Darren Ebanks

Experience

• 

  Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd.

  Jun 2011 - Jul 2011

  Mechanical Maintenance Intern

  - Participated in periodic engine maintenance (Mirrlees and MaK)- Assisted in rebuild of failed engine- General workshop tasks

• 

  Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd.

  Jun 2012 - Jul 2012

  Facilities Maintenance Intern

  - Maintenance/repair for auxiliary support systems (oil separators, distillers, cooling fans) - Testing of emergency equipment

• 

  Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd.

  Sept 2014 - Dec 2021

  - Building and managing an effective reliability engineering and condition monitoring team internally to deliver North American Reliability levels for the power generation, transmission, and distribution systems. Managing the strategy to improve systemic equipment and process issues through root cause analysis, design improvements, modifications in operations and maintenance practices, and equipment supplier selection and relations development.- Overseeing the preparation of root cause analyses for major and minor system and generation outages to determine corrective action plans to improve reliability;- Managing the company’s (generation, transmission & distribution) condition monitoring groups to monitor and make corrective action recommendations to the maintenance groups based on the condition of the systems. Developing a program based on predictive maintenance and reliability centered maintenance philosophies. - Overseeing the reliability engineering function of the system to identify and implement proactive upgrades and improvements to processes, equipment and systems to improve system reliability to meet North American levels.- Overseeing the preparation of internal & external system reliability and condition monitoring reports, including but not limited to; quarterly asset reports to Management, Carilec, AEIC,Fortis, etc. as required. Show less - Maximizing reliability and efficiency of power generation operations and maintenance processes with focus on quality, condition monitoring, and root cause analysis of unplanned outages. - Risk management planning and coordination for company emergency preparedness and disaster recovery as committee chairperson. - Project coordination of the mechanical systems installation in a generation plant expansion of 39.7 megawatts, valued at US $85 Million. (August 2015 - July 2016)- Project coordination for the company-wide implementation of the OHSAS 18001: 2007 British Standard for occupational health and safety management systems. (January 2016 - December 2016) Show less

  • System Reliability Supervisor

    Dec 2018 - Dec 2021

  • Production Engineer

    Dec 2014 - Nov 2018

  • Graduate Engineer

    Sept 2014 - Nov 2014
• 

  Dart

  Jan 2022 - Dec 2023

  Energy Efficiency Manager

  - Leading a team dedicated to the management of utilities for properties under the Dart Real Estate portfolio. Managed services include electrical energy, chilled water, domestic water, telecommunications, building automation systems, and renewable energy.- Overseeing the operation of a district cooling system comprised of a 2450 ton capacity chiller plant, chilled water distribution network, affiliated auxiliary equipment, and 250+ BTU meters. Ensuring timely completion of repair and maintenance work by technicians e.g. chiller overhauls, process water treatment, thermal scanning of electrical gear, and replacement of faulty components.- Leading the energy management program for Dart Real Estate through initiatives such as enhancement of building automation systems that reduce energy consumption, maintaining the company’s ESG analysis and reporting software (Measurabl), investigating anomalies in utility consumption and developing opportunities for better energy efficiency into capital projects.- Managing the operations of Camana Bay’s data center and related network infrastructure to ensure a high level of equipment reliability and compliance with SOCII management system standards. Supervising the data center administrator responsible for coordinating telecommunication interconnections and services, as well as data center tenant access and equipment organization.- Coordinating the upkeep of 1.4 MW of solar generation capacity spread across 15 installations with the objective of minimizing downtime and low system productivity due to issues such as panel surface condition, inverter faults, electrical wiring issues, corrosion, etc. Show less