Brett Neis
Spirit Lake,IA
Summary
My career goal is working in Renewable Energy. Providing a safe and healthy workplace. Currently I have been a technician, site lead, scheduler-planner as well as a site supervisor in the wind industry and know the hazards, and strive to make the workplace safe and efficient. I am always looking at ways to improve safety, efficiency, and profit margins in the workplace. I have performed activities such as maintenance, troubleshooting of control systems, electrical circuits, and mechanical systems. I have gone through ABB drive training, as well as Converteam drives training. I have gone through DWPA's Siemens wind turbine training. Within working with Duke Energy, I have become EO1 & EO2 qualified. I have also attended AVO training Institute and have completed the requirements with them for becoming a Certified Substation Maintenance Technician. As well as completed their battery maintenance course. I have also taken a supervisory leadership course while working for Duke Energy and have attended the safety summit in 2015. I have also taken a procedure writing course and received my PPA certification. My entire renewables career I've only worked for two companies, and my first company was purchased by Duke Energy in 2012 and I transferred over to Duke Energy.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Renewables Area Manager
Duke Energy
08.2021 - Current
- Conducted training sessions to educate employees on best practices and procedures to increase profitability.
- Assessed reports to evaluate performance, develop targeted improvements, and implement changes.
- Transformed underperforming teams into productive, profitable teams.
- Resolved conflicts promptly to promote positive environment for customers.
- Brought in exceptional candidates to boost team productivity and operational efficiency.
- Oversaw budget planning, strategy development, community outreach for organization.
- Supervised 9 employees and managed 46 wind turbines and one substation, maintaining contractual, compliance and reporting requirements for all areas and assets.
- Met deadlines by proactively managing individual and team tasks and streamlining processes.
Area 4 Renewables scheduler - planner
Duke Energy Renewables
08.2017 - 08.2021
- Planning and scheduling of daily tasks
- Create job plans for daily activities such as maintenance, repairs, or troubleshooting
- Serves as a SME at the sites for procedures
- Creates long term schedules per the sites needs with maintenance activities
- Maintenance schedule tracking, and monitoring progress to see if we can bring in more resources to complete maintenances on time on schedule and not go over budget
- Scheduling resource sharing across multiple sites - technicians, vehicles, tooling, etc
- Schedules sites for training/annual refreshers
- Works with SCADA to perform data analysis and with our performance engineer to maximize OEY
- Bundles work to prevent multiple climbs on the same asset
- Completes KPI reporting
- Proficient in work management systems such as Maximo, SAP, and Pasta
- Proficient working on word, excel, and all other office programs.
Senior Wind Technician
Duke Energy Renewables
02.2015 - 08.2017
- Lead Crews of technicians to complete required duties, train and mentor employees as directed by manager
- Interact with the OEM on site as directed by manager
- Perform turbine pad mount transformer switching per the procedures on site
- Perform routine substation switching per the procedures on site
- Troubleshooting of electrical circuits to trace underground faults, or issues in the substation
- Perform cable locating when one call tickets are called in
- Perform grounds maintenance, mowing the lawn, performing building maintenance, etc
- Oversee subcontractors on site by providing oversight of them to make sure they are following the proper procedures and using the proper PPE
- Perform quality turbine walk downs of the OEM's service
- Assist in daily, weekly, and monthly reporting
- Knowledge of using SCADA equipment and troubleshooting the SCADA systems UPS systems
- Completed all EO1 & EO2 qualifications.
Supervisor Wind Operations
Duke Energy Renewables
11.2012 - 02.2015
- Supervise 6 field technicians in daily activities at the Hatchet Ridge Wind Farm
- Maintain maintenance schedules, an availability of above 97%, and assist the customer on site with any of their needs
- Complete monthly, weekly, and daily reporting activities
- Make sure the site is following OSHA standards
- Complete monthly, quarterly, and annual audits on LOTO, confined space procedures, technician PPE, etc
- Maintain a site budget
- Hold daily safety meetings to make sure the technicians on site know about all hazards in the workplace and can express their safety concerns if they see something on site
- Verify that we are following our contractual obligations on site
- Involved with hiring employees for the site
- Going through candidates with the recruiter, and screening the applications to see who best fits with our team
- And then conducting interviews
- Kept Patterns work order management system up to date, by creating work orders, doing inventories, pulling logs of what we kept in stock to meet the customers' needs and planning out the maintenances.
