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Knoxville, TN, US

• Direct plant operations to ensure safe, environmentally compliant, reliable, and efficient operation of 880 MW 3x1 combined cycle plant.
• Served as operations lead for safety, staffing, and regulatory compliance for the largest gas outage in TVA history that included complete turbine overhauls of all 4 turbines and related heat recovery steam generators.
• Developed a position dedicated to regulatory compliance preventative maintenance including, fixed fire protection, environmental regulations, emergency preparedness, and life safety which increased compliance from 33%.
• Responsible for average of $70,000 is savings and cost avoidance per year through continuous improvement efforts and Lean Six Sigma Process Improvements.
• Manage the development and implementation of the asset O&M business plan to ensure assets meet customer and business contribution requirements.
• Led a team to improve the vendor-stocked inventory to ensure the right parts and resources are available for technicians to utilize.

Knoxville, TN, US

• Responsible for daily overall operational performance, strategy, and planning for a staff of 100 represented operations employees and contractors.
• Prioritize work for maintenance activities on nine turbo-generator units, flue gas desulfurization unit, gypsum dewatering, fly ash removal, and electrical switchyard.
• Develop outage work plans for the site and single units for planned, maintenance, and forced outage conditions to minimize system impact and budget impact.
• Work alongside diverse maintenance, engineering, and partner craft groups to ensure plant systems are running efficiently to maintain reliability.
• Regulatory compliance lead for Emergency Preparedness for Fire, HAZMAT, Confined space, and Incident Commander activities.
• Direct operations to ensure safety & regulatory compliance in accordance with all applicable technical specifications, TVA policies, programs, and procedures.

Knoxville, TN, US

• Supervise up to 30 employees charged with the efficient operation of nine coal powered turbo-generators and associated auxiliary equipment in compliance with all applicable TVA policies, programs, and procedures.
• Plan and establish daily work activity schedules for operational activities as well as preventative and corrective maintenance actions.
• Coordinate with internal and external maintenance employees to ensure outage activities do not affect operational performance.
• Provide support and direction during unplanned unit activities to ensure employees are safe and that system needs are met.
• Utilize a proactive approach to ensure efficient and stable operation by monitoring and trending station and unit performance.
• Served as the operations lead for multi-million dollar project to recirculate ash disposal to comply with environmental regulations.

Knoxville, TN, US

• Serve as procedure owner for TVA’s Human Performance Program and provide guidance on event classification for coal, gas, and hydro groups.
• Provide training and resources for Power Operations crew leaders to increase knowledge of human performance tactics and strategies.
• Instructor for Root and Apparent Cause Analysis and serve on investigation teams.
• Track and trend human performance events to identify latent organizational weaknesses and offer improvements to reduce risk.

Knoxville, TN, US

• Coordinate and deliver performance improvement initiatives including Human Performance, Corrective Actions, Operating Experience, and Leadership Principles for a population of 240 employees.
• Established a program to cross train employees in auxiliary positions to broaden workforce knowledge and reduce excess overtime costs for plant.
• Created training programs to close gaps and improve performance in unit operator training after elimination of scrubber board operator position.
• Mentor and provide feedback to instructors to ensure effective training delivery, technical accuracy, and alignment with TVA values.

Knoxville, TN, US

• Utilized lessons learned as a member of coal behavioral observation safety team to enhance the gas operations safety team while serving as a team member.
• Lead project with outside vendor to close gaps identified with monitoring of air pressure on transformer isolation ductwork.
• Perform preventative and corrective maintenance on instrumentation, electrical equipment, and mechanical systems.
• Perform routine inspections to identify maintenance needs for multiple 240 MW natural gas fired combined cycle generation units.

Knoxville, TN, US

• Served as Co-Chair of plant behavioral observation safety team, where I developed observation guidelines for identifying and mitigating safety hazards.
• Supervised and mentored multiple Assistant Unit Operators in performance of operational, procedural, and regulatory requirements.
• Volunteered for additional electrical training in relay protection, bus transfer schemes, and system tie-in procedures.
• Presented safety suggestions to site and regional management while serving as a member of the behavioral observation safety team.
• Worked with operations team to review and develop plant standardized procedures and processes to ensure accuracy.
• Utilized system knowledge to perform preventative maintenance and identify corrective maintenance needs for multiple steam generation units.

Knoxville, Tennessee, US

• Installed camera imaging systems for license plate readers, under vehicle inspection systems, and container identification systems.
• Performed maintenance repair of faulty electrical and instrumentation systems at the individual component level.
• Able to meet install deadlines while working off site in remote locations while reducing travel costs for company.
• Developed installation and troubleshooting procedures for use by remote field technicians which increased workforce knowledge and reduced need for additional service technicians on site.

Washington, DC, US

· Served as lead technician and supervised junior technicians in technical and administrative duties.· Installed, adjusted, modified, and tested electronics systems including ship based power generation, communication, and aids to navigation.· Achieved the rank of Petty Officer Second Class; 2 years earlier than average for rank advancement.· Obtained and.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Psychology

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Electromechanical Technology/Electromechanical Engineering Technology