Robert Goya

Electrical Engineering Associate @Los Angeles Department Of Water And Power

Los Angeles, CA, US

Maintenance Engineering & Planning- Develop and present business justification of Online Condition Monitoring to engineering management- Verify data from Online Condition Monitors to confirm wiring installation and data accuracy- Attend conferences for industry common practices, technological trends and applications, and technical training tracks to share knowledge gained- Design installations, upgrades, and replacements for subtransmission and distribution power transformers, circuit breakers, transformer LTC controllers, LID switches, and current transformers- Coordinate various field maintenance, construction, test group, and customer work to meet customer deadlines while overseeing compliance towards NEC, and LADWP standards and design practices- Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for unusual power system occurrences.Receiving Station Design- Design for 34.5kV, SF6 circuit breakers and 34.5kV, 600A series reactors- Determine feasibility to utilize spare emergency backup generator at an electric substation- Prepare bill of materials list and verify equipment compatibility for a bench & meter board and substation rack.Regulatory Standards & Compliance- Write a Compliance Manual to facilitate knowledge capture for key compliance functions- Document process of informing technical groups of approaching NERC regulatory standard enforcement KPIs- Deliberate with external utilities and internal groups to functionally map interties using WECC terminology.Overhead Transmission Engineering- Design transmission span using engineering handbooks, sag-tension calculations, and Right-of Way guidelines- Communicate technical transmission line data, bundle information, and tower and hardware specifications- Verify Plan & Profile diagrams, and determine dead-end equipment compatibility with existing infrastructure.