Cover Letter for:Steven Ronald Poteat
2025 Burgandy Drive
Charlotte, NC 28262
Date 7/17/2020
Dear Sirs:
I am a RETIRED Senior CAD Designer that can assist with Engineering Documents on a TEMPORARY or Long Term Basis. My CAD Design includes I&C, HVAC Ducts or Piping and DI Water System and other Flanged or Welded Piping Design for Duke Power Company.
My EARLY YEARS of Design includes Lighting, Power, Communications, Panels Schedules, Branch Circuits, Feeders, Cable Trays, Distribution Panels, MCC, Switchboards & Switchgear or Bolt Lock Switches and the associated Calculations. I understand Starters andContactors and the connections and operations of VFD and Reduced Voltage Starters and LV control. I have sized many transformers, and have arranged equipment rooms. I have sizedEmergency Generators and operated them in my military service. I designed two HVAC systems including Piping. The design generally was for COMMERCIAL Office or Business Facilities, Hospitals or Health Facilities and Coliseums.
My LATER YEARS of I&C Design includes P&ID’s, Ladder Diagrams using Relays, Schematics or Wiring Diagrams showing the component control system, PLC cabinet Design & BOM. Analog and Discrete type Loop Sheets of PLCs, Honeywell TDCs or ABB Taylor Automation Control. Loop Sheets showing Flow, Level, and Temperature Transmitters, Thermocouple or RTD and MASS Flow meters and Radar Level Transmitters. The design generally was for INDUSTRIAL Manufacturing Facilities.
My LATEST DESIGN has been at North Carolina, Florida and Michigan NUCLEAR Sites performing I&C Design for plant upgrades or Piping & Hanger revisions. One project included removing old control room cabinets and replacing with new automation control using Siemens PLC’s with Fiber Optic connection to remote cabinets or other systems.
My CAD Design includes Intergraph Microstation and AutoCAD computer systems but I should become proficient with any system you employ within a couple of weeks.
My TRAINING includes 3D MODELING using SolidWorks and ProE Creo computer systems
and NEC (NFPA 70). I have very little experience with Revit or other systems.
My PLC TRAINING includes Allen Bradley PLC5 basic and advance PROGRAMMING. But, because of my Electrician background, I was always asked to design the I/O sheets and PLC Panels. My many years of relay logic schematics and PLC training should allow me to become proficient in Programming in a couple of weeks.
My ASSOCIATE degree is in HVAC and I have previous years of HVAC design of the layouts, ductwork, piping and associated equipment.
My OTHER work includes:
- CAD SUPPORT, New electrical design for GM stretch form machine, Piping & Pipe Hangers and Detailing, Reactor Steel Detailing with weld symbols.
- WALK-DOWN, Gather Field Data DuPont Sites, Field Piping for DI Water System Replacement at Duke Power Co. Electrical revisions to Jocassee Power Station.
- WALK-DOWN, Field Instrumentation walk-downs at Samarec Oil Refinery in Saudi Arabia for Computer Upgrades.
- DESIGN CHECKER for Electrical and I&C documents.
- ENGINEERING CONSULTANT, Walk-down manufacturing facility with other engineers and make recommendations for Product Improvements.
- FIELD INSPECTION for Mid-level and Final Inspection of Projects.
- FIELD ASSIST customer with last minute fixes to complete Projects.
- ELECTRICIAN at a Textile Manufacturing Facility, building stand alone or wall mounted Hoffman Enclosures with Equipment and wiring as needed for the Project.
- TRAVEL to locations as needed and work as long as needed. I once told Foster Wheeler, New Jersey, “I will go anywhere, anytime.” They sent me to the Samarec Oil Refinery in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia for a one year assignment. Currently, I have worked in or passed through 14 countries and 24 US states. My last 15 years of work was mostly on the Road.
- COLLEGE; I have many years of college taking Mechanical and Electrical Courses to aid me in the engineering offices I worked with. I recently applied some of the courses together and obtained an Associate degree. The remaining courses go unrewarded but, I took them for knowledge and not a degree.
- PAY RATE; CAD work generally pays from $20/hr to $35/hr. Designers are expected to perform some of the Engineering work and receive from $35/hr to $50/hr. Out of town jobs usually add Per Diem for expenses, some do not. Some jobs have a short duration and higher pay. Generally, Commercial design pays the least, Industrial pays a little more and Nuclear pays the most. Please Advise.
- AVAILABILITY; I was born in and can work in the US. Most of my work comes from repeat or overload work from previous employers that call me to assist them on a High Speed Project and I leave when the project is complete. I usually work through an Employment Shop The duration is generally from 4 weeks to a year but can be longer as needed.
PS: If you are checking my credentials, be aware that another Steven Ronald Poteat lives in Charlotte, NC and attended CPCC as I did. Ensure that you have the proper address and phone number.
Resume: Steven Ronald Poteat (Ron)2025 Burgandy Drive
Charlotte, NC 28262
Phone: (704) 575-0290 (Cell)
ron.poteat[AT]outlook.com
Education: Graduated Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Graduated US Army Engineering School, Ft Belvoir, Virginia (for missile sites)
Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC:
- Engineering math and electrical courses. grade average: 3.48.
- Computer Literacy, Basic and Qbasic Programming,
Greenville Tech, Greenville, SC,
- Allen Bradley PLC-5 Basic and Advanced Programming.
Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC
- Mechanical Engineering 3D SolidWorks and ProE modeling courses.
- Accepted in the PHI THETA KAPPA Honor Society
- Acquired an Associate’s Degree from CPCC in HVAC-R, Dec 2018
- Secret clearance to 2006 associated with Nuclear Power Stations.
Opportunities & Events: Attended Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC:
Obtained an Associate’s Degree in Heating and Air Conditioning to keep active in Mechanical Engineering activities. I have an EPA Universal Certification Card.
Employment: Title: Senior Instrument / Electrical designer
Location: I worked at the
Duke Power Co, Catawba Nuclear Site in York, South Carolina 29745.
Duties: Contractor that provided power and control design documents for Nuclear Plant upgrades.
Title: Senior Instrument / Electrical designer
Location: I worked at the
Florida Power & Light, Juno Beach, Florida 33408, Corporate engineering office.
Duties: Contractor that provided design documents for new digital upgrade for QSPDS.
Title: Senior Engineering Consultant
Location: I worked at the
Florida Power and Light, Juno Beach, Florida 33408, Corporate engineering office.
Duties: Contractor that researched existing documentation and updated loop sheets.
Title: Senior Instrument / Electrical designer
Location: I worked at the
American Electric Power engineering office in Buchanan, Michigan.
Duties: Contractor that provided design for Nuclear Plant upgrades.
Title: Project Support
Location: I worked at the
Oconee Nuclear Site in Seneca, SC 29672.
Duties: Contractor that performed equipment walk-down for piping, electrical and instrument as-builts with VNs (Change Orders) on various projects.
Title: Senior Instrument / Electrical designer
Location: I worked at
Day & Zimmermann Co, Fairview Road, Charlotte, NC (Now closed)
Duties: Contractor providing the design of a new product at the DuPont Chattanooga plant.
Title: Manufacturing Engineering Consultant
Location: I worked at the
PPG Plant in Shelby, NC with the consulting team.
Duties: Successfully reviewed and gave recommendations for product improvement.
Title: Project Support
Location: I worked at the Duke Engineering Services engineering office (DE&S now closed).
Duties: Contractor that assisted with small nuclear site projects in the United States.
Title: Project Support
Location: I worked at the
ALSTOM Company main office in Monroe, NC (Now closed).
Duties: Contractor, continued to support the electrical design.
Title: Project Support
Location: I worked at the
ALSTOM Company main office in Monroe, NC (Now closed).
Duties: Contractor that assisted with the electrical design of new stretch-form machine for GM.
Title: Walmart Distribution Centers Y2K
Duties: We traveled to
Walmart Distribution Centers in 12 states, inventorying and analyzing the
computerized equipment.
Title: Project Support
Location: I worked at the
Duke Engineering Services engineering office (Now closed).
Duties: Contractor that provided drawings for Nuclear Power Plants in the US and Overseas.
Title: Senior Instrument Engineer
Location: I worked with the
Fluor Daniels engineering group assigned to work at the
GE Silicones plant in Waterford, New York.
Duties: Contractor that provided Engineering and Design for several plant upgrades.
Title: Frito Lay Y2K
Duties: We traveled to Frito Lay plants in 9 states, inventorying and analyzing the computerized equipment.
Title: Lead Electrical Designer
Location: I worked at the
Fluor Daniels engineering office (Darth Vader building)
Duties: Contractor that provides Scope of Work and Documents for several DuPont Projects
- new Tented BUTACITE (Shade Band) Project [AT] DuPont site, Ulsan, South Korea.
- Increase NOMEX capacity [AT] DuPont (Spruance) site, Richmond, VA.
- Increase BUTACITE capacity [AT] DuPont site, Fayetteville, NC.
Title: Senior Instrument / Electrical designer
Location: I worked at
Day Engineering Co, Fairview Road, Charlotte, NC (Now closed)
Duties: Contractor, I utilized Intergraph 4.0 & 5.0 and AutoCAD 13 Windows to perform the following:
- Convert controls from pneumatic to electronic on Reboiler [AT] DuPont site, Chatt, Tenn.
- Field assist locating and documenting wiring damage due to Autoclave fire [AT] DuPont site, Chattanooga, Tenn.
- Provide Electrical design and field assist startup for Clearon Corp. tableting division after relocation from Lavonia, Michigan to a renovated building in South Charleston, WVA.
Title: Project Support
Location: I worked at the Duke Engineering Services engineering office (Now closed).
Duties: Contractor, Provide CAD support for steel and structural documents for a Nuclear Power Plant project in the Ukraine.
Title: Engineering / Designer / Consultant
Employer: Self employedDuties: Provide AutoCAD and computers to assist a New Company in starting a business.
Title: Senior Instrument / Electrical designer
Location: I worked at
Day Engineering Co, Fairview Road, Charlotte, NC (Now closed).
Duties: Contractor, Provide design for the following:
- Adding Allen Bradley PLC-5’s to control and monitor existing Dowtherm Vaporizers to the DuPont site, Chattanooga, Tenn. Design includes loop diagrams, control wiring diagrams, revising existing Instrument Panels (Moore Controllers, Pan Alarms, etc.,) and associated arrangement, grounding and cable tray drawings.
- Adding 5 KV Compressor and 15 KV indoor Substation to DuPont site, Kinston, NC. Design includes connection of systems to Honeywell TDC 3000 DCS System. Design included field trips to obtain data or documents and for project reviews.
Title: Senior Instrument designer
Location: I worked at the
Merck & Company Pharmaceutical Plant site in Riverside, PA.
Duties: Contractor, I provided instrument design for a small Pharmaceutical Plant project.
Title: Senior Instrument / Electrical designer
Location: Foster Wheeler, 53 Frontage Road, Clinton, NJ 08809.
Duties:
- I worked at the Engineering office in Clinton to develop loop sheets and other instrument design for a new COKER unit in Venezuela. Unit was connected to a new Honeywell TDC-3000 DCS computer system.
- I accepted a one year assignment to gather field data and assist in removing the Foxboro SPEC 200 controls and installing a Honeywell TDC 3000 DCS computer system at the Samarec Oil Refinery in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia
- I worked in the Engineering office in Livingston, NJ to develop loop sheets and other instrumentation drawings for adding new equipment to American Cyanamid Chemical plant, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Title: Senior Instrument designer
Location: I worked at the
Merck & Company Pharmaceutical Plant in Riverside, PA.
Duties: Contractor, I provided drawings for instrumentation design of a new Pharmaceutical Process.
Title: Senior Controls Designer
Location: MTI, St Albans, West Virginia. MTI was a small design shop that provided design for
Union Carbide Company (Now called Dow Chemical Co) Projects in South Charleston, WVA.
Duties: Contractor that designed cable trays and junction box layouts for prototype process for Union Carbide Company. Instrumentation was connected to Honeywell DCS system. Other projects were cancelled due to the Union Carbide fire in Brownsville, Texas.
Title: Designer and Supervisor
Location: I worked at
Day & Zimmermann Co, Fairview Road, Charlotte, NC (Now closed).
Duties: Employee that designed lighting, power and instrumentation for the
DuPont Company at the Waynesboro, VA site. Design includes field trips to vendors to coordinate vendor furnished equipment and to the plant sites for obtaining documents and field data for producing design drawings. Plant operation included working with Honeywell TDC 2000 & 3000 computers, Modicon and Allen Bradley PLCs, and HMI Wonderware Software.
Other Activities:
- Plant lead Designer/Supervisor of up to 15 persons, CAD training on Intergraph and VAX computer Equipment, First Aid and CPR, member of Safety Committee.
Title: Electrical Designer
Location: TAD Technical Services Company, Charlotte, NC. TAD was a small design shop that provided design for small
IBM projects at the new Charlotte, NC facilities. (Now closed)
Duties: Employee that designed lighting, power and signal systems for new computer facility, office area, model shop and assembly lines at new
IBM manufacturing plant in Charlotte, NC. Field coordinate new design and existing equipment for proper installation.
Title: Electrical Designer
Location: I worked at
SEI Technical Services Company, Charlotte, NC.
Duties: Employee that designed lighting, power and communications for
IBM projects at the new Charlotte, NC facilities. (Now closed)
Title: Electrical Designer
Location: I worked at
Ben Weinreb, PE, Charlotte, NC. (Now closed)
Duties: Employee that designed lighting and power for office buildings, parking lots, health facilities, state prisons, Belk and Ivey’s Department Stores, IBM computer addition, schools, gymnasiums, kitchens and churches. Design included lighting calculations, power calculations, specifications, selecting and scheduling light fixtures, devices, panels, motor control centers, switchboards, transformers, generators, service, feeder and branch circuit wiring. Provide on-site electrical inspections.
Title: Electrical Designer
Location: I worked at
Steve Hocsak & Associates, PE, Charlotte, NC. (Now closed)
Duties: Employee that designed lighting and power for the new State Office Building#2 in Raleigh, NC and various Belk Department Stores.
Title: Drafting Designer
Location: I worked at
AG Odell & Associates, Charlotte, NC. Odell Associates was a large Architectural firm that included Engineering of Civil, Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing Departments. I was hired on two separate occasions.
Duties: Employee that began a Drafting and Design Engineering career while attending college.
My design included.
- Lighting and power for the new State Office Building #1 in Raleigh, NC.
- Plumbing risers for Self Memorial Hospital in Greenwood, SC.
- Electrical and specialty designs for Self Memorial Hospital in SC
- HVAC system for the Burlington Corporate Headquarters in Burlington, NC.
- Lighting, Power & Communications for the Hampton Rhodes Coliseum in VA.
- Lighting, Power & Communications for Charlotte Civic Center on College St., NC
- Design 40 ft SYP poles with 5 ft crossarms, transformers, HV & LV lines, and HID lighting to provide utility pole lighting for 34 motor pools at Ft Bragg, NC.
- Provide specialty design for Duel Generators and operating room equipment for the Charlotte Memorial Hospital addition.
Title: Electrician
Location: I worked at
RH Bouligny Co. Charlotte, NC. (a Textile Manufacturing company).
Duties: Employee that was the Electrical Department that built the wall and floor mounted Hoffman cabinets and installed components and wiring for project.
Title: Equipment Repairman
Location: US Army, Assigned to Nike Hercules Missile sites. Reassigned to the US Army Engineering School at Ft Belvoir, VA for Electrical, Diesel and refrigeration equipment repair. Active duty at an Illinois site, the DEW line in Thule, Greenland and a Herc site overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge in California.
Duties: Operate the on-site generators and provide continuous power to the Missile site in Thule, Greenland and operate the on-site generators as needed for the other sites. Provide maintenance as needed for all power and signal systems equipment.
