Clearance Writer / Coordinator at Waymaker Resource Group (Palisades Nuclear Generating Station) (2025-01 – Present)
Assigned to the Clearance (eSOMS) office assisting Southern Nuclear employees for the restart and operation of Palisades Nuclear Power Station.
- Writing clearances (eSOMS) to ensure adequate safe boundaries for maintenance activities.
- Demonstrated proficiency utilizing electrical, instrument and mechanical schematics for identifying tag-out boundaries.
- Supporting implementation of engineering design change packages (DCP's) through interaction with Engineering personnel.
- Performing walkdowns to ensure safe tagging boundaries.
- Performing safety briefings with maintenance personnel to ensure understanding of tagging boundaries.
Procedure Writer at Thomas Thor (Columbia Generating Station) (2025-01 – 2025-12)
Develop, review, revise and maintain Operations, Administrative and other station procedures to ensure that they are technically correct and in accordance with human factor principles. Ensure documents comply with station and regulatory requirements and commitments. Interpret complex tasks, drawings, manuals, instructions, guidelines and requirements and convert them to an easily understandable sequence of steps to be used by Energy Northwest personnel and contractors.
- Create and revise station Operations, Administrative and other station procedures.
- Implement recommendations from Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, and other station organizations.
- Ensure station procedures comply with and implement the requirements of License Bases Documents (including Columbia Generating Station's Technical Specifications, ODCM, LCS and FSAR)
- Ensure station procedures are consistent with source documents (station drawings, vendor manuals, License Bases Documents, state and federal codes, etc.).
- Ensure changes are consistent with ALARA, chemical, environmental, and industrial safety requirements and practices.
- Prepare and implement Procedure Change Notices.
- Provide technical expertise on procedure issues.
- Resolve procedure issues with reviewers.
- Develop test methodologies to ensure compliance with standards, requirements and commitments.
- Ensure station documents comply with administrative requirements of the Site wide PRO series.
- Disposition and implement CAP corrective actions and other action items as assigned.
- Support planned and forced outages.
- Develop and revise procedures in support of other organizations.
- Serve as a Qualified Procedure Reviewer.
- Represent the Maintenance Department during review processes.
- Recommend and implement changes to administrative processes.
- Coordinate with customers to ensure accuracy and timeliness of products.
- CGS procedures and standard practices, including ALARA, Industry Safety, Environmental Management System, Chemical Program, and Security.
- SWP-PRO-03, Procedure Writer's Manual.
Generation Operations & Maintenance Consultant at Dominion Energy (Innsbrook Technical Center) (2024-01 – 2025-12)
This position serves as Generations Fleet Operational or Maintenance expert working in the Monitoring and Diagnostic center.
- Applying advanced and specialized expertise to interpret system and component digital data to identify performance issues and concerns.
- Made recommendations for outage and on-line preventive maintenance strategies based on the level of component monitoring, the current strategy and component condition.
- Evaluated and recommended maintenance or operational improvements / changes to optimize availability, capability and yield, or to address equipment or operational failures and findings (including preventive and unscheduled outages).
Clearance Writer at Thomas Thor (Vogtle Unit 3&4) (2021-01 – 2024-12)
Assigned to the Clearance (eSOMS / LOTO) office assisting Southern Nuclear employees for the construction and operation of Vogtle Units 3&4.
- Writing clearances (eSOMS / LOTO) to ensure adequate safe boundaries for maintenance activities.
- Demonstrated proficiency utilizing electrical, instrument and mechanical schematics for identifying tag-out boundaries.
- Supported implementation of engineering design change packages (DCP's) through interaction with Engineering personnel.
- Interacted with Southern Nuclear Operations, Maintenance, Engineering and Bechtel personnel to identify and verify tagging boundaries.
- Provided eSOMS training for oncoming contractors and Southern Nuclear staff.
Nuclear Control Room Operator (CRO) at Dominion Energy (North Anna Power Station) (1990-01 – 1996-12)
Assigned to work in the Operations department for >25 years on a rotating shift for the safe and efficient operation of a nuclear power plant.
- Main Control Room and field operations activities: performing daily surveillances, coordinating field personnel performing periodic tests and sampling evolutions, performing actions associated with plant casualty / abnormal conditions.
- Performed on-shift procedure writer activities, modifying procedures due to abnormal plant / equipment conditions utilizing FrameMaker.
- Initiating procedure change requests as required due to modifications to plant equipment or operating guidelines.
- Performed on-shift clearance / LOTO writing activities utilizing eSOMS including: tagging boundary modifications required due to changing plant / equipment conditions, tagging equipment due to Tech Spec/abnormal plant requirements and/or personnel safety protection.
- Assisted Ops supervision in preparation for INPO and WANO reviews.
- Performed clearance activities (hanging/clearing tagouts) to ensure proper electrical and mechanical isolation for maintenance including: switchyard manipulations (>500kv) assisting Dominion Energy Transmission and Substation System personnel, isolating/draining high temperature / pressure liquid and gas systems, Isolating / draining radiologically contaminated systems.
- Attended monthly training to maintain qualifications.
Clearance Writer at Dominion Energy (North Anna Power Station) (2002-01 – 2007-12)
Assigned to the tagging office.
- Utilized Primavera P6 and MAXIMO for work week scheduling including modifying information as required due to changing plant conditions.
- Interacting with Work Week Coordinator and Operations Manager on Call (OMOC) to modify schedule as required.
- Assisted eSOMS implementation.
- Provided eSOMS training for engineering staff and outside vendor support.
- Attended Outage and Work Week meetings to support clearance tagout needs for design changes & Maintenance Outage Windows (MOW) for plant equipment.
- Ensured radiological activities are compliant with pertinent regulations to ensure ALARA policy is maintained.
Nuclear Control Room Operator (CRO) at Dominion Energy (North Anna Power Station) (2001-01 – 2021-12)
Assigned to work in the Operations department on a rotating shift for the safe and efficient operation of a nuclear power plant.
Operations Supervisor at IBA/Griffith Micro Science (1997-01 – 2000-12)
Supervised a 7-member crew in a medical device sterilization facility utilizing ethylene oxide as an agent.
Validation Engineer at IBA/Griffith Micro Science (1997-01 – 2000-12)
Performed various activities to ensure quality control.
- Established protocols for medical device sterilization.
- Validation/qualification of sterilization chambers and affiliated equipment.
- Coordinated with device manufacturers for testing specifications.
Apprentice Fireman at Sonoco Paper Company (1986-01 – 1990-12)
Assisted operations personnel to produce steam and electrical generation at a recycled paper mill.
Sole Proprietor at Terra Nova Land Restoration LLC (2016-01)
Limited Liability Corporation was created to perform brush removal and land clearing activities utilizing a variety of heavy equipment.
- Project management and supervision
- Contract negotiation
- Cost analysis and control
