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San Antonio, Texas Metropolitan Area

Support operation of utility plant by solving daily equipment issues and planning for long-term projects. Focus on environmental systems and regulations. Prepare bid packages and evaluate proposals. Skilled at working with craft labor, operations, finance, asset management, environmental, legal, and procurement departments.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Led high-profile special project to improve mercury capture from coal combustion. Visualized and completed process improvements, repaired equipment, prepared budgets, and trained vendors on safety. Organized.
• Directed instrumentation engineers to create control curves that set chemical feed rate of plant equipment.
• Forecasted future costs of EPA compliance for business strategy.
• Established preventive maintenance program and stocking of spare parts.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Managed portfolio of projects for six power plants. Worked with plant management, assigning resources to complete projects. Coached engineering staff on best practices for project management as well as evaluated.
• Mentored group of five engineers on project management fundamentals, including administrative procedures, matrix organizational structure, communication skills, and design processes.
• Evaluated performance of outside engineering firms and recommended cost reduction strategies.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Provided project management in disciplines of environmental equipment, outage management, process instrumentation, MEP (Mechanical-Electrical-Plumbing), and corrosion prevention. Leveraged technical background as.
• Compressed schedule of design, fabrication, and installation of large particle ash (LPA) screens from 18 months to 10 months while reducing costs. High profile project impacting long-term profitability.
• Installed pollution control equipment to reduce nitrous oxide and nitrous dioxide emissions.
• Developed a task-tracking database to increase communication between vendors, engineering, and construction.
• Excavated ten miles of 42” water pipeline and installed corrosion control system.
• Led fleet-wide safety projects to install early warning system for coal pulverizers.

Sherman/Denison, Texas Area

• Responsible for maintenance and procurement department, as well as local contracts for HVAC, sanitation, phone, electric, waste management, and MRO supplies. Worked with the legal department to approve contracts..
• Rebuilt 30-year-old HVAC system.
• Implemented new control system based on Invensys software, leading design and documentation.
• Supervised and directed construction employees; completed projects on time and within budget.
• Coordinated power outages with City of Sherman utility companies and end-users to ensure manufacturing operations were not interrupted.
• Wrote electrical safety procedures that followed NFPA 70E Arc Flash code and trained employees.

Sherman/Denison, Texas Area

Supervised engineering department consisting of 24 employees. Carried out tool design, machinist duties, gage calibration, tool crib, and maintenance. Oversaw hiring, training, team building, work scheduling, and performance reviews.

Sherman/Denison, Texas Area

Insourced production of a high-cost and highly engineered part from outside vendor. Developed knowledge of how to manufacture part by developing an alliance between machine tool supplier, fixture design company, and in-house personnel. Reduced cost, improved lead-time, and lowered inventory levels.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Led machine shop that increased production 500% in 5 years. Supported the daily operation and wrote quality-control inspection plans. Designed castings and forgings. Worked with purchasing department to source raw material and verify supplier quality. Developed inspection plans to ensure that quality was integrated into the machining process. Trained.

Master'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General, 3.2 Gpa

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 3.3 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Alpha Phi Omega Service FraternityCompleted service projects for local community