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Ray Higley, PE

"Balancing Ecological Environments with Sustainable Project Developments!"  TM                                      (C) 2009

151 Jacob Drive, Hoschton, Georgia 30548 USA

(678) 612-8040  Mobile                   (706) 658-2975 Home                   E-mail: RayHigley@hotmail.com

EMPLOYMENT OBJECTIVE: 

Provide employer/client with consistently excellent, timely, management and professional engineering support-services on a multi-project basis.  Focused to meet on-going challenges as necessary to achievement of desired results as a well-balance team player.

SUPPORT SERVICES: 

• Engineering Planning & Project Management (Microsoft Project & 3MS-PSP Excel Database)
• Conceptual & Detailed Construction Design (Architectural & Electro-Mechanical Systems)

• Field Support Services (Systems Installation Coordination & Start-up)

• CAD Drawings and Specifications (AutoCAD, 3D Architect, Microsoft Word)
• Cost Estimates (Microsoft Excel)
• Economic Analysis Studies (Microsoft Excel) (Present-Value - Benefit / Cost Analysis Model)
• Technical Reports (Microsoft Word, Excel, Picture-It)(Digital Technical Photography)
• Controls & PC Software Programming (PLC, DCS, SCADA, Visual Basic, Excel, FrontPage)

SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS SUPPORTED: 

• Electric Utility & Independent Power Production Facilities (Fossil Fuel, Nuclear and Hydro - Engineering Design, Field Support, Field Construction Engineering Management)

• Commercial Real Estate Consulting - Property Condition Assessment Reports (PCR) (Written Technical Report & Costs Forecast)

• Environmental Protection & Remediation - "EcoSystems" - (Equipment, Piping and Controls - Design Specifications, Components Procurement & Field Installation and Start-up Support)
• Building Projects Development - Architectural / Engineering Design (Engineering Intensive Buildings - Design Specifications & Components Procurement)
• Process & Control Equipment (System Design Specifications, Components Procurement, Configuration & Field Installation and Start-up Support)
• Structural Support Systems (Piping, Equipment and Building Supports - Structural Analysis, Design Specifications and Components Procurement)
• Piping & Control Valves (Fluid Mechanics Analysis, Materials Selection and Specifications, Piping System Performance - Computer Modeling, Design Specifications and Components Procurement)
• Instrumentation & Controls (PLC, DCS) (System Design, Specifications, Configuration Programming, Systems Start-up, Operation & Maintenance Instruction Manuals, & Field Engineering Support)

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Over one year, providing on-site Field Construction Engineering Management installation support services to a $550M FGD (Flue Gas Desulphurization) Electric-Utility Heavy-Industry retrofit project. 
• Five years, Commercial Real Estate Due-Diligence Consulting – Property Condition Report preparation with on-site (weekly air travel, 2 days/week – SE USA) investigation/research gathering of property field data, and report writing using Microsoft-Word & Excel for cost projection tables.
• Six years, independent contract consulting engineer / manager, Principal Engineer, Ray Higley, PE.
• Fourteen years, Electric Utility Fossil, Nuclear and Hydro-Electric Generating Plant Instruments & Controls (I&C Engineering) / Plant Computer systems development and field check-out / start-up experience including: DCS, PLC and SCADA systems with P&IDs (Process & Instrumentation Diagrams), functional control logic diagrams, equipment installation & detailed AutoCAD construction drawings, control logic and MMI (Man-Machine Interface) display computer programming (FoxBoro IA and Bailey I-90 DCS), control equipment, instrumentation, and control valve specifications, procurement, cost estimates and economic analysis studies.
• Six years, Electric Utility Industrial Piping Engineering experience including system design, fluid mechanics analysis (hydraulics), materials selection, specifications, construction drawings, materials procurement and field support.
• Two years, Architectural Drafting, Design, and Project Inspection experience in the commercial building construction industry.
• Current personal computer (PC) skills include: AutoCAD and 3D Architect computer drafting, Microsoft Word, Excel, and Visual Basic PC programming, Microsoft Project, Picture-It, and Microsoft FrontPage web page design, and numerous proprietary (self-developed) technical computer applications programs.  Working familiarity with the following commercial engineering software: SmartPlant Review (3D Model), Primavera, SolidWorks, ProEngineer, and MATLAB technical computing.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: 

• Principal Engineer, Ray Higley, PE, 151 Jacob Drive, Hoschton, Georgia 30548, Office: (706) 658-2975, Mobile: (678) 612-8040, E-mail: Ray@gladiators-usa.com.  Provide mechanical engineering / management support services for clients on a contract/employee basis.  (List of clients / projects – available upon request).

