DAMIEN GIVENS
Zachary,Louisiana
Summary
Seasoned Plant General Manager with a proven track record at Entergy Louisiana, enhancing operational efficiency by 7% through strategic leadership and cross-functional coordination. Expert in safety management and continuous improvement, adept at fostering team development and driving performance improvements.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Plant General Manager
Entergy Louisiana
West Lake , LA
10.2022 - Current
- Senior leader responsible for leading and developing plant teams responsible for operating and maintaining three solid fuel and natural gas power plants generating units totaling over 1800MW. Develops and delivers on near and long term strategies to create value for all Entergy Louisiana’s stakeholders through the safe, efficient, and reliable operation, maintenance, and investments at the site.
- Oversaw overall plant operations, focusing on safety, production, engineering, maintenance, and regulatory compliance.
- Oversaw multidisciplinary efforts to enhance workplace safety, optimize processes, and maintain cost-effectiveness.
- Optimized plant efficiency through development and execution of strategic initiatives.
- Promoted Lean practices and innovation to cultivate a culture of continuous improvement.
- Collaborated with corporate leadership to synchronize plant objectives with broader business strategies.
- Maintained strong safety culture in compliance with federal, state, and industry regulations.
- Key Achievements:
- Elevated plant performance metrics by implementing equipment upgrades, achieving a 7% increase in efficiency.
- Streamlined processes to achieve a 5% reduction in operational costs.
- Enhanced team morale through transparent communication channels.
Engineering Plant Support Manager
Entergy Operations, Inc.
St. Francisville, LA
11.2020 - 10.2022
- Company Overview: (Riverbend Station )
- The Plant Support Engineering Manager will have the responsibility to manage five (5) engineering groups
- These include the two EFIN groups (Mechanical and Electrical/I&C), the Component Management Services (CMS1 - Includes technical experts), the Component Management Services (CMS2), and the site Programs implementation group
- Govern fleet engineering processes, practices, and procedures with an emphasis on preventative and component maintenance strategies and Life Cycle Management for components they own to help optimize maintenance strategies
- Oversee engineering teams supporting emergent issues at a component level, the Component Management Services groups will be responsible for managing the implantation of the Preventive Maintenance Program
- Drive fleet practices to standardization and optimization by achieving consensus among site managers of the respective discipline
- If consensus cannot be achieved, then direct activities as appropriate
- Review fleet work assignments to ensure the site staff members are responding appropriately to the fleet and organizational needs
- Monitor and review fleet standardization activities
- Inform Director, Corporate Engineering of the progress of fleet activities
- Review procedures and documentation that govern and control fleet activities
- Represent the fleet at meetings with industry, regulators, INPO, etc
- To discuss and resolve matters affecting nuclear plant safety, industrial safety, radiological safety, and environmental conditions
- (Riverbend Station )
Value Based Maintenance Lead (special Project)
Entergy Operations, Inc.
01.2022 - 07.2022
- Engineering Lead responsible for taking the Industry Value Based Maintenance White Papers and converting them to Entergy specific white papers that are tailored for each Station (ANO, WF3, RBS and GGNS)
- Lead cross-functional team that develops the maintenance strategy updates for implementation at each station
- Perform reviews of the Industry VBM White Paper to Entergy white papers for accuracy prior to submission
- Monitor and review of implementation of VBM at each station to ensure the strategy has been incorporated in accordance with Entergy processes
- Support of the Fleet for implementation of VBM
- Drive acceptance of the VBM White papers across the organization (maintenance, engineering, operations and PS&O)
- Initiate the required paperwork for approval documentation
Engineering Component Maintenance Supervisor
Entergy Operations, Inc.
