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Power Plant Maintenance Manager

Location:
Sheridan, AR
Posted:
February 11, 2024

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David Mooney

**** ***** **

Sheridan, AR, *****

Telephone: 870-***-****

Email: ad3j04@r.postjobfree.com

Objective: Seeking a position to continue to challenge and promote my experience providing management

and supervision relative to direct report oversight, guidance, and development along with other process implementations that will continue to contribute sustainable values and goals toward the Company’s vision.

Experience:

April 2023-Present Calpine Corporation-Pine Bluff, AR

Operations/Maintenance Manager -Combined Cycle Cogen Power Plant

•Oversees safe and economical daily and long-term maintenance of equipment at assigned power plant.

•Ensures safety of employees, contractor and public in all maintenance activities in operating plants.

•Coordinates schedules and conducts mechanical, electrical, and I&C maintenance repair and preventative maintenance.

•Develops and maintains computerized maintenance management program.

•Ensures compliance with all applicable environmental and safety regulations during the performance of plant maintenance activities.

•Schedules materials, equipment and personnel for plant outages and overhauls.

•Participates in the planning and scheduling of plant activities. Coordinate plant maintenance outages with local hosts and utilities.

•Maintains needed site spare parts in coordination with maintenance personnel and the Plant Administrator. Develops and monitors Maintenance Department Budget.

•Develops contracts (in coordination with other involved parties) and oversees performance of contractors required for on-site maintenance, services, equipment rentals, and maintenance training.

•Manages new equipment warranties. Accomplishes work through others. Manages overall equipment maintenance function at assign power plant. Manages employees performing related duties including full human resources, cost, and budgetary accountabilities.

•Decisions typically related to resources, project approach, and tactical operations.

•Results have significant impact on costs and the achievement of function objectives or project-based goals. Assists in the development and administration of plant operating budgets.

•Make decisions for large-scale projects, a closely related set of projects and initiatives involving own and possibly related functional areas.

•Receives assignments in the form of objectives and determines tactical approach, resources, schedules, and goals. Prepares and communicates work schedules for staff, balances workload and monitors quality of results.

•Works within general guidelines; applies advance technical knowledge to solve moderately complex problems for a function.

•Manages multiple functions within operations the maintenance function.

•Responsible for performance reviews, promotional decisions, and pay actions for support and professional levels. Oversees the training and development of staff, including contractors.

•Serves as one of the primary decision makers in the recruiting and selection process.

•Manage the daily operations and production activities. Plan and direct the work activities of operations personnel.

•Supervises operators in all aspects of power plant operations. Issues operating instructions for economic dispatch, ensure optimum water balance is maintained and supervise the plant chemistry program.

•Assure operational efficiency, reliability and compliance with safety and environmental standards.

•Develops and coordinates plant safety programs, including oversight of training certifications, compliance, and tag-out procedures.

•Accountable for maintaining up-to-date environmental and permit requirements. Ensures that all Calpine compliance reports are complete, accurate and submitted in a timely manner.

•Ensures compliance with all local, State and Federal regulations and plant procedures for staff.

•Monitors and enforces a safe work environment and participates in the development of procedures that support consistent and safe operations.

•Accomplishes work through others. Manages a combination of multiple operations and maintenance functions such as commissioning, control room operations, crane operations and vehicle maintenance, plant maintenance, IC&E, and water treatment with operational focus.

May 2022-Jan. 2023 Huber Engineered Materials-Benton, AR

Electrical & Controls Supervisor

•Leadership Engagement Managed a generally homogeneous team; adapts plans and priorities to meet service and/or production challenges.

•Facilitated and coordinated Crew Safety meetings and performs Job Observations and site audits.

•Developed, Implemented, and Directed electricians on all Electrical & Control scheduled work plans.

•Ensured adherence to all safety procedures and policies.

•Aligned employee actions with corporate, business unit, and department objectives to promote continuous employee learning, and development while maintaining compliance.

•Lead departmental efforts in the Process Excellence program by identifying projects and ensure implementation.

