Alexander Bullard
Fayetteville,NC
Summary
Responsible Technician with excellent troubleshooting, customer service and analytics skills coupled with more than 12 years of experience. Enthusiastic individual experienced in analyzing issues and finding effective solutions.
Offers engaging and pleasant personality with expertise building customer relationships. Outstanding diagnostics skills.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
East Coast Commissioning Manager
Mill Creek Renewables
11.2023 - 02.2024
- Reduced project delays by proactively identifying and resolving issues during the commissioning phase.
- Optimized resource utilization for various projects under management by prioritizing tasks based on criticality while maintaining focus on timeframes and deliverables.
- Ensured compliance with industry regulations and standards by meticulously reviewing all aspects of the commissioning process.
- Enhanced project efficiency by coordinating with multidisciplinary teams to ensure timely completion of tasks.
Lead Renewable Technician
Spark Power Corporation
09.2021 - 11.2023
- Worked as a 3rd party OM provider for domestic and foreign companies, such as: SMA, Sungrow, Ingeteam, TMEIC, and many other reputable utilities.
- Responsible for leading/scheduling 2-10 person team(s) in equipment commissioning and various maintenances on trackers, inverters, transformers, and BESS units.
- Provided daily customer updates and reports
- Trained and task-qualified new technicians on standard operating procedures, ensuring consistency across the team.
- Creator/Reviewer of field maintenance SOPs.
Lead Technician-MV and Substation SME
National Renewable Energy Corporation
11.2020 - 07.2021
- Head of the MV and substation program that provides quality and timely maintenance for customers and company owned solar sites.
- Created maintenance plans that fulfilled all contractual and regulatory obligations.
- Write LOTO procedures for upcoming maintenance or those requested specifically from customers.
- Relay/Meter installations, settings verification, and firmware updates.
- Perform or schedule maintenance and repairs on: transformers, batteries/chargers, generators, breakers, and instrument clusters.
Lead Technician/Plant Manager
Cypress Creek Renewables
02.2020 - 11.2020
- Plant Manager for a NERC/ERCOT compliant 160 MW solar plant and substation.
- Planned, scheduled, and delegated daily work to team of employees.
- Optimized workflow for enhanced productivity by streamlining processes and providing technical guidance to team members.
- Monitored and enforced safety measures to mitigate hazards.
Solar Tech III & Electrical Operator II
Duke Energy Renewables
06.2016 - 02.2020
- Position was mainly day-to-day operations and maintenance of an 80 MW solar site with a 24 kV to 230 kV NERC Compliant Substation, along with 150 Megawatts of solar sites spread throughout Eastern NC
- Qualified to perform site and substation switching, grounding, and isolation
- Reduced downtime by troubleshooting and repairing electrical malfunctions in a timely manner.
- Performed daily equipment preventive maintenance tasks and designed and implemented maintenance procedures and programs.
Electrical Construction Foreman
Entropy Solar
06.2015 - 06.2016
- Maintained a safe working environment through adherence to safety protocols and regular site inspections.
- Ensured timely completion of projects with effective time management and prioritization of tasks.
- Inspected completed work to verify quality standards and compliance with criteria.
- Addressed issues proactively, resolving problems quickly to minimize delays in project timelines.
Electrical Superintendent
Strata Solar
01.2012 - 06.2015
- Performed electrical installations and repair for commercial projects.
- Supervised crews of electricians and maintained safe, efficient and structured work environment.
- Evaluated job scope and determined necessary supplies, timelines, and projected expenses.
