Joshua Davis

Experience

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  First Energy Corp

  Aug 2008 - Mar 2013

  Power Plant Operator

  • Safe operation, monitoring and maintenance on all power plant equipment including electric and steam boiler feed pumps, condensate pumps, vacuum pumps, backup 480v and 125v diesel generators, circulating water pumps, hydrogen seal oil system, gland steam condenser, centrifugal air compressor, GE and Westinghouse steam turbines and condensers/hot-well.• Completing work orders, preventive maintenance sheets, daily rounds sheets and electronic logs.• Lockout/Tagout of all systems and their associated equipment.• Completing switching orders, racking in/out and pulling 13.8kv, 4.16kv, 480v breakers.• Operate, monitor and maintain both the bag house and electrostatic precipitator fly ash handling systems.• Monitor and maintain forced draft fans, induced draft fans and fuel oil level. Show less

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  DTE Energy

  Apr 2013 - Jun 2015

  Lead Operating Engineer (Assistant Plant Manager)

  • Supervise and direct plant operating engineers and contractors to ensure:• Local, State and Federal safety and environmental standards/laws are met.• Manage, plan, and support all projects from preventative maintenance to major outages in support of plant business goals.• Develop and maintain all facility documents such as Standard Operating Procedures, Job Hazard Analysis, Lock-Out Tag-Out procedures, Pre-Job Briefings, Employee Safety Initiatives, Contractor Briefing’s, Confined Space Permits, Hot Work Permits, and all monthly inspections.• Develop plans and system for continuous improvement of plant operating procedures.• Ensure that all operators are properly trained and adhere to established procedures and standards.• Assist Plant Manager with incident investigations, preparation of root cause analysis, and event reports.• Evaluate and make recommendation to senior management on optimizing O&M cost effectiveness, work quality, outage time, and budgets.• Safely operate, monitor and perform routine maintenance on all power house equipment including fire tube boilers, chillers, centrifugal air compressors, chemical feed system, cooling towers, PLC’s and switch gear. Show less

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  Novo Nordisk

  Jun 2015 - Dec 2015

  Process Maintenance Technician I

  • Safely operate, monitor and perform routine maintenance records on all process equipment associated with the production of insulin.• Monitor the operating parameters and keep records of data collected.• Use systematic problem solving to resolve issues that arise while operating in order to reduce downtime. Perform planned maintenance and accurate record keeping of all maintenance activities.• Water sampling of open and closed loop systems and making chemical feed adjustments as needed.• Use SAP for creating work orders and tracking inventory. Show less

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  Wood/AECOM at Pratt and Whitney

  Nov 2015 - Sept 2019

  Facilities Operations and Maintenance Manager/Specialist

  • Oversee operations and maintenance of client’s buildings, facilities and equipment focusing on keeping all equipment in an operating and functional condition by directing a workforce consisting of technical and non-technical employees.• Influence, develop and control budget, costs, staff and vendors by planning, scheduling, implementing processes.• Utilize strong organizational and problem-solving skills and creative thinking to introduce and manage change in order to achieve continuous improvement.• Identify and maintain accountability for company assets within assigned area.• Proactively identify potential project problems or opportunities, analyzes these issues using appropriate resources, and develops and implements optimum alternatives.• Develop and recommend long-range goals and short-range objectives as well as plans and practices to produce optimum results. • Design and set-up of temporary equipment such as generators, chillers, air compressors, etc. to support manufacturing operations.• Identify and correct problems with equipment such as boilers, chillers, chilled water and condenser pumps, air compressors and cooling towers.• Monitor building automation systems to ensure proper operation of air handling equipment and room temperatures including start up and shutdown, and normal operating conditions. • Create site operations procedures for equipment and recommends facilities reliability improvements.• Supervises and performs Corrective and Preventative Maintenance work orders per established schedules.• Operate and troubleshoot building automation system and electrical control circuits Show less

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  Northeast Riggers Inc.

  Sept 2019 - now

  Estimator/ Project Manager
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  Northeast Riggers Inc

  Aug 2021 - now

  Southeast Regional Manager