Sarah Williams
Clinton,MS
Summary
Results-driven management professional with proven ability to lead teams to success. I have a strong focus on team collaboration, operational efficiency, and achieving measurable outcomes. With my diverse plant experience, I will bring a balanced perspective and unique experience to the Engineering department at Davis Besse.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Reactor Operator
Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Plant
06.2022 - Current
- Managed control room operations during routine and emergent situations, ensuring prompt decision making and clear communications
- Mentored non-licensed operators, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional development within the team
- Managed risk ensuring maintenance and surveillance activities were properly assessed and risk mitigating actions were implemented
- Participated in emergent issue teams, providing technical expertise and leadership to drive issues to resolution
- Monitored plant parameters ensuring plant issues were identified, prioritized, and resolved
Nuclear Independent Oversight Manager
Palisades Nuclear Power Plant
- Provided oversight, to ensure standards were upheld through the transition to from operational to decommissioning status
- Effectively communicated with Senior Leadership team on site’s performance
- Worked with plant managers to perform targeted observations and interviews to ensure gaps to excellence were identified and resolved
Electrical Maintenance Superintendent
Palisades Nuclear Power Plant
- Led maintenance technicians and supervisors driving a culture of continuous improvement with a strong focus on completing work on schedule, safety, and error free
- Developed training program and improved department defense in depth by implementing technician succession planning
- Led the maintenance department during refueling outages as Maintenance Outage Manger in the Outage Control Center
- Acted as Maintenance Director as needed participating in site, fleet and INPO meetings
Planning Supervisor
Palisades Nuclear Power Plant
- Led planning department consisting of online and outage planers, met both online and outage deadlines
- Actively participated in T-week meetings ensuring planning department package quality met standards and deadlines
- Worked with cross discipline teams in maintenance to drive improvement of work package quality
- Initiated “Planner in the Shop” days to improve relationship between planning and the craft
Equipment Reliability Coordinator
Palisades Nuclear Power Plant
- Effectively communicate issues to all levels of the organization to improve safe, reliable station operation
- Track equipment reliability issues to ensure critical station reliability concerns are resolved
- Implement long term strategies to sustain high levels of equipment reliability achieved by the station
- Manage the 5 year asset management plan to ensure strategic initiatives are funded appropriately
Flow Accelerated Corrosion Program Engineer
Palisades Nuclear Power Plant
- Maintained program model and inspection data
- Managed program budget
- Interfaced with multiple groups to ensure inspection scope was completed on time and on budget
- Effectively communicated project status to leadership team
Requirements Management Project Lead/ Software Test Engineer
Westinghouse Electric Company
05.2010 - 04.2013
- Created standard requirement specification documents
- Created and maintained requirements traceability matrix for the team
- Utilized leadership and decision making skills to effectively manage diverse teams to meet aggressive schedules
- Worked closely with customers to resolve discrepancies
- Developed software testing work instruction to standardize software tests and test procedures
- Supported hardware test team when necessary to meet deadlines
Project Coordinator/ Chemical Engineer
Conestoga-Rovers & Associates
08.2008 - 05.2010
- Developed and managed budgets for projects in multiple states
- Coordinated and implemented project schedules for technicians and subcontractors
- Managed compliance reporting schedule for the Pittsburgh area project portfolio; met all regulatory deadlines
- Quality system manager for Pittsburgh office
- Completed conceptual remediation system designs
- Worked with regulatory agencies to complete site discharge permit applications
- Analyzed site remediation data and utilized diverse inputs determine when project closure could safely be achieved to ensure closure was timely and met all regulatory requirements
- Interfaced and communicated with state regulatory agencies for submittal of quarterly site compliance reports
Education
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI04.2008
Skills
- Collaborative team management
- Strategic decision-making
- Team development
- Cross-functional teamwork
Certification
Licensed Senior Reactor Operator - Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Plant
Timeline
Senior Reactor Operator
Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Plant
06.2022 - Current
Requirements Management Project Lead/ Software Test Engineer
Westinghouse Electric Company
05.2010 - 04.2013
Project Coordinator/ Chemical Engineer
Conestoga-Rovers & Associates
08.2008 - 05.2010
Nuclear Independent Oversight Manager
Palisades Nuclear Power Plant
Electrical Maintenance Superintendent
Palisades Nuclear Power Plant
Planning Supervisor
Palisades Nuclear Power Plant
Equipment Reliability Coordinator
Palisades Nuclear Power Plant
Flow Accelerated Corrosion Program Engineer
Palisades Nuclear Power Plant
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering
Western Michigan University