Summary:

A detail oriented and hardworking professional who produces the highest quality results in high stress, high value, and time sensitive situations. Ten years of experience in the supervision, operations, training, maintenance, and repair of a nuclear reactor. Capable of working alone or as a member of a team, and ready to take initiative and solve problems. Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations and requirements outside of previous experience. High level of integrity and work ethic. Notable skills include:

Supervisory Experience

Communication

Training and mentoring

Detail Oriented

Industrial safety

Regulatory Knowledge

Inventory Management

Quality Assurance

Program Management

Schematics

Lock-Out/Tag-Out

Procedure Development

Experience:

Laboratory Supervisor, Bass Environmental, LLC 2021-2022

Maintained and managed all aspects of the laboratories including inventory and ordering, calibrations, maintenance, and housekeeping.

Produced monthly self monitoring reports required for local and state regulations including all necessary in house and 3rd party testing for submission to the water authority.

Operated and maintained laboratory equipment including ICP-OES, GC-MS, BOD incubators, fume hood, drying oven, analytical balance, and more.

Researched standard methods and established SOPs for the laboratory including building applicable calculators using Excel or Google Sheets to be used by operators.

Responsible for testing and maintaining records for waste streams to determine treatment plans and help establish pricing.

Evaluated the efficacy of current treatment plan for each waste stream and developed further efficiencies where applicable.

Coordinated with plant operators to establish set points in accordance with each waste treatment plan and to take samples to verify all standards were being met.

Interfaced with sales team to quickly provide feedback on potential waste streams including obtaining additional information such as SDS, analytics, etc.

Performed routine analysis on incoming and effluent waters including BOD, COD, metals by ICP-OES, SVOCs and VOCs by GC-MS, TSS, Oil & Grease (HEM), and pH.

Liaised with senior management regularly to discuss plant operations and implement new developments.

Worked with senior management to evaluate candidates and conduct interviews.

Established vendor relationships and procurement for specialty services and products.

Staff Training Group Member (STG), US Navy 2020

Assigned as a member of the Staff Training Group (STG) to assist in scheduling and development of training on the unique status of a power plant in a one-of-a-kind transitory state.

Assisted in the maintenance and development of a Microsoft Access Database used for tracking personnel training, attendance, and other data.

Section Leading Engineering Laboratory Technician (ELT), US Navy, 2019-2020

Led a division of six, including evaluation and discipline.

Prepared a comprehensive work schedule for over 30 individuals from multiple work groups to maximize flexibility and operational resiliency.

Maintained water chemistry of nuclear power plant.

Certified proper performance of radiological controls for both operations and maintenance.

Managed a rigorous chemistry performance evaluation program IAW local and Navy-wide instructions.

Collaborated with three other divisions, four other sections, and day staff personnel to assist in a one-of-a-kind transition of the plant into a permanent shutdown condition in preparation for decommissioning.

Instructor/ELT, Nuclear Prototype Training Unit Ballston Spa, US Navy, 2017-2019

Excelled at facilitating specialized training events in chemistry and radiological controls

Qualified Engineering Watch Supervisor – leading a team of ten personnel with students during operation of a nuclear power plant

Performed hundreds of maintenance items with first time quality

Organized hundreds of training events for over 250 students

Qualified Waste Representative, acting as the liaison between the civilian site authority and Navy personnel to ensure all federal and local requirements for waste disposition were met

ELT/Mechanical Operator, USS Missouri, US Navy 2012-2017

Qualified Engineering Watch Supervisor, Quality Assurance Inspector and Leading ELT

Managed the Radiation Health program, keeping and verifying legal radiation records for approximately 150 people

Effectively managed inventory, performing monthly and quarterly inventories, ordering parts, and maintaining stock of mission critical items for three deployments

Expertly managed maintenance planning and scheduling of over 1000 maintenance items over two and a half years

Education and Training:

Current Student at Thomas Edison State University, Bachelors in Nuclear Engineering Energy Technology, projected graduation date: June 2022

Naval Nuclear Field Training Pipeline, 18 months

Completed basic and advanced courses on safety, lock-out and tag-out, maintenance procedures, math, heat transfer, chemistry, physics, radiological controls, material science, reactor dynamics and mechanical engineering fundamentals in the design, operation and maintenance of naval nuclear propulsion plants.

Completed advanced hands-on nuclear prototype training which required the safe operation of a naval nuclear propulsion plant during startups, shutdowns, transient operations and casualty scenarios. Selected for an completed additional training with focus on chemistry and radiological controls, operations, and maintenance.

Navy Submarine Quality Assurance Inspector, 55 hours

Thermo Scientific ICP-OES operational training, 16 hours

Thermo Scientific GC-MS operational training, 40 hours

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