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Thomas Scott

Petersburg,VA

Summary

Highly competent and dedicated maintenance professional with years of broad based experience and a strong commitment to safety and environmental compliance

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Planning Manager

Veolia
Richmond, VA
02.2025 - Current
  • Review and approve work requests daily in the CMMS system.
  • Manage employees, materials, spare parts, and supplies.
  • Coordinate labor, parts, materials, tools, equipment, and access to the equipment.
  • Obtain estimates for labor and materials, maintain records of maintenance execution, equipment histories, and equipment parts usage.
  • Oversee maintenance projects outsourced to mechanical contractors.
  • Review, estimate, and request budget items for the department annually.
  • Work with corporate assets, CMMS, and server migration groups to fully implement system upgrades.

Lead Maintenance Technician

NAES Corporation
Richmond, VA
04.2009 - 02.2018
  • Schedule and coordinate needed repairs to plant equipment on a daily basis.
  • Work within the CMMS system to assign, complete, and document corrective and preventive work orders.
  • Work with local and national vendors to procure non-stock items needed for repairs.
  • Ensure that a sufficient stock of material needed for emergency boiler and piping repairs is on hand, and that the proper documentation for such material is readily available.
  • Work with contractors and plant staff to schedule, coordinate, and complete outage repairs.
  • Ensure that assigned training is completed monthly by all members of the maintenance team, as required.

Maintenance Technician

Cogentrix Energy
Richmond, VA
08.2007 - 04.2009
  • Complete work orders and daily tasks as assigned.
  • Perform repairs to plant pumps, fuel handling, ash handling, emission control, compressed air, boiler water demineralization, waste water, turbine generator, soot blower, and boiler systems.
  • Perform weld repairs to the boiler and boiler auxiliary systems under the Cogentrix 'R' stamp certification.
  • Supervise the contractor outage labor crew during the spring and fall outages.
  • Complete the required safety training monthly. Attend monthly safety committee meetings as the maintenance department representative.

Education

High School Diploma -

Lyndon Baines Johnson High School
Austin, TX
06-1980

105+ semester hours, no degree - Petroleum Engineering/Geology

Austin Community College/University of Texas
Austin, TX

Skills

  • 35 years of experience with mechanical systems in an industrial setting
  • Ability to read and understand blueprints, schematics, technical manuals, and mechanical drawings
  • Substantial knowledge of industrial safety, B311 boiler code, and environmental regulations
  • Comfortable working in CMMS systems to coordinate and document maintenance activities
  • Up-to-date knowledge of OSHA regulations and industry best practices
  • Self-motivated, with a strong work ethic

Timeline

Planning Manager

Veolia
02.2025 - Current

Lead Maintenance Technician

NAES Corporation
04.2009 - 02.2018

Maintenance Technician

Cogentrix Energy
08.2007 - 04.2009

High School Diploma -

Lyndon Baines Johnson High School

105+ semester hours, no degree - Petroleum Engineering/Geology

Austin Community College/University of Texas
Thomas Scott