•Performs the supervisory duties including full range of recruitment, staff development and performance evaluation activities.

•Develops, implements, and maintains departmental and company SOP’s and Guidelines

•Support PLC projects in facility from design to installation.

•Effectively maintain programming, hardware networking and communication. Troubleshoot, determine causes of failure and perform corrective actions; oversee full industrial control system project implementation on both hardware and software problems.

•Interface with and troubleshoot the following motor control equipment properly and safely: motor starters, run relays; Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs); Servo motors and controls.

•Interface with and troubleshoot Allen Bradley and other plant PLC’s including connecting to the PLC, reading ladder logic, programming, diagnosing hardware and software problems.

•Establish and maintain min/max on hand inventories of all required spare parts and components needed to properly maintain all control systems.

•Diagnose and repair electrical systems, apparatus, and electrical components of industrial machinery and equipment.

• Support predictive and preventative maintenance program.

• Coordinates support from outside vendors for facilities equipment support functions.

• Monitoring of budgets and operational costs

Dec.2012-Jan. 2021 Entergy Arkansas -Malvern, AR

Operations Supervisor/620 mw Combine Cycle Power Plant

•Supervised operations personnel and directs daily operations and maintenance of a fossil fuel fired power generation plant.

•Communicated with the System Planning Organization on an on-going basis to operate units as required to meet system needs.

•Facilitated and coordinated Crew Safety meetings and performs Job Observations and site audits.

•Developed, planned, coordinated, and implemented capital modifications to meet the site needs within the organization capability. Ability to read and modify P&ID’s for modifying and updating plant process equipment as needed.

•Performed Human Resource Management of direct reports, which included compliance with established policies, practices, and procedures as well as performance management of direct reports.

•Aligned employee actions with corporate, business unit, and department objectives to promote continuous employee learning, and development while maintaining compliance.

•Provided direct management to the current Entergy Safety Process. Ensured compliance with Corporate Safety standards and approved practices for the protection of all personnel. Ensures the safe isolation/lock-out and restoration of site equipment.

•Problem Solving Used judgment to identify and resolve day-to-day technical and operational problems.

•Leadership Engagement Managed a generally homogeneous team; adapts plans and priorities to meet service and/or operational challenges.

•Provided continuous monitoring of boilers, turbine/generators, and auxiliary equipment ensuring the safe and reliable operation of plant equipment.

•Managed and supported Entergy's core processes, and initiatives which included:

Plant Operations Excellence, Operations Excellence Index, NERC Standard Compliance, Unit Reliability, Surveillance Testing, Power Cost Incorporated, Power Generation Safety Process, Operations Information Systems, Operator Skills Development Process, Environmental Compliance, and the Automated Tagging System.

•Participated in plant safety processes and programs. Created and reviewed SWAT and JHA’s. Performed monthly safety audits, CC/GC and Cold Eye reviews.

•Ensured adherence to all safety procedures and policies.

•Supervised and directed daily operations and maintenance activities for assigned employees while working a rotating 12 hour shift schedule.

•Directed and tracked training activities of direct reports, performed employee performance evaluations, and ensured accuracy of and approved electronic timesheets for direct reports.

•Ensured compliance with all regulatory requirements including OSHA,

Environmental, NERC/CIP…Develops and revises OMP’s.

•Contract management. Identifies the needs for contract services, develop detail work scope or specifications, recommends bidders or determining and preparing a non-bid justification. Prepares a contract requisition and ensuring its proper approvals. Follows and understands the business unit contractor safety requirements. Maintains monthly contract budgets, billing, accruals and approves contractor invoicing. Maintains the PE tracker for all assigned O&M and Capital projects. Manager oversight of multiple onsite contractors while performing contracted work scopes.

•Interim Planner/Scheduler. Planned and scheduled all Corrective and Preventive maintenance for the weekly work plans. Ordered and received inventory parts. Maintained plant KPI.

•Assumed the role of Project manager on all Gas turbine and generator outages.

•Provided presentations and directs meetings monthly relative to all business items.

