Christina T. Tyndall
Power Plant Manager, Heat rate improvement
Tampa, FL · (765) 555 0139 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/christinattyndall
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Sixteen years in power generation, five as the accountable plant manager.
PLANT TYPES
Combined cycle gas turbines, simple cycle peakers, steam auxiliaries.
SPECIALTIES
Heat rate improvement, outage management, environmental compliance, safety leadership.
SYSTