SUMMARY
Decisive, action-oriented and results focused engineer with over 15 years of experience. This includes over five years focused on project and engineering management. Proven experience in the areas of recruiting/staffing, the sharing of resources, team building, budget management, project scope development, customer relationships, cost avoidance, and continuous design improvements.
EXPERIENCE
Independent Business Owner, Consulting
Tucson, AZ — 2012-Present
Owner/operator of a small family business. Engineering consulting provided in project design, planning, approvals, installation, and testing.
Design Engineer, Supervisor and Manager, Entergy
Covert, MI — 2007-2011
Design engineer, supervisor, and manager at a single unit nuclear power station. Engineering tasks, projects, and team building in all engineering disciplines. Driven by new challenges and the desire to be successful in challenging tasks. Immensely enjoys navigating all aspects of complex projects. Examples of this work include large component redesign and replacements, all scheduled maintenance, and mechanical and electrical troubleshooting. Managed multiple projects for various power utilities, from concept to installation and testing.
Accomplishments
⦁ Lead the Design Engineering Department through a successful improvement plan. Execution of this plan was essential in Palisades’ first-ever INPO 1 accreditation.
⦁ Lead several refueling outage teams that resulted in the shortest refueling outage in the history of the plant in 2011.
⦁ Management sponsor for Entergy’s 2010 EPRI Top Industry Practice award for improved refueling outage tooling.
Principal Engineer, Wisconsin Electric
Two Rivers/Hudson, WI — 1998-2007
Lead engineer responsible for materials related issues at all Nuclear Management Company (NMC)power plants. Duties include the development and maintenance of safety-critical materials design and management programs, formation of mater aging management plans, performance of failure analyses, outage support, and component repair and replacement designs.
Accomplishments
⦁ Selected as the company representative for numerous industry organizations. These included: Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and Institute for Nuclear Power Operations (INPO).
⦁ Lead engineer for large scale power plant modifications and repair efforts.
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Staff Engineer, MPR Associates
Alexandria, VA — 1996-1998
Supporting engineer for power plant instrumentation and control, electrical, and mechanical equipment modifications. Responsible for the design, schedule, budget, and the direction of many designs and t...
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