Austin Lynch, P.E. Email & Phone Number

Reno, NV, US

Reno, Nevada, United States

Reno, Nevada, United States

Responsible for the operations and maintenance of over 70 MW of geothermal power plants.

Reno, Nevada, United States

• Manage a team of geothermal resource and wellfield experts to support the geothermal operations and maintenance group
• Provide plant and maintenance engineering support to site personnel
• Prepare design drawings, technical specifications and scope of works for plant purchasing efforts
• Regularly collect, process, trend, and interpret plant performance data, including that from the plant SCADA and other resources.
• Perform routine analysis of the condition monitoring programs, inform management of found defects, and provide repair recommendations.
• Assist with root cause analysis (RCA) of failed equipment, and recommend changes in maintenance practices in order to improve mean times between failures.

Reno, Nevada, United States

• Provide engineering support to site personnel
• Prepare design drawings, technical specifications and scope of works for plant purchasing efforts
• Regularly collect, process, trend, and interpret plant performance data, including that from the plant SCADA and other resources.
• Perform the routine analysis of the condition monitoring program, inform management of found defects, and provide repair recommendations.
• Assist with root cause analysis of failed equipment, and recommend changes in maintenance practices in order to improve mean times between failures.
• Develop, implement and manage a vibration monitoring program for the North American Geothermal Power Plants

Reno, Nevada, United States

• Work with developers to ensure potential projects are developed to company technical standards and thoroughly de-risked in order to be presented to Board of Directors for consideration
• Develop technical solutions with engineering team for project development
• Responsible for the technical due diligence of development projects, including coordinating with the entire Project Team to ensure all aspects of the project are understood
• Plan overall project design activities throughout the development and construction and phases
• Manage technical drawings preparation and validation with civil and electrical engineering leads
• Provide on- and off-site technical support to external contractors and internal construction team members

Reno, Nevada

• Geothermal power plant design
• Plan overall project design activities
• Develop technical solutions with engineering design specialists for project development
• Coordinate the execution of internal and external project design activities
• Support project manager with budget, technical interfaces, and planning of engineering activities
• Support internal organizations throughout project evaluation, development, and execution

Reno, Nevada Area

• Project economic analysis and feasibility studies
• Process modeling for geothermal steam and binary power plants
• Stress and hydraulic analysis for steam, brine and water pipelines utilizing CAEPIPE and PIPE-FLO
• Prepare and review engineering drawings including 3D renderings, P&ID diagrams, fabrication and as-built drawings using Vectorworks and AutoCAD
• Major and auxiliary equipment specification and procurement
• Design, supervise the fabrication, assemble, and test various systems associated with geothermal power plants o Turbine generator sets and associated bedplates o Lubrication oil systems o Inlet steam control systems o.

Reno, Nevada, United States

Perform daily inspections on all mechanical and boiler rooms for each dormitory, assist in HVAC repairs and upgrades, responsible for replacement of all air filters in all dormitory buildings, service all air handlers and exhausts fans routinely