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Coronado, California, United States

Leads a small team of skilled professionals to operate and maintain equipment under an ESPC contract which decentralized steam service at NASNI Coronado.

Coronado, California, United States

Assistant Facilities Manager on NASNI Coronado.

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Working for Fleet Maintenance Support Branch under Shipyard authority for Code 133 inspectors to provide quality assurance oversite and surveillance to jobs performed by shipyard personnel.

Nuclear Machinist’s Mates operate and maintain steam turbines and reduction gears used for nuclear ship propulsion and auxiliary machinery such as turbogenerators, pumps and oil purifiers. They also maintain auxiliary machinery outside of main machinery spaces, such as electrohydraulic steering engines and elevators, refrigeration plants, air conditioning systems and desalinization plants. They also operate and maintain compressed gas producing plants. Nuclear-trained MMs perform duties in nuclear propulsion plants operating reactor control, propulsion and power generation systems.

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

In charge of scheduling all maintenance in Reactor department onboard a USN Carrier. Led 21 Work center supervisors in coordination meetings to create daily work schedules 3 weeks in advance during a major availability (Maintenance Overhaul). Gave divisional training on proper work and maintenance practices to increase level of knowledge and improve quality. Performed program reviews on different work divisions which included electrical, radiological, and mechanical areas of focus. Coordinated with Shipyard to help create and implement a maintenance and testing plan affecting both entities.

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Directly oversaw 30-person team for the completion of 1,543 SOPs encompassing 5,320-man hours. Managed, scheduled, and tracked all corrective and preventative maintenance through various computer programs such as SKED, ESOMS, EWAF and POMNGS to include work procedure generation and parts ordering for over 412 jobs this year alone. Directed the completion of 1,635 material deficiencies to return full system capabilities and complete the testing program.

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Led 21 person team to complete 687 equipment deficiencies including 17 valve overhauls, 24 valve seat repairs, 45 relief valve tests, 25 system integrity corrections, and 7 pump packing repacks. In charge of all corrective maintenance tasks in a Reactor Propulsion division. Job responsibilities included scheduling, work procedure generation, and parts ordering.

Performed preventative maintenance using SOPs and utilized multiple computer programs to document and research tasks.

Lean Six Sigma

Lean Six Sigma Black belt program

Nuclear Power Technology/Technician

Hands-on study of the design of mechanical and electrical systems of a nuclear power plant to include casualty response actions. Nuclear.

Nuclear Power Technology/Technician

Graduate level studies on Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, RadCon, Thermodynamics, Fluid flow, and Nuclear Reactor principles. “A” School.

General Education

High School Diploma