Project Manager - Hatchet Ridge Wind Farm
Outland Energy Services
10.2012 - 11.2012
- Supervise 6 field technicians in daily activities at the Hatchet Ridge Wind Farm in Burney, CA
- Maintain maintenance schedules, an availability of above 97%, and assist the customer on site with any of their needs
- Complete monthly, weekly, and daily reporting activities
- Verify compliance with OSHA standards on site
- Complete monthly, quarterly, and annual audits on LOTO, confined space procedures, procedures, technician PPE, etc.
Project Manager - Buffalo Ridge Wind Farm
Outland Energy Services
12.2010 - 10.2012
- Supervise 14 field technicians in daily activities at the Buffalo Ridge Wind Farm in White, SD
- Maintain maintenance schedules, availability above 97%, and assist the customer on site with any of their needs
- Complete daily, monthly, weekly, reporting activities
- Verify compliance with OSHA standards on site
- Complete monthly, quarterly, and annual audits on LOTO, confined space procedures, technician PPE, etc.
Lead Technician - Barton, Iowa Wind Farm
Outland Energy Services
11.2009 - 12.2010
- Assist technicians on site with understanding procedures and work instructions
- Troubleshoot wind turbines to maintain an availability above 97%
- Complete Bi-annual and annual maintenances
- Perform design modifications
- Lead the technicians in their daily tasks up turbines, and assist them with any items they are unsure of or need training on
- Assist the technicians in understanding site safety rules
- Perform daily reporting activities
- Assist the Project Manager in any duties delegated down.
Technician - Top of Iowa Wind Farm
Outland Energy Services
11.2007 - 11.2009
- Perform maintenance activities
- Perform troubleshooting on downed turbines
- Troubleshoot converters
- Follow work instruction to perform daily tasks
- Performed inspections for the customer
- Completed design modifications
- Know and followed site safety rules.
Collator Operator
RR Donnely
07.2004 - 11.2007
- Involved with the facilities safety improvement team
- Operator of a collator making business forms for multiple businesses
- Met daily production numbers, troubleshot machine when it broke down, and performed new job setup on my machine.
Laborer
Randall Construction
08.2002 - 07.2004
- Was a general laborer for the construction company
- Performed multiple responsibilities from concrete work, roofing, demolition, minor repairs, remodeling, siding, etc.
Education
Electronics Engineering
Grantham University
Lenexa, KSHigh School Diploma -
Osage Senior High School
Osage, IA2004
Skills
- Relationship Building and Management
- Operations Management
- Controlling Costs
- Order Management
- Business Development and Planning
- Supply Chain Management
- Employee Scheduling
- Team Development
- Resource Allocation
- Brainstorming Ideas
- Customer Relationship Management
- Staff Management
- Staff Scheduling
- Recruitment and Hiring
- Operations
- Facility Inspections
Timeline
Renewables Area Manager
Duke Energy
08.2021 - Current
Area 4 Renewables scheduler - planner
Duke Energy Renewables
08.2017 - 08.2021
Senior Wind Technician
Duke Energy Renewables
02.2015 - 08.2017
Supervisor Wind Operations
Duke Energy Renewables
11.2012 - 02.2015
Project Manager - Hatchet Ridge Wind Farm
Outland Energy Services
10.2012 - 11.2012
Project Manager - Buffalo Ridge Wind Farm
Outland Energy Services
12.2010 - 10.2012
Lead Technician - Barton, Iowa Wind Farm
Outland Energy Services
11.2009 - 12.2010
Technician - Top of Iowa Wind Farm
Outland Energy Services
11.2007 - 11.2009
Collator Operator
RR Donnely
07.2004 - 11.2007
Laborer
Randall Construction
08.2002 - 07.2004
Electronics Engineering
Grantham University
High School Diploma -
Osage Senior High School
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