May 2009 to Present

• Senior Field Mechanical Engineer, URS-Washington Division - Power (Washington Group International - WGI), Allegheny Energy / Fort Martin Power Station, Flue-Gas Desulphurization Project (FCD), Route 53, Maidsville, West Virginia 26541. R. David Adams, FGD Project – Site Manager.  Office: (304) 333.5718, Cell: (304) 482-5100, E-mail: rdavid.adams@wgint.com. As part of a management team, I provided prime-contractor, (WGI) engineer of record, construction engineering field support services including: coordination of FGD system design (domestic & foreign design documentation) & materials deliverables, organized engineering documents for bids preparation for installation sub-contracts, and coordination of multiple sub-contractors for systems installation for timely achievement of project schedule, budget and safety goals.  FGD systems supported include: Flaktwoods ID-Fans (Induced Draft)($8M); Utility Rack, Service Water Pump House, & WWT (Waste Water Treatment) piping installation of RFP (Reinforced Fiberglass Plastic) pipe by Future Pipe & Conley, Metallic Pipe by Scott-Process, and Piping Supports by Burgin Power & Aker Solutions)($20M); and WWT (Waste Water Treatment) Process & Building (Process by Infilco Dregmont Inc ($6M), & Pre-fabricated Metal Building by General Industries/Varco Prudent)($20M). Coordination also included: Review/Approval of Sub-Contractor work progress payments, materials delivery Invoice verification & approvals, Weekly Safety Audits, Construction Engineers’ Daily Reports tracking of all deliverables (design & materials) for assigned sub-systems, Construction Work Progress Reporting, incidental materials specification & procurement, preparation & administration of sub-contract FJO (Field Job Order) back-charge packages, issues identification & resolution (Request for Information to design authorities), and work safety over-sight responsibilities. As the project neared completion, I was laid off on 5/1/09 under a planned construction work force reduction.

March 2008 to May 2009

• Project Engineer, EBI Consulting, 3424 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 600, Atlanta, GA  30326.
  Keith Spolen, Regional Manager.  Phone:  (404) 264-2460, Fax:  (603) 418-8629. E-mail: kspolan@ebiconsulting.com.  Provided Property Condition Survey (PCS) reports for commercial real estate properties - shopping malls, office buildings, industrial facilities, apartment communities, medical care facilities, etc. MS-Word reports included condition description of all major property components, plus estimated costs for immediate repairs and replacement reserves over the loan term were presented in an MS-Excel spreadsheet analysis.  In general, I prepared on average two or more of these reports per week.  Typically, I would arrange an on-site schedule, make travel arrangements, travel to the site within the SE USA, interview property management, gather site data & a few hundred photos, then return home and prepare my reports.  I worked from home with little direct supervision.  EBI provided a few days of annual training, and remote report reviewers directed my work.  I was highly productive in this work and accomplished my assignments on time - meeting all quality requirements.  In September 2007, I was laid off due to a nationwide downturn in the United States commercial real estate mortgage market.

October 2002 to September 2007

• Principal Engineer, Ray Higley, PE, 151 Jacob Drive, Hoschton, Georgia 30548, Office: (706) 658-2975, Mobile: (678) 612-8040, E-mail: Ray@gladiators-usa.com.  Provided mechanical engineering / management support services for a number of clients on a contract/employee basis.  (List of clients / projects – available upon request).

May 1996 to October 2002

• Senior I&C Engineer, Southern Company Services, Instruments & Controls / Plant Computer Engineering Department, 241 Ralph McGill Boulevard NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, Wayne Holland, Manager/Consultant, Office: (770) 427-3667, Mobile: (770) 861-6954, E-mail: wayneholland@bellsouth.net.  Provided mechanical engineering support services to Electric Utility Fossil Fuel, Nuclear and Hydro-Electric Generating Plants in the areas of I&C systems design, and field systems checkout and start-ups. Includes: four months experience with supervision of eight Electrical & Instrument Technicians in field start-up of the Power Systems Development Facility in Wilsonville, Alabama (test facility for two developmental stage coal gasification processes and a fuel cells testing facility); six months experience with nuclear power plant reactor systems upgrades at Plant Hatch in Vidalia, Georgia; and six months experience with Visual Basic computer program development. Includes: numerous I&C fossil fuel fired power plant projects that involved PLCs (Allen Bradley and Modicon), DCS, and SCADA systems (Foxboro IA and Bailey I-90 systems specification and configuration); field instrumentation; control drives and control valve specifications, system documentation drawings, project budget cost estimates, economic analysis studies, project management planning and scheduling, technical reports, and technical applications software development.

