Robert Murphy

Chief Engineer and former Navy nuclear operations leader with 9+ years of experience directing mission-critical facilities, technical teams, and high-risk maintenance. Proven record managing $600K+ in vendor work, sustaining critical equipment availability, and leading workforces of up to 60 personnel.

Chief Engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS) (2026-01 – Present)

• Supervise 14 technicians and oversee 5–10 contractors weekly, assigning priorities, coordinating work, and enforcing operational and safety standards with zero safety incidents.
• Direct preventive and corrective maintenance across 300+ Maintenance activities, achieving 99% on-time completion with zero maintenance-related unplanned downtime to customer-supporting server racks.
• Plan and execute more than $600,000 in vendor-performed maintenance, coordinating approximately 10 vendor partners through scheduling, site access, risk controls, and quality acceptance.
• Evaluate equipment condition, maintenance risk, labor availability, and operational constraints to prioritize work, resolve technical escalations, and maintain uninterrupted customer operations.

Production Supervisor at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & IMF (2024-01 – 2026-01)

• Represented organizational work control in daily cross-functional maintenance planning meetings, coordinating complex repair efforts across 17 submarines and 50+ maintenance availabilities.
• Led and directed a 48-person technical workforce, setting priorities, assigning workload, and ensuring maintenance authorizations and repairs were completed safely and on schedule.
• Developed and managed real-time production trackers that improved senior-leadership visibility, identified workflow bottlenecks, and supported timely risk mitigation.
• Trained and mentored 17 new personnel on technical drawings, maintenance processes, and nuclear safety standards.

Work Control Technician at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & IMF (2022-10 – 2024-01)

• Coordinated safe equipment shutdowns and energy-isolation plans for 200+ maintenance activities, protecting personnel, preventing equipment damage, and enabling maintenance to proceed safely.
• Coordinated the planning, technical review, and execution of 350+ maintenance activities, delivering all work on schedule with zero safety incidents.
• Supervised and trained 60+ work control technicians, achieving a 95% qualification rate and strengthening workforce readiness.

Nuclear Operations & Maintenance Supervisor at USS Abraham Lincoln (2020-05 – 2022-08)

Official Navy title: Chief Machinery Operator / Work Center Supervisor

• Directed 3,000+ hours of nuclear plant operations across five rotating teams, coordinating personnel and equipment to maintain safe, continuous operations and mission readiness.
• Planned and supervised preventive and corrective maintenance on mission-critical mechanical and electrical systems, coordinating staffing, equipment shutdowns, procedures, and post-maintenance testing.
• Managed complex equipment and technology upgrades with zero unplanned outages while maintaining 99% availability across 130+ interconnected assets.
• Trained and mentored 50+ technical operators and seven network administrators, advancing 10 employees into senior operator positions and completing 100+ technical qualifications.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science – University of Illinois Springfield (2025-12)

Nuclear Prototype, Power School, and Nuclear Field A School – Naval Nuclear Power Training Pipeline (2017 – 2018)