Bret Straughen Email & Phone Number

Field service engineer for UPS (Battery backup) units and associated equipment (PDUs, ATS, STS, Generators, VRLA/Lithium/flooded batteries, load banks). Currently I perform preventative and corrective maintenance on the units, and subsequent testing. Experience with APC, Liebert/Eaton/Emerson, Vertiv, GE, MGE and other brands.Prior military experience: Onboard CVN 76 qualified: Basic Nuclear Engineering, Log Recorder, Control Point Area Watch, Throttleman, Propulsion Electrician, Shutdown Reactor Operator, Load Dispatcher. Quality Assurance: Craftsman, CMPO, Reactor Plant and Steam Plant Cleanliness Inspector, Work Center Supervisor. 3M: Craftsman, RPPO, Work center Supervisor.Collaterals:I ran the Gage Calibration program by tracking all Reactor and Steam Plant electrical gauges, meters, pressure switches, and calibration equipment.I transitioned to Reactor Plant Preventative Maintenance Work center Supervisor where I lead my work center in planning and executing all of the Primary Reactor Plant maintenance.Final year of my tour onboard I became apart of an integrated team consisting of ships force and shipyard personnel, (CWCT) that deconflicted, planned, and generated work controls for the ships restricted availability in port. Became thoroughly familiar with AIM, creating, reviewing, and closing out of cu-phases during plant testing.I transferred to the MTS 635, qualified: Electrical operator, Throttleman, Auxiliary Electrician Aft, Primary Valve Operator, Shutdown Electrical Operator, Shutdown Reactor Operator, and ESF Rover.

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  Nuclear Power School - Naval Nuclear Power Training Command (Nnptc)