W. KENNETH MALOY

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Mint Hill, North Carolina 28227

Telephone: 713-***-**** (Cell)

adczff@r.postjobfree.com or adczff@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY:

Graduate Professional Mechanical Engineer experienced in the construction, installation, operation, maintenance, upgrades, and start-up/commissioning of Simple Cycle and Combined Cycle power plants in the United States, Mexico, and other countries. Plus, several Nuclear Power Electric Generation facilities throughout the United States. My mechanical engineering skills include Technical Advisor, Owner’s Rep., Trainer, Project Engineer, and Project Manager for plant design, machine design, equipment analysis, and mechanical maintenance of rotating and non-rotating equipment, piping, and start-up in a team environment.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:

BSME - extensive experience in Mechanical Engineering with an excellent understanding

of all rotating and non-rotating equipment in the Power Generation/Distribution industry (Nuclear, Fossil, Gas and Steam), and Industrial Construction.

Skilled in Plant Construction, System and Plant Start-up/Commissioning, Plant Engineering, Plant Design, Plant Modifications, Maintenance Engineering, Operations, ASME/ANSI Codes and Specifications, OSHA Regulations, Basic Plus Safety Training, Technical Writing, Safety Evaluations, Root Cause Analysis, Maintenance Rule, and reliability of equipment.

Graduate of GE's Steam Turbine Field Engineer Class (05-5), Schenectady, New York.

Project Engineering Manager with Combustion and Steam Turbines. My experience is focused on the assembly, Up-grade, Start-up/Commissioning, Operation, and major maintenance of each turbine. The Combustion Turbines are Siemens Westinghouse and General Electric. The Steam Turbines, both 1800 rpm and 3600 rpm, are Westinghouse, Siemens Westinghouse, General Electric, Mitsubishi, Toshiba, Alstom, and Elliott.

EDUCATION:

University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor of Arts - Personnel and Public Administration

Saint Petersburg Junior College, St. Petersburg, Florida (Associates of Arts).

AFFILIATIONS:

MEMBER - The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

MEMBER - The American Welding Society (AWS)

GRADUATE - GE's Steam Turbine Field Engineer Class (05-5)

INPO Certified Instructor - Houston Lighting & Power Company

Certified Subject Matter Expert (SME) Instructor - Commonwealth Edison

OSHA Construction Safety & Health

Basic Plus Safety (Texas)

Licensed Professional Engineer - Texas (Inactive)

Veteran – U. S. Marine Corps

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DETAILED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

2016 – Present Project Mechanical Engineer & Project Engineer

My contracts in the Power Generation Industry was to give assistance in the development, upgrade, commissioning, training, and performance of mechanical equipment in both nuclear and non-nuclear electrical generating stations.

These Contract positions consisted of being the Project Mechanical Engineer and Project Engineer for the refurbishment and redesign of VA Hospital Boiler Houses, and included the Main Steam and Condensate systems with Natural Gas and Electrical Fire Tube and Water Tube Boilers, up to 700 (HP) Horse Power, in North Carolina, West Virginia, and Louisiana.

2015 – 2015 Owner’s Rep/Contract Administrator, Harding Street Station, Indianapolis Power and Light (AES), Indianapolis, Indiana

Directed contract crews during the conversion from Coal to Natural Gas of Harding Street Coal Powered Electric Generating Station’s Units 5 and 6.

Evening shift engineer for the replacement of Water Treatment Plant with a complete new plant Water Treatment System.

2015 – 2015 ANO 95003 Recovery Team (Mechanical Emergency Systems),

Arkansas Nuclear One (Entergy), Russellville, Arkansas

Evaluated and assessed the operability, design, and corrective maintenance of Mechanical Emergency Equipment for ANO's Emergency Systems during Emergency Shutdown.

2012 – 2015 Mechanical Engineering Consultant, Maloy Enterprises & Consulting, Inc.

Mechanical consultant in Power Generation Industries giving assistance in the development, upgrades, commissioning, training, and performance of mechanical equipment in both nuclear and non-nuclear power plants in the United States.

2011 – 2012 Asset Reliability Engineer/Steam Turbine Equipment Specialist, Covanta Energy, Morristown, New Jersey

Project Engineer for the upgrade, repair, and maintenance of their medium-sized Steam Turbines throughout the Covanta Fleet at their “Waste to Energy” plants in the United States (short term contract).

2011 – 2011 Steam Turbine Equipment Specialist, Exelon Nuclear, Warrenville, Illinois

Project Engineer for the upgrade, repair, and maintenance of all Low Pressure and High Pressure Steam Turbines throughout the Exelon Fleet of Nuclear Power stations in Illinois.

2009 – 2010 Steam Turbine Upgrade Technical Verification Engineer, Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, American Electric Power, Bridgman, Michigan

Requested by the Nuclear Safety Board to perform Technical Oversight and Verification of the re-installation of turbine assemblies of Unit 1’s Main Steam Turbine/Generator Upgrade Recovery of Low-Pressure and High-Pressure Turbines and Generator.

2007 - 2008 Power Plant & Design Engineer (New Generation Group), American Electric Power Headquarters, Columbus, Ohio

Gas and Steam Turbine-Generator Consultant/Design Engineer for the sizing and procurement of all major equipment (Siemens Westinghouse Model W501FD2 Combustion Turbines and GE Model D-11 Steam Turbine) and their auxiliaries for the construction of the Stall Combined Cycle Electric Generating Project in Shreveport, LA.

