Gavin Fitzpatrick

• Experience working on high voltage substations and grid infrastructure projects (up to 150kV, with exposure to 400kV systems)
• Coordinated with contractors, clients, and multidisciplinary teams to support project delivery
• Supported electrical design activities, including schematics, single-line diagrams, and layout drawings.
• Gained cross-functional experience through rotations in substation maintenance and commissioning, contributing to testing, fault diagnostics, and energization activities on high voltage infrastructure projects.
• Completed high voltage switching training, covering safe operation, isolation, procedures, and switching practices for HV systems.

• Designed, implemented, and managed the company's document control system Autodesk Construction Cloud for every site.
• Personally trained each site manager in the use of Autodesk construction cloud.
• The sole engineer responsible for the electrical installation of multiple large-scale projects such as apartment blocks and schools.
• Attended meetings with clients and design engineers to discuss all electrical aspects of each project.
• Completed as-built drawings for multiple sites using AutoCAD
• Completed schematics for switchgear on AutoCAD constructed by Excel Engineering for multiple projects
• Aided the health and safety manager in site inspections and documentation.
• Aided the estimator in the pricing of multiple projects.

While studying Electrical engineering at SETU, I also worked as a relief milker for farmers around the Waterford area. I did this before and after college and on the weekends for some time. However, when I got to 3rd year in college, I decided to stop working during the week to focus on my studies, and I continued to milk every weekend.

I spent the summer months of 2019 working as an electrical apprentice in a large nursing home and also in an apartment complex with Excel Engineering as I was awaiting the results of my leaving cert. I then left this position to study Electrical engineering at SETU (Formally WIT). I then returned to Excel Engineering in my 3rd year of college for work placement as a student electrical engineer. After working for 9 months in Excel engineering I decided to stay on for a further 9 months and was given the title 'Junior Engineer and "Autodesk Manager".