Michael Faison Email & Phone Number

Auburn, Maine, United States

Act as the go between and center of record for safe site operation in coordination with site and transmission/grid operators in accordance with contractual requirements. This includes events involving equipment and site outages, as well as permit compliance activities such as FAA outages and environmental concerns.Monitor the performance and forced outage events of all plant equipment. Perform remote resets as required and permitted by Longroad procedures. Dispatch field staff when required and serve as remote oversight of field repairs.Use knowledge and available information to minimize downtime in a safe and prudent fashion.Follow procedures to control power generation equipment including the restart, shut down and initial troubleshooting.At the direction of the Plant Manager, supervise and take ownership of assigned roles and responsibilities up to and including wind and solar generation equipment, site grounds, environmental concerns, substation maintenance, roads and right of ways.After proper training, perform remote medium and high voltage switching in coordination with the site staff, local utility and onsite contractors.Maintain accurate logs of all activities. Including accurate handovers to ensure the oncoming shift is aware of all relevant issues and directives.

I currently perform operations activities including inspecting plant equipment, cycling units, responding to inside operation needs, performing preventive maintenance and reliability checks, and executing clearances to ensure safe equipment configuration for maintenance. When necessary, I perform on shift mechanic duties when dayshift base maintenance is not available.