Dan Falla Email & Phone Number

A technical resource utilized by operations to address in service equipment issues and engineering to develop/implement purchasing and maintenance specifications .

Listed skills include Substation, Power Systems, Electric Power, High Voltage, and 6 others.

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  Substation Maintenance Engineer

  National Grid

  Jun 2003 - Present - Waltham, Ma

  SKILLSAsset Management --Ability to technically evaluate and communicate the reliability and sustainability of all major pieces of substation equipment and complete substations. Multiple times a member of teams formed to evaluate and update asset management practices followed at National Grid.Work Methods--Experience gathering industry data and creating the procedure outlining what National Grid will adopt for new practices. Review existing procedures every 3 years and update based on any new industry knowledge and workforce feedback. Leadership --Engage with departments outside of substation such as inventory management, asset management, and lab services to promote quality support of substation maintenance groups. -Contributing member on several Incident Analysis teams formed in response to equipment failures & employee injuries.-Mentor assignments performed.Project Management--Fulfilled project manager and engineer role for smaller sized substation equipment replacement projects due to failures & condition issues.(system battery, circuit breakers, power transformers).-Serve dual role of project manager and engineer role for spare power transformers, new mobile substation equipment and mobile substation rebuild orders. Have manged over 50 million in spending in last 5 years in this role.Substation Equipment Technical Expertise-Evaluate acceptance and diagnostic test results on equipment to determine fit for new service or to return to service.Supply power transformer ratings to operations.Ten Years Experience reviewing hundreds of Transformer & LTC DGAs annually and recommending when follow up necessary.