OBJECTIVE To work with engineers, project managers, designers, owner’s representatives, contractors, subcontractors, vendors, etc. as a Department Manger, in a team work for furnishing consulting engineering documents and project management, budgets, schedules, cost estimates, specifications for upgrade or new construction for an advanced technology or heavy industrial and process control facilities, as a Registered Professional Engineer in Oregon and Washington. Willing to travel or relocate as needed. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Solarc Engineering, Portland, Oregon - Senior Engineer / Project Manager ● Provide electrical design and construction documents with architect, mechanical and structural engineers and designers, City of Albany Oregon and Solar PV (Photo Voltaic) Project for Oregon Military Department Helicopter Repair Facility, Pendleton, Oregon. ● Develop 60%, 90% design-phase documents, Bid and Permit, and construction plans and specifications ● Review product submittals with design documents and approve as noted on submittals ● Visit job site for observation and record as-built conditions ● Review codes and standards and apply to project requirements for the specification sections preparation. ● Develop site power plan, one line diagram and electrical rooms design development for The City of Hillsboro Public Works. SSOE, Inc., Hillsboro, Oregon – Project Engineer IV – Lead Electrical Engineer ● Coordinate electrical design and construction documents with architect, mechanical and structural engineers, client, and contractors for Intel Corporation Aloha, Oregon Telecommunication Facility Relocation ● Develop 60%, 90% design-phase documents, Bid and Permit, and construction plans and specifications ● Review product submittals with design documents and approve as noted on submittals ● Visit job site for observation and record as-built conditions ● Review codes and standards and apply to project requirements for the specification sections preparation GHD, Portland, Oregon - Senior Electrical Engineer ● Coordinate electrical design and construction documents with architect, mechanical and structural engineers, client, and contractors for Tillamook Creamery Association, and Portland State Univ. design-build projects ● Develop 60%, 90% design-phase documents, Bid and Permit, and construction plans and specifications ● Review product submittals with design documents and approve as noted on submittals ● Visit job site for observation and record of as-built conditions ● Review codes and standards and apply to project requirements for the specification sections preparation Corbin Consulting Engineers, Inc. Beaverton, OR – Lead Project Electrical Engineer ● Coordinate design and construction documents with architect, mechanical and structural engineers, client, and contractors ● Assist URS (Seattle) in Design/Construction of Boeing Gresham Expansion, and Intel Aloha upgrade. ● Develop 60%, 90% design-phase documents, Bid and Permit, and construction plans and specifications ● Review product submittals with design documents and approve as noted on submittals ● Visit job site for observation and record of as-built conditions ● Review codes and standards and apply to project requirements for the specification sections preparation Epsilon Engineers, Inc. Beaverton, Oregon – Electrical Quality Control Consultant Provides 100% review of entire set of electrical design and construction documents to assure Quality of engineering design for Bull Run Dam 2 Towers Electrical and Telecommunications Systems documents prepared by Epsilon Engineering, Inc. • Assists and coordinates with Mark Van Duser, Principal/Project Engineer • Makes computer calculations e.g. voltage-drop study and reviews electrical design • Found design contrasting National Electrical Code requirement, limits maximum number of main switches. • Design was revised based on my finding. Suggests significant improvements on construction documents. • Hourly paid assignment for a project. Shantu worked with Mark for many years involving lighting, electrical design, and industrial controls when they both worked as Senior Electrical Industrial Project Engineers with Morrison Knudsen, Boise, Idaho and Pulp and Paper Mills Projects for Rust International, Portland. All Stars Facilities, PLC (Contractor to Bonneville Power Administration) Portland, Oregon Manager, Facility Electrical Systems • Manage and coordinate electrical power and control systems with Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), federal agency located in Portland, Oregon Headquarters’ construction manager Facilities COTR, O&M technicians, for a multi-story BPA headquarters and Data Center. • Work involved installation, modernization, operations, and maintenance of electrical systems, building emergency and standby, multiple new power generators in parallel, egress lighting systems, elevator systems, fire protection and Building Alarms Systems (BAS), utility (Pacific Power) normal power system 13 KV transformers and 480-volt distribution switchgear periodic tests and maintenance, uninterrupted power systems for business critical power and controls for electrical energy production (Hydro and Wind) and Pacific Northwest utility customers sales data center, federal building security safety, and emergency evacuation systems Initiate corrective actions, and determine final disposition of systems to meet NEC. • Supervise and coordinate design sub-consultants and electrical construction work. • Responsible for electrical safety training of general maintenance, mechanical, and electrical staff observing standardized Lock out/Tag out (LOTO) procedures and monitoring live work permits and written procedures approvals. • Maintain quality certifications at existing plants, and prepare new facilities for certification. • Conduct electrical construction inspections, determine construction deficiency and suggest remedy in accordance to latest International Building Standards National Electrical and Fire (NFPA) Codes and standards. • Member of Business Critical Power System