Robb Girnus

Experience

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  NiSource

  May 1991 - Sept 2002

  Turbine Project Manager within the Major Projects group. Responsible for turbine outage planning by developing project plans, writing overhaul specifications, evaluating bids, developing part kits and writing purchase orders. Act as Turbine Outage Manager by overseeing the implementation of the overhaul contract, evaluate inspection results, evaluate and / or recommend repair plans to ensure all activities meet quality standards while maintaining schedule and budget. Supported operations and maintenance departments with real time analysis and troubleshooting of problems. Project Manager on assigned capital and O&M projects of various sizes between $40,000 to $3 Million. Project areas included Boiler Air, Flyash Handling, Heat Exchangers, Turbine Generators, Chimneys and Coal Handling systems. Site Quality Assurance representative for corporate R-Stamp welding program. Provided predictive maintenance support for all 4 coal fired power plants. Vibration analysis, motor current spectrum analysis, thermography and oil analysis. Responsibilities also included field balancing large rotating equipment such as turbines, fans and motors. Helped maintain airworthiness of corporate rotor wing fleet by performing mandated inspections and field maintenance / overhaul tasks as required. Responsible for documentation of aircraft maintenance activity. Performed all aerial visual and infrared inspections of electric substations and electric and gas transmission / subs transmission lines.

  • Principal Engineer

    Sept 2000 - Sept 2002

  • O&M Mechanical Engineer, Level II and III

    Feb 1996 - Aug 2000

  • Performance Engineer

    Mar 1995 - Jan 1996

  • Airborne Specialist / Helicopter Mechanic

    May 1991 - Feb 1995
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  Tennessee Valley Authority - Power Service Center

  Oct 2002 - now

  Build and manage a field services group within the Power Service Shop to perform turbine generator outages within the TVA combined cycle and combustion turbine fleet. - Successfully hired multiple direct reports to implement gas turbine and generator overhaul projects- Assembled project plans which were awarded following a competitively bid process to secure work.- During last 18 months, team successfully completed Hot Gas Path Inspections on multiple 7EA units without return to service issues, on schedule and under budget.- During last 18 months, team successfully completed Major Overhauls on multiple GE A10 Steam Turbine units without return to service issues, on schedule and at or under budget. - During last 18 months, team successfully completed an emergency Major Overhaul on a GE 5N Gas Turbine with no return to service issues during summer peak season. Show less Responsible for the day to day operation of the engineering department to ensure optimal technical support for all Power Service Shop (PSS) production departments and programs. Maintained the technical integrity of the Power Service Shop 10CFR50 Appendix B and welding program.- Put succession plan in place which ended up being implemented 6 to 12 months early- Successfully determined root cause for the first Part 21 issue experienced by the PSS and properly completed reporting with the NRC. Show less Organized, planned, prioritized and coordinated engineering department resources both daily and long term. Reviewed and developed processes and procedures to standardize and replicate best practices for shop and field services activities. Reviewed corrective action plans developed by the staff engineers to ensure consistency of quality and safety standards, while meeting all quality assurance, engineering and environmental requirements.- Successfully decreased the departments average age for corrective action plans being open from 19.8 days to 13.6 days in 9 months Show less Directly managed the steam turbine field services group field supervisors to coordinate manpower coverage for all planned and unplanned outages performed by the Power Service Shop. Reviewed and approved all steam turbine outage budgets and labor plans within the department. Conducted assessments of outages to evaluate safety and quality performance. Developed corrective actions to issues as they happened and completed root cause analyses using various techniques as they were required. - Lost generation caused by human performance issues by within the department decreased by 35% between Jan 2005 and Dec 2007 and then stayed at low levels. - Over 100 outages successfully completed by department during time period. Show less

  • Manager CC/CT Field Services

    Oct 2013 - now

  • Engineering Manager

    Sept 2011 - Sept 2013

  • Engineering Supervisor

    Oct 2010 - Aug 2011

  • Field Support and Outage Planning Supervisor

    Dec 2004 - Sept 2010

  • Field Supervisor

    Oct 2002 - Nov 2004