Donna Meyer Email & Phone Number

Godfrey, IL, US

Edwardsville, IL

Responsible for day to day operations and maintenance of facilities and grounds on SIUE's 2,660 acre Edwardsville campus. Manage group of 150 union and non union employees, serving a student body of 14,000, for a nationally recognized school.

St. Louis, MO

• Directed operations, maintenance and capital improvements for 4 surface water treatment plants with 436 MGD production capacity and 52 tank and pumping sites. Managed staff of 11 supervisors, 4 support personnel and 94.
• Met consumer demand for 1M residents and businesses of St. Louis County, MO, 100% of time.
• Improved team performance by moving employees to positions to leverage or develop talents. Resulted in reducing seasonal maintenance planning time by 90% and eliminating all resource conflicts.
• Earned trust and respect from union membership by establishing 2-way, open and honest communication. Received 0 grievances in department after company implemented new contract. Contract included significant changes to.
• Consistently met financial targets within 1% by developing plan, monitoring and communicating results. Balanced needs and available resources.
• Implemented plan to reduced power costs $100K by matching operations to cost structure.

St. Louis, MO

• Managed 15 technical experts who supported 65 districts in 6 states in equipment maintenance, SCADA (Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition) and NRW (Non-Revenue Water). Partnered with Operations, Engineering and.
• Created and staffed highly functioning department by determining and meeting internal customers’ needs, both local and corporate.
• Teamed with 3 other directors to provide guidance nationwide in areas of maintenance and SCADA. Initiatives included CMMS, change to RCM maintenance strategy, technical training, SOPs and Arc Flash safety policy.
• Initiated new tank maintenance program which saved $600K annually. Program included 500 tanks and 13 different budgets totaling $7M per year.
• Worked with operations and legal to address NRW regulatory issues in IL. Commissioned study which proved problem was not as significant as previously thought, which assisted in negotiations with IL regulators.

St. Louis, MO

• Managed operation and maintenance of 50 pumping and tank facilities including all pumping and electrical equipment, instrumentation, telemetry and controls. Managed $1.1M budget and 5 non-union and 7 union employees..
• Monitored operations to ensure consumer demands were met 100% of time. Coordinated maintenance with staff and 4 plants to minimize impact on operations.
• Managed $600K of SCADA projects per year. Work incorporated control algorithm development, electrical and controls design, drawings, material procurement, installation supervision, programming, testing, startup.
• Teamed with IT to merge SCADA and business networks, saving $16K annually. Planned and executed transition with no SCADA control or data loss during process.
• Modified controls and operating scheme for St. Charles district that reduced operating expenses by 50%.