Electrical field technician. Substations, battery storage, and the drives in between.
Seven years of high-voltage work on a 400 MW generation fleet, energized and de-energized, across AC and DC systems.
Capabilities
Complete LOTO campaigns and switching procedures on collector feeders, MV step-up pad transformers, switchgear, disconnects, and bus sections. Absence of voltage verified by the hot-cold-hot method, cluster grounds applied by shotgun stick, field conditions confirmed against the switching order before anything is released for work.
34.5 kV collectorMV step-upswitching orderscluster grounds
Fault diagnosis and corrective maintenance on ABB frequency converters across a 200-turbine fleet, plus Ingeteam converters and Canterey CR20 generators. Alarm codes, fault logs, drive schematics, control board diagnostics, thermal management, and controlled component replacement to restore units to full generation.
ABB ACS800IngeteamAC/DC four-quadrantdrive diagnostics
Protective relay panels, instrument transformer circuits, and substation control wiring, traced against one-line diagrams and three-line schematics. Daily SCADA monitoring to catch anomalies and triage faults across the fleet, with work orders raised and closed in SAP and Dynamics/Resco.
relay panelsCT/PT circuitsone-line & three-lineSCADA
Arc flash hazard assessment, approach boundary discipline, CAT IV PPE, multi-source and group LOTO, non-contact voltage verification. Job safety plans and last-minute risk assessments authored before every activity, for every person on the crew.
NFPA 70E QEWarc flash analysisCAT IV PPEJSP / LMRA
Experience
EDP Renewables North America, Lone Star Wind Farm. 400 MW, 200 turbines. Abilene, Texas.
Sep 2023 to now
A $5M spare parts inventory for the 400 MW fleet: substation components, MV transformer parts, converter and inverter modules, and safety-critical spares. Work order and procurement workflows run in SAP and Microsoft Dynamics/Resco, staging parts for scheduled maintenance and emergency corrective campaigns.
Sep 2020 to Sep 2023
Directed fault diagnosis and corrective maintenance across the converter fleet, executed LOTO and switching on medium-voltage substation equipment, and troubleshot ABB and Hitachi transformers and switchgear down to control circuit and transformer auxiliaries. Ran site orientations for OEM representatives, independent service providers, and vendors, then supervised their work to keep it inside the safety standard.
MVP Award 2022 Better Tomorrow Award 2022
Jul 2019 to Sep 2020
Appointed Service Crew Lead within six months of joining, coordinating preventive and corrective maintenance scheduling across the field team. Completed the NFPA 70E Qualified Electrical Worker certification through AVO Training Institute, which every year of the work since has run on.
Training
| Credential | Issued by | Status |
|---|---|---|
| NFPA 70E Qualified Electrical Worker | AVO Training Institute | Active |
| OSHA 10, General Industry | 360training / DOL | Active |
| FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot | Federal Aviation Administration | Active |
| Lockout / Tagout, annual | EDP Renewables | Current |
| NERC CIP, Critical Infrastructure Protection | EDP Renewables | Completed |
| Confined Space Entry, permit required | EDP Renewables | Completed |
| Qualified Rigger and Signal Person I | EDP Renewables | Completed |
| Working at Heights and Rescue, 29 hours | EDP Renewables | Completed |
| Task Based Certification Level 1, 94% | EDP Renewables | Completed |
Substation, battery storage, and renewables field technician work. Based in Abilene, Texas. Reach me directly.