Construction Project Team. Found problems in existing electrical and grounding systems not meeting electrical construction NEC requirements. Provide solutions to upgrade. • State-of-the-art upgrade projects use CFM data base for purchase and payment to various contractors requiring approval by COTR. • Arrange annual electrical shutdown and inspection of electrical switchgear for safety assurance. Engineering Design Corporation and EDC Development, LLC, Beaverton, Oregon – Principal Engineer/ Project Manager • Provide consulting engineering services to engineering and construction firms, development and design-built hospitality projects, and government electrical and telecommunications systems projects: • Provide hands-on project management - hire architects, engineers, and civil, mechanical, electrical sub-consultants and general contractors for multimillion dollar projects. • Provide bids and technical proposals to General services Administration Regional Telecommunications Centers in Denver, CO and Philadelphia, PA to design-built REMCC centers. • GSA awarded a technically qualified and successfully negotiated price multi-million dollar design-built emergency telecommunications centers twin projects among several competing bids from small business firms across USA. • Obtain multi-million dollar loan bank financing, developed, managed, obtain land use and construction permits, supervised, engineered and constructed a multi-story Wingate Inns hotel with an underground garage within Hawthorn Farm near Intel Campus and near Light Rail Orenco Station in Hillsboro, OR. • Second Fastest Growing Company Award, among 100 firms by Portland Business Journal, 1997. 1. Regional Emergency (Tele) Communications Centers (REMCC), Denver (CO) Federal Center and Philadelphia (PA) Customs House – Six (6) years project management for the $8,000,000 two (2) design-build projects involving multi-discipline structural, Mechanical, HVAC, Uninterrupted Electrical Power Systems, Emergency Generators, Federal buildings security, audio, video, digital transmission, fire protection, telecommunications, and national crime detection computer/software assisted systems, building modernization design, budgets, scheduling change order proposals, construction partnering, and 30-day acceptance tests and coordination with GSA owners, and subcontractors monitoring, and controls. Project team was bided nationally and successfully negotiated and awarded to EDC as a competitive, technical, and most economical design-build REMCC proposal by a small-business prime contractor team to monitor and protect regional federal buildings at large. 2. City of Portland Columbia Waste Water Treatment Plant Modernization- engineering, design for field lighting, power, PLC controls, and fire protection, securities, and alarms engineering consultant to the Century West Engineering team. 3. Cascade Steel Rolling Mills, McMinnville, Oregon – Assist Danieli, an Italian Design-Build construction firm with medium-voltage 13.5 KV indoor and high-voltage 230 KV outdoor substations, power distribution, relaying controls, and wiring diagrams. Coordinated with the State of Oregon Building Department and procured approval of Italian products to IEEE, NEC, and ANSI OSHA standards, site construction coordination, and management. I traveled to Italy to coordinate electrical system design development documents of Italian design-build team and approval as an Oregon registered professional engineer. 4. STC Submarine Inc., Portland, Oregon- Design and construction of submarine telecommunications fiber-optics cables manufacturing facility. Review and coordinate IDC design and electrical one-line and PLC diagrams for machinery transported from Southampton, UK with STC as a client representative. 5. Pacific Power and Light Company – Managed Design and construction documents and estimates for 34.5 kV/115 kV Cody, Wyoming substation upgrade including high-voltage transformers, switches, and relaying switchgear replacement. 6. Port of Portland, Portland, Oregon - Design of Telecommunications routing and Airplane Noise-Testing facility. Perform construction review of the runway deicing liquid collection system electrical power, lighting, and PLC control documents for comments and corrections. 7. Intel Corporation, Aloha, Oregon - Modernization projects for Portland Technology Development (PTD1) manufacturing facility. Review and approve state of the art advanced technology machinery and motor control center power and controls wiring and interconnections with electrical panels. Coordinate with IDC as a consultant to Intel. 8. Design of Electrical Systems for McGuire and Catawba Nuclear Power Systems connected to 230KV and 500 KV Substations for Duke Power Company. 9. Power Distribution System Operations and Maintenance for Gujarat Electricity Board, India COMPUTER SKILLS • AutoCAD, Electrical Shirt Circuit and voltage drop studies, lighting level calculations • Microsoft Office – Excel, MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint • Excellent technical specifications, legal, and prolific writing REGISTRATION - Registered Professional Engineer - Oregon and Washington EDUCATION North Carolina State University – Raleigh, NC Post Baccalaureate Electrical Engineer Degree M. S. University, Baroda, Gujarat, India Bachelor of Electrical Engineering D B P S High School, Sankheda, Gujarat, India High School Certificate OTHER RELEVANT SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE Vice President, Professional Engineers of Oregon, Columbia Chapter Paul Harris Rotary International Award, Obtained a Matching Grant for Humanitarian Project in India Leadership training by Beaverton Chamber of Commerce and Vision Facilitation Training by Rotary Int’l Previous Member of City of Beaverton and US Department of Commerce Trade Missions to Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong Previous Board Member of Beaverton Arts Commission, KBOO Radio, and Performing Arts Society of India Member East Portland Rotary Club Fluent in English, Hindi, Sanskrit, and Gujarati - read, speak and write
