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Jeremy Smith
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Senior System Operator at Duke Energy



HIGHLIGHTS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior System Operator, April 2016 – Current
Duke Energy Progress

The System Operator functions include operating and maintaining the high voltage transmission system in a safe, reliable, and economic manner; coordinating and directing high voltage transmission system switching activities for normal maintenance and power restoration; optimizing resources to regulate system voltage; continually analyzing the high voltage electric system to determine harmful contingencies; forming contingency plans to mitigate consequences and implementing contingency plans should the event occur.

A System Operator must also optimize all generation resources. Generating units must be controlled so that production costs are minimized. The System Operator must evaluate and manage requests for use of Duke Energy's transmission system to ensure comparable treatment required by federal law for all transmission customers. In addition, the System Operator calculates and post remaining transmission capability that is for sale and coordinates energy transactions with other electric utilities. Controlling and monitoring a power system is a 24-hour operation and therefore requires System Operators to work 12-hour rotating shifts.

Reactor Electrical Division Propulsion Plant Electrician, April 2014 – Nov 2015
U.S. Navy; USS George H. W. Bush

Propulsion Electrician/JOCLYN Operator/Reactor & Machinery Electrician - Accountable for millions of dollars in electrical equipment and depended upon for all electrical casualties within the reactor plant. Responsible for ensuring the proper operation of all electrical distribution load centers and operating equipment under the supervision of the Propulsion Plant Watch Officer. Acted as the eyes for the Load Dispatcher inside the plant. Wide range of knowledge on operating a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier electrical distribution system during routine evolutions and casualty operations.

Ship Service Turbine Generator Watch – Experience electrically starting up and shutting down ship service steam driven turbine generators.

Using coordination with Chief Machinery Operator, under the supervision of a Load Dispatcher, transferred and balanced megawatt loading and electrical current between ship service steam driven turbine generators while maintaining system voltage and frequency within specification.

Emergency Diesel Operator – Stood watch when required by operations and emergencies. Experienced in electrically starting an emergency diesel generator to bring on the bus for testing, abnormal line-ups, and emergency situations.

Log Recorded Phone Talker – Monitors and logs temperatures and salinities of critical reactor and propulsion plant system. In charge of all communications coming into and out of the control room, including relaying orders to and receiving information from the reactor and propulsion plant using strict 3-way communications. Back up to the other control room operators to help ensure that proper actions are being completed.




Maintenance Work Center Secondary Worker – Experience supervising and performing maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, and testing of reactor plant and propulsion plant, and ship wide 4160V distribution systems. Have experience with turbine generators, diesel generators, various transformers, 4160/450/120V circuit breakers and load centers, various electrical controllers, motors and transformers. Have manually connected the ships distribution system to the civilian electrical grid on several occasions using strict attention to detail and attention to governing documents while performing any sort of electrical maintenance, switching, or testing operations.

? Completed preventative and corrective maintenance in #1 Propulsion Plant.


EDUCATION

Excelsior College – December 2018
Masters of Business Administration – Leadership Concentration

Excelsior College – December 2017
Bachelor of Science – Nuclear Engineering Technology. (ABET accredited)

Power4Vets NERC Certification Program – July 2016
In the Power4Vets program, the curriculum along with simulation training helped increase the level of knowledge in the following categories:

? Bulk Electric System – Daily and Emergency Operation of Interconnected Power Systems
? Automatic Generation Control (AGC)
? Maintaining Voltage and Frequency Stability
? Black Start Restoration Procedures
? NERC Policy and Procedures
? Power Generation Equipment and Methods
? Transmission Scheduling and Interchange
? Energy Markets

United States Navy Nuclear Power Training, - Jan 2012 –March 2014
Nuclear Power Prototype Training (Charleston, South Carolina)
Navy Nuclear Power School, Enlisted (Charleston, South Carolina)
Electrician’s Mate Nuclear Field “A” School (Charleston, South Carolina)