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Mark McFadden

Middletown,DE

Summary

Proactive Senior Engineer with extensive experience in operations, database work and control systems, mentoring junior engineers, and improving system reliability. Skilled in SCADA troubleshooting, project coordination, and system improvements. Experienced in cross-functional project teams and supervising contractors and less experienced team members to achieve operational excellence.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Engineer

ACE/DPL OCC Support
06.2021 - Current
  • Lead for OCC Support on ADMS testing, conversion, and cutover.
  • Trained and mentored junior engineers, providing guidance in best practices and fostering professional growth opportunities.
  • Enhanced system reliability by conducting thorough root cause analyses and implementing corrective actions to prevent future issues.
  • SCADA testing lead for mulit-opco point-to-point testing effort. Collaborated and coordinated testing efforts across multiple field, support, and project groups.
  • Contractor supervision as required to accomplish OCC Support goals.

Engineer

DPL Systems Operations Engineering
08.2019 - 06.2021
  • Updated/maintained the transmission model for DPL TSO.
  • Compliance contact for annual tasks, audits, and updates.
  • Performed transmission outage studies to support projects, outages, and assist the TSO in evaluating the real time transmission system.

Engineer

PECO Transmission & Substations, SCADA
06.2016 - 08.2019
  • Trained and mentored junior engineers. Designated work as needed to other engineers within group.
  • SCADA Lead Responsible Engineer for critical Transmission and Distribution projects. Responsible for design review, configuration, and troubleshooting of SCADA
  • NERC CIP compliance subject matter expert for substation specific standards.

Sergeant

Army National Guard
04.2010 - 04.2016
  • Team Leader
  • Deployed to Afghanistan from 2013-2014 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
  • Adaptable and proficient in learning new concepts quickly and efficiently.

Education

Master of Science - Cybersecurity

University of Delaware
Newark, DE
05.2021

Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering

University of Delaware
Newark, DE
05.2016

Skills

Operations

SCADA

Databases

Compliance

Timeline

Senior Engineer

ACE/DPL OCC Support
06.2021 - Current

Engineer

DPL Systems Operations Engineering
08.2019 - 06.2021

Engineer

PECO Transmission & Substations, SCADA
06.2016 - 08.2019

Sergeant

Army National Guard
04.2010 - 04.2016

Master of Science - Cybersecurity

University of Delaware

Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering

University of Delaware
Mark McFadden