•Setup and maintained onsite Simulator program to assist and mentor less experienced members to help promote through the progression plan.

•Served on interview panel numerous times for new hires.

Feb. 2002-Dec. 2012 NAES Corporation - Malvern, AR

Control Room Operator/ Interim OPS- Maintenance Manager

•Startup and Commissioning of a 620 MW Combined Cycle Plant.

•Proficiently conducted full plant startups and shutdowns.

•Managed, promoted and ensured Plant Safety.

•Controlled, monitored, or operated equipment that regulates or distributes electricity or steam, using data obtained from instruments or computers.

•Recorded and compiled operational data by completing and maintaining forms, logs.

•Provided personnel training and development.

•Performed Lockout Tagouts/Safe and Hot Work Permits.

•Managed and Implemented Maximo and set up database for it.

•Coordinated and performed plant water chemistry.

•Managed and performed I&C and maintenance.

•Generated startup schedules, and plant procedures.

•Managed daily work orders.

•Managed contractors for all onsite work.

•Planned and scheduled plant outages.

Sept. 2000-Feb. 2002 Calpine Corporation - Pine Bluff, AR

Control Room Operator/ Combined Cycle Cogen Plant

•Startup and Commissioning of a 240 MW Combined Cycle Plant.

•Proficiently conducted full plant startups and shutdowns.

•Managed, promoted and ensured Plant Safety.

•Managed, controlled, monitored, or operated equipment that regulates or distributes electricity or steam, using data obtained from instruments or computers.

•Recorded and compiled operational data by completing and maintaining forms, logs.

•Provided personnel training and development.

•Performed Lockout Tagouts/Safe and Hot Work Permits.

•Managed and Implemented Maximo and set up database for it.

•Coordinated and performed plant water chemistry.

•Managed and performed I&C and maintenance.

•Generated startup schedules, and plant procedures.

•Managed daily work orders.

•Managed contractors for all onsite work.

•Planned and scheduled plant outages.

Mar.1997-Sept. 2000 Intelex - Little Rock, AR

Network/Telecom Technician

•Installed computer Networks and Telecom Switches throughout the US.

•Installed all cabling, jacks, hubs, routers, and patch panels.

•Programming and Networking

•Customer Relations and Service

Education:

Sept.1991-Dec. 1995 Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, AR

Major/Minor: Agri Business/Parks and Recreation

Jan.1996-Dec. 1997 Information Technology Education Center, Little Rock, AR

Computer Networking/Programming (Associates)

Certified Network Administrator/Programmer

Apr.1993-May 1998 US Naval Reserves/Army National Guard 1st-153rd Infantry

*Honor Graduate*

Skills and Qualifications:

• Safety Focused and Disciplined

• Great at Problem Solving

• Ownership and Accountability

• Leadership and Engagement qualities

• Excellent interpersonal skills

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Multiple management courses attended and completed.

• Project Management Experience

• Contract Management Experience

• Planning and scheduling Experience

• Open and Trusting

• Mentoring and teaching skills

• Very self-motivated

• Attention to Detail and very Analytical.

• Ability to Motivate

• Very organized

• Expert Judgement and Ethical Decision Making

• Effective in teamwork and Inclusion

• VPP Certified

• Boiler License

• Gas and steam turbine Certified.

• Water Chemistry skills and knowledge

• Payroll, Budgeting, invoicing, Bidding, PE, KPI skills and knowledge

• Electrical High Voltage Trained

• Excellent computer skills. Proficient in Microsoft Office applications. Proficient in PI, AIMM, Maximo and Oracle.

• PLC (Allen-Bradley, Mark V and VI, Delta V, Modicon) and Instrumentation experience.

• Rockwell Automation Powerflex 750 VFD Certified

• Forklift and man lift Certified.

• OSHA and MSHA Certified

• Hazwopper Certified

• Numerous Computer Based training certificates (Electrical, Mechanical and IC&E)

• Coupa Software

• Purchasing and Receiving

• Inventory Control

• Peoplesoft Software

• First Aid Certified

REFERENCES: Furnished upon request



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