Dave Mcclain Email & Phone Number

Normalville, PA, US

Wall, NJ

• Oversee operations and maintenance (O&M) of NJRCEV’s $630MM portfolio of wind and solar energy assets (5 sites in 5 states), leads team of 10 Technicians and manages P&L budget of $6.4MM.
• Work closely with vendors, utilities and 3rd party suppliers to ensure scheduled and unscheduled O&M activity is completed on time, budget, and according to prudent industry standards; additionally, maintains ongoing.
• Created operations plan for Clean Energy Ventures (CEV) and exceeded benchmark performance expectations for wind assets in just over 1 year.
• Developed business unit safety program, hired Safety Program Coordinator, and increased performance of managed projects by 2% in first 18 months by demonstrating strong leadership to service crews.

Washington PA.

• Led team of 15 personnel (all shop trades), was responsible for health and safety of all plant personnel and managed maintenance and repair of rotating pumps, generators, and other heavy industrial equipment; achieved.
• Supervised equipment turnaround process: disassembly, inspection, mechanical / electrical testing and repair, and start-up testing.» Prepared detailed reports for both in-house and customer records, recommended.
• Conducted safety training and audits to maintain compliance with all I.P.S standards, instilled cultural change regarding core values of safety, which allowed for eventual self-sustainability.» Developed safety model.
• Reduced warranty and rework costs by 20% through providing strong leadership and demonstrating to shop personnel how to embrace ownership of their work individually and collectively.

Morgantown, WV

Developed training program for Wind Technicians and managed safety program for 14 Traveling Technicians.

Allegheny Ridge Wind Farm

• Facilitated construction of atypically complex windfarm consisting of 40 turbines; led operations team of 12 that performed routine operational duties and repair, and managed $13.6MM budget kept within +/-5% annually.
• Developed business plan to increase project performance from approximately 85% to 95%, accomplished at cost of $185K over 6-month period by recommissioning entire project.
• Built service team and training program – both of which were eventually leveraged across company’s entire fleet. » Drew up operations and emergency action plans and procedures for safe work; kept all training.
• Managed all project contracts and agreements with priority of protecting project and employee interests.
• Achieved zero (0) lost time due to injuries with only 1 reportable injury in 6 years, maintained 94% operational availability, and reduced scheduled service times by 30%.

Normalville, PA

Worked on prototype equipment on sites throughout USA and Europe, 2006 - 2007 Held position as Site Manager, Mill Run / Somerset, NJ, from 2001 – 2006