- Facilitated work site safety by applying knowledge of safety protocol and awareness of potential hazards.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Cosmetology
Robeson Community College
2011
High school diploma -
Purnell Swett High School
2010
Skills
- Health and safety
- Project Closeout
- Maintenance Planning
- Customer Focus
- Documentation Review
- Technical knowledge
- Scheduling
- Quality Control
Accomplishments
- 2017 DER President's Safety Award-Awarded for team effort in having a great team safety record and providing solutions to safety challenges that presented themselves during 2017
- 2017 DER Q-Champ Award- Awarded for team effort in finding ways to improve quality of daily business and presenting ways to make our company better all around 2019
- DER Quality Token Winner- First DER technician to receive this award for two notable procedural guides written: "Troubleshooting Underground Faults" and "Proper Operation of Pole Mounted Switches: GOAB's, MOAB's, and Reclosers"
Certification
- Transformer Maintenance and Testing Certification, AVO Training Center
- Commercial and Residential Electrical Certification, Ashworth College (Online)
- NCCER Electrical III Certification, Richmond Community College
- OSHA 30
- Certified Procedure Writer, Absolut Consulting
- NFPA 70 E and Fire Extinguisher
- Red Cross First Aid, CPR, and AED
- Campbell Scientific Data Logger Training
- Advanced Energy 1000NX Utility PV Inverter Level 2 Repair Training
- ABB Inverter PM and Troubleshooting Level 2 Training
- Staubli MC-4 Training
- SMA Service Partner Inverers and MV Transformers
- FFA UAG Exam currently scheduled for drone licensing
Awards
- 2017 DER President's Safety Award - Awarded for team effort in having a great team safety record and providing solutions to safety challenges that presented themselves during 2017
- 2017 DER Q-Champ Award - Awarded for team effort in finding ways to improve quality of daily business and presenting ways to make our company better all around
- 2019 DER Quality Token Winner - First DER technician to receive this award for two notable procedural guides written: 'Troubleshooting Underground Faults' and 'Proper Operation of Pole Mounted Switches: GOAB's, MOAB's, and Reclosers'
Familiar Technologies
- Relays- SEL and Eaton Cooper Transformers- GE Prolec, Virginia Transformers, Square D, and Waukesha
- Weather Stations/Data Loggers- Rainwise, Also Energy, and Campbell Scientific
- Network/Communications- Weidmuller and Ubiquity Radios, Palo Alto Firewalls, Cisco routers and switches, Schneider and Oblivius Gateways, and Allen Bradley Historian PLC's.
- Solar PV Utility and String Inverters- Power Electronics, ABB, AE, Schneider, SMA, Chint, and Sungrow
- Solar Trackers- ATI 2.5/3.0, RBI, Nextracker, and Game Change
- Pi Processbook, Also Energy, Power Factors monitoring/SCADA applications Maximo, EZMaxMobile, Salesforce, and Fiix work order applications
Timeline
East Coast Commissioning Manager
Mill Creek Renewables
11.2023 - 02.2024
Lead Renewable Technician
Spark Power Corporation
09.2021 - 11.2023
Lead Technician-MV and Substation SME
National Renewable Energy Corporation
11.2020 - 07.2021
Lead Technician/Plant Manager
Cypress Creek Renewables
02.2020 - 11.2020
Solar Tech III & Electrical Operator II
Duke Energy Renewables
06.2016 - 02.2020
Electrical Construction Foreman
Entropy Solar
06.2015 - 06.2016
Electrical Superintendent
Strata Solar
01.2012 - 06.2015
Associate of Applied Science - Cosmetology
Robeson Community College
High school diploma -
Purnell Swett High School
- Transformer Maintenance and Testing Certification, AVO Training Center
- Commercial and Residential Electrical Certification, Ashworth College (Online)
- NCCER Electrical III Certification, Richmond Community College
- OSHA 30
- Certified Procedure Writer, Absolut Consulting
- NFPA 70 E and Fire Extinguisher
- Red Cross First Aid, CPR, and AED
- Campbell Scientific Data Logger Training
- Advanced Energy 1000NX Utility PV Inverter Level 2 Repair Training
- ABB Inverter PM and Troubleshooting Level 2 Training
- Staubli MC-4 Training
- SMA Service Partner Inverers and MV Transformers
- FFA UAG Exam currently scheduled for drone licensing
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