Craig Grigson Iii Email & Phone Number

Springfield, Missouri, United States

Manage the environmental, health, and safety programs for the ~250 people at my location.

Springfield, Missouri Area

My role is threefold. FIRST- I look for ways to relieve my department head of as much administrative burden allowing him the time to complete his work unencumbered by distracting tasks leading to increased revenue. SECOND- I enable field crews to accomplish their work by ensuring they have the tools, materials, and personnel needed when the need it. THIRD- I provide excellent customer service by matching their projects to our services leading to job accomplishment and customer satisfaction.

Springfield, Missouri Area

-Contributed to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard’s ability to refit United States Submarines through supporting the Electrical Temporary Systems Shop by repairing 4800 ft of 500mcm,150mcm, T-Cable (3)150mcm conductors, and Joy Plugs for use in installing shore 480v power to the boat saving the Navy approximately $10,000 in contractor labor and materials cost.

Navy Recruiting District Chicago, Greater Chicago Area

***Position usually held by an E7***Oversaw the staffing (of the most difficult position to qualify for) the United States Navy has to fill through leading a team to the discovery, eligibility determination, hiring, and mentoring of new employees, resulting in 100% goal accomplishment for over three and a half straight years.-Directed 12 team members through teleconference, written correspondence, and face to face communication to discover, and approve over 418 applicants with an administration quality of 80% (field average of 60% quality administration).-Mentored over 418 applicants through telephone, group, and individual mentoring sessions resulting in a 8.7% attrition prior to gaining the applicant and less than 5% after attaining the new hire.-Prevailed against a very short deadline to increase the quality of administration by 2% through implementing a revolutionary record review program and acquisition procedure resulting in earning the very prestigious Nuclear "N" award for the past 4 fiscal years.-Increased recruiting production by 185% by launching new sales methods, team strategies, analyzing the market, efficient administration reform, team training, and relational leadership to nearly double the production from 2012 to 2015.-Incorporated policy updates given by Naval Reactors (the authority on applicant eligibility and program administration) through generating training, briefing reports to my upper management, and collaborating strategy as the subject matter expert in order to ensure continuity of production resulting in meeting 100% of assigned goal each month with no visible change in production.

Navy Recruiting District Chicago, Greater Chicago Area

Safeguarded and proctored a tightly controlled exam which required certification of absolute accountability. An exam compromise could lead to a national compromise of the Navy's Nuclear Power Program.-Proctored over 412 hours of exams ensuring only the highest quality individuals entered into the Nuclear Power Program.-Substantiated the accountability of tightly controlled exam materials through 100% perfect administration resulting in zero discrepancies on an intense week long inspection.-Presented over 60 hours of training on the proctoring, administration, controlling, and grading of the exam through formal, informal, on the job training, and teleconference training leading to 15 employees qualified to administer the exam.-Drove over 5,000 miles in 3 years with zero negative incidents and 100% accountability.

Navy Recruiting District Chicago

***Position usually held by a full time civilian employee***Quantified production numbers results in order to hold individuals accountable, dispense awards, conduct market analysis, generate official reports, brief field production and headquarters supervisors resulting in visibility of all statistics allowing the district to meet 100% of all assigned goals. -Coalesced data, and reports in useful and easily visible formats by using a variety of web based programs, Excel, PDF, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Access, resulting in quantifying and analyzing over 11,650 discrete pieces of data in 13 subcategories, and 5 tiers of review, and countless reporting formats.-Finalized three separate fiscal year close out reports by reviewing for accuracy the entire years data and condensing all data into one comprehensive permanent record, resulting in zero statistical hits on the districts intense week long inspection allowing the district to earn 6 prestigious awards and recognitions.-Trained 7 employees for the position of statistician by explaining the vast intricacies of tracking individual pieces of data in an ocean of information and bringing basic understanding of web based programs, Excel, PDF, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Access to a functional knowledge of those programs allowing a perfect continuity of data acquisition and analysis which allowed the production to continue uninterrupted for 3 1/2 years.-Collaborated to restructure the method used to track and analyze data to allow higher visibility of data for the entire district, and streamlined data input by relying on 2 1/2 years of experience and expertise in data manipulation resulting in an increase of accuracy of reports by 11% and speed of data availability being shortened from sometimes over two days to same day availability.

Uss Miami, Groton, Connecticut

Mentored, instructed, trained, motivated, advised, and inspired a team of 8 technicians to deliver continuous, accountable, safe, and reliable reactor instrumentation and control equipment for use on a Navy Nuclear Power Plant.-Supervised the removal and installation of a compensated ion chamber nuclear instrument under heavy radiological controls during the Fukushima, Japan incident resulting in no negative impact to the Nuclear Power Plant's operational commitments and saving the Navy hundreds of thousands of dollars in contractor fees.-Ensured the completion of over 600 individual preventative maintenance items by planning, supervising, checking for quality and documenting every single one resulting in continuous safe and accountable operation of all reactor instrumentation and control equipment.-Explained to members of engineering department the detailed operation of reactor instrumentation and control equipment through formal engineering department training resulting in over 60 individuals understanding and passing continued training examinations.-Trained 8 technicians in the component level operation of reactor instrumentation and control equipment, through formal, group, individual, on the job training, and written examination allowing reactor controls division to maintain a very high level of knowledge shown during the Operational Reactor Safeguards Exam.-Guided reactor controls division through a very intense 3 day operational reactor safeguards examination (an inspection to certify continued nuclear power plant operations). The administration, level of knowledge, and operational and technical expertise of every member of the division was graded as above average.-Supervised the highly complex troubleshooting and repair of a defective processor controller by supervising work on energized gear, use of test equipment, energized replacement of equipment, and all associated retests in about 12 hours (normal time should have been 72).

Uss Miami, Groton, Connecticut

***Position usually held by an O3 (6 pay grades higher than my own)***Specifically chosen for the leadership, diving expertise, and administrative ability to lead a challenging division during a very stressful transition period this led to a perfect maintenance and diving administration, and perfect diving safety record documented by three separate in depth inspections.-Navigated the division through three separate highly detailed inspections (Diving Operational Readiness Assessment, Maintenance Record and Performance Inspection, and the Safety Survey), using delegation, self-inspection, advanced planning, ownership of the program, and a desire to perform at a level 6 pay grades higher, resulting in an Above Average grade on all three inspections.-Trained 5 SCUBA divers to conduct safe diving operations, procedurally compliant maintenance, and submarine exterior husbandry, using excellent communication, formal & informal training, on the job training, and written exams resulting in a perfect safety and maintenance record.-Supervised the diving side for numerous diving operations through the knowledge of diving charts, decompression stops, emergency diving procedures, port & emergency service communication, diver first aid, diving record administration (bottom time, depth, repet, ect), cold water procedures, and emergency diver & tender deployment, this resulted in every dive accomplishing the required task and having zero diving related injuries in a variety of international settings.

Uss Miami, Groton, Connecticut

Ensured the safe operation of a Navy Nuclear Power Plant during normal, infrequent, casualty, testing and emergency operations through good engineering principles of operation and 100% procedural compliance, this allowed continuous, reliable, power plant operations during all situations.-Hand selected to be the reactor operator during high risk infrequent operations such as primary & secondary relief safety valve tests, reactor coolant loop isolation valve, valve operating water flask, single loop and solid plant operations, and reactor heat up & cool downs. Each of these operations placed the reactor power plant in abnormal pressure and temperature limits requiring expert operational ability and perfect procedural compliance to complete the operation safely and successfully earning a Navy Achievement medal as a result.-Selected to perform during emergency, transient, and casualty situations for major inspections such as emergency reactor startup, fast reactor startup, scram recovery, high power operations, high risk transient operations, steam line rupture casualty drills, fast reactor coolant leak drills, and numerous other risky operations resulting in above average reactor operation grades during the operational reactor safeguard examination and earning a Navy Achievement medal as a result.-Chosen to be the reactor operator to perform the high risk scram time response testing and individual control rod testing operations these operations required vigilant operational ability to prevent inadvertent criticality and safe operations resulting in a fully operational reactor operating well within all margins to safety.

Uss Miami, Groton, Connecticut

Subject matter expert required to know the intricacies of reactor electrical, pneumatic, and microprocessor instrumentation and control equipment operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, and retest including detailed understanding of how that equipment affects nuclear power plant operations.-Senior supervisor for numerous highly complex equipment troubleshooting, repair, and retesting including, Source Range and Intermediate Range Nuclear Instrumentation removal and installation, Processor Controller, and a 96 pin solder job on top secret equipment, test source replacement, and scintillation detector repair using skills such as procedural understanding, test equipment use, schematic understanding, work on energized gear, soldering, and a variety of electronics related skills, doing this earning several accolades, including one award for outstanding performance. -Sought out for expertise in normal, infrequent, post repair/installation, periodic, and situational maintainenance the most challenging of which is Prime Standard Alignments, Nuclear Instrumentation Alignments, SCRAM Time Response Testing, Individual Rod Position Indication Alignment, Control Rod Drive Mechanism Testing and Reduced Frequencies Variable Frequency Controlers testing, using test equipment like precision gauges and pumps, radio active test sources, time domain reflectometers, various multi meters and computer programs, ociliscopes, and a variety of specialized equipment, leading to the safe operation of all equipment in all circumstances and earning several accolades after this work stood up to the intense scrutiny of an Operational Reactor Safeguards Examination with zero deficiencies.

Submarine Nr-1, Groton, Connecticut

Perform complex underwater tasks using SCUBA equipment requiring great physical and mental ability in order to accomplish tasks safely during highly stressful situations.-Part of a select team tasked with a very complicated installation of underwater equipment. This tighly controlled installation required 4 days and multiple repetitive dives requiring skilled knowledge of diver safety to complete this resulted in saving thousands of dollars in contractor fees and allowed the NR-1 to conduct missions vital to national security on time.-Conducted several very low visibility dives requiring a high degree of diving expertise and knowledge of the equipment (such as lights, cameras, manipulator arms, tines, wheels, underwater electrical connections, and a variety of other equipment) that required maintenance leading to the repair and upkeep of several vital underwater systems allowing the research submarine to continue all operations on time.-Demonstrated an expert level of knowledge of all SCUBA equipment such as tanks, valves, inner tank inspection, J & K valve testing, regulator disassembly and reassembly, hose, buoyance compensators, emergency weight removal systems, depth & pressure gauge, lighting equipment and emergency diver recall systems, by performing all required maintenance & and testing with the required documentation and procedural compliance this led to a high safety environment protecting the lives of every SCUBA diver with zero maintenance deficiencies.

Submarine Nr-1, Groton Connecticut

***Position usually held by an E7***Singled out for professional knowledge over numerous other E7s to lead Deck Division though a stressful extended international operation, resulting in 100% accountability of all shipboard lifesaving, emergency & casualty operation, and everyday use equipment ensuring the continued operation of high risk tasks vital to national security.-Accounted for all equipment (including life saving and emergency equipment) by leading a team of 3 individuals to document the physical presence, and operational ability of each and every piece of required equipment within 24 hours of leaving port, this leadership led to the unhindered operation of the ship with all vital equipment inventoried and in operational condition ensuring the safety of the crew.-Ensured high level inspections of life saving and emergency equipment were performed by training individual team members to use procedural compliance and skilled documentation allowing the ship to have peace of mind knowing that all equipment was fully operational and reliable resulting in the successful accomplishment of each and every task undertaken by the ship.-During an extremely busy period of complex upkeep contributed to the on time completion of several complicated and time sensitive maintenance operations (bow raise, emergency lead load, zinc replacement, & hull preservation) with a perfect safety record by applying good engineering principals, procedural understanding, compliance to standards, and the scrutiny of inspection resulting in 100% job completion under intense deadline restrictions.-Selected to be the member of a very small team to conduct high risk open ocean operations, requiring small craft operation in very close contact with very large craft, launching and retrieving small craft and hooking up and securing the open ocean tow, the physical prowess, and expert operational risk assessment resulted in the safe and successful operation every time.

Submarine Nr-1, Groton, Connecticut

***Position usually held by an E7***As a junior member being a part of reactor controls division was normally prohibited, however due to drive, desire, and motivation was allowed to qualify reactor controls division maintenance worker and gained valuable technical experience with the now outdated analogue reactor instrumentation and control equipment.-Participated in the troubleshooting and repair of several faults including Source Range Instrumentation & Steam Generator Water Level Control equipment through reading procedures, schematics, and block diagrams, using test equipment, and following the thought process of senior division members leading to the repair of all equipment allowing the boat to be 100% operational.-Prepared and utilized the appropriate documentation to verify the correct operation of all reactor instrumentation and control equipment through acute attention to detail and procedural understanding leading to the ship completing the Operational Reactor Safeguards Examination with a remarkable grade of Above Average.-Participated in Preventive Maintenance including prime standard alignments, alignment checks, calibrations, and calibration checks for all reactor instrumentation and control equipment through employing training, documentation, use of test equipment, schematic reading, and procedural understanding, leading to the fully operational status of all equipment and zero missed maintenance items.

Navy Nuclear Power Pipeline, Charleston, South Carolina

Singled out as a leader among my piers and selected to perform a varity of student advisory roles including:-Assistant Class Leader responsible for the overall leadership and coordination of students in class and ensured that all individuals met required deadlines for required schoolwork, physical training, and also lead the class in volunteer work in the community surrounding Goose Creek, SC-Class Master At Arms coordinated the student security checks schedule, responsible for the orderliness of the students, and coordinating the cleanliness of the classroom resulting in zero security breaches for controlled material, impeccable cleanliness, and a quiet classroom leading to a good overall class environment conducive to improving the grades of the class. -Supervised a team of students responsible for the security and safety of all controlled and confidential material inside the schoolhouse allowing continued scholastic operation by avoiding any security breaches and providing accountability to staff for each and every student inside the building.-Selected to mentor and teach as a section leader a selected group of 15 individuals during Recruit Training through countless hours of face to face mentoring, explaining and teaching resulting in each an every person in this section to complete Recruit Training on time and go on to contribute to the success of the Navy.

Navy Nuclear Power Training Pipeline, Charleston, South Carolina

Responsible to study and absorb information at a very accelerated rate (approx 90 college credit equivalents in just 18 months) in order to support the nations nuclear power program.-Used excellent study habits to absorb significant amounts of information quickly by using a variety of study techniques including flash card, written note, textbook interpretation, oral knowledge checks and repetition resulting in graduation as #1 of 12 in A-School with a GPA of 3.69, #18 of 232 (entire class) and #4 of 32 (in rate), in Power School with a GPA of 3.72, and completing all coursework in Prototype 4 weeks ahead of schedule with a GPA of 3.0.-Spent countless hours tutoring other class mates who struggled with the advanced concepts presented at an accelerated rate through various techniques, including blackboard, flash card, oral & written explanation, and oral knowledge checks, resulting in at least 4 individuals successfully completing the program that would not have otherwise passed, and raising the GPA of many others.

Specialist In Safety And Health (Ssh), Osha

SSH Certification through the Great Planes OSHA Ed center (510, 511, 501, 2225).

M.Div, Divinity/Ministry, 3.89

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Church Ministries, 3.6

Activities and Societies: Adult Studies This is an accelerated program that provides a balanced mix of courses in four areas: Bible.

Nuclear Engineering Technology, Nuclear Engineering

The Associate in Science in Applied Science and Technology (ASAST) degree in Nuclear Engineering Technology is designed for reactor.

Selling Skills And Sales Operations

Activities and Societies: US Navy Class 1203 Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to explain fundamentals of effective.

Electrical/Electronics Maintenance And Repair Technology

Activities and Societies: US Navy Class 1006 Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to troubleshoot electronics systems.

Scuba Diving

Activities and Societies: US Navy Class 0840 Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to perform CPR; apply diving.

Nuclear/Nuclear Power Technology/Technician, 2.98 Gpa

Activities and Societies: US Navy Class 0604 Fundamentals of nuclear propulsion power and the interrelationship of its mechanical.

Nuclear/Nuclear Power Technology/Technician, 3.69 Gpa, #18 Of 264 (#4 Of 64 In Speciality)

Activities and Societies: US Navy Class 0604 Upon completion of the course, the student will have a comprehensive understanding.

Industrial Electronics Technology/Technician, 3.72 Number 1 Of 12

Activities and Societies: US Navy, Class 0508 Reads and interprets schematics and block diagrams; uses test equipment and hand tools.