Michael R. Email & Phone Number

United States

Knoxville, TN, US

• Successfully documented and implemented design changes for a natural gas combined cycle plant to improve efficiency, reliability, and safety.
• Conducted thorough investigations into system and component failures, identifying root causes and recommending corrective actions.
• Interfaced with sales representatives from various companies, evaluating product offerings, and making recommendations for procurement.

• Successfully negotiated and executed contracts with various vendors, ensuring compliance with terms and timely delivery.
• Conducted in-depth interviews and reference checks to recruit top candidates for construction and property management roles.
• Cultivated strong relationships with contractors, investors, real estate agents, and bankers to ensure project profitability, adherence to schedules, and swift acquisition.
• Oversaw capital projects up to $300k, focusing on building improvements, sustainability upgrades, and renovations.
• Led and executed comprehensive real estate projects, achieving results in property acquisition, financing, construction, marketing, and sales.
• Employed effective communication strategies to build rapport and maintain positive relationships with colleagues at all levels.

Birmingham, Alabama, US

• First responder to all supporting system alarms for the reactor, promptly isolating, fixing, or rerouting cooling water or steam flow to ensure public safety and maintain reliability of the emergency plant systems.
• Adept in the use of P&ID’s, electrical drawings, technical manuals, and test equipment to perform surveillance testing, lock-out tag-out procedures, verification practices, and to isolate and diagnose faults in plant.
• Responsible for the continued operation and compliance of nuclear power plant equipment including auxiliary reactor systems, main steam turbines, main generators, auxiliary turbines, various pumping systems, compressed.
• Appointed trainer and evaluator for new classes of System Operators, leveraging strong interpersonal skills, expertise in workplace health and safety, human performance tools, and a patient approach.

Birmingham, Alabama, US

• Communicated across departments site-wide to ensure the timely completion and adherence to schedules for Plant Service Water (PSW) system repairs and Long-Term Action Mitigation projects.
• Collaborated with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in multiple meetings to ensure compliance with PSW technical specifications requirements.
• Conducted trending and monitoring of parameters within the PSW system to ensure continued compliance with technical specification requirements.
• Led failure mode investigations, often involving collaboration with third-party entities and corporate engineering.
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) in engineering department for computer-related issues associated with the automated data acquisition programs.
• Developed an Excel macro that significantly improved efficiency by reducing the time required for thegovernment mandated monthly run time data collection and analyzation of PSW by 60%.

Norcross, GA, US

• Developed 3D configurable valves, pumps, piping, and full system models and drawings in SolidWorks,reducing engineering lead time by 30%
• Reduced 20% of the total time required to generate a shop pack by entering SQL data for the electrical andmechanical datasheets from referencing tables in Excel through a VB.Net application
• Appointed as sole draftsman for all custom 3D pump models (approximately 20 models with 1000+configurations) due to expertise in computer modeling with Solidworks and attention to detail
• Requisitioned custom components such as pumps, control panels, valves, and other pumping equipmentusing ERP software, obtained pricing quotations, and lead times from vendors

Norcross, GA, US

• Developed Operation and Maintenance Manuals (O&M’s) for Commercial, Municipal, and Fire systems
• Created training materials and documentation for standard engineering practices for ISO-9001

• Provided customers with excellent service in a short amount of time.
• Operated cash register and maintained accounting records.
• Helped with janitorial duties and ensured health and safety standards.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering

Transient Student From Georgia Military College, Physics

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Mathematics And General Studies