Jon Graves Email & Phone Number

Ridgecrest, Ca, Us

Trona, Ca 93562

Trona, Ca

As the O & M Manager; work with the Operations and Maintance departments in meeting the plant's operational and maintance budget & goals. Also work to ensure Operations and Maintance personnel are meeting the required OSHA, Nerc & Plant required training. Work with upper management and plant staff in planning next year's Operating, Maintance & Safety goals and budgets. Work with the Operations and Maintance departments in planning the annual spring outage.

Trona, Ca

As DCS Specialist, I work with management and operations in upgrading the Lake Operations using RTU's and moving equipment in the chemical plants from the old hardboard over to the newer DCS controls system. Also work on capital projects putting together the scope for adding new equipment to the DCS.

Trona, Ca

My job experience includes start-up experience of a new 108 MW power plant. Chemical cleaning of boiler and feedwater systems, steam blows, and start-up operation of a Pyropower 970,000 KPPH CFB steam generator and associated equipment. Start-up of a 120 MW Hitachi single flow, automatic controlled extraction – non-reheat condensing turbine and associated equipment.As a Control Room Operator / Shift lead, my job experience includes working as a Board operator for last 17 years, making… Show more My job experience includes start-up experience of a new 108 MW power plant. Chemical cleaning of boiler and feedwater systems, steam blows, and start-up operation of a Pyropower 970,000 KPPH CFB steam generator and associated equipment. Start-up of a 120 MW Hitachi single flow, automatic controlled extraction – non-reheat condensing turbine and associated equipment.As a Control Room Operator / Shift lead, my job experience includes working as a Board operator for last 17 years, making rounds to check equipment, writing work orders, scheduling work with Maintance, lockout tag out, sending off Nerc reports for load changes. Worked on developing the plants operating procedures. Worked with the Operations and Maintance managers on yearly budgets and future capital projectsOn the O & M side, maintain the Hitachi Turbine Control system including upgrades and spare parts, also as the DCS Administrator, maintain and upgraded the Foxboro I/A control system, modify and build new displays, add new controls, tuning of controllers, maintain 3 off platform AIM historians, build reports with the Invensys Report Builder Package and tied in an off platform PI historian. Developed a long term Maintance plan with multiple upgrades to the control system to ensure reliability. Served on 2 Constellation Energy corporate committees, the Safety Assessment Committee and the Behavioral Based Sub Committee, at the plant level, served as the Safety committee chairman for 6 years and which in 2009 we became OSHA VPP Certified. Show less

As Engineering, Engineering

High School Diploma, Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering