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Surry, Virginia, United States

Implemented during the planning phase of a multi-million dollar digital upgrade to support Dominion Energy's subsequent license renewal.Managed four test engineers to develop test scopes and test procedures by evaluating local procedures, drawings, and requirements. Supervised five electrical and mechanical planners in the development of work orders in early phases of the overall upgrade. Developed a tracking matrix to forecast and establish estimated completion dates for planning phases.Created level 5 and level 4 estimates for twelve individual design changes that range from 3 million to 20 million dollars.

Newport News, Va

Coordinate and supervise all aspects of the construction process during the completion of the Type II upgrade of electrical and instrumentation reactor protection systems for nuclear powered aircraft carriers during overhaul. Managed daily objectives to mitigate obstructions to project scope, goals and deliverables that support build strategy and key event schedule. Maintained schedule analytics with a 2 month delay in planned start. Identify and expedite the resolution of design, material, scheduling, and/or support trade reliance that risk accomplishment of critical path work. Liaise with trades’ management to control cost performance within AOR, to include determination of overtime requirements on these critical path items. Mitigate future risks to schedule, material, and completion of work by foreseeing future problems in ship’s schedule, plant availability or feasibility of completion with given circumstances. Maintain one of the most engaged work forces in overhaul. Nuclear X31 group exceeds other trades in safety, cost and schedule performing indexes.

Greater New York City Area

Provide east coast representation to one of the most recognized Veterans employment and staffing companies. Veterans Employment.Net sources military candidates directly for the Navy’s Transition Assistance Programs (TAPs), the Army Career Alumni Program (ACAP) and from Marine for Life. Veterans Employment.Net’s primary goal is to provide a smooth process for America’s veterans as they transition from the military to their next career in the civilian sector.

Virginia Beach, Va

• Ability to source, screen and qualify technical candidates for various roles of technical ability and skillsets with a primary focus on mechanical, electrical, electronics, and technical supervisors. • Assigned and manage over 1000 candidates and provide insight to each regarding resume writing, interview techniques and contract negotiations. • Influential on the restructuring of Orion’s recruiting process for the entire North East, by tracking candidates and assigning responsibility through the screening, qualifying and placement. • Hard work and drive allowed the North East recruiting district to have all-time highs in number of placements and revenue generation. • Developed electrical, electronic, and mechanical study guides for technical interviews to increase the current level of knowledge and to boost confidence prior to interviews.• Ranked #2 in company for sourcing and screening qualified candidates. Accomplished by using social media outlets including; Facebook, Linked-in, and nuclear specific groups in addition to normal means of Monster and Career-Builder.

Uss Enterprise

Maintenance Supervisor: • Led individual teams in trouble shooting and repair of various electrical items from switchboards to generation units. • Increased probability of successful and timely maintenance completion through organizational skills and proper distribution of responsibility and accountability. • Increased Engineering’s work completion percentage by over 20% utilizing leadership tactics to align the team around common goals and improving engagement through proper scheduling while minimizing overall system impact. Load Dispatcher: • Senior electrical operator responsible for ensuring safe and reliable operation of a ship’s bulk electric system powered by 8 nuclear reactors. • Demonstrated ability to respond and coordinate to 6 switchgear units on how to respond to any and all disturbances without delay in order to maintain continuity of power and mitigate contingencies that would decrease reliability. • Second in command of a central control station for eight shutdown reactors.Repair Parts Officer: • Three years of experience in ordering repair and consumable parts for two work centers with a 500,000 dollar combined overhaul budget. • Achieved cost savings and minimized dead time though expertise in operational analysis and production planning. • Documented work hours, budget and maintained an impeccable inventory of parts that have been procured. • Organized immediate maintenance teams to correct deficiencies that would not support the ship’s mission.Maintenance Man: • Successfully completed 100’s of maintenance items without any rework. • Provided advice on work methods, procedures and assisted the team in identifying the parameters of a viable solution. • Worked with Electrical Division to trouble shoot, repair and perform maintenance on electrical systems that included, 12 Turbine Generators, 4 Diesel Generators, 22 Switchboards with associated breakers and over 100 motors with controllers

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Project Management And Analytics, 3.83

Electrician Certificate, Nuclear/Nuclear Power Technology/Electrical Technician

Law And Justice, Law