Grant Gilchrist Email & Phone Number

Jacksonville, Florida Area

Director of Electric Production at Northside Generating Station

Jacksonville, Florida Area

Plant Manager at St. Johns River Power ParkLed a team of 230 union and non-union employees to ensure safety, environmental, reliability and financial goals were met. - Actively involved in supporting strong safety culture and exceptional safety performance. - Successfully managed $58 million O&M budget and $12 million Capital budget annually. - Streamlined manpower requirements to efficiently operate the facility. Total approved headcount reduced by 38 employees, since 2013, without compromising safety or performance. Reduction was been implemented by establishing optimal staffing in each area, consolidation of duties and strategic reorganization. - Reliable performance demonstrated by Equivalent Forced Outage Rate (EFOR), the primary metric for reliable power plant operation. SRJPP’s EFOR performance has been top decile, for plants of similar size and configuration, for 2 of the past 3 years. - Developed and implemented a change management plan to focus the organization on core activities while contracting out activities that do not require in-house expertise. - Dramatic improvement in key senior leadership metrics, evidenced by employee surveys, regarding trust, focus, respect and honest communication in fiscal year 2015 and sustained performance in 2016. Examples included below with the percentage of positive responses by fiscal year (FY): - Employees have a high level of trust for the Plant Manager and Staff: FY16 – 46%, FY15 – 43%, FY12 – 9%, FY10 – 1%. - I believe that the Plant Manager and Staff has respect for the company’s employees: FY16 – 65%, FY15 – 55%, FY12 – 22%, FY10 – 9%.

Jacksonville, Florida Area

Maintenance Superintendent at St. Johns River Power ParkLed more than 90 maintenance Managers, Supervisors, Planners and craft employees with a focus on safety, productivity and effectiveness. - Effective management of a $24 million O&M budget and a $5-10 million capital budget. Exceptional financial performance resulting in below budget performance in all maintenance cost centers each fiscal year. - Accountable for overall plant reliability and the effective performance of all corrective and preventative maintenance work by both craft and contract employees. - Led the planning, scheduling and execution of major maintenance outages with O&M and capital budgets ranging from $6 - 13.5 million. Worked with the Business team and contractor project managers to develop cost reports to accurately track actual outage costs daily. - Reorganized maintenance department to improve outside contractor oversight and ensure capital and major O&M projects were completed within budget and on schedule.

Jacksonville, Florida Area

Maintenance Planning Manager at St. Johns River Power ParkRole created to lead a team of 7 Planners to improve the efficiency of mechanical, electrical and instrumentation and controls craft employees.

Fernandina Beach, Fl

Led the Planning and Reliability departments with 8 direct reports. Planned, coordinated and scheduled the major maintenance annual outages for all process equipment.

Fernandina Beach, Fl

Performed planning and supervison duties to ensure the successful completion of corrective and preventative maintenance work conducted by union, craft employees. Developed detailed specifications and managed outage work conducted by contractors on machine downdays and outages.

Fernandina Beach, Fl

Developed, managed, coordinated and executed major maintenance projects from concept to start-up.