Stephen 'Hank' Ball

Cell 325-***-****

acxnvz@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

I have been in Startup, Maintenance, Project Management, and Management in the commercial power generation field for over twenty-five years. I am experienced in almost all phases of maintenance and preventive maintenance including Plant Engineering and Planning/Scheduling. I am Safety conscious and detail oriented. I have experience in biofuels and the oil and gas industry. I also have experience in cost estimating of modular pipe racks and process modules for the oil and gas industry and large water processing plants. I have performed Planning and Scheduling for Chemical Demilitarization sites and Combined Cycle power generation plants in my career. My background shows I have worked both as a ‘regular’ employee and a Contractor.

Career Accomplishments include:

Development of Maintenance Planning and Scheduling group for Chemical Demilitarization facility

Development of Work Control procedures for Maintenance Department at Chemical Demilitarization facility

Successful audits of the Work Control by Government entities at Chemical Demilitarization facility

Cost savings of approximately $135k annually by design and installation of heat exchangers for decant tank reheat at Biodiesel facility

Cost savings of approximately $130k annually due to design of equipment to sparge reboilers on distillation towers at Biodiesel facility

Design of wastewater handling system including pumps, valves, and surge tank for Biodiesel facility

Design of flare testing methodology for Biodiesel facility

Design of steam heated buildings for temperature-sensitive equipment and material at the Biodiesel facility

Design and installation of reject water reclaim system for two 100GPM Alfa Laval centrifuges resulting in cost savings of approximately $15k annually

Contractor oversight and Project Management for Cooling Tower construction at a Combined-cycle power plant

Served on the Training team for development, roll-out, and training of the Maximo-based Work Management Policy for the Calpine fleet of Generating Stations throughout the US

Background

December 2014 to Present

Advanced Technologies Sweetwater, Tx

Maintenance Planner/Scheduler

Plan work packages for Maintenance

Plan and schedule weekly Down Day work

Consult with Site Manager and Maintenance Supervisor on daily work

Get quotes from vendors for contract work during outages and down days

Schedule outage work

Coordinate material for daily and outage work

Set up any Pms not already in the system (MP2)

Write job plans for daily and PM Work Orders

Create monthly metrics Powerpoint slideshows based on data mined from MP2 and other sources

Present monthly metrics to Management and customer with data analysis discussions

Create ad-hoc reports and charts including MTBF, MTTR, manpower utilization, Downtime Pareto and others

May 2014 to December 2014

TXI/Martin Marietta New Braunfels, Tx

Maintenance Planner/Scheduler

Plan work packages for Maintenance

Consult with Maintenance Manager and Supervisors on Outage projects

Get quotes from vendors for contract work during outages and down days

Schedule major and minor outages

Coordinate material for daily and outage work

Set up Gantt chart for outages

Set up any Pms not already in the system (Oracle EAM 12)

Write job plans for daily and PM Work Orders

Supervise and develop Planner Assistant

January 2014 to May 2014

CDI Pueblo, Colorado

Maintenance Planner

Plan work packages for Maintenance

Consult with other Planners on Maximo use

Schedule and perform pre-planning job walkdowns with responsible personnel

Write detailed work instructions

Consult with Engineering on design change documents in order to plan properly

Review work packages returning from field

April 2012 to December 2013

Lauren Engineers and Constructors Abilene, Texas

Senior Estimator

Estimated and developed bid packages for the Constructors division

Projects ranged from over $175,000 to over $27,000,000

Developed bid packages for budgetary, lump sum, cost plus, and unit rate quotes from 3D models, PIDs, concept drawings, specs, ISOs.

Developed the Excel format for Instrumentation and Electrical estimates and integrated it into the main Excel worksheets

Read and understood detailed scope of work in order to define the parameters of the bid

Developed list of clarifications and exceptions pertinent to the bid

Utilized knowledge in IEEE, ANSI, NEC, ASTM, and the Canadian equivalent codes

Performed materials takeoffs, generated materials lists, and developed requests for quotes

Sent requests for quotes to multiple vendors, evaluated the returned quote, and entered data into worksheet

Met with Plant Management to evaluate final data before developing bid package

February 2010 to March 2012

Calpine Magic Valley Energy Center/ Hidalgo Energy Center Edinburg, Texas

Senior Maintenance Planner/ Scheduler

Planner/ Scheduler for both the Magic Valley and the Hidalgo power plants.

Planned and scheduled a complete plant outage including teardown and inspection of all three generators and rebuild of both CT rotors.

Built Gantt charts, tracked the schedule, ensured parts were available and on site on time, and added any backlog items that were not part of the borescope task but could be accomplished during this time.

Managed the work order backlog

Coordinated tasks with vendors and contractors

Trained several of the Calpine Power Plants on use of Maximo, the Work Management Plan, and Backlog Management

Developed and implemented Start Centers in Maximo to include Management tools to facilitate managing the Work Orders by writing automated SQL statements

Wrote a search routine for Excel to pull inventory lists from the Maximo warehouse module from multiple power plant sites

Team member for Work Control procedures development and implementation for the fleet

Ordered and staged parts for work orders

Wrote scopes of work for in-house Technicians and outside contractors

Ensured task instructions met safety and QA/QC guidelines

Obtained quotes from vendors and contractors and made decisions on purchases based on those quotes

December 2009 – January 2010

IVRR Imperial Valley CA.

Plant Engineer / HSE Engineer

I was contracted to perform Plant Engineering and HSE for a short time at a 16Mw biomass electric generating station due to an immediate vacancy. I set up a tool to track reporting deadlines for air, water, and waste in accordance with the Plant permits. I set up the OSHA training matrix.

January 2009 – November 2009

NAES Victoria WLE, LP Victoria, Texas

Plant Engineer/ HSE Coordinator

Development and maintenance of the HSE and Training for a 300MW combined-cycle repowered facility. I was also responsible for maintenance of the CMMS system (MP2) along with my Plant Engineering duties.

2007- December 2008

Green Earth Fuels of Houston Galena Park, Texas

Plant Engineer/ Assistant Plant Manager

Maintained the Safety, Administration, and Plant procedures for this facility. Programmed the CMMS database (Access proprietary). I designed plant modifications and managed the construction and testing for modifications. I coordinated on-site activities with contractors and ensured the safe completion of projects I designed. I assisted the Director of Operations in development and maintenance of the Plant budget. I had approval and design authority for the Management of Change activities.

2003-2007

Parsons Engineering Newport Chemical Depot Newport, Indiana

Maintenance Planning and Scheduling Supervisor /Programmer

Developed and supervised the Maintenance Planning/ Scheduling Department. Interviewed prospective Planners, Schedulers, Maintenance Technicians, and Maintenance Supervisors and made recommendations. Developed the CHAMPS CMMS database for this location. Served as CHAMPS database Administrator. Wrote ad-hoc reports in MS-SQL as required. Set up and maintained work flow in CHAMPS. Created Excel spreadsheets and small Access databases as needed. Directed Planners, Data Entry Operators, Schedulers, Programmers, and Tech Writers in daily tasks. Ensured task instructions were clear and met safety and QA/QC guidelines. Interfaced regularly with Government auditors and personnel from other departments to demonstrate the Departmental methods.

2003

Parsons Engineering Newport Chemical Depot Newport, Indiana.

Startup Electrical Lead

Responsible for directing Techs who tested and commissioned various electrical/mechanical systems at the Chemical Weapons Demilitarization Facility. This activity included startup of 4160 volt switchgear, 480 volt switchgear, 480 volt MCCs, FCS control systems, PLC systems, and other process-related equipment.

2002-2003

ZUE Tenaska Central Alabama facility.

Senior Electrical Engineering Tech, Startup Turnover Coordinator

Responsible for engineering interface, manpower and materials cost projections, material estimates and material takeoffs.

Startup Electrical Engineer

Responsible for testing and commissioning of various electrical and electrical/mechanical systems at this combined cycle power plant.

2001- 2002

Nepco Wolf Hollow Power Plant Granbury, Texas

Startup and Commissioning Engineer

Checkout, Startup, and Commissioning of BOP systems, Circulating water system, Plant 4160 volt switchgear, 480 volt switchgear, instrumentation loops on Deltak HRSGs and vibration monitoring equipment on the Cooling Tower fans.

2000-2001 Double B Foods, Inc. Schulenburg, Texas

Plant Engineer, Meat Snack Division, Information Services Manager, Corporate

Plant Engineering and Maintenance of USDA inspected food-processing plant. Prepared annual budget for Maintenance Department, assigned work, set crew schedules. Developed work order and PM database. Designed equipment and controls as needed. Generated and submitted cost analysis for capital projects to Board of Directors. Also managed the network and computers.

1984-1997 Texas Utilities/ Comanche Peak Glen Rose, Texas

Plant Maintenance Electrician, Nuclear

Electrical maintenance on motors, switchgear, motor operated valves, air operated valves, calibration of valve operators, preventive/ predictive maintenance on electrical equipment including centrifugal water chillers, electric motors ranging from fractional to 7,000 horsepower vertical motors, troubleshot controls and relays, tested and calibrated molded-case breakers and switchgear. Temporarily assigned as Electrical Maintenance Planner during outage times. Assisted with writing, critiquing, and testing procedures for Maintenance, developed detailed work packages for outage work including permanent and temporary modifications. Qualified as Field and Classroom Trainer including course development and presentation.

SOFTWARE SKILLS (proficient)

MS Word MS Access MS Excel Oracle EAM 12

MS Outlook MS Project MS PowerPoint Cognos Reports

MS Visio MS Internet Explorer DIA Linux Mint

GANTT Project AutoCAD Firefox Linux Ubuntu

CHAMPS CMMS MP2 MAXIMO LibreOffice

PowerBuilder Infomaker Crystal Reports MS SQL

Oracle SQL Benthic Golden 32 File Maker Pro

CURRENT AND RECENT MEMBERSHIPS/ AFFILIATIONS

Board of Directors Abilene Community Theater

Active volunteer teaching computer classes at Cross Plains Public Library

EDUCATION

1977-1978 TSTI Waco, Texas Electronics Technology

1985 York, Inc. York, PA. York Centrifugal Water Chiller Teardown and Maintenance.

1984-1997 Texas Utilities Glen Rose, Texas Continuing technical training at TU training center

This training included TEAM training such as ROPES and management courses including

SIX THINKING HATS.

A list of the technical training is available upon request.

CHAMPs CMMS Administrator training

CORNERSTONE Administrator training

American Management Association Management for Professionals

REFERENCES:

Glenn Garrison Lauren Engineers and Constructors 325-***-****

Stephen Kite Advanced Technology Services 325-***-****

Troy King Advanced Technology Services 859-***-****

Roy Long IHI Power Services Corp 760-***-****

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