John Stead Email & Phone Number

Kelowna British Columbia Canada

Golf, Ski, Hockey, lay on the beach

Calgary

Assist clients in moving from a Time Based Maintenance Program to the development and execution of Condition Based Maintenance Programs utilizing second generation computerized maintenance management systems with the result of focusing resources on transmission and distribution equipment with a high risk of failure and provide a dynamic "Health" rating for the overall fleet of equipment.

Calgary Alberta Canada

Responsible for the Maintenance Planning function for all Alta Link’s transmission assets including transmission lines, right-of-ways, transmission substations, protection schemes and telecommunication systems.Responsible for the capital expenditure to upgrade all the above facilities through re-conditioning or replacing of components that have reached their end of life.

Calgary Alberta Canada

Provided consulting services to Portland General Electric, Suncor, Enmax, Newfound Power and West Kootenay Power with emphasis on implementation processes required for a successful Reliability Center Maintenance Program. Services included specific task definition, schedule and procedure documentation.

Lead a team of cross discipline planners to design, communicate, and establish a cost effective maintenance program utilizing all available resourcesPrioritize the expenditure of capital dollars in order to address the issues, which pose the greatest risk to the reliability of our system and the safety of our employees and the public.

Lead a team of cross discipline field personnel through the process of a pilot project and implementation project in establishing RCM as the philosophy applied in designing a new maintenance program.Solicited and established management’s support for the RCM process.Created documentation to support the RCM process through a RCM handbook.

Provide technical advice to field personnel in performing their duties of maintaining and troubleshooting electrical equipment Prepare and present training seminars for field personnel in order to establish standard methods of maintaining high voltage electrical equipment across all geographical areas.

Provide technical advice to field personnel in performing their duties of maintaining and troubleshooting electrical equipmentPrepare and present training seminars for field personnel in order to establish standard methods of maintaining high voltage electrical equipment across all geographical areas. Prior to 1984 and the above responsibilities Mr. Stead duties included “ Substation Maintenance Technician “ and a “Transformer Shop Repairman” due to his classification as a “Certified Power Electrician of the Province of Alberta”.