Project Construction Engineer/Manager for the construction and commissioning of Dresden Combined Cycle Electric Generating Project in Dresden, Ohio. GE Model 7FA Combustion Turbines, GE Model D11 Steam Turbine, and NEM HRSG’s.

2006 - 2006 Mechanical Field Engineer – General Electric

Project Manager/Engineer for the major inspection and refurbishment of a 45 MW GE Steam Turbine-Generator at International Paper Mill in Prattville, Alabama. (General Electric)

2005 - 2005 Project Manager/Mechanical Field Engineer - General Electric Regional Office, Southfield, Michigan

Project Manager/Engineer of the major inspection of Gears, Bearings, Alignment, and refurbishment of a Westinghouse Steam Turbine for Consumers Energy at J. C. Weadock Steam Plant in Bay City, Michigan. (General Electric)

2005 - 2005 Mechanical Engineer - Westinghouse, Chattanooga, Tennessee

Design Engineer to prepare Installation Design Packages for Supports, Restraints, and Small Bore Piping for TVA's Watts Bar Nuclear Unit 1’s 2006 Steam Generator Replacement Project. (Westinghouse)

2004 - 2004 Mechanical Quality Control/Assurance & Safety Engineer

OxyVinyls Battleground Facility, Oxy-Chem Battleground Expansion Project, GE Frame Model 7EA Combustion Turbine and Nooter/Eriksen HRSG, LaPorte, Texas (General Electric)

2002 - 2003 Lead Mechanical Construction & Commissioning Manager (Progress Energy) - Owner's Rep

Progress Energy Hines II – 470MW Combined Cycle Electric Generating Project (Power Block 2), Model W501FD Combustion Turbines, Siemens Model HE Steam Turbine, and NEM HRSG's, Bartow, Florida (Progress Energy)

2002 - 2002 Mechanical Start-up Engineer

Calpine - Carville Energy Center 501MW Combined Cycle Electric Generating Project, GE Frame Model 7FA Combustion Turbines, Alstom Steam Turbine, and Alstom HRSG's, Carville, Louisiana (General Electric)

2001 - 2002 Start-up/Commissioning Manager (Combustion Turbines)

AES-Red Oak 832MW Combined Cycle Electric Generating Project, Siemens- Westinghouse Model W501FD Combustion Turbines, Toshiba Steam Turbine, and Foster Wheeler HRSG's, Sayreville, New Jersey (Siemens-Westinghouse)

2001 - 2001 Lead Mechanical Start-up/Commissioning Engineer

Alabama Electric Cooperative Vann Plant 500MW Combined Cycle Electric Generating Project, Siemens-Westinghouse Model W501FD Combustion Turbines, Mitsubishi Steam Turbine and NEM HRSG's, Gantt, Alabama (Black & Veatch)

2000 - 2001 Lead Mechanical Construction/Start-up Engineer

AES-Ironwood 720MW Combined Cycle Electric Generating Project, Siemens- Westinghouse Model W501G Combustion Turbines, Siemens Model KN Steam Turbine, and Hanjung HRSG's (South Korea), Lebanon, Pennsylvania (Siemens-Westinghouse)

2000 - 2000 Lead Mechanical Start-up/Commissioning Engineer

Dynegy-Rockingham 800MW Simple Cycle Electric Generating Project, Siemens- Westinghouse Model W501FD Combustion Turbines, Reidsville, North Carolina (Siemens-Westinghouse)

1999 - 2000 Mechanical Start-up/Commissioning Engineer

AES-Merida III 484MW Combined Cycle Electric Generating Project, Siemens- Westinghouse Model W501FD Combustion Turbines, Siemens Model HE Steam Turbine, and Cerrey HRSG's (Mexico), Merida, Mexico (Siemens-Westinghouse)

1999 - 1999 Mechanical Maintenance Engineer - Vermont Yankee Electric Generating Station, Vernon, Vermont

Teamed with mechanical maintenance planners to resolve Temporary, Major, and Minor Modifications work order issues, and ensure correct engineering design was being used.

1999 - 1999 Subject Matter Expert (SME) Instructor - Dresden Electric Generating Station, Morris, Illinois

Conducted classroom instruction to “A & B” Class Mechanical Maintenance Mechanics for the various concepts of plant maintenance.

1998 - 1999 Senior Maintenance Engineer - Wyman-Gordon Forgings, Houston, Texas

Plant Maintenance Engineer for High Pressure Water Base Hydraulic Forging Press Systems. Engineered up-grading of high pressure Horizontal Triplex Plunger pumps, relief valves, pulsation dampeners, and discharge piping to bring into Code compliance. Project Manager for plant shutdown to upgrade/retrofit Forging plant’s High Pressure Accumulator System that contains two (2) water vessels (456.3 cu. Ft. and 3414 gals. each) and six (6) nitrogen vessels - 481.8 cu. Ft. (40” diameter by 86 ft. tall).

1998 - 1998 Mechanical Maintenance Engineer - Vermont Yankee Electric Generating Station, Vernon, Vermont

Designed the repair and replacement of mechanical equipment (rotating and non-rotating) in Primary and Secondary systems. Project Manager of equipment upgrades - Temporary and Minor Modifications.

1996 - 1998 Mechanical Maintenance Engineer - Zion Electric Generating Station, Zion, Illinois

Engineered the design/repair/replacement and maintenance of mechanical equipment (rotating and non-rotating), valve rework/replacement, seismic supports and vessel design in Primary and Secondary Systems. Project Manager for required 5-Year Tendon Surveillance on concrete Containment Domes.

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