Luke Rhodes
Dundee,MI
Summary
Military Veteran with over 10 years of proven experience in the US Navy nuclear power field. Plant Operations and Maintenance Program expertise. Excellent team leader and supervisor; promoted ahead of peers to E6 within 5 years in the Navy. Outstanding knowledge in reactor powerplant and steam propulsion and generation operations. Accomplished measurable results while motivating cross-functional teams in dynamic, fast-paced environments.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Operations Technician
Linde Gas North America
02.2019 - Current
- Providing safe, reliable operations of a 2 steam methane reformers providing hydrogen to oil refineries
- Duties included permitting safe work practices for in house and contractors to perform maintenance and troubleshooting on equipment, Inspect track and identify problems within the process, maintain chemistry in specification for 2 deaerators and 2 high pressure steam boilers
- Control room board certified at 1.5 years working through outside operations first.
Reliability Technician
Yenkin-Majestic Paint Corporation
11.2018 - 01.2019
- Responsible for updating the preventative maintenance and mechanical integrity programs
- Performing all the preventative maintenance tasks and changing procedures to be more detailed and based on manufacturers recommendations
- Ensuring all required equipment under OSHA PSM standard is being tracked and history is being maintained.
Nuclear Trained Machinist Mate (E6)
United States Navy
01.2008 - 01.2018
- Planning, preparing, briefing and executing extensive scheduled and emergent maintenance evolutions as a senior supervisor; leading teams of junior and senior personnel in first time quality production
- Analysis and troubleshooting for components and system failures and reporting to executive leadership
- Supervised contamination worker personnel in the successful completion of over 20 complex maintenance and repair evolutions resulting in zero rework and zero deficiencies
- Hand selected to perform high risk contamination work that has not been performed in over 20 years
- Trained 12 personnel on reactor grade water delivery and maintenance procedures on water purification rigs ensuring proper water chemistry and purity to 7 Nuclear Submarines and 5 Aircraft Carriers.
Maintenance Group Supervisor/CMO
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77)
01.2012 - 01.2015
- Functional manager of preventative and correctional maintenance over one of the engine rooms and all the fire fighting and critical ship safety equipment
- Shift supervisor for nuclear propulsion plant
- Selected as the Assistant Leading Petty Officer (LPO) and supervised 42 personnel while mentoring the development of personal and professional areas of expertise
- As a Work Center Supervisor, tracked and managed all the maintenance projects for the main engines, electric turbine generators, distilling plant, heat exchangers and other various machinery room equipment
- During 3 years of graded assessments on maintenance programs, earned an average of 98% effectiveness rating
- Qualified Chief Machinery Operator (CMO) ahead of schedule; trained, leaded, and directed over 30 nuclear-trained technicians on the safe operation of the propulsion plant and casualty response actions
- Trusted Plant Operator; evaluated by an executive ORSE board while standing CMO and rated as above average in the performance of duties
- Performed successfully in the previous ORSE inspection at the Upper Level Starboard watch station.
Nuclear Machinist Mate
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77)
01.2010 - 01.2012
- Operated nuclear propulsion and auxiliary equipment, supervised and administered nuclear propulsion operations; gained a thorough understanding of reactor, mechanical and electrical theory involved in plant operations
- Maintained and repaired propulsion machinery and equipment, including; steam and electrical turbines, distilling plants, feed water and condensate systems, lubrication, hydraulic and compressed air systems
- Maintained, chronicled and reported on the record of plant indications for data collection.
Skills
- Leadership
- Propulsion Plant Operations
- Maintenance Supervisor
- Expert Troubleshooting
- Oral-Written Communication
- Technical Training Programs
- Program Analysis
- Policy Implementation
- Process Improvements
Education/Certifications
- Naval Nuclear Power School/Prototype (MTS 626), Charleston, SC, 2008 - 2010
- Graduated High School, Sylvania Southview, Toledo, OH, 2004
Timeline
Operations Technician
Linde Gas North America
02.2019 - Current
Reliability Technician
Yenkin-Majestic Paint Corporation
11.2018 - 01.2019
Maintenance Group Supervisor/CMO
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77)
01.2012 - 01.2015
Nuclear Machinist Mate
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77)
01.2010 - 01.2012
Nuclear Trained Machinist Mate (E6)
United States Navy
01.2008 - 01.2018
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