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Kirkland, Wa, Us

Kirkland, Wa, Us

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Fi

Commissioned, troubleshot, upgraded, conducted maintenance, and repaired Water jet controls systems on 15 LCS class warships.Independent Ambassador for Rolls-Royce to the customer when providing service.Technical consultant with the Chief Engineering team to make improvements on ships.

Kongsberg, Buskerud, No

Single handedly responsible for commissioning, troubleshooting, and repairing controls systems dealing with main propulsion, tunnel thrusters, water jets and steering systems on over 300 ships ranging in size from tugboats to cruise ship and oil tankers.Executed commissioning on over 40 vessels resulting in on time completion or ahead of schedule. Receiving praise from project managers and owners for a job well done.Upgraded critical steering controls systems on over 100 ships resulting in minimal downtime of the vessel while in service and enabling the vessel to finish their mission.

Single handedly responsible for commissioning, troubleshooting, and repairing controls systems dealing with main propulsion, tunnel thrusters, water jets and steering systems on over 300 ships ranging in size from tugboats to cruise ship and oil tankers.Executed commissioning on over 40 vessels resulting in on time completion or ahead of schedule. Receiving praise from project managers and owners for a job well done.Upgraded critical steering controls systems on over 100 ships resulting in minimal downtime of the vessel while in service and enabling the vessel to finish their mission.

Washington, Dc, Us

Managed Electrical department, responsible for training, mentoring, and leading over 70 electricians onboard a nuclear aircraft carrier.Leader of electrical division power shop, responsible for maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs of all 440vac equipment on a nuclear aircraft carrier.Troubleshot and repaired critical lighting system onboard nuclear aircraft carrier.Managed tug crews of all maintenance and history of 5, 50-year-old tugboats as Chief Engineer.Operated engineering plant safely while underway as Engineering officer of the watch on the USS Safeguard.Collaborator on training team, teaching sailors how to fight fires and react to engineering casualties onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Safeguard.