Charles Melcher
Email: *********@********.***
Address: *** ******** ***
City: Norfolk
State: VA
Zip: 23507
Country: USA
Phone: 757-***-****
Skill Level: Director
Salary Range: 140
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Charles P. Melcher 757-***-****
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Seeking: A Position in the Energy Consulting industry with DNV KEMA
Proven Operational and Strategic Manager: Strong PL, Energy and Power System Management and Facility Operation and Green Construction experience with success in Engineering, Organizational, Program and Financial Management
Successful Energy and Power System Operational Director
Led the operations, maintenance and certification of a 6 ship Nuclear Submarine squadron; delivered highest operational performance marks across 7 squadrons
Directed operations, training, maintenance and safety of a nuclear submarine resulting in award as the best operated submarine in the fleet of 30 submarines
Completed 2 nuclear ship leadership tours over 4 years with zero nuclear regulatory citations; a record not matched before or since.
Named best overall operated nuclear ship 3 times and best operated nuclear engineering plant 4 times
Experienced Energy System Technical and Engineering Manager
Ran Naval Nuclear Program technical issue response team for regulatory issues; addressed causes and corrective actions for fleet wide nuclear incidents
Designed and implemented an industrial Naval Nuclear Plant and submarine overhaul process; reduced program cost 10% and reduced maintenance time 20% through Lean and Six Sigma Process Development
Managed the Virginia Class Submarine $8B Construction Program; reenergized stalled program attained Congressional approval for initial ship construction
Formed a Natural Gas Transportation Consulting Company to explore converting truck fleets and providing fueling options in the mid-Atlantic region.
Innovative Asset and Infrastructure Leader
Ran a large Naval Base federation; $2.5B in Assets; 6 Bases; 24K employees; achieved the highest management quality performance grades of any east coast installation for 3 consecutive years; reduced operating costs 50%
Led Naval Base Renovation Program in austere budget; Leveraged $7M in design funding into $300M in facility construction/renovation despite competitive process; constructed 2 LEED Silver Buildings and 12 alternative energy projects
Drafted and implemented a Naval Facility strategic infrastructure 5/20-year replacement plan that reduced planned construction costs by $250M
Proven Technology and Training System Developer
Directed The Joint National Training and IT System Development Program; $1B assets, $200M budget, 600 personnel worldwide; rebuilt program and operation from the bottom up replacing leadership team, establishing measurable processes and outcomes; saved program from DoD elimination
Planned and developed a synthetic IT Modeling Simulation training network of 7 hubs, 40 nodes and 300 sites integrating Live, Virtual Constructive systems
Integrated 50 experimental technologies into multiple Department of Defense service training systems; certified 30 new service training programs and venues
Strategic Change Leader; Team Builder and Critical Problem Solver
Developed the Federal governance team and guidance that coordinated financial integration of all DoD training systems; doubled inter-service training events
Developed and implemented Multi-Naval Base merger plan for the east coasts second largest Naval hospital; reduced annual costs by $2M
Restructured a 1500 person military staff; reduced costs 20%; Rebuilt task execution matrix, increased efficiency maintaining product delivery
Employment
Partner - E3 Energy LLC 2011-Pres
Commanding Officer - Naval Base NSA Hampton Roads 2009-2012
Executive Director - Joint National Training Program 2006-2008
Executive Assistant - Commander US Fleet Forces Command 2005-2006
Deputy Commander - Submarine Squadron Six 2004-2005
Commanding Officer - Nuclear Submarine USS SCRANTON 2001-2004
Personnel Program Director - Naval Nuclear Propulsion Wash/DC 1998-2001
Executive Officer - Nuclear Submarine USS BOISE 1997-1998
Program Officer - Virginia Class Submarine Construction 1995-1997
Chief Engineer - Nuclear Submarine USS OMAHA 1992-1995
Education
UVA Darden School Of Business Exec Business Management 2008
MBA - Johns Hopkins University 2001
Nuclear Engineering - Naval Nuclear Power School (Unaccredited) 1985
BS Mechanical Engineering - US Naval Academy 1984
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