Chris Chavez, Eit Email & Phone Number

Oakmont, PA, US

United States

• Holtec International Dry Cask Storage Pool to Pad Project Manager
• Projects at Sequoyah, Indian Point Decommissioning, Fermi, and Comanche Peak.Westinghouse Reactor Coolant Pump Project Manager and Subject Matter Expert.

Orlando, Florida, United States

Travel to Siemens-Energy customer power plants throughout the US to perform maintenance, repair, and modification of large steam and gas turbine generators and related equipment.Supervision of mechanical maintenance crews ranging in size from 1 to 30 persons disassembling, inspecting, repairing, and reassembling large steam/gas turbine generators.Leading.

Madison, Pennsylvania, United States

• Successfully lead and managed over 14 projects from start to finish.
• 36 Outages of RCP experience at 14 different Nuclear Power Plants in the United States and Japan.
• Responsibilities include preparing, executing, and closing-out Field Service jobs with crews from 1 to 30 members, including the integration and coordination of subcontractors, to accomplish the outage scope during the.
• Performed Advisory Scope as the Reactor Coolant Pump Subject Matter Expert.
• Manage personnel to execute Field and Headquarters jobs efficiently and on budget to meet a schedule while continuously improving through tracking and sharing of Lessons Learned, best practices, and updating procedures.
• Manage all Operational and Commercial aspects of Field jobs by way of developing Cost Estimates and support the Proposal development process.

Madison, Pennsylvania, United States

• Project Management for a variety of different projects to “digitalize” current Westinghouse and customer processes to increase efficiency and create more value for deliverables to the customer.
• Team Lead for the implementation of the Smart Hardhat into the Field Services Department.
• Hardhat was launched at two different Nuclear Plants to use and be tested in real applications.
• IBM machine learning (AI) was used for troubleshooting of plant equipment.
• Creation of Virtual Reality Model of the Reactor Coolant Pump for training purposes.

Dravosburg, Pennsylvania, United States

• Focused on maintenance of two galvanize coating lines, three annealing facilities, and a temper mill.
• Applied engineering principles and problem-solving techniques to evaluate and resolve mechanical, electrical, and computer conditions to maximize operating efficiencies, while utilizing management skills to supervise.
• Read, interpret, and upgrade blueprints, computer-assisted design (CAD) technical drawings, schematics, or computer-generated reports for purpose of troubleshooting or upgrading equipment throughout the plant.
• Confer with engineers or other personnel to implement operating procedures, resolve system malfunctions, or provide technical information using technical knowledge and maintenance history of mechanical equipment to.
• Plan, coordinate, and evaluate any planned and unplanned outages with in-house and contracted maintenance throughout the facility.
• Perform administrative activities such as scheduling crews, authorizing employee's pay, completing production reports, conducting safety conversations, administering safety meetings, and compiling other reporting as.

Edgar Thomson Plant In Braddock PA

• Same responsibilities as the Sheet Finishing Maintenance Manager with a focus on the BOP shop, Vacuum Degasser, LMF, and Caster facilities
• Played a key role in the replacement of a BOP vessel cone, vessel refractory relining, vessel removable hood door, and the 60-ton vessel tilt gearbox during a 10-day outage.

Latrobe, PA

• Worked with Autodesk to design 3D drawings and develop testing fixtures for fatigue testing projects.
• Completed Purchase Orders, Work Orders, and graphs for testing reports.
• Implemented drawing updates and changes requested by Engineers.

Harmarville

• Plan, organize, and conduct practice sessions including physical conditioning and nutritional programs to enable athletes to achieve maximum performance.
• Create and implement game strategies by way of an analysis of opposing team’s strengths and weaknesses.
• Manage communications with parents on not only logistics of games and practices but on strengths and weaknesses of their child’s performance.

Crescent, Pennsylvania, United States

• Designed many upgrades for different machines and processes including an ergonomically friendly “blank” loading system for a robotic stamping machine to increase efficiency.
• Designed die sets for pan and pan parts using SolidWorks.
• Reverse Engineered hardware to upgrade tooling from failures.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration, Management And Operations, 4.0/4.0

• Completed MBA degree while working 50-60 hours/week at United States Steel

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering, 3.81/4.0

Activities and Societies: • Member of the Men’s Division 1 Club Ice Hockey Team • Eastern Collegiate Hockey League Academic All-Star 2009•.