Jacob thompson
Summary
Nuclear industry professional with proven track record in operational excellence and mechanical maintenance. Skilled in performing intricate tasks and ensuring safety protocols in high-pressure and temperature settings. Known for strong team collaboration and adaptability, consistently delivering reliable results and meeting changing demands.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Nuclear Machinist Mate
United States Navy, USN
01.2017 - Current
- Reduced downtime during outages, coordinating efficient repair schedules for key components in the reactor coolant system.
- Optimized plant output, implementing improvements in equipment configurations and settings.
- Ensured regulatory compliance by maintaining accurate records of routine checks, tests, and corrective actions taken.
- Collaborated effectively with interdisciplinary teams to optimize plant performance and address complex issues.
- Supervise machinery watch stations in the Engine Room while the Reactor Plant is in an operational status, and provide oversight for the operation of mechanical equipment in the Engine room, in order to facilitate the safe and successful operation of equipment by junior watch standers.
- Maintain logs in machinery spaces as a Reactor Plant rover while the Reactor Plant is shut down to ensure that Engine Room equipment operates and functions properly.
- Supervise the Carbon Steel Corrosion Inspection program to ensure carbon steel components are maintained in a satisfactory condition; this is in order to facilitate safe steam plant operation, and to prevent catastrophic failure of carbon steel components that could result in a steam line rupture in the engine room
- Calibrated, corrected and performed troubleshooting of all pressure and temperature gauges and switches, and torque wrenches.
- excellent teacher, qualified thousands of students on engine room operations while on both forward deployed ships and at training ships.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Technical Studies
Thomas Edison State University
Trenton, NJ03-2024
Nuclear Power School-enlisted
Charleston, SC01-2017
Nuclear Prototype-Machinist Mate
Ballston Spa, NY01-2017
Skills
- Precision machining
- Pump maintenance
- Valve repair
- System troubleshooting
- Instrument Calibration
- Radiation safety
- Safety procedures
- Problem-solving
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Attention to detail
- Teaching
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Affiliations
- United states navy
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Nuclear Machinist Mate
United States Navy, USN
01.2017 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Technical Studies
Thomas Edison State University
Nuclear Power School-enlisted
Nuclear Prototype-Machinist Mate