Mark Prevost, P.E. Email & Phone Number

Moreauville, La, Us

Pineville, Louisiana

Manage a new group within Cleco to manage assets associated with generation, transmission and distribution. Currently overseeing the design and implementation of new SAP Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) System that is part of an overall enterprise software upgrade. Using this new system, the data generated by the system and analytics, we are transitioning to a condition based maintenance program and make data driven investment decisions on capital and O&M spend.

Pineville, La

In this position, I managed a department that initiated, planned and executed capital projects associated with all transmission line and transmission substations construction, distribution substation construction and maintenance and transmission line and substation maintenance.

Boyce, Louisiana

Managed a team that developed various generation projects as part of a utility integrated resource plan culminating in the design, engineering, construction, project management, construction management, and commissioning of a 660 MW circulating fluidized bed unit. I also acted as plant superintendent for the first 18 months of operation of the unit including hiring and training of a new staff to operate and maintain the unit.

Pineville, La.

Responsible for all engineering, maintenance, planning and scheduling, environmental compliance, safety and training at all Cleco generation facilities both regulated and unregulated. In this capacity I managed a work force of over 170 technicians and engineers with a combined capital and maintenance budget of over $100 million dollars annually.

St. Landry, La.

Project engineer and commissioniong manager over the repowering of two vintage steam turbines with 501F combustion turbines ( 1 x 1 and 2 X 1 configuration) with a combined output of 770 MW.

Pineville, La

Initiated, planned, executed, managed and commissioned capital and O&M generation projects including control system replacements, boiler and condenser retubings, feedwater heater replacements, steam turbine major inspections, replacement of large rotating equipment, steam turbine valve unspections, high energy piping inspections, boiler inspections, instrumentation upgrades, environmental upgrades, unit and equipment performance testing and evaluation, vibration analysis and balancing, alignment of rotating equipment, boiler and turbine chemical cleaning, etc.

St Landry, Louisiana, United States

Progressed through the engineering ranks in the generation area performing capital projects, O&M projects, assist generation plants in resolving plant maintenance and operational issues, perform unit performance testing to assess and address unit heat rates. Capital projects ranged from control system replacements, condenser retubings, boiler pressure part replacments, feedwater heater replacements, pulverizer gearbox replacements and switchgear replacments. O&M projects ranged from condition assessments of boiler pressure parts, high energy piping systems, deaerators, feedwater heaters, radial fans, attemperators, motor and generator rewinds, pump rebuilds, turbine overhauls, and control system tuning, balancing and alignment of large rotating equipment.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 3.65 Gpa

Activities and Societies: ASME, Member Tau Beta PI Honorary Engineering Organization

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Accouting & Finance, 4.0 Gpa

Advanced Certificate, Engineering Management, 4.0 Gpa

Completed an 18 hour program in engineering managment with emphasis on project managment, cost accounting and quality control.