Robert Reed

Led crew of electricians at hydroelectric facility. Our responsibilities typically include:

• Installing and maintaining generators, transformers, switchgear, motors, instrumentation and control panels.
• Troubleshooting and repairing faulty equipment, sensors, circuit breakers, motors, using test equipment such as multimeters, insulation testers, HART configurators
• Scheduling and Performing preventive maintenance to reduce downtime, and extending service life.
• Reading and interpreting electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, technical manuals.
• Work with plant operators and engineers in scheduling and planning maintenance outages, upgrades, and modernization involving electrical and automation systems
• Executed lockout/tagout procedures to ensure equipment safety during maintenance and other electrical safety regulations to ensure a safe work environment.
• Keeping maintenance records, inspection reports, documentation and procedures up to date.
• Project Delivery- Led projects from initial planning through project completion, ensuring work is completed safely, milestones are achieved, and within budget and anticipated people hours.

• Install, maintain, and resolve issues in fiber-optic communication systems for a high-capacity hydroelectric plant.
• Programmed and maintained radio systems for reliable communication.
• Installed and maintained wireless network access points for optimal connectivity.
• Maintained, installed, and troubleshot site telephones and associated systems, ensuring seamless communication.
• Transition obsolete SCADA equipment to contemporary, more dependable systems.
• Transition obsolete SCADA equipment to contemporary, more dependable systems.
• Worked in close conjunction with IT when investigating network and switch issues on their far end.
• Designing and revising blueprints for existing and prospective systems. Maintain site security and robust communications with remote site security management systems, and surveillance camera systems.
• Ensured all work complied with company and OSHA standards.
• Planned, scheduled and performed regular preventive maintenance to reduce equipment failures.

• Installed, programmed, and integrated all instrumentation controls at a mine and on-site mill.
• Designed and maintained existing PLCs, HMIs and their site wide communication backbone to allow remote operation and capture plant processes.
• Managed, troubleshot, and repaired various equipment including VFDs, soft starters, DC hoist drives, motor control centers, switchgear, nuclear density gauges, X ray analyzers, chiller units, cone and jaw crushers, flotation cells, compressors, turbine blowers, hydraulic systems, sumps, disc filters, and thickeners.
• Integrated lubrication systems into both mobile and stationary mine and mill equipment, allowing increased equipment longevity and reliability.
• Improved process recovery and operational efficiency by optimizing and simplifying the existing program for mill disc filters and Larox filter presses. Installed, maintained, and troubleshot switchgear and portable mine load centers.
• Conducted motor installation and troubleshooting for all pumps and fans on site.
• Enhanced mine dewatering system, improving pumping efficiency and throughput.
• Water quality monitors- assisted environmental in their efforts to control water parameters. Designed, installed and integrated a system that monitored water parameters for compliance.

• Worked with a diverse amount of electrical and pneumatic instrumentation, level control, pH probes, pressure indication, control valves. Calibrated and maintained instrumentation systems to ensure operational efficiency.
• Maintained and troubleshot frame 5 Air/Gas turbines, and their power generation.
• Maintained and optimized Automation- Casting Machines, cut to length/weight Band saw, swarf compactor,
• Trained junior technicians on safe work procedure, while instructing them in their trade.
• Diagnosed equipment malfunctions, implementing timely repairs to minimize downtime.
• Developed and documented standard operating procedures for instrumentation tasks.

• Engine & Powertrain: Worked on the 1,500-horsepower gas turbine engine, transmissions, and electrical components.
• Conducted thorough inspections and maintenance of hull and turret components, focusing on track assemblies, suspension systems, and hydraulic drives.
• Executed troubleshooting and maintenance of turret-mounted armament and computerized fire control systems to enhance operational readiness.
• Oversaw maintenance of on-board fire suppression and gas particulate systems.

United States Army Abrams Tank Systems Maintainer

• Received the Honor Graduate award.
• Awarded Excellence In Maintenance(EIM) program.