Saint Francisville, LA
10.2016 - 11.2020
- Responsible for driving improvements in the Preventative (PM) and Predictive Maintenance (PdM) programs to drive the Entergy Fleet to nuclear excellence
- Review of fleet governing documents to determine opportunities of improvements to streamline and modernize the PM/PdM programs
- Development of industry best practices to implement cross functionally to drive equipment reliability improvements
- Establish a Center for Excellence to focus on program improvements using the Fleet Peer groups
Mechanical Equipment Reliability Engineer
Ascend Performance Materials
Decatur, Alabama
09.2014 - 10.2016
- Responsible for driving reliability improvements through reliability tools and techniques including RCFA and FMEA and providing daily technical support for the plant operations and maintenance
- Establishing/Managing CbM program and personnel responsibilities
- Support site goals by the development, execution, and analysis of maintenance plans in SAP for site equipment and facilities
- Drive OEE improvements and revenue enhancement through implementation of equipment reliability programs
- Use predictive tools to evaluate equipment and facility condition (such as vibration analysis, infrared analysis, oil analysis, and process monitoring)
- Provide daily support to operating areas with emphasis on short-term and long-term reliability improvements
- Assist in the analysis and improvement of site precision maintenance techniques
- Lead RCFA and FMEA initiatives
- Develop and implement preventative and predictive strategies for new and existing equipment
- Support maintenance replacements, repairs, and overhauls to fixed and rotating equipment assets (pumps, turbines, gearboxes, tanks…) and the identification and tracking of plant critical spares
- Development of maintenance overhaul program for blowers and fans
- Support of site-wide pump reliability program
- Assist in the planning and coordination of plant shutdown maintenance repairs including direct supervision of contract maintenance crews
Fleet Maintenance Rule/ICES/MSPI Lead
Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC)
Birmingham, Alabama
06.2010 - 09.2014
- Provided governance and oversight for all SNC Fleet ER initiatives and processes critical to nuclear safety and reliable station performance
- (Maintenance Rule, MSPI and ICES programs)
- Serve as the Fleet Maintenance Rule, MSPI and ICES Program Lead
- Champion Fleet implementation of MR, ICES and MSPI user groups' best practices and processes
- Lead Periodic MRule Assessment Team
- Provide Governance and Oversight of ICES data development
- Monitor Fleet MSPI Margin
- Chairs Fleet Maintenance Rule Program Technical team and facilitates monthly calls
- Conduct Site Performance Reviews
- Serve as temporary Fleet Equipment Reliability Manager as required
Senior Engineer (Engineering Systems/ Mechanical)
Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC)
Birmingham, Alabama
06.2010 - 06.2012
- Provided technical conscience, expertise, governance, and oversight to ensure critical mechanical components (Large Pumps) of the fleet reliably operate per design
- Serve as the subject matter expert for Large Pumps
- Review and approve Repair Plans for Pump Repairs
- Provide Vendor Oversight of pump assembly and disassembly
- Develop and maintain Long Range Plans for pump replacements
- Identify and track the purchase and replacement of critical spares
- Assist in revision and development of written mechanical maintenance procedures
Engineer (Programs and Components)
Entergy Operations, Inc.
Port Gibson, MS
06.2005 - 06.2010
- Company Overview: (Grand Gulf Nuclear Station )
- Predictive Maintenance Engineer
- Vibration Analyst - responsible for the collection, analysis and trending of vibration parameters on critical rotating equipment in support of a proactive maintenance strategy
- Coordinate dynamic balancing activities with maintenance personnel to reduce overall vibration magnitudes on rotating equipment and improve equipment reliability
- Lubrication Analyst - responsible for the interpretation of oil analysis results on critical plant equipment to proactively diagnose wear mechanisms to prevent premature failure
- Make adjustments to existing Preventive Maintenance modules based on oil analysis trending and equipment duty cycle
- Infrared Thermographer - perform Infrared surveys on plant electrical systems to identify high resistance connections and initiate corrective measures prior to any unplanned failure
- Preventive Maintenance Engineer - Responsible for Preventive Maintenance Optimization of maintenance strategies on plant equipment to ensure that the correct maintenance is performed at the right frequency, in order to optimize the use of maintenance resources while maintaining equipment reliability
- Lead PM optimization effort to identify/classify new SPVs inside of cabinets
- Equipment Reliability Coordinator - Responsible for maintaining the Equipment Reliability Index (ERI)
- System Engineer - Maintain required reports for assigned systems (System Health, Maintenance Rule, Mitigating System Performance Index)
- Own assigned systems/programs and communicate system performance, problems, and successes to all levels of management at appropriate meetings
- Interface with other departments to ensure system health and optimum system performance
- Maintain up-to-date and archived plant parameter databases to facilitate resolution of issues
- Develop, implement, update, and improve PM tasks based on corrective actions, system monitoring, OE, and PM feedback forms
- Resolve equipment obsolescence through Equivalency Determinations or Modification Proposals
- (Grand Gulf Nuclear Station )
Education
MBA - Business Administration
Louisiana State University Shreveport
Shreveport, LA12-2024
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Southern University A & M
01.2006
Skills
- Cross-functional coordination
- Safety management
- Environmental compliance
- Six sigma methodology
- ISO standards
- Operations management
- Cost reduction
- Team building and development
- Cost control improvements
- Resource coordination
- Continuous improvement
- Performance improvements
Certification
- Level 2 Vibration Analysis Certification, Technical Associates
- Level 1 Infrared Thermography, Infrared Training Center
- Level 2 Oil Analysis, International Council for Machinery Lubrication
- Field Balancing Analyst, Technical Associates
Timeline
Plant General Manager
Entergy Louisiana
10.2022 - Current
Value Based Maintenance Lead (special Project)
Entergy Operations, Inc.
01.2022 - 07.2022
Engineering Plant Support Manager
Entergy Operations, Inc.
11.2020 - 10.2022
Engineering Component Maintenance Supervisor
Entergy Operations, Inc.
10.2016 - 11.2020
Mechanical Equipment Reliability Engineer
Ascend Performance Materials
09.2014 - 10.2016
Fleet Maintenance Rule/ICES/MSPI Lead
Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC)
06.2010 - 09.2014
Senior Engineer (Engineering Systems/ Mechanical)
Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC)
06.2010 - 06.2012
Engineer (Programs and Components)
Entergy Operations, Inc.
06.2005 - 06.2010
MBA - Business Administration
Louisiana State University Shreveport
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Southern University A & M
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