John F. Wade, PE624 Rockwell Farm Lane

Knoxville, TN 37934865-456-1997

john.f.wade.pe@gmail.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/pub/john-wade/3a/428/86a

SENIOR PRINCIPAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING SPECIALIST

Industrial • Nuclear • Power

Hands-on Electrical and Instrumentation & Controls engineering design and integration professional. Demonstrated versatility in design management, customer interaction, field operations support, training, and planning. Possesses strong written and verbal communication skills, curiosity-driven thinking, with internal motivation.

Core competencies include:

Innovative I & C and Electrical Design Task Team Leadership Installation, Troubleshooting, Commissioning Human Factors Space and Light Planning Real-Time Operations Planning System Specification and Documentation PLC and RTU programming Web Page Development with Server Scripts User Training Cross-Team Coordination Proposal Development / Management Project Management Support

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Nuclear Fuel Services – a division of BWX Technologies, Erwin, TN 2014 - PresentProvide production and plant support with Electrical and I & C analysis and design, supporting capital improvements and modernization.

Group LeadSupervising and coaching junior Electrical Engineering staff and Designer/Draftsman, directing the work of contract EE consultant. Providing PE oversight required for professional registration of EE Engineers In Training.

Senior Principal EngineerSupport of facility electrical operations and on-going improvements including remediating legacy issues, interface with public utility, and oversight of new installations. Maintained and developed EasyPower models of plant electrical distribution.

Designed major upgrade to industrial waste water treatment in order to centralize and modernize facility operations, improve usability and maintainability, and increase efficiency and operator safety.

Designed and supported numerous Decommissioning & Demolition small projects. Aided in removal of legacy systems abandoned-in-place by identifying candidates, preparing D & D plans, securing appropriate funding, and ushering work through completion.

BWX Technologies – Clinch River LLC, Oak Ridge, TN 2010 - 2014Instrumentation and Control System primary contact for Rotor Balancing operations, providing Electrical Engineering expertise through all aspects of sub-system implementation for thermal, vacuum, power, pneumatic, fluid flow, pumps, and pressure.

Advisory Engineer

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Led implementation of design improvements and re-engineering, yielding over $1.1M in projected savings and cost avoidance.

Instituted numerous operations and infrastructure improvements, including electronic procedures system, electronic console logging and anomaly reporting, operator training plan and coursework, and central team data repository.

Teledyne Brown Engineering, Huntsville, AL 2000 - 2010Supported Space Program operations and development at the Marshall Space Flight Center as ground controller, procedure systems lead, and launch system team liaison.

ARES 1 Flight Operations Liaison 2008 - 2010Performed flight operations coordination and integration support and interface between First Stage Project and higher level teams, including: Vehicle Systems Management, Test Verification Requirements, and Integrated Mission Timeline

Planning.

iPV Project Group Lead 2006 – 2008Led and participated in implementation of Space Station International Procedure Viewer (iPV) electronic procedure creation / viewing system at MSFC. Coordinated multiple teams across various NASA centers, trained authors and users, and

managed schedule and reporting. Wrote authoring tool user manual used at all NASA centers and by international partners. Developed and provided computer-based training and classroom instruction for authors and

procedure viewer users, both local and remote.

Space Station Payload Operations Control 2000 - 2006Operations Controller:Led three other cadre positions plus international science payload teams to ensure successful implementation of the payload operations timeline. Coordinated and performed payload research, document preparation, and safety reviews. Directly supported on-orbit operations in the ground control center, including real-time

communication with science partners and astronauts. Created and deployed web-based Payload Anomaly Report system used by MSFC and payload

science teamsPayload Rack Engineer: Monitored and controlled real-time resources to Space Station U.S. Laboratory equipment racks

and science experiments. Created operations documentation and procedures, and performed procedure reviews. Supported on-orbit science payload research from the ground control center by tracking and

controlling power, thermal, and communication resources.

United Controls Corporation, Huntsville, AL 1987 - 2000United Controls Corporation (UCC) has provided control system solutions for over 30 years. Customers include the industries of water, wastewater treatment, natural gas distribution, electric power distribution, and HVAC.

Technical LeadOversaw technical work of the engineering team, fabrication and field technicians, and CAD drafting team in industrial instrumentation and control system group. Developed ISA process and instrumentation (P & ID) diagrams using AutoCAD. Designed and implemented PLC and RTU software for SCADA and DCS applications. Created user interface systems, specified instrumentation.

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Supervised and performed mechanical and electrical fabrication, and performed field commissioning and troubleshooting.

Oversaw in-house compliance with U.L. 508A and 698A standards, including Class 1 Div. I /II / III explosive environments. Enforced National Electrical Code, thermal design requirements, and human factors considerations.

EDUCATIONMaster of Science (MS) in Electrical & Computer Engineering, 1996

The University of Alabama – Huntsville, Huntsville, ALBachelor of Science (BS) in Electrical Engineering, 1984

Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTLicensed Professional Engineer – Alabama, Tennessee

RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDSMission Manager’s Flight Commendation – ARES 1-X

Innovator of the Year, Outstanding Performance – ARES Virtual MissionSoftware of the Year – International Procedure Viewer

Letter of Commendation – International Partner training and supportEagle Scout

PUBLICATIONSUtilizing Virtual Missions to Achieve Real Operations Savings – IEEE Aerospace Conf, March 2011

iPV Procedure Authoring Tool User and Training ManualModern Control Systems – AWPCA, August 1997

Rapid Implementation of a 16 County N.G. SCADA System – ENTELLEC, March 1992

TECHNICAL SKILLSProficient in AutoCAD Electrical, MS Office, Windows, HTML, Javascript, ASP,

Bristol Babcock ACCOL, AB PLC

Trained in LabVIEW, Easy Power

Field instrumentation experience in pressure / differential pressure, temperature (RTD / thermocouple), flow, mass flow, eddy current proximity, frequency / vibration monitoring