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RICKY D. SUTTON
HC-3-Box 683 Big Oak Rd, Old Town, FL 32680
Hm: (352) 542-9288/ Cell: (352) 514-2648
bear808@inetw.net

SUMMARY
· 32 years specializing in high voltage electrical maintenance, installation and testing of power distribution/generation equipment in fossil, gas and oil Power Plants and Utilities up to 500Kv.
· Field testing experience has included (but is not limited to) maintenance and testing of the following equipment:

Circuit Breakers (vacuum/oil/gas/air) Transformers (dry/oil-filled)
Generators (diesel/gas/coal-fired) UPS (GE/Westinghouse/Allen Bradley)
Switchgear (Siemens/GE/Westinghouse) Batteries (low voltage)
Protective Relays (IQ 1000/GE/Westinghouse) AC/DC Motors & Controllers

· 20 years supervisory experience managing up 60 Electricians and I&C Technicians.
· 20 years involvement the construction, commissioning and testing of power distribution systems at seven chemical refineries and four oil refineries in Texas, Kentucky, South Carolina and Louisiana.
· 20 years experience programming/troubleshooting Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) – Allen Bradley PLC5, Westinghouse and Andover Controls.
· Journeyman Electrician, certified High Voltage Splicing.
· Adept at acceptance testing – Doble, Hi-Potential, Power Factor, Cable, Ductor, CTMP, Meggar and Transformer Ratio/Ratio.
· Strong knowledge and experience conducting Load Flow Studies, Load Surveys and Infrared Thermographic Surveys.
· Two years experience installing and commissioning electrical controls on GE and Westinghouse gas/steam turbines.
· Computer literate: Microsoft Word Programs, Windows and the Internet.
· Stress resilient and capable of working under deadline pressures.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
01/02 – 05/02 Electrical Start-Up Engineer (Contract) Black & Veatch, Eldorado, AR
· Member of a two-man Start-Up Team at a 500 Kv switchyard commissioning, testing and performing loop checks on vacuum breakers (filling them with SF6), breaker timing, calibrating transducers (4/20MA), setting up Kurtkey Lock-Outs and pole discrepancy checks.
· Completed and submitted all Test Data Sheets and applicable paperwork.

04/01 – 12/01 Electrical Start-Up Engineer (Contract) Black & Veatch, Kissimmee, FL
· Start-up of three simple-cycle GE gas turbines to include testing of switchgear, transformers, AC/DC motors, power distribution/lube oil systems, high voltage cables, Motor Control Centers (MCC 1/2/3), cooling water pumps.
· Pushed current (1-5v/ 4/20MA to a Mark 5 computer.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (cont’d)

01/00 – 06/00 General Foreman (Contract) Kamtech Inc., Anderson, SC
· Electrical start-up working for GE on a combined-cycle gas turbine, associated Mark 4 computer, transformers, switchgear, lube oil systems, AC/DC motors, battery chargers, and inverters.
· Conducted HIPOT, Doble, Power Factor and CTMP tests on the power distrubution systems.

03/99 – 09/99 Asst. Director of Engineering Ritz Carlton, St. Thomas, VI
· Managed 10 Multicraft Technicians; maintained and performed corrective/preventive maintenance on HVAC systems, Lift Stations, a 345Kv power plant and all accociated power distribution/generation equipment.

06/87 – 02/99 Electrical Technician Supervisor EG&G, Kennedy Space Center,
Titusville, FL
· Maintained PLC-controlled chillers (2500 ton), boilers and air compressors at the Utility Annex.
· Performed electrical preventive/corrective maintenance, calibration and testing of six diesel generators (138Kv), Rosemont SMARTS, Bailey Boiler controls associated with the Shuttle Launching System.

‘86 – ’87 Electronic Technician Orlando Utilites Commission, (Multi-Amp Inc.) Orlando, FL
‘85 – ’86 High Voltage Electrician Davis Electric, Orlando, FL
1985 High Voltage Electrical Foreman Yeargan Construction, Orlando, FL
’83 – ’84 Electrical Foreman Triad Electric & Controllers, Baton Rouge, LA
’82 – ’83 Maintenance Electrician Payne & Keller Co. Inc., Baton Rough, LA
’78 – ‘82 Electrical Foreman General Tire Co., Mayfield, KY
’74 – ’78 Electrician AirCo Alloys Steel Mill, Calvert City, KY

EDUCATION/TRAINING
1993 Air Conditioning/Refrigeration Course, York Institute, York, PA
1992 Allen Bradley PLC-5 Course, Kennedy Space Center, FL
1991 Andover Controls Course, Kennedy Space Center, FL
1986 RAYCHEM Certified - high voltage
1976 Journeyman Electrician IBEW
1969 Tilghman High School, Paducah, KY

RICKY D. SUTTON

REFERENCES
ROB SHIN, METAL SPEC, 386-426-7188, NEW SMYRMA FLORIDA.
WADE BLACK KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, 321-453-3306, MERRITT ISLAND.FL.
DAVID STARR, RITZ CARLTON ST. THOMAS, 340-775-3333
MASON O’NEILL, 352-799-0584, BROOKSVILLE, FL.
ANDY ANDERSON,601-408-9960, JACKSON MISSISSIPPI.