Shawn Walling

Experience

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  University of Arkansas

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2000

  Graduate Student
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  Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp

  May 2000 - Dec 2003

  Process Engineer

  Responsible for Control System at AECC’s power plants.• Hydro Plants on Arkansas River. All Plants are Unmanned and Remotely Operated.- Hydro Station 13 - 3 generators totaling 33 MW 1990’s- Hydro Station 9 - 3 generators totaling 33 MW 1990’s- Hydro Station 2 - 3 generators totaling 102 MW 1990’s• Boiler Plants- McClellan - 134 MW 1971 - Bailey - 122 MW 1969- Fitzhugh - 59 MW 1965• Combustion Turbine Plants- CT1 - 176 MW 2001- Fitzhugh CT - 120 MW 2002• Fitzhugh Project- Retired Old Boiler.- Installed Combustion Turbine as Heat Source.- Installed Heat Recover Steam Generator to reuse existing Steam Turbine and Plant Equipment.- Designed Control system.- Removed all old control equipment and installed new control equipment.- Programmed DCS for new HRSG and BOP.- Commissioned and tuned new Control System.- Trained Operators on New Equipment.- Operated Equipment during Commissioning. Show less

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  Safe Foods Corporation

  Jan 2004 - Dec 2004

  Application Engineer

  • Built and Tested prototype control equipment for the application equipment.• Evaluated and recommended equipment for the application.• Pulled Samples for Microbiology testing in poultry and beef plants.• Wrote Standard Operating Procedures for equipment.• Acted as interface between departments inside the company as well as to the outside equipment.• Installed equipment in the field.• Operated and Maintained the equipment in the Field.• Trained Plant Personnel on equipment operation. Show less

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  North Arkansas Electric Cooperative Inc

  Dec 2004 - May 2010

  System Engineer

  Managed 6 Engineering Maintenance, Meter, and Communications Technicians.AMR System• Managed 36,000 Meter TWACS AMR System.• Managed 300 Remote Disconnect Switches.• Managed Office to Substation communications equipment for AMR.• Maintained Substation AMR Equipment.Load Management System (LMS)• Maintained 17,000 point ~1980’s era LMS system.• Maintained 3,000 point AMR LMS.Metering Department• Maintained all 3 phase meter installs.Substation Maintenance (26 NAEC owned)• Managed Substation Inspections.• Wrote Switching Orders. • Maintained down line OCRs and regulators.Communications• Maintained Microwave system.• Maintained 6 150 MHz radio repeaters and 50 truck radios.• Maintained 4 phone PBXs for all office phones.Outages• Dispatched during outages.• Troubleshooting during storms.Engineering Analysis Software• Maintained Milsoft’s Windmil map.• Maintained and operated Milsoft’s Dispatch Outage Management Software.Building Maintenance• Responsible for building maintenance for 3 offices.• Maintained and Installed Backup Generators for offices and radio towersFiber Optic Network• Presented $5.5 million project to Board.• Designed Fiber Optic network to connect substations.• Specified and purchased GE JungleMUX equipment to “light” the fiber. • Managed Contractor and Permits for bridge attachment to cross the lake.Rates / Billing• Point of contact for all Rate questions.• Point of contact for all questions regarding rate charged by G&T• Explained Rates to Members.FEMA• Wrote Report for Conductor Replacement after 2009 Ice Storm.• Received $12.3 Million of $13 million from FEMA.Other• Helped produce budget for department each year.• Wrote and Exercised VRA and ERP.• Updated Spill Prevention, Controls, and Countermeasures report• Directed National Guard during Ice Storm.• Coordinated one of Arkansas Electric Cooperative’s Engineering Workshops. • On Committee that rewrote the Safety Manual. Show less

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  Braden Manufacturing

  Jun 2010 - Aug 2012

  Lead Electrical and Process Engineer

  • Provided Quotes for the bid process for my portion of the project.• Read and interpreted bid documents.• Read and interpreted executed contracts.• Read and interpreted Environmental Permits to insure equipment meets requirements.• Designed skid equipment.• Specified instrument equipment.• Prepared Engineering Drawings for submission to Customer.• Managed subcontractors who were building equipment.• Designed and Attended Factory Acceptance Tests.• Interfaced with Customer during weekly progress meetings.• Checked installation of equipment in field before Commissioning.• Commissioned equipment at plant site.• Acted as Company’s on site Representative during Commissioning.• Wrote O&M manual for equipment• Trained Plant Personnel on proper equipment operations • Supported equipment after Commissioning• Made site visits to the competition’s equipment to fix their equipment.• Designed Laboratory tests to verify new equipment designs.• Ran Laboratory test to verify new equipment designs.• Helped Design new process for filter manufacturing line. Show less

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  East Central Oklahoma Electric Cooperative

  Aug 2012 - Aug 2013

  Manager of Engineering

  • Managed 4 stakers in staking department.• Inspected 219 Work Orders.• Managed Mapping and GIS Technician.• Coordinated upgrade of Itron Staking Package.• Met with Members regarding any issues the front line employees can not deal with. • Interfaced with other departments to improve Work Order Close out procedure.• Operated Milsoft’s Windmil Engineering Analysis Software. • Point of Contact for all Member’s with Alternative Energy Generators.• Interfaced with Generation & Transmission Cooperative for all Engineering and Operations studies and operations.• Provided Outage Reports for Monthly Board Report• Acted as backup to Director of Engineering in Board Meetings Show less

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  ARKANSAS VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION

  Aug 2013 - Jun 2017

  Manager of Engineering

  • Managed- 2 Engineers- 4 Engineering Technicians- 2 Meter Technicians- Staking Supervisor- 6 Staking Technicians- Administrative Assistant- Joint Use Coordinator- AMR Coordinator- Easement Coordinator• Responsible for Maintenance and Operations of 36 Substations• Preparation of Budget• Responsible for Radio Communications System

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  LCEC

  Jul 2017 - May 2021

  Managed:Substation Maintenance & ConstructionMeteringAutomatic Meter Reading SystemMeter shopCommunicationSubstation Communications (SCADA & AMR)Field Devices Two Way Mobile radio Managed – Department of 32 Planning EngineeringSubstation DesignTransmission DesignDistribution DesignStandardsLand RightsGraphics & MappingLead Department during NISC system implementationProduced Long Range System PlanReplaced 5.7 miles of sub marine cable to islandBuilt 7 mile 138kV transmission line

  • Manager, Substations, Communications and Meter Services

    Mar 2020 - May 2021

  • Manager of Design and Engineering

    Jul 2017 - Mar 2020
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  Lewis County REC

  May 2021 - Aug 2023

  General Manager
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  West Florida Electric Cooperative

  Aug 2023 - now

  Executive Vice President and CEO