A licensed electrical engineer with 8 years of specialized experience in substation protection and control design, including hands-on involvement in testing and commissioning. The candidate holds professional engineering licenses in multiple states and has demonstrated consistent advancement into leadership roles across a range of utility and infrastructure projects.

Industry Expertise & Roles:

• Extensive background in utility-scale electrical engineering, with direct experience supporting large investor-owned utilities.

• Has progressed from design engineer to senior and lead roles, taking ownership of both technical execution and team/project management.

• Proven leadership managing multidisciplinary engineering teams and junior technical staff across complex substation rebuild and upgrade projects.

Key Responsibilities & Skills:

• Full-cycle project leadership including scope development, cost estimation, resource allocation, and quality assurance.

• Technical lead for protection and control (P&C) engineering, including schematic and wiring design, IEC 61850 and TiDL communications integration, and substation automation systems.

• Quality control oversight on detailed engineering deliverables such as relay panel layouts, wiring diagrams, and control schemes for voltage ranges from 12kV to 500kV.

• Conducts commissioning field work including relay testing, current transformer testing, circuit lamping, and equipment functional testing.

Notable Accomplishments & Impact:

• Led a capital rebuild of a 230/100kV substation, overseeing technical design, maintaining schedules, and managing client-facing communication.

• Acted as the responsible engineer for a suite of high-profile substation initiatives including superconductor implementation, GIS switchgear design, and transformer replacements up to 345kV.

• Key contributor to strategic internal initiatives such as process improvement programs and quality system development at a prior firm.

• Supported multiple rounds of Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) deployments, emphasizing modern grid monitoring technology.

Tools & Capabilities:

• Proficient in project management, technical mentoring, and proposal development.

• Strong command of schematic design, SCADA integration, and relay testing protocols.

• Adept at balancing design and field commissioning responsibilities with business needs and client satisfaction.

This candidate brings a balanced mix of deep technical ability, leadership, and field-tested experience that adds significant value to utility and infrastructure-focused engineering teams.