Roman Alaniz

Craft Crew Supervisor/Maintenance Technician

Allied Power

Wharton, TX

04.2018 - 05.2024

I was responsible for rebuilding and maintaining all industrial equipment at the Colorado Bend II Generation Station.
Routinely change oil, grease pumps, and motors on a daily basis, as well as inspect all equipment.
Upon equipment failure, it was my duty to determine the cause of the mechanical failure and identify faulty components.
I would rebuild various types of pumps, changing out components such as shafts, bearings, couplings, impellers, mechanical seals, and gaskets.
Once I rebuilt the pumps, I had to realign the pump with the motor, couple it up, and return it to service.
I would work hand-in-hand with the control room to ensure the equipment was running properly.
The motors worked with varied sizes, from 15 HP to 7,800 HP.
Primarily worked with high-voltage, three-phase electrical systems on motors through the power plant.
I have a basic understanding of electrical concepts such as current, voltage, resistance, Ohm's Law, and I have the ability to read an electrical meter.
I was a craft supervisor of boilermakers, pipefitters, millwrights, and electricians.
We were responsible for maintaining all piping systems that carried various products, such as glycol, ammonia, caustic, natural gas, hydrogen, demineralized water, air, steam, and raw water.
It was my responsibility to read and comprehend flow charts or blueprints for all the piping systems at the plant.
I would also change out and rebuild various styles of valves that were both bolted and welded into the piping systems. Butterfly, Pop Off, Gate, Ball, Globe, and Check Valves, to name a few.
The units that I worked on were Herseg Boilers equipped with 7HA turbines made by General Electric, and the boilers were made by Alstom Boiler Company. While running at full load, the three units would produce around 1,200 megawatts of electricity.
I would repair any problems that arise with the boilers, such as tube repairs. Changing out steam drums, repairing burners inside of the firebox, and all structural and piping that tie into the units themselves.
The boilers were fed water by 7,800 HP motors coupled to a feed pump that would send 4,000 to 5,000 gallons of water daily throughout the day. Both the motor and the pump were manufactured by Weg.
While I was at that site, I was a part of three Boiler Feed Water Change Outs and two Boiler Feed Water Change Outs. I am responsible for the alignment using shims and a laser alignment tool.
I do have experience with actuators that are hydraulic-driven; however, mainly we would change out the entire component and not work on the hydraulics themselves.
I do have a strong understanding of how a hydraulic system works.
I also have many years of experience while working there at the power plant with shop equipment such as a Raleigh lathe, sand blasting equipment, plasma cutters, drill press, and a Jet Mill.
I welded underneath the ASME Boiler Code Section IX; I welded on high-energy piping, valves, structural components, tubes, and vessels of carbon, chrome, stainless steel, and aluminum.