thomas balla

senior operations supervisor

About

I'm very versified in all aspects of power generation. I have over 28 years in the power generation industry. I filled many ancillary positions to help and assist when called upon. I've learned a lot from my colleagues thru out the years and to that I'm very thankful. - Completed work in 2 Combine Cycle Plant start-ups, completed assessments during construction activities to aide in completion ahead of time. -Received Presidential Award for boiler efficiency program and enhancement. -Qualified Lead abatement expert. -Versified in P3/P6 Scheduling. -Project Lead for boiler duct work replacement. -Start-up Lead for Operations. -Qualified Root Cause Assessor. -Lead operations to event free performance. -Participated in many Leadership courses. -Always seeking the opportunity to learn from subordinates, peers and direct reports. -Value Company Leadership (PSE&G) and their stance on Safety. -Safety starts with me., if people follow this basic fundamental a safe work place is eminent. -Operations sets the standard in any operating plant -Operations is in charge

Country

united states

City

philadelphia

Industry

utilities

Skill

contract management, electric power, electricity, employee training, energy, engineering, facilities management, factory, gas turbines, leadership, maintenance and repair, maintenance management, management, mechanical engineering, nuclear, nuclear engineering, operations management, outage management, power generation, power plants, process improvement, process scheduler, risk assessment, steam, steam turbines, teamwork, turbines, water, boilers, plant operations, reactor, root cause analysis, supervisory skills, project management, preventive maintenance, inspection, nerc

Experience

shift foreman

passed flst

1999-1 - 2003-1 · 4 yrs 1 mo

shift manager

exelon

2003-1 - 2007-1 · 4 yrs 1 mo

senior operations supervisor

pseg

2017-1 - Present · 9 yrs 8 mos

* Oversight of a Combine Cycle plant of 590mw. * 2 plant operators * Provide direction for safe and efficient plant operations. * Troubleshoot and make repairs to systems that are out of specs. * Engineering Black Seal for New Jersey

outage planning and p6 scheduler

pseg

2008-6 - 2012-8 · 4 yrs 3 mos

of shift foreman

exelon power fairless hills generation

1999-1 - 2003-1 · 4 yrs 1 mo

and auxiliary operator

exelon power eddystone generation station

1991-1 - 1999-1 · 8 yrs 1 mo

Worked rotating shift 24/7.; Preformed roles of Shift Forman, 1St Class operator, 2nd Class operator, 3rd Class operator. Monitored all equipment, and systems for proper operation. Worked rotating shift.

supervisor

exelon corp

2007-1 - 2007-12 · 1 yr

* Supervise one foremen and twelve first class mechanics. Overseen Electrical Maintenance and Instrument & Control, * during Work weeks, Planed and Forced Outages, and immediate actions throughout the week. Provided oversight as * a Manager for ¾ Units when units were called upon for to produce generation. Trained new control room operators * to run ¾ units. Preformed Maintenance Manager Role, and Senior Management Oversight when required. * Accomplishments: * · Represent the Electric Supervisors on the Executive Safety Committee. * · Decreased work order backlog by 15% * · Zero safety incidents

servco maintenance supervisor

pseg

2014-12 - 2015-9 · 10 mos

maintenance online work week coordinator

pseg

2012-8 - 2014-12 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Responsible for coordinating all aspects of maintenance outage or online planning and scheduling related activities to ensure schedule adherence and maximized maintenance efforts. Perform initial assignment within Mechanical Maintenance discipline as the outage rotated to online work or other areas within the Work Week Specialist disciplines, as needed. Major Job Duties/Responsibilities Development and determination of man-loading requirements to ensure adequate resources are available to support scheduled work. Provide scheduling with job performance logics to ensure correct work flow. Coordinate with station departments to complete work schedules. Act as a single point of contact for maintenance activities in the OCC during outage and non-outage times. Conduct outage meetings/briefings as required. Complete Risk Assessments for all Maintenance Work for Salem Station

shift operations supervisor

pseg

2015-9 - 2017-1 · 1 yr 5 mos

* Supervise 6 Operators that operate (4)100mw units of event free operations. * Provide feedback to upper management concerning equipment reliability. * Provide leadership with Lockout Tag-out. * Enforcement of the housekeeping standards that make a plant safe for everyone to work at. * Engineering Black Seal for New Jersey