Donald Welch

Experience

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  Forrest construction

  Jan 1999 - Jan 1999

  Laborer

  Offloading, inspecting and staging all components for several wind farms in WY and CA. Lead of Rotor assembly crew.

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  Seawest

  Apr 2004 - Jul 2007

  Wind Turbine Technician

  Maintenance and repair of Mitsubishi 600 and 1000Kw turbines. "Called in" gearboxes, generators and blades. Troubleshooting. QA/QC.

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  Granite Services International

  Aug 2007 - May 2009

  Commissioning Lead

  Lead Tech of the commissioning team for Granite Services. Successfully commissioned Jeffers Minnesota, Silverstar Texas and High Lonesome New Mexico projects for Clipper Windpower. Lead team in the successful commissioning of over 200 MW worth of new tower installation. Directly responsible for site safety and training programs. Document creation and control. Tool inventories and truck inspections. Coordinating with upper management, owners and utility on all site, gen tie and sub station issues. Scheduling of power. Daily tasking. Reporting. Show less

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  Clipper Windpower

  Jun 2009 - Jun 2010

  Site Supervisor

  Commissioning Lead Tech and later Site Supervisor for the 100MW High Lonesome wind farm in New Mexico. Extensive contract knowledge and enforcement. Directly responsible for implementing and maintaining site safety and training programs. Budget, cost analysis, risk assessment, reporting. Direct daily coordination with owners, upper management and utility for all site, gen tie and sub station issues. Coordinating with Logistics, HR and Quality departments onsite to ensure efficient operations and fore sight. Site troubleshooting resource. Deep knowledge of SCADA, Commissioning and Operations policies and procedures. Creation of new documents related to Safety, Quality, Pre and Final Commissioning, Operations and Training. Co writer of both Pre and Final Commissioning instruction and sign off sheets. Daily tasking and prioritizing of all crews. Supervision of over 80 personnel with in departments of Safety, Quality, Retro, Commissioning, Operations and SCADA. Led company in highest COD availibility in its history worldwide. Show less

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  Nordex USA

  Jul 2010 - May 2011

  Erecting Supervisor

  Oversaw all field work done by the General Contractor for the constructing of 60 Nordex 2.5MW Beta series towers.Direct supervision of Offloading, Assembly and Erection. Directly communicated with owners, utility and upper management. Creation of pick path and lift plans. Tool inspections and truck inventories. Lead morning safety meetings of nearly 400 personnel. Responsible for timelines and milestones. Direct work with QC to improve existing product and in production adjustments towards new design. QC walkdowns for both Mechanical and Electrical Completion, as well as Final walkdowns with owners and O/M. Creation of many Construction, Quality and Safety documents. Coordination of all departments site wide to ensure most efficient and safe installation possible. Show less

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  Gemini Energy Services

  Jun 2011 - Mar 2012

  Lead Technician

  Lead the Commissioning as well as Operations and Maintenance teams on various Clipper Wind sites thru out the US. Direct communication with owners and site management. Directly responsible for Groups site safety program. Creation of Commissioning schedule and forecast. Creation of documentation for both Commissioning and Operations. Safety inspection and Quality inspection document creation. QC walk downs with both subcontractors and owners. Supervision of all commissioning teams thru Mechanical and Final Commissioning. Switch team member. Troubleshooting of all tower systems including Pitch Control, Turbine Control units, Inverters and Transformers. Wiring of previously mentioned units as well as RTD, Motors, Generators, Rectifiers, Service Lifts. Show less

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  Renewable Concepts

  Jan 2012 - May 2012

  Lead Technician

  Lead of maintenance team in Cedar Creek 1, 221 Mitsubishi 1000A turbines, we provided services for. The site is located just outside Grover, CO. Directly responsible for groups site safety program. Truck and tool inventories and inspections. Direct coordination with Owners and management. Torque and Tension tooling inspection, use and repair. Daily dispatch of personnel. Assistance in Troubleshooting faults of all tower systems. QC walk downs. Tower cleaning. Retro installation and inspection.

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  SRX Group, LLC.

  May 2012 - Nov 2012

  Site Supervisor

  Supervised the SRX Group team thru all phases of new site construction. Offloading, Assembling and Erecting of 40 Nordex 2.5 MW turbines at the Rippey Wind and Hawkeye projects in Iowa. Creation of documents including Weekly PPE Inspections, Truck Inspection, JSA and other Safety related items. Directly responsible for groups site safety program. Dispatch of personnel according to daily work load. Directly responsible for timeline and milestones thru the entire construction phase. Initial and final QC walk downs with Owners and O/M. Direct coordination with vendors, rental companies and management. Show less

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  First Solar

  Oct 2012 - Jun 2015

  Quality Manager

  Quality Manager for First Solar (CLP) at the 550 MW First Solar Desert Sunlight solar farm just outside of Desert Center, CA. Incoming and initial inspections of the following, yet not limited to: Transformers, PVCS, DC Inverters, PCS Shelters, Combiner Boxes, Harness, Whip, DC Feeders, A/C Feeders, FIber Optic, Trenching, Vaults. Final walk thrus with BOS subcontractors and owners. Directly communicate with BOS management to prevent and remediate issues. Corrective and Preventitive Action, the entire QCR process from investigation, initiation, drive to closure. 8D report review. Extensive contract knowledge and enforcement. Assist in contract creation and revision. Creation of new QCR documentation. Heavy involvement with transformers. Coordination with vendors on quality issues and field remediation. Daily, weekly and monthly reporting. Creation of Power Point presentations given to DOE, owners and site management. Training of new personnel. Creation of Quality inspection documents and practices. Reporting. Show less

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  SunPower Corporation

  Jun 2015 - Oct 2016

  Construction Manager

  Member of the Construction Management team responsible for the safe installation of 115MW of new PV between 2 projects, the Nellis Air Force Base 2 project in Las Vegas, and the Boulder Solar project just south of Vegas. Contract/sub contractor management. Field supervision and inspection. Reporting. Assisting in Continuous Improvement process and auditing along with our Quality team. Scheduling shut downs. Walk thrus and Turnover. Close out.

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  Signal Energy Constructors

  Feb 2020 - Jan 2022

  • Senior Quality Manager

    May 2021 - Jan 2022

  • Quality Manager

    Feb 2020 - May 2021
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  Lightsource bp

  Jan 2022 - Oct 2022

  • Senior Quality Advisor

    Jun 2022 - Oct 2022

  • Owner Representative Quality Manager

    Jan 2022 - Jun 2022
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  Origis Energy

  Oct 2022 - now

  Director of Quality