Brandon Barrentine
USN OFFICER and MTS 701 Shift Engineer
Charleston,South Carolina
Summary
Detail-oriented, organized and meticulous leader. Works at fast pace to meet tight deadlines. Enthusiastic team player ready to contribute to company success, drive process improvement, and improve stakeholder relations.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Shift Engineer
United States Navy, USN
01.2023 - Current
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify areas for improvement and implement strategic solutions that boosted overall performance.
- Ensured safety compliance by conducting regular training sessions, program audits, and maintaining up-to-date knowledge of site policies.
- Supported continuous improvement initiatives by actively seeking out and sharing best practices with colleagues throughout the organization.
- Coordinated and supervised troubleshooting efforts during unexpected breakdowns, minimizing disruptions to operation and maintenance schedules while maintaining high performance standards.
- Maintained detailed records of plant operations, identifying trends and potential bottlenecks to address before they impacted production goals.
- Managed shift schedules, coordinating employee leave and qualifications to maintain optimal staffing levels at all times.
- Served as a liaison between senior leadership, watchstanders and maintenance teams, fostering open communication channels to promote collaboration and resolve conflicts quickly.
- Trained and mentored highly trained, competent, and flexible workforce to meet project needs and promote positive work environment.
- Drove root-cause analysis investigations following incidents or near misses, contributing valuable insights towards development and implementation of corrective action plans to mitigate future risks.
- Developed positive working relationships with stakeholders to effectively coordinate work activities.
- Prepared action plans for problematic processes and assets.
Crew Training Officer
United States Navy, USN
09.2020 - 01.2023
- Attended personnel meetings and training sessions to improve skills and learn new policies and procedures.
- Mentored junior staff members, helping them develop their skills and advance in their careers.
- Maintained strict adherence to regulations, minimizing risk exposure for the organization.
- Mitigated potential risks by proactively identifying potential issues and implementing appropriate countermeasures or contingency plans as needed.
- Optimized resource utilization by reallocating personnel based on workload assessment resulting in balanced workload distribution among the team members.
- Delivered high-quality training, enhancing employee skill sets and contributing to professional development efforts.
- Responded to emergency situations and coordinated casualty efforts to ensure personnel and equipment safety.
- Supervised, directed, trained and evaluated assigned staff members and officers.
- Fostered a culture of continuous improvement by encouraging staff to identify areas of opportunity and propose solutions.
- Utilized data-driven decision-making techniques to inform strategic planning processes and measure progress towards goals.
- Spearheaded successful projects from conception through completion, showcasing strong project management abilities.
- Maintained overall safe work environment with employee training programs and enforcement of safety procedures.
- Evaluated staff and student performance and provided coaching to address inefficiencies.
- Frequently inspected training and propulsion plant spaces to verify proper equipment operation.
Officer Nuclear Prototype Training Unit Student
United States Navy, USN
03.2020 - 09.2020
- Received leadership and operations training to supervise, direct and evaluate a multi-disciplinary team of watchstanders to maintain safe operating conditions of a billion dollar nuclear propulsion plant
- Developed skills to respond to casualty and abnormal operating conditions through principle based procedure usage
Officer Nuclear Prototype Training Unit Student
United States Navy, USN
08.2019 - 03.2020
- Developed knowledge of nuclear naval operations principles, practices, and engineering design methodologies.
Undergraduate Research Fellow
Dayton Labs, UNC Chapel Hill
04.2017 - 03.2019
- Applied critical thinking abilities to replicate model results from experiments in peer reviewed journals.
- Presented research findings with posters at 2018 BMES, 2018 UNC-Chapel Hill SURF, and both a poster at talk at the 2019 UHMS annual scientific meeting.
- Cultivated strong communication skills through presenting research findings both orally and in written form for various audiences.
- Developed strong research skills through rigorous training, seminars, and hands-on experience in the laboratory setting.
- Participated and lead regular lab meetings and workshops to discuss ongoing projects and share updates on recent accomplishments or challenges faced during the research process.
- Enhanced project outcomes by collaborating with fellow researchers and sharing innovative ideas and findings.
- Assisted faculty members with grant proposals, ultimately securing funding for important research initiatives.
- Utilized advanced statistical analysis techniques to interpret complex datasets, leading to valuable insights and discoveries.
- Enhanced understanding of complex scientific concepts through regular discussions with faculty advisor.
- Developed unique research into Acoustic Angiography.
- Coordinated with stakeholder at Divers Alert Network and Duke Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Environmental Physiology to develop and deploy an open source standalone application to load data acquired from any ultrasound machine, facilitate doppler bubble counting analysis and automatically save generated counting data.
- Developed and implemented training and a user study to access usability and drive implements to deployed applications.
Education
Master of Engineering Management -
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA07.2024
Bachelor of Science - Biomedical And Health Sciences Engineering
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC05.2019
Bachelor of Science - Applied Mathematics
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC05.2019
Bachelor of Science - Biomedical And Health Sciences Engineering
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC05.2019
Skills
- Project Management
- Mechanical and Electrical Troubleshooting
- Performance Reviews
- Process Improvement
- Root Cause Analysis
- Process Development
- Work Planning and Prioritization
- Regulatory Compliance
- Technical Documentation
- Technical Writing
Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimeLocation Preference
On-SiteHybridImportant To Me
Company CultureWork-life balanceCareer advancementPersonal development programsTimeline
Shift Engineer
United States Navy, USN
01.2023 - Current
Crew Training Officer
United States Navy, USN
09.2020 - 01.2023
Officer Nuclear Prototype Training Unit Student
United States Navy, USN
03.2020 - 09.2020
Officer Nuclear Prototype Training Unit Student
United States Navy, USN
08.2019 - 03.2020
Undergraduate Research Fellow
Dayton Labs, UNC Chapel Hill
04.2017 - 03.2019
Master of Engineering Management -
Old Dominion University
Bachelor of Science - Biomedical And Health Sciences Engineering
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Bachelor of Science - Applied Mathematics
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Bachelor of Science - Biomedical And Health Sciences Engineering
North Carolina State University
Quote
Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous impatience.
-Hyman G. Rickover
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