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Oklahoma City, Ok, Us

Lead two separate teams of multi-discipline engineers to plan projects, complete designs, and improve processes. Manage project portfolio of ~ $150M per year. Lead Engineer Development and Engineer Intern teams to attract, retain and develop top engineering talent internally. Personally managed multiple highly complex projects, using both Waterfall (Predictive) and Agile methodologies. Lead project and developed new business unit Planning and Budgeting process and suite of software applications.

Oklahoma City, Ok, Us

Responsible for the safe and reliable maintenance of a 1,300 MW combined cycle power plant. Planned and budgeted greater than $30M in projects per year and forecasted spend with a 10-year outlook. Aligned plant maintenance and engineering with industry best practices to improve key results of safety, budget and reliability. Tracked multiple metrics and used the data to identify areas for improvement.

Oklahoma City, Ok, Us

Managed ~$5M per year in capital projects. Led maintenance activities and inspections, along with performing root cause analysis. Led efforts to reduce reactive maintenance by developing predictive and preventative approaches. Investigated and solved multiple operational issues using data analysis and equipment inspection techniques. Planned and budgeted greater than $30M in projects per year and forecasted spend with a 10-year outlook. Designed small and medium equipment changes, contracted labor and materials and tested results to verify solutions.

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Responsible for project and process engineering for a fleet of coal and natural gas power plants. Developed economic models for future project including justification analysis. Worked with market operations to ensure units were dispatched correctly. Managed ~$7M in capital projects per year. Led a Heat Rate Improvement team to identify areas for efficiency improvements and work towards better operation. Contributor to a NERC compliance team.

Oklahoma City, Ok, Us

Managed ~$5M per year in capital projects. Led maintenance activities and inspections, along with performing root cause analysis. Led efforts to reduce reactive maintenance by developing predictive and preventative approaches. Investigated and solved multiple operational issues using data analysis and equipment inspection techniques Planned and budgeted greater than $30M in projects per year and forecasted spend with a 10-year outlook. Designed small and medium equipment changes, contracted labor and materials and tested results to verify solutions.

Oklahoma City, Ok, Us

Responsible for project and maintenance engineering on rotating equipment for a fleet of coal and natural gas power plants. Provided field engineering and project management for multiple steam turbine overhauls, planned and forced. Investigated and solved multiple operational issues. Managed ~$15M in capital projects per year.

Oklahoma City, Ok, Us

• Project manager for Capital, O&M, and outage projects. • Plant contact for numerous outside projects• Completed testing on numerous pieces of equipment• Communicated with outside (contracted) boiler testing groups• Developed excel/PI process book and EtaPro pages that evaluate systems and equipment• Lead investigator for maintenance and operations issues• Developed work scopes and planned schedules for numerous projects• Responsible for project budget models and forecasting – Excel and SAP• Conduct performance testing on pulverizers and boiler• Inspected pulverizer equipment, air heaters, wallblowers, dead air spaces, ash hoppers, large fans and other equipment throughout the plant.• Safety Task Force President – Lead investigations and work with plant safety coordinator to find solutions for safety issues

Oklahoma City, Ok, Us

• Tested and inspected coal equipment• Worked with maintenance and operations to investigate problems• Project manager for small Capital projects• Promoted to Plant Engineer, February 2012

Stillwater, Ok, Us

-Wrote original VisualBasic code -Debugged other's code-Upgraded VB6 code to newer versions of VisualBasic-Worked on a program to size ground source heat pump piping