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Southfield , Michigan, Us

Manage all manufacturing equipment and automation at 22 manufacturing facilities in North America. Create and implement the North American capital equipment and tooling standards. Support the development and implementation of the central industrial engineering strategies. Rollout and implement a new CMMS program to the North American Fleet. Review all critical equipment and create new preventative and predictive maintenance plans to extend and improve equipment life cycles. Write and develop detailed equipment, tooling and automation specifications. Drive continuous improvement of existing equipment and processes. Lead MFMEA’s for all installed critical equipment and new capital projects.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Responsible for all engineering activities at the 3400MW Gibson StationEncouraged and expected all staff to promote and practice safe work habits. Provided technical guidance and direction to the operating and maintenance departments including technical support, troubleshooting, testing and inspections as needed to maintain safe and reliable operation. Provided review of all engineering, designs, economic justifications, and part specifications for station projects and modifications Develop 5yr plans and budgets, identify critical areas for capital project replacement. Evaluated and established strategic plans and budgets to maximize equipment life and budgets, maximize equipment life, optimize station equipment and operations to meet safety, availability targets and performance indicators.

Merrillville, In, Us

• Management of Principal Engineers and Engineering Supervisors involved in Reliability of all generation assets including 3 pulverized coal stations, 1 combined cycle station and 2 hydroelectric stations.• Provide leadership, guidance and support to all departments within Generation in order to assure proper asset management and highest unit availability, lowest production cost and safest operations. • Coordination of the capital and O&M budget development process within Generation. Participated in strategic planning activities regarding environmental compliance, long-term business strategies and business opportunities. • Maximize the revenue potential of the generation assets through continuous process improvements, team participation, balanced decision making and managed risk. • Actively participate with all Electric Production managers to develop a consistent approach to process improvements, including labor issues, environmental issues, regulatory compliance, and engineering and maintenance practices. • Champion the use of continuous improvement strategies such as Condition Assessment, Root Cause Analysis, Run/Repair/Replace scenarios, and Predictive Maintenance. • Champion the use of project Initiatives and the Fossil Asset Management (FAM) system and integrate this with the Electric Production budget to ensure that capital and O&M resources are prioritized.

Houston, Texas, Us

• Provide direction and support in formulating overall station goals, station staffing, production strategy, budgets and future years maintenance and capital requirements at a four unit coal fired power station. • Develop and oversee the total station maintenance and O&M project yearly budgets • Accountable for all routine and emergency station maintenance activities. •Provided leadership and support to Maintenance Supervisors, and Planners to ensure work items are completed in a safe, timely and economical manner. • Develop long range budget projections and justifications for maintenance and capital requirements. • Outage authority during planned scheduled outages. • Oversee pre-outage planning work group assignments, contracts, work prioritization and budget control. • Oversee RCM and PDM programs. • Oversee the R-Stamp program • Implement root cause analysis recommendations that require maintenance intervention. • Perform inspections of equipment and maintenance activities to verify compliance with regulatory and corporate required programs

Houston, Texas, Us

Primary function as a subject matter expert was to provide engineering and technical expertise to the nine plants under my jurisdiction, 6 Pulverized Coal plants, 2 Combined Cycle plants, and one Circulating Fluidized Bed Station. Provided nationwide engineering and technical expertise on an as needed basis to support the coal fleet. Major responsibilities include developing and implementing boiler maintenance and modification strategies, identifying critical areas for replacement in the capital budget for the next ten years, develop 5 year plans and budgets, combustion optimization, boiler operational review and optimization, inspection and assessment of all boiler pressure parts and high energy piping, air heaters, precipitators, and pulverizers. Perform root cause analysis on tube failures, initiated plans for mitigation of failures. Provided technical and field support services for all boiler pressure and high energy piping replacements, provided technical and field support for forced and planned outages, lead engineer on major boiler component replacements during planned outages.

Louisville, Ky, Us

Primary function was the department expert in coal fired utility boilers within the central engineering group. Provided technical expertise to all seven power plants in the LG&E fleet (18 Units) with boiler and pulverizer related services and support. Major responsibilities include: developing and implementing the fleet-wide boiler tube failure reduction program (which includes the combustion optimization program, the weld management program, the QA/QC Program, tube repair/replacement guidelines, and the comprehensive boiler inspection program), Lead the International best practice program on welding QA/QC and boiler tube repair guidelines with associated entities in England, Germany, Scandinavia, and the Netherlands. Analyzed and interpreted fleet-wide boiler tube failure data, inspection and assessment of all boiler pressure parts and high energy piping, Providing recommendations to improve both short term and long term boiler reliability, Working with plant personnel to develop and implement boiler maintenance and modification strategies, identifying critical areas fleet-wide for replacement in the capital budget for the next five years. Provided technical and field support services for major component replacements, providing technical and field support for forced and planned outages, lead engineer on major boiler component replacements

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Technical Consultant working in conjunction with plant engineers, construction services, and maintenance personnel on coal and oil fired utility and industrial boilers nationwide. Services rendered include overseeing major boiler upgrades (such as commissioning an SCR, commissioning a precipitator, economizer replacement, burner upgrades and rebuilds, waterwall replacements, superheater and reheater replacements) pulverizer upgrades, and pulverizer rebuilds. Other services rendered include boiler inspections and assessments, tuning and super-tuning boilers for Low Nox operation, performance testing, emission testing, coal fineness testing, optimizing pulverizer performance, and balancing igniter pressures. Provided technical and field support services for major component replacements and assessments on forced and planned outages, lead engineer on major boiler component replacements and assessments. Provided technical support for all manufactures equipment ranging in size from 72MW to 900MW.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Marine Engineering

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