Percival Adamson

A proven leader with a track record of repeated success, who will utilize his leadership experience and nuclear acumen to advance inter-trade and inter-shop coordination, high-quality assurance, and continuous improvement efforts to elevate the overall mission of the organization

• Led a team as the Lead Mechanic, on the USS Nimitz (aircraft carrier) - high-radiological sensitivity- that led to the team plugging the pressurizer tubes under no radiological controls; the success of this job, under my direction, saved the shipyard approximately $1 million and was completed two weeks ahead of the projected schedule
• Requested, frequently, to fix complex problems associated with engineering and Radcon, yielding the development of a design process of new tools that helped to maintain ALARA and effectively perform the job in adherence to safety/compliance standards
• Replaced a NI detector on the USS Albany and the Neutron Test Source on the USS Tennessee (submarine) under high radiological controls in which the newly implemented design process was used to create new tools, advancing continuous improvement efforts

• 04/2011, PRESENT, ACTING WORK LEADER - NUCLEAR BOILERMAKER, Norfolk Naval Shipyard, 3808, WG - Non-Supervisory, 10, $29.01/hour, 40, Serve in the capacity of the acting work leader by effectively managing the nuclear workforce by providing direction, sharing plans, blueprints, and tools, and advancing synchronization to guarantee the highest levels of quality assurance, Deliberately establish team-based relationships while supervising the work of 28 mixed trade gang mechanics by intentionally communicating performance expectations that foster a safe space for inquiry, transparency, and problem-solving in an effort to advance performance/compliance benchmarks via first-time quality work standards while reducing wasteful spending over time, Purposefully engage in the pre-planning process, prior to starting a new job, by obtaining preliminary copies of the TGI to identify the scope of the request, the required specifications, and whether communicated modifications are warranted, resulting in the effective coordination and assignment of the request to the appropriate workforce members to ensure task completion success, Collaborate with supervisors to extract and gather the most pertinent information from morning briefings to effectively explain and execute the work schedule, coordinate with other trades of manpower to optimize job completion, in adherence to compliance standards, and assign inspections to Journeymen Mechanics using the Electronic Facilities Maintenance System (eFMS), Cultivate a positive work environment by utilizing and implementing radiological safety and sub-safe requirements, verifying the credentials of personnel to confirm that their training credentials are up to date, using ATMs, and clearly communicating expectations to minimize radiological contamination or exposure due to human error, oversight, and/or knowledge or skill gaps
• 06/2007, 04/2011, NUCLEAR MECHANIC, Norfolk Naval Shipyard, 3808, WG - Non-Supervisory, 10, $25.37/hour, 40, Performed job-site inspections, prior to fulfilling job duties, by carefully examining discrepancies, interferences, or planning for temporary, removal of services to better support the workflow as outlined in the TGI via the implementation of work efficiencies, Engaged in tabletop reviews and pre-shift briefs with leaders to offer a step-by-step analysis of the scope of work, discussed any applicable radiological or contamination controls with Radcon to reduce exposure as well as any potential RAM that could be generated, and coordinated with other trades to notify them of the assigned duties and the process(es) that should be adopted, Authored reports, after the completion of each shift, by thoroughly explaining the steps that were achieved in the TGI, denoting any issues, challenges, and/or concerns, when appropriate, and listed the location of tools, creating a continuous workflow, Orchestrated a daily mock-up training for each job and completed a job qualification run to showcase knowledge, skills, and preparedness, demonstrating tool usage and device measurements to verify my depth of skills and capabilities to fulfill the job