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Alejandro Sandoval

Enid,USA

Summary

Promote a safety culture through out the workplace leading by example not taking shortcuts, ensuring technicians understand the work the needs to be completed and how to finish efficiently while holding the highest standards

Overview

2026
2026
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

BOP Technician

Thunder Ranch Windfarm
12.2018 - Current
  • Overlooking all operations of the Thunder Ranch Wind Farm Wincluding Substation and Utility Support. Inventory Control and SAP applications and correlations with GE with contractual obligations, including overlooking all maintenance work. 24/7 on call, with OG&E and Enel Market Operations. Provide all Reporting on Daily Outage and Turbine Failure Analysis reporting.

Assistant Site Supervisor

Chisholm View WindFarm
2015 - 12.2019
  • Managed daily operations for optimal performance, ensuring smooth workflows and timely completion of tasks.
  • Maintained open lines of communication with upper management to provide regular updates on operational progress and challenges faced by the team.
  • Enhanced team productivity by providing ongoing training, coaching, and mentoring to staff members.
  • Ensured compliance with company policies, industry regulations, safety standards, and local laws during daily operations.
  • Implemented quality control systems to reduce errors, resulting in increased customer satisfaction rates.

Retrofit/Commissioning Tech

Granite International
11.2007 - 12.2015
  • Work Load consisted of applying retrofits and upgrades to GE 1.5 MW Wind Turbines, travel from site to site sometimes and up to more than 4-6 months on the road. Retrofits ranged from mechanical to electrical, troubleshooting hydraulics, mechanical and electrical schematics, Scheduled worked performed and most cases allocated time at site, ordered parts, conducted meetings and tailboard meetings before and during any new work or change in tasks. Troubleshooting various turbine components including High Voltage Grounding

Senior Technician

RunEnergy
02.2005 - 11.2007
  • Company Overview: Energy and Utilities
  • Sub-Contractor hired by Gamesa and Suzlon, to oversee all operations of remote site O/M operations, 24/hour on call, preventative maintenances, troubleshooting and reading schematics in hydraulics, electrical, mechanical and uploading of programs, re-mote communications, high-voltage grounding, etc. Gather data from SCADA system to create reports of productivity and availability. Keep track of parts consumption and inventory usage. Attend weekly conference calls with customer and owner on all issues. Ensure that all technicians work safely by implentation of safety meetings, Job Hazard Analysis, tailboard meetings and on the job training.

Lead Technician

Vestas American Wind Technology
08.2000 - 07.2004
  • Company Overview: Energy and Utilities
  • High Voltage, troubleshooting hydraulics, mechanical and electrical schematics, call coverage for any warranty and serial faults. Assisted Supervisor with all preventative maintenances, 3mo, 6mo, and annual. Also conducted on the job training for technicians on how to troubleshoot various electrical errors(Up to 800VAC), read schematics in manuals to assist in troubleshooting errors, order parts for Inventory, tools, equipment, etc. Participated in weekly conference calls with technical support on any issues or serial fault re-occurrences. Scheduled cranes for Removal and Replacement of main components, Generators, gearboxes, main shafts, slew rings, etc. Communicated with customer on warranty obligations, updating and tracking of all work completed on WTG's, retrofits, upgrades. Grounding 34.5kvar transformer, opening and closing circuits. Monitor park through remote SCADA system, Always maintain a safe workplace. Demonstrates knowledge in use of a tick tracer, megger, ohm meter, manometer and other tools for diagnostics and failure analysis

Education

Rescue Training And CPR

TSL
Dallas, TX

Substation Maintenance I&II

AVO Technical College
Duncanville, TX

Diploma - Engineering And Technology

Arroyo High School
El Monte, CA
09.1991

Certification -

Substation Maintenance II
Dallas, TX
12.2016

Skills

  • Use of calibrated tools, Volt Meter, Megger, Tic-Tracer A/C, Grounding, Radio, hytorc equipment, generator alignments, GE toolbox, SCADA, ADAPT Wind CMS monitoring, MET towers, up tower repair on generator gearboxes and installing lIFTRA light weight crane and base Crane signaling and calling

Certification

SAP Training Inventory Control, Smokey Hills WindFarm KS Certification 7/2016 ENSA Climb and Rescue Training, Praire Rose WindFarm MN Certification ESS 1.5 Training Schenectady, NY 10-2010 Certification Salem Pitch Training Schenectady, NY 06-2009 Certification GE Converter 1.5 with Wind Boost Sweetwater TX and Schenectady NY 5-2008 4-2009 Certification, OSHA and EHS Training | Schenectady, NY Online training Courses on multiple issues related to job site, office and environmental. Completed 10 hour OSHA class Certification, 5 2008 - 6 2008 1.5MW GE Comuissioning | Schenectady, NY Completed 1.5 MW GE Windturbine acknowledgement of commissioning processes and component identification. Certification, 11 2007 - 11 2007 Tractel/Rescue and Repel | Sweetwater, TX Completed Rescue training from Hub, Nacelle and Ladder with Tractel system Certification, 4 2006 - 4 2006 ABB Converter | State:IL Completed converter training on ACS 1.8 MW on Gamesa Wind Turbine, troubleshooting of Filter and replacemnt on INU and NDCU components Certification, 0 0 - 7 2004 Vestas Wind Systems, DK | Completed Factory training overseas, Denmark and West Germany, for assembly line. Completed V-47,660KW Troubleshooting, electrical, hydraulic, mechanics, preventative maintenance, read and understand manuals. Completed V-80, 1.8MW Troubleshooting, electrical, hydraulic, mechanics, preventative maintenances, read and understand manuals. Completed emergency rescue course to rescue people out of confined spaces and extreme heights. Completed forklift and manlift training. Completed two courses on train the trainer training for OJT. Completed Computer Course for Microsoft Windows Application Software. Completed S.T.A.R.T safety course in establishing safety culture throughout the work place. Completed Course for Low, Medium, High Voltage Fundamentals by San Diego Gas & Electric. Certification, 3 2003 - 3 2003 High, Medium and Low Voltage | Bakersfield, CA Completed course on grounding Transformers and switchgears for safety applications and working on de-energized equipment. Certification, 0 0 - 1 1993 Regional Occupation Program | Los Angeles, CA Certification, 0 0 - 9 1992 Pasadena City College | Pasadena, CA Awarded "Presidents' Award" for Engineering and Technology, and recieved a Scholarship to attend Pasadena City College. Completed course for printing management. High School or equivalent, 0 0 - 6 1991 Arroyo High School | El Monte, CA Recieved Academic Hall of Fame for Art in 1991 Senior year, graduated with a 3.7 GPA and recieved Diploma CERTIFICATION GE Salem Pitch 3 2009 Ge Energy Completed Class GE Energy Converter 1.5 MW 4 2009

Languages

Spanish
Full Professional

Timeline

BOP Technician

Thunder Ranch Windfarm
12.2018 - Current

Retrofit/Commissioning Tech

Granite International
11.2007 - 12.2015

Senior Technician

RunEnergy
02.2005 - 11.2007

Lead Technician

Vestas American Wind Technology
08.2000 - 07.2004

Assistant Site Supervisor

Chisholm View WindFarm
2015 - 12.2019

Rescue Training And CPR

TSL

Substation Maintenance I&II

AVO Technical College

Diploma - Engineering And Technology

Arroyo High School

Certification -

Substation Maintenance II
Alejandro Sandoval