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Areas of expertise in welding, NDE, heat sink and heat exchanger performance attributes, and inspected/audited/assessed license renewal aging management programs. * Conducted over twelve technical reviews of issues to screen for incident investigations. * Performed over 36 reviews of 50.59 screenings and evaluations and compared with FSAR and design basis documents for issue screening. * Performed inspections/audits/assessments of Problem Identification and Resolution Inspections (2) (including review and assessments of root cause analyses and apparent cause analyses) In-Service Inspection (69), Post-Approval Renewed License Program (10), Heat Sink Performance Evaluation (13), and 50.59 Screenings, Tests, Evaluations and Modifications (6), and (14) temporary instruction assessments of underground piping and tank integrity and dynamic restraints including reviews and assessments of these programs. Led over 50 inspections as the team leader. Production Supervisor, Kaiser Aluminum 2004 - 2005 Spokane Valley, WA Led a production team of 15-20 members. Duties included coordinating production schedules, management and supervision of personnel and equipment, interfacing with other management divisions for effective communication of goals and flow of inventory. * Managed the Kanban inventory system of scalped ingots and developed and improved the cast ingot scalping schedule based on product demand and current and future cast ingot inventory. * Heat treated and rolled an average of 65 ingots per shift, managed an average ingot inventory of 300 scalped ingots among 20 available heat treatment furnaces resulted in approximately 1 million pounds of finished flat-rolled product produced each shift. * Recognized as the supervisor with the highest production safety and quality record in the plant for May 2005. Classroom and Laboratory Instructor, US Navy 2001 - 2004 Naval Submarine School, Groton, CT Performed as a classroom and laboratory instructor and acted as the Command Duty Officer, the Commanding Officer's immediate representative to ensure the safety and security of a 2,000 personnel command during duty rotations. * Taught over 1000 students in submarine officer courses in target motion analysis and submarine tactics. * Created ten new interactive learning courses and performed over 600 lectures and laboratory learning scenarios for students. * Developed new curriculum for the emergence new technologies for performing target motion analysis for submarines. * Awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for outstanding instructional excellence and innovative instructional techniques. Junior Officer, US Navy 1998 - 2001 USS Houston (SSN-713), San Diego, CA Supervised, led, and trained various divisions such as Electrical, Mechanical, Reactor Controls, Chemistry and Radiological Controls, Auxiliary, and Sonar, as well as becoming the acting Engineer Officer and Weapons Officer. Other major collateral duties were the Quality Assurance Officer (responsible for all the ship's quality maintenance packages to include Level 1, SUBSAFE, and Nuclear packages) and the Ship's Diving Officer. Led as many as 46 sailors at one time through the following events: * Conducted two successful six-month Western Pacific deployments. * Supervised, led, and planned 14 highly successful maintenance availability upkeeps as a junior officer/acting department head including one submarine drydocking availability for the complex evolution of the discharge and replacement of the ship's ion exchanger resin and filter media, various weapons loads and off-loads, emergency repair to the ship's service high pressure air system. Resulted in the continuous operational readiness of the ship and nuclear propulsion plant. * Systems maintained included towed array and spherical array sonar systems, weapons handling systems, ship's radar and radio systems, reactor plant instrumentation and controls, ship's service turbine generators, ship's service motor generators, power systems and distribution equipment, auxiliary equipment to include the ship's refrigeration, heating, ventilation, and cooling equipment, atmosphere control equipment (CO2 scrubbers, CO-H2 burners, O2 generators), ship's emergency diesel generator, seawater and freshwater circulating systems, main and auxiliary steam piping, and reactor plant mechanical systems. * Qualified as Prospective Nuclear Engineering Officer, the US Navy equivalent to Professional Nuclear Engineer. * Assigned as a Senior Supervisory Watch during the ship's drydocking period for the intense ion exchanger and filter media replacement evolution. This position is generally reserved for officers with 4 to 7 years more experience. Selected based on technical experience and proven leadership. Officer Trainee, US Navy 1996 - 1998 Various assignments, Various locations Officer trainee learning classroom and hands-on reactor plant and submarine operation. Finished in the top third of all classes. Coursework included: * Electrical power distribution and electronics theory * Mechanical theory of operation to include heat transfer and fluid flow * Water chemistry control * Radiological control practices * Integrated plant theory and operation * Ship's control operation * Sonar and sound theory Enlisted trainee, US Navy 1991 - 1996 Various assignments, Various locations Enlisted mechanical operator trainee learning mechanical theory and practical operation as a mechanic in a nuclear reactor plant. Class Honorman MM Class 9211 Nuclear Field "A" School. Section Honorman for Naval Nuclear Power School Class. Selected as an officer candidate for the Nuclear Enlisted Commissioning Program at Auburn University (see Education). Coursework included: * Mechanical theory to include heat transfer and fluid flow * Principles of mechanical operation * Pump and valve maintenance techniques * Principles of hydraulics * Internal combustion engine theory and maintenance
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