August 1989 to May 1996

• Senior Design Engineer, Georgia Power Company, Power Supply Engineering & Services, 333 Piedmont Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia 30302.  Wayne Holland, Manager/Consultant, Office: (770) 427-3667, Mobile: (770) 861-6954, E-mail: wayneholland@bellsouth.net.  Designed electric utility power plant Instruments & Control systems, and Industrial Piping systems; and provided field support engineering start-up services.  Includes: eighteen months electric utility nuclear power plant field support engineering, twenty-four months nuclear power plant systems start-up procedures development (Pre-Ops – Pre-Operational Test Procedures), development of personal computer engineering programs for fluid mechanics (piping) analysis, machine design, and economic analysis of capital investment alternatives (budget studies & cost estimates).

June 1976 to August 1989

• Architectural Designer, Pierson & Whitman A&E, 701 Corporate Center Drive, Raleigh, NC 27607.  (917) 782-8300. Troy Doby, Principal Engineer.  Designed two commercial office buildings (~$500K each); prepared the construction drawings and specifications; designed the architectural, lighting, and plumbing systems and coordinated the engineering design of the HVAC, electrical, and structural systems.

August 1972 to February 1973

• Architectural Draftsman / Building Project Inspector, The LSV Partnership – Architects/Planners, 209 Fairway Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28305. (910) 485-4108, Dan Hicks, AIA, Principle Architect, Formerly: Mason S. Hicks - Architects, 827 Arsenal Avenue, Fayetteville, North Carolina 28305.  Provided architectural drafting services supporting the design of commercial buildings, reviewed and reported monthly construction progress on multi-family housing projects, assured construction compliance with design documents, and processed laboratory test reports and construction change orders.

August 1971 to August 1972

• Draftsman / Typist / TS Document Courier / Sergeant E5. US Army XVIII Airborne Headquarters, G3 Contingency Plans - Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, North Carolina.  Supervisor: Master Sergeant, Theodore A. Allan (retired). Prepared maps and visual aids for military contingency plans; TOP SECRET (TS) security clearance.  Honorable discharge from US military service – May 1976 (DD-214 available upon request).

September 1970 to August 1971

EDUCATION: 

• BSME, with Honors (GPA: 3.26/4.00), Pi Tau Sigma – Honor Society.  NCSU (North Carolina State University), Raleigh, North Carolina.  GPA improved over AAS program - the GI Bill provided financial support while attending NCSU.

            June 1976

• AAS-MET, (GPA: 2.65/4.00), Owens Community College, Perrysburg, Ohio.  I worked a full time job for financial support while attending Owens State.

            June 1969

• 16-Quarter Hours, MBA, (GPA: 3.00/4.00), Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia.  I attended GSU part time evenings while employed with Georgia Power Company.

September 1978 to June 1980

• On-going Professional Engineering (PE – State of Georgia #: PE 012443, since 1980), Yearly Professional Engineering Education.

• United States Patent #: 4,482,155; November 13, 1984; “Golf Club Alignment Indicator”

• Author: “3MS – Personal SUCCESS Program” TM, © 2009 by Gladiators-usa.com, Multi-Project Management software database program.

• Numerous Professional Engineering Technical Seminars & Workshops; including 3 weeks of FoxBoro IA - DCS configuration training at Foxboro, Massachusetts.

• EMG & EBI Consulting - Real Estate Due Diligence Property Condition Assessment (PCS) Report writing training.  EMG – two weeks January 2002. EBI Consulting – two day annual training – 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, & 2007.
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• URS-WD / WGI – Corporate employee policy & procedures training – From 3/2008 to 5/2009.

REFERENCES: 

• Kenneth Muench, PE, Structural Engineer – URS-Washington Division – Power Group, Office: (609) 720-2173, Cell: (856) 906.5827, E-mail: Kenneth.Muench@wgint.com.

I have known Mr. Ken Muench since March 2008, when I first started work with Washington Group International (URS-                  Washington Division) as a Senior Field Mechanical Engineer.  Ken and I worked together coordinating various design issues     concerning systems within the Flue Gas Desulphurization Project at the Fort Marin power station.  During this time, Ken worked from the design office in Princeton, and he also spent several weeks at Fort Martin providing structural design engineering support services.  Ken is very familiar with my professional engineer / manager attention to detail and team leadership skills. 

• R. David Adams, Site Manager - URS-Washington Division, Fort Martin power generation station, Flue Gas Desulphurization Project. Office: (304) 333.5718, Cell: (304) 482-5100, E-mail: rdavid.adams@wgint.com.