Manager Engineer

Jeffrey Lewis Paul, P.E., M.B.A

619-***-**** (Cell) 619-***-**** (Home)

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SUMMARY

Professional Engineer and Manager, with Financial Experience, and a

history (over 20 years) of demonstrated organizational growth &

success, seeking Long-Term Position in the Energy (inc.

Renewables/Solar), Facility/Construction Management or Manufacturing

Business Sector. Successful Manager at NAES Corporation, NRG Energy

and SDG&E.

CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS

Facility Operations & Maintenance Manager

. SAFETY FIRST: Concentrated effort led to recent 4 consecutive years w/o

LTA (Lost Time Accident).

. Environmental Compliance: Environmental Focus meant: No Operator caused

NOV's (Notice of Violation).

. Equipment Reliability >97% last five years (Balanced economic decisions &

preventative maintenance).

Financial Manager

. Multi-year, Multi-million dollar budgets developed ($20M), justified &

maintained under budget.

. Successfully cut budget by 40% in 2012, due to contract change, w/o

affect on Reliability.

Public Relations/Personnel

. Successfully corrected a conflict resolution issue between ownership &

governmental agency.

. History of Management of Multi-Disciplined Groups: Engineers,

Technicians, Union & Administrative.

. Management focus is always on organizational achievement and employee

development.

. As an example of successful management style: Former employee, a 20 year

Navy Officer veteran, noted in Reference

Letter that he would not want to work for anyone else.

Engineering Acumen/Expertise

. Mechanical Engineering; Extensive Experience with: Rotating & Auxiliary

Equipment, Turbines (Steam/Gas/Aero-

derivative), Pumps (Circulating Water/Boiler Feed) and Fans (Boiler

ID/FD).

. Electrical Engineering; Extensive Experience with: Generators, Exciters,

Breakers, Motors and Transformers.

. Knowledge & multi-year experience with Boilers, Piping Systems, Corrosion

Protection and Fuel Tanks.

. Performed & managed Equipment Performance Tests per ASME PTC's.

. Work experience includes: Nuclear, Fossil Fuel, Geothermal and Co-

Generation Facilities.

. Formulated and developed a Condition Assessment Program used by Industry.

. Industry Facilitator: Chairman of the CTOTF Pratt & Whitney Roundtable.

Safety/Environmental/Governmental Compliance

. Safety: A primary focus; that resulted in personnel with multiple years

of no LTAs; recent projects included "Lone Person

Down", ARC Flash Compliance, new LOTO & MSDS Systems'

Installations.

. Environmental: Responsible for all EPA/APCD Air Permits & Regulations -

goal of no operator violations

achieved. Responsible for Water Permits & Regulations (NPDES &

Storm water).

. Governmental: Responsible for 5 NERC/WECC Audits with "no findings".

Dealt professionally with CEC, CPUC,

CAISO and CDWR.

Project & Asset Management/Decision Maker

. Managed numerous Multi-million dollar Construction & Maintenance Projects

successfully: New Power

Plants, SCR Installations, Fuel Oil Tank Repairs & Major Turbine-

Generator, and Boiler & High Press. Piping Mods.

. Managed Purchase Power Agreements(PPA's), Interconnection Agreements &

transition to Merchant Power Operations.

. Acted as Root Cause Analysis (RCA)/Decision Analysis Company Facilitator.

. Compiled, Reviewed & Completed numerous "Due Diligence" Reports;

Coordinated Asset Management.

. Made tough decisions on Personnel (Performance Appraisals),

Project/Vendor Direction & Economic Cost Evaluations.

SKILLS PROFILE

- Facility/Plant (O&M) Management - Financial (Budgets:

