Power plant technician using my operations experience to help the Ennis Power Plant run as efficient and safe as possible. Learning the Combine Cycle Gas Turbine operation as a control room and auxiliary operator, and also acquiring new skills such as water treatment/chemistry and CEMS.

Facilitate the Behavior Based Safety Program at my facility. Our BBS program is 100% voluntary and I was able to increase our participation from 10% of our workforce to over 50% on a monthly average. Duties include entering data from paper observations into our online software (ProAct), following up on safety hazards reported by employees, bringing up issues and reporting on health of process to management every month, leading the BBS steering team to mitigate hazards, and helping plan a large… Show more Facilitate the Behavior Based Safety Program at my facility. Our BBS program is 100% voluntary and I was able to increase our participation from 10% of our workforce to over 50% on a monthly average. Duties include entering data from paper observations into our online software (ProAct), following up on safety hazards reported by employees, bringing up issues and reporting on health of process to management every month, leading the BBS steering team to mitigate hazards, and helping plan a large BBS conference that takes place yearly that I also present at. Show less

Currently in training for Control Room Operator. Experience in hot and cold start-ups, unit shutdowns, adjusting load between HSL and LSL, and addressing air quality issues such as CO, NOx, and SO2.Make daily rounds on different systems supporting steam and power generation including the turbine and generator, a B&W and Alstom boiler, feedwater heaters, boiler feed pumps, condensate booster pumps, stator cooling water system, generator seal oil system, condensate vacuum pumps… Show more Currently in training for Control Room Operator. Experience in hot and cold start-ups, unit shutdowns, adjusting load between HSL and LSL, and addressing air quality issues such as CO, NOx, and SO2.Make daily rounds on different systems supporting steam and power generation including the turbine and generator, a B&W and Alstom boiler, feedwater heaters, boiler feed pumps, condensate booster pumps, stator cooling water system, generator seal oil system, condensate vacuum pumps, condensate pumps, EHC system, gland steam condenser, bottom ash removal system, circulating and cooling water systems, primary and secondary air fans, induced draft fans, seal/scanner/igniter fans, and air preheaters. Also make daily rounds on environmental control systems including selective catalytic reduction(SCR) system, lime injection system, activated carbon injection system, baghouse fly ash removal system, and wet flue gas desulfurization system. I also have a lot of experience with conveyor belts for coal transfer and ball mills for limestone slurry production. Extensive experience in Lockout/Tagout process. Show less

1 of 7 board members helping new and existing businesses start or stay in business with different kinds of grant opportunities.

I'm in charge of the day to day operations of this small gym I opened up in my hometown. I, along with my wife and some friends, manage signing new clients up, renewing memberships of current members, and making sure the gym is clean and presentable to our members.

Supported production of surface mining at the Jewett Mine for Texas Westmoreland Coal Company. Operated big end dumps in pre bench operations, and coal haulers in coal transfer operations.