40 hours) December, 2007

• NJATC - NEW CASTLE, DE.

NEC 2005 Pools and Spas (5 hours) April, 2007

• NJATC - NEW CASTLE, DE.

First Aid and CPR Training (5 hours) March, 2007

• IBEW - NEW CASTLE, DE.

Shop Steward Training (8 hours) September, 2006

• DEL TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE - STANTON, DE.

Mig and Tig Welding (20 hours) May, 2006

• DEL TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE - STANTON, DE.

Arc Welding II (20 hours) March, 2006

• DEL TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE - STANTON, DE.

Arc Welding I (20hours) February, 2006

• NJATC - NEW CASTLE, DE.

Computers for Beginners - Windows XP (12 hours) July, 2005

• NJATC - NEW CASTLE, DE.

OSHA 30 Hour Training Program (30 hours) June, 2005

• NJATC - NEW CASTLE, DE.

NFPA - 70E Electrical Safety and Arc Flash Training (18 hours) May, 2005

• NJATC - NEW CASTLE, DE.

NEC 2005 Significant Code Changes (5 hours) February, 2005

• DEL TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE - STANTON, DE.

Certified Control Systems Technician Preparation Course (75 hours) January, 2005

• NJATC - NEW CASTLE, DE.

Process Safety Management / Built Rite Up Date (4 hours) October, 2004

• NJATC - NEW CASTLE, DE.

Leviton Integrated Networks Systems Training (5 hours) August, 2004

• NJATC - NEW CASTLE, DE.

NEC 2002 Significant Code Changes (12 hours) February, 2004

• PSEG Nuclear LLC - Alloways Creek, NJ.

General and Nuclear Worker Safety Training (40 hours) April, 2001

• NJATC - NEW CASTLE, DE.

Process Safety Management / Built Rite Course (12 hours) November, 2002

• DEL TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE - STANTON, DE.

Principles of Fire Alarms (75 hours) May, 2002

• NJATC - NEW CASTLE, DE.

NEC 2002 Significant Code Changes (10 hours) March, 2002

• DELAWARE STATE POLICE - DOVER, DE.

Citizens Police Academy (42 hours) December, 2000

• DEL TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE - STANTON, DE.

PINS / OSHA Specific Safety Training (8 hours) May, 2000

• NJATC - NEW CASTLE, DE.

NEC Code Review 007 (12 hours) March, 2000

• ROBERT H. KEIS NEC SEMINARS - DOVER, DE.

NEC 1999 Code Changes (7 hours) February, 1999

• PACE ELECTRIC INC. - NEW CASTLE, DE.

Motor Control Basics (12 hours) February, 1998

• DEL TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE - STANTON, DE.

PINS / OSHA Specific Safety Training (8 hours) December, 1997

• ROBERT H. KEIS NEC SEMINARS - DOVER, DE.

NEC 1999 Code Update (7.5 hours) April, 1996

• DEL TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE - STANTON, DE.

PINS / OSHA Specific Safety Training (8 hours) November, 1994

• ASSOCIATED BUILDERS and CONTRACTORS - NEW CASTLE, DE.

Supervising for Success (40 hours) October, 1994

• RYLAN RENTS INC. - WILMINGTON, DE.

Aerial Work Platform Safety Training (5 hours) May, 1993

• PACE ELECTRIC INC. - NEW CASTLE, DE.

Fire Stop Training (5 hours) December, 1993

• PACE ELECTRIC INC. - NEW CASTLE, DE.

NEC 1993 Code Changes Update (12 hours) May, 1992

• PACE ELECTRIC INC. - NEW CASTLE, DE.

Supervisor Training Course (10 hours) April, 1992

• PACE ELECTRIC INC. - NEW CASTLE, DE.

General Industries Safety Procedures (12 hours) March, 1992

• PACE ELECTRIC INC. - NEW CASTLE, DE.

Foreman and Supervisory Management Training (20 hours) August, 1991

• RED ROCK JOB CORP CENTER - LOPEZ, PA.

Training in Basic Electrical Theory and Construction Methods (1200 hours) August, 1983

• DELAWARE STATE BOARD of EDUCATION - DOVER, DE.

G.E.D. #7027 June, 1982

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Maintained a Master General Electrician License since 1996 Authorized by the State of Delaware, Division of Professional Regulation, expiration date of June 30, 2012. Liability insurance is required, present coverage is at one million per project two million maximum.

Maintained a Level One Instrumentation Technician Certification since 2005, expiration date of February 15, 2011. Certification number is 18808.

Acquired a CDL Class A License in 2009 with MQXT Endorsements, expiration date on December 17, 2014. Presently have a spotless driving record. Also, continuously attend and up date the Delaware Motor Vehicle Accident Prevention Program Course since November 19, 1999.

The education listed is from all the certificates that are still available. There have been many other short term construction related training classes throughout my career. Also I own an up to date construction related library including safety, technical, management, code, legal and human relations information.

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