John Keffer Email & Phone Number

Irvine, CA, US

Irvine, California, United States

• Operations are supervised by the Reactor Supervisor (Level 3) who holds a valid senior operator’s license for the facility. This position is responsible for assuring that all operations are conducted in a safe manner.
• Maintain reactor and radiation detection equipment in support of operations, research, and training… Show more Operations are supervised by the Reactor Supervisor (Level 3) who holds a valid senior operator’s license.
• Maintain reactor and radiation detection equipment in support of operations, research, and training activities.
• Installed and tested upgraded Area Radiation Monitoring (ARM) System.
• Installed Digital Chart Recorder for TRIGA Neutron Flux and Fuel Temperature Monitoring.The Department of Chemistry Nuclear Reactor Facility - equipped with a Mark I TRIGA type reactor - is primarily used for neutron.

Irvine, California, United States

• The Reactor Supervisor is responsible for operation, compliance, and safety of the Nuclear Reactor Facility at UCI.
• Senior Reactor Operator (SRO), License # SOP-504280, Docket # 55-76006 (2021).Senior Reactor Operator (SRO), License # SOP-504280, Docket # 55-76006, effective June 14,2021.

Encinitas, CA

• Customer Sales Support
• Stocking and Inventory

Greater San Diego Area

• Served as the PE for 40+ industrial gas turbine generator set projects, with supply of combined heat and power (CHP) heat recovery steam generators, medium voltage electrical equipment, and fuel gas compressors and.
• Supported execution of $20M+ revenue projects from initiation to delivery, installation and customer acceptance.
• Led technical strategy, definition, and direction of project teams.
• Represented organization as the prime technical contact on… Show more
• Represented organization as the prime technical contact on projects.
• Coordinated with customer project management and engineering teams and internal sales order groups.

Greater San Diego Area

• Served as the PAE for turbine generator cogeneration applications; provided support to field sales personnel.
• Responsible for proposal content in response to customer RFP requirements.
• Proposed content, prepared pricing, quoted delivery, and allocated revenue.
• Coordinated responses to customer inquiries.
• Managed commercial and technical risks.
• Released equipment orders to manufacturing in a timely and accurate manner.

Greater San Diego Area

• Contributed financial analyses for five new and existing product development teams to accomplish corporate internal rate of return on investment targets, and product cost reduction targets.
• Developed, presented, and gained corporate approval of the Taurus 65 Business Plan.
• Assessed actual budget to target plans for labor and material development expense and capital expenditures.
• Managed budget accruals for combustion component expenditures.
• Developed models of material and… Show more
• Developed models of material and manufacturing processes for new product costs and learning curve schedule.

Greater Chicago Area

• Directed activities of 6 reactor/system engineers for 2 x 830 MWe Power Plant.
• Developed and implemented standards for communicating reactor operating recommendations for plant operations.
• Responsible for core thermal power calculations, reactor monitoring software, source through power range neutron monitoring instrumentation, refueling equipment, control rod sequencing, fuel reliability, new fuel.
• Responsible for core thermal power calculations, reactor monitoring software, source through power range neutron monitoring instrumentation, refueling equipment, control rod sequencing, fuel reliability, new fuel.
• Managed $2M control rod replacement and training budget. Show less

Greater Chicago Area

• Qualified as a Station Nuclear Engineer; provided direction for reactor operations.
• Monitored and performed daily surveillances of operating equipment.
• Directed handling and optimized use of $30M of fuel annually within design limits.

Greater Chicago Area

• Designed Boiling Water Reactor refuel cores and operating strategies for Quad Cities, LaSalle, and Dresden Stations.
• Led fuel bundle design and licensing activities within manufacturing and plant outage schedules.
• Obtained regulatory approval for in-house design methodology.
• Simplified fuel economic analyses to save time and money.
• Coordinated new hire interviewing process, helped create summer and coop staffing program with Human Resources.

College Of Extended Studies, Project Management (Pmp) Certificate

Master Of Business Administration, Finance

Master Of Science, Nuclear Engineering

Activities and Societies: Alpha Nu Sigma

Bachelor Of Science, Nuclear Engineering, Honors And High Distinction

Activities and Societies: American Nuclear Society, Tau Beta Pi, Engineer's Council

16.00X: Introduction To Aerospace Engineering: Astronautics And Human Spaceflight

16.885X: Engineering The Space Shuttle