MICHAEL L. (MIKE) TARCHA, P.E.
411 Summer Place Ct.
League City, TX 77573
Mobile: 281-300-1398
miketarcha@aol.com
KEY WORD SUMMARY
Project Engineer/Manager, Capital Estimating and Justification, Electrical Power Distribution, Simple and Combined Cycle Combustion Turbines, Wind Turbine Farm Electrical Design, Procurement and Construction, Solar Farm Design, & Interconnection, USA “TOP SECRET†Security Clearance
EXPERIENCE
JUWI SOLAR 12/01/2008-01/2010
Sr. Electrical Engineer – Boulder, CO
• Electrical Engineering Interconnection design and construction for a 2 MW Solar Farm with interconnection to a manufacturing facility. Coordination commissioning activities between PSEG, MARS Snack Foods, and the Solar Farm.
HORIZON WIND ENERGY, LLC 05/2006-12/01/2008
Sr. Electrical Engineer – Houston, TX
• Directed Electrical Engineering design and construction material procurement for a 100 MW Wind Farm located near Bloomington, Illinois. Coordination interconnection activities with Ameren Power Company and Design Engineering Firm.
• Electrical Engineering design oversight and procurement for a 100 MW Wind Farm located in La Grande, Idaho. Interconnect coordination activities with Idaho Power Engineering.
• Puget Sound Electrical Company customer representative for the electrical construction and start up of a 200 MW Wind Farm near Ellensburg, Washington. Electrical portion of the project was behind schedule. Completed construction and coordinated start up 2 days ahead of schedule.
ALUTIIQ, LLC 01/2006-05/2006
Electrical Engineer – Denver, CO
• Provided electrical facilities and over all construction support for a temporary modular office and troop housing installation project at The Ft. Riley Army base located near Manhattan, Kansas.
USA DEPARTMENT OF STATE 05/2005-11/26/05
Infrastructure Project Director – Baghdad Iraq
• Electrical and Infrastructure Facilities Construction Project Director for the New Embassy Complex in Baghdad, Iraq. This includes Electrical, Potable and Waste Water Facilities.
J.M. WALLER ASSOCIATES, INC. 05/2004-05/2005
Senior Project Manager - Bolling AFB, Washington D.C.
• Provided Electrical Design and Construction support for over $2MM of base electrical projects.
CALPINE, Columbia, SC 11/2003-02/2004
Contract: Electrical Quality Control Field Engineer-Columbia Critical Energy Center
• Provided Quality Control and final inspection for the replacement of all plant switchgear control terminal blocks.
• Supported Start-up and Punch List activities.
CALPINE, Milpitas, CA 2002-04/2003
Night Shift Construction Manager-Los Esteros Critical Energy Center
• Directed, monitored and supported multiple discipline night shift construction activities for this “Fast Track†union, project consisting of four G.E. LM-6000 Combustion Turbine Electrical Generators.
• Provided Night Shift Quality Control inspection of both electrical and mechanical construction activities.
CALPINE, Houston, TX 2000-2002
Electrical Field Engineer-Ship Channel Energy Center/Lyondell-Citgo
• Met time lines and maintained budgets on a “fast track†project by developing strong working relationships with staff and vendors.
• Actively negotiated purchasing and coordinated purchasing change orders and sub contractors
• Monitored all electrical system construction and developed plans to support contractor (HB Zachary) in meeting deadlines on this over $200MM project
• Troubleshooting, purchasing and expediting the construction of a Siemens Westinghouse/Toshiba Combined Cycle Power plant providing power, water and steam to Lyondell-Citgo and Reliant Electric Co.
BURNS & MCDONNELL, Kansas City, MO 1999-2000
Contract Electrical Design Engineer
• Provided Electrical design support for the rebuild of the KCPL Hawthorn Plant Unit 5 that was destroyed in a boiler explosion early 1999.
BIBB & ASSOCIATES, INC., Kansas City, MO 1998-1999
Senior Electrical Construction Engineer
• Balance of plant construction and commissioning engineering support for a Frame 7 Simple Cycle GE Combustion Turbine and Generator located in Rosarito Beach Mexico. Other equipment on project was ABB SF6 line and generator circuit breakers, Prolec (GE) and Virginia Transformers and a Keystone Protective Relay panel and GE solid state protective relays.
• Provided engineering field and design support for the retrofit combined cycle addition to a Siemens Simple cycle combustion turbine and an existing 150 Megawatt Westinghouse turbine generator in Kansas City, Mo.
BRICMONT INC., Canonsburg, PA 1997-1998
(Bricmont designed and constructed metals industry gas fired reheat furnaces and control systems)
Staff Engineer
• Technical Representative for training and business development in the Middle East.
• Steel Industry furnace field construction and commissioning
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR 1995-1997
• Commercial building electrical system design, construction and equipment specification
• Prepared a distribution Electrician Craft Certification Manual in Saudi Arabia for Power Safety International, the training division of Babcock & Wilcox
• General Manger Overseas Trading & Contracting Corp. (OTACO), Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia. Company had best profit quarter since 1993.
TEXAS MUNICIPAL POWER AGENCY, Bryan, TX 1986-1995
(TMPA plant consisted of a Lignite Fueled CE boiler providing steam for a 440 MW GE Generator and turbine. The stack emissions system involved a precipitator and reverse flow wet limestone scrubber)
Senior Project Engineer/Manager
• Purchased, installed and certified a Perkin-Elmer based, EPA required 40 CFR 75 stack Continuous Emissions Monitoring System. Timely system certification saved the Agency an estimated $25K to $75K per day in fines.
• Designed and constructed a dual function hazardous waste sump and secondary bulk acid and caustic containment area.
• Directed the evaluation, system design and installation for the addition of Dibasic Acid (DBA) to the scrubber slurry to enhance tower performance.
• Scrubber control enhancements for improved tower efficiency and operating ease.
• Specified and purchased $1.5MM of plant scrubber tower re-heater coils, hoods and dampers constructed of corrosive resistant 317LM stainless steel
• Generated Capital project scope, cost estimates, and justification documents for the Board of Directors’ review and approval
• Specified and purchased large (3,500 HP) Westinghouse motors, miscellaneous major pieces of equipment and engineering services.
CELANESE CHEMICAL COMPANY, Pampa, TX 1981-1985
Project Engineer
• Directed the design and construction of a 2,000 KVA, 13.8KV/480V sub-station and associated building.
• Issued approximately $200,000/year Instrument /Electrical projects, in a chemical plant involving National Electrical Code (NEC) defined Class1, Divison2 Hazardous Areas.
• Provided electrical project support for plant engineering department.
S.K. WELLMAN COMPANY, Bedford, OH 1978-1981
(Manufacturer of high performance friction materials)
Plant Engineer
• Implemented a plant electrical system Preventative Maintenance (PM) program and completely revised the spare parts inventory.
• Designed, constructed, and debugged Allen-Bradley PLC-2 and Texas Instruments programmable controllers, and relay logic control systems for production machinery involving electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic actuators.
• Produced a preliminary electrical design and estimate for a new $4 MM manufacturing plant
• Responsible for plant meeting NEC, JIC and OSHA compliance.
THE CALVERT COMPANY, Rocky River, OH 1977-1978
Applications Engineer
CITY OF CLEVELAND-UTILITIES ENGINEERING DIVISION 1972-1977
Electrical Engineer
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY-Miniature Lamp Division, Cleveland, OH 1967-1972
Pilot Plant Project Engineer
EDUCATION/CREDENTIALS
BSEE (Power), Pennsylvania State University
Professional Engineer (P.E.), Texas
International Association of Electrical Inspectors (AIEI)
Registered Environmental Professional (REP), Texas
USA Top Secret Security Clearance
Contracting Officers Representative Training (COR)
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