Jeffrey Turner

Experience

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  Ford Motor Company Kentucky Truck Plant

  Jul 1994 - Apr 1996

  Manufacturing Process Engineer, CLT Body Shop

  • Developed, improved and verified body structure assembly processes including manual, automated and robotic tooling applications.• Additional obligations involved maintaining vehicle dimensional integrity, coordinating facility rearrangements, preparing and implementing cost saving projects, writing purchase requisitions, addressing engineering concerns, and supervising welding and quality control inspectors.• Projects included front end build-up rearrangements to decrease cycle time, hot melt sealer station enhancements to eliminate down time, F-Series tooling acquisitions from the Kansas City Assembly plant for the Super Cab launch program, integration of fender reinforcements into the existing assembly process, and installation of door hang forward/aft selector switches to improve door fit quality.• Nominated Body Shop Ergonomic Committee representative and successfully identified and improved numerous injury causing processes.• Coordinated the development and installation of an air assist motor to the floor pan load articulating arm, designed a Super Cab floor pan lifting device, rebalanced the inner roof manual weld guns, and obtained a fume evacuation system for the weld grind booth. Show less

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  CMTA Consulting Engineers

  Apr 1996 - Mar 1999

  Project Manager / Electrical Engineer / Electrical Designer

  • Prepared electrical contract documents consisting of written specifications and detailed design drawings each prepared in strict accordance with the National Electric Code in addition to state and local codes.• Contract documents were prepared for numerous engineering projects involving construction and renovation of new and existing hospitals, cath labs, linear accelerators, magnetic resonance imagers, CT scan rooms, schools, banks, parking structures, fitness centers, and office buildings.• Emphasis was always placed on safety, affordability, convenience, and expansion capability performed in conjunction with owner requests. Related tasks involved calculation of lighting levels, performance of power distribution load, short circuit, and voltage drop calculations, equipment specification for all lighting, power distribution, fire alarm, security, and communication systems.• Objectives were accomplished by performing thorough site evaluations, developing acceptable project schedules, coordinating architectural and engineering disciplines, and maintaining contact with utility companies, contractors, and other representatives. Show less

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  LG&E Energy Corporation

  Mar 1999 - Apr 2001

  Electrical Engineer II

  Distribution Engineering Standards• Developed new and supported existing overhead and underground engineering standards created to guide utility personnel in the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the company's electric transmission and distribution facilities.• Projects included research and development for the company’s first customer service handbook and creation of a new standard for the network underground system replacing obsolete copper link fuses previously used for fault protection.• Additional assignments involved failure analysis and reporting, efforts to consolidate recloser specifications and the submission and presentation of articles to the Home Builders Association of Louisville magazine and Electrical Clearing House of Louisville newsletter.Substation Engineering Design• Substation capital project support including the preparation of cost estimates, development of scopes of work, engineering design, engineering print modifications, field personnel supervision and various other project management duties.• Completed projects included the addition of watt and var telemetering capabilities on one 69 kV transmission circuit and the design and installation of an RTU reset circuit to serve as a pilot project.• Additional projects included the addition of relays, switches, RTUs, and related equipment at two substations which provide these substations with the ability to monitor and control circuit breaker reclosing, ground relaying, and transformer load tap changing from a remote location.• Lighting upgrades at two transmission substations. Show less

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  Meiners Electric Company (formerly Lesshafft Electric)

  Apr 2001 - Sept 2002

  Project Manager and Estimator

  • Developed construction documents for design/build projects• Managed industrial and commercial projects• Supervised electricians• Prepared electrical estimates and bids for private and public bid projects• Marketed new clients and ensured the satisfaction of existing clients• Completed design/build projects including Power Distribution facilities for the Lanham River Terminal Lime/Alloy Conveyor System and Simpsonville Baptist Church Family Life Center• Served as project manager for the above mentioned projects as well as for the North American Stainless Bulk Conveyor System, LG&E Boiler Water Sampling and Phosphate/Hydrazine Projects, Findley Adhesives MCC, Kettle and Pelletizer Project, GE Case Pre-Foam Repair Spur Conveyor Project, and Katayama American Welding Line Power and Control Panel Project.• Generated new customers as a direct result of marketing efforts including Bulk Conveyor Specialists Inc, Lanham River Terminal, Louisville Gas & Electric, Voiht Siemens Hydro, General Electric, Rapid Industries, Technical Conveyor Inc, Katayama American Company Inc., Johnson Controls, and Noble Metal Processing. Show less

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  The Estopinal Group

  Sept 2002 - Jul 2010

  Vice President - Engineering

  • First, full-time, permanently employed professional engineer (PE) hired by the firm in 2002.• Responsible for initial start-up of the engineering department and continuous improvement of the electrical engineering group including the development and implementation of electrical engineering standards.• Assisted in staffing the entire engineering department which employed six (6) PEs, two (2) EITs, five (5) designers and seven (7) engineering interns.• Managed the duties and responsibilities of the entire electrical engineering department.• Personally designed and/or supervised the preparation of electrical contract documents for over 200 projects with total construction costs for each project ranging from $10K to $234M.• Projects involved new construction and/or renovation with a strong concentration on healthcare, business and educational occupancy classifications.• Completed design and construction of a $10M Central Energy Plant consisting of 12.47kV normal power switchgear, two (2) 2,250 kW diesel generators connected to 2.4kV emergency generator paralleling switchgear protected by a high impedance grounded system consisting of a neutral grounding resistor and zig-zag grounding transformer.• Completed design and oversaw construction on a $108M replacement hospital in Terre Haute, IN. The electrical distribution system is highlighted by three (3) 12.47kV double-ended unit substations and three (3) single ended 2.4kV single-ended unit substations. The entire facility may be supported by generator power in the event of a utility outage and may also be paralleled with the utility.• Designed the electrical distribution system for a $211M replacement hospital in Lafayette, LA including two (2) 2250 kW bi-fuel generators connected to 13.8kV emergency generator paralleling switchgear protected by a low impedance grounded system consisting of neutral grounding resistor and zig-zag grounding transformer. Show less

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  Power Quality International

  Jul 2010 - now

  Vice President - Engineering

  • Responsible for hiring and building a high performance team whose primary focus is to provide power quality and energy efficiency solutions to end users in the commercial and industrial market sector.• Ensure that the engineering team provides solutions in a timely manner with an acceptable range of costs and savings associated with the solution.• Manage the team to achieve set timeframes for solutions response.• Provide technical expertise on PQI products and services to sales, operations and external customers.• Design and specify all technical aspects of designed solutions, including infrastructure needed, sizing, pricing/costing and planning for installation.• Assist sales, operations and product management in the gathering and meeting of technical requirements for the design and delivery of customer solutions as well as new product development.• Serve as the primary point of technical contact and as the technical liaison between clients, the PQI team, and third party vendors as requested by the sales, operations or product development teams.• Work in conjunction with the operations team to drive process management disciplines and industry best practices for greater customer growth and penetration as well as achieving top internal efficiencies.• Diagnose and resolve customer issues with PQI provided products.• Work closely with sales, product management and operations to improve the product's vision and to make PQI customers’ experience more successful.• Provide direction and technical thought leadership, ensuring accurate estimates and achievement of results.• Provide technical coaching and analysis during installation process and act as a point of escalation for issue resolution.• Conduct customer demonstrations, illustrating features and functions of both core infrastructure and customized solutions. Show less