Development & Maint.) Management

- PROJECT/CMMS Management - Environmental

Compliance/Equipment Management

- Project Management (Develop. & Justified) - Steam & Gas Turbine

(Aero-derivative)Maintenance

- Risk & Decision Analysis - Boiler, Auxiliary &

Rotating Equipment Maintenance

- Generator, Motors & Transformer Maint. - Condition Assessment

Programs

- NERC/WECC Compliance & Standards - CAISO

Compliance/PPAs/Merchant Power Operations

- Construction/EPC Management - Vendor Management

- Mechanical/Performance Engineering - Electrical Engineering

- Microsoft Office Software

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

NAES Corporation (O&M Contractor) 7/3/2007

- 1/3/2013

General & Plant Manager of CalPeak Power LLC/Starwood Power Midway LLC

Facilities

. Responsible for all Facility Operations & Maintenance of Gas

Turbine (Pratt & Whitney Aero-derivative) Peaking Power Plants in

3 Counties in California. Management of the facilities included

Responsibility for Operations & Maintenance, New Construction,

Environmental Compliance, Safety Compliance, NERC Compliance, and

Budget ($20M) & Project Management. Dealt with numerous

governmental agencies: NERC/WECC, CAISO, CDWR, EPA, APCD's (3

counties), CPUC, CEC & DEH. Worked projects with a number of

Manufacturing Parts & Services Companies. Managed a staff, which

included O&M Managers, an Accounting & Human Resources (HR)

Manager, an Environmental Health & Safety Engineer, Control Room

Operators & O&M Technicians, and Administrative Assistant.

Coordinated with Power/Energy Scheduling Coordinator and Fuels

Procurement.

NRG Energy (Independent Power Producer)

1/1/2001 - 7/3/2007

Technical Manager

. Managed all Engineering & Environmental Projects and Compliance

Activities. Responsible also for Major Maintenance (Outages &

Efficiency Improvement) Projects and Budgets for this Steam

Turbine/Boiler Natural Gas Fired Facility. Responsible for all

aspects of the projects involving the turbines, boilers, piping

systems and auxiliary equipment. Managed a staff of engineers,

environmental specialists and maintenance technicians.

Responsible for projects supported on-site or at Manufacturing

Companies. Projects included: SCR Installations, Generator

Rewinds, Boiler Repairs, and Fuel Oil Tank Repairs.

San Diego Gas & Electric (Utility)

7/1/1979 - 1/1/2001

Maintenance Manager (Promoted from Engineer, Senior Engineer,

Maintenance Supervisor)

. As manager, was responsible for Power Plant Support, Projects and

Supervision. During this time, management of personnel included

Foremen, Union & Non-Union Staffs, Technicians and Clerical. Also

responsible for a multi-million dollar Power Plant Maintenance

Budget ($10M) along with all the Project Planning & Design for

Turbo-machinery, Piping Systems & Boiler Overhauls. Additionally,

was responsible for Engineering and Technical Support (NDT,

Vibration Analysis and Infrared Condition Based Predictive

Maintenance and a Machine Shop). Facilities' experience included:

natural gas fired facilities (steam turbines/gas

turbines/boilers/auxiliary equipment), geothermal facilities and

co-generation facilities.

EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS/ACHIEVEMENTS

. BSME - Mechanical Engineer - University of California at Davis

. MBA - Master's Degree in Financial Management - National University

. PE - Mechanical Professional Engineer - State of California Cert. No.

M21097

. Member ASME, AEE

. Others:

Authored Industry Articles: "Extending Generator Life" (Utility

Maintenance Magazine); "Contracting Turbine-Generator Major Overhaul

Maintenance in the New Era of the Electric Utility Industry"

(Presented at EPRI); "Major Turbine-Generator Overhauls: Adapting to

the Changing O&M Climate" (Presented at PowerGen); and "Equipment Life

Optimization Program (ELOP) Helps Plants Compete by Maximizing

Maintenance Efficiencies" (Presented at PowerGen).

Management Courses/Training: Risk Management; Engineering Economics;

MARC Management Concepts for Supervisors; Managing for Productivity;

"Seven Habits of Highly Effective People"; Coaching for Improved Work

Performance; Decision Analysis; Training and Transport of Hazardous

Materials; Electrical Safety Training; ASME: Section IX Welding &

Brazing & Section B31.1 Power Piping Design, Alteration and Repair

Procedures for Boilers and Pressure Vessels (including Review of the

National Board Inspection Code (NBIC) of Boiler and Pressure Vessels).

Chairman of the Combustion Turbine Operations Technical Forum (CTOTF)

Pratt & Whitney Roundtable.

INTERESTS: Industry News; All sporting activities: Golf & Swimming;

Enjoy Cooking.

REFERENCES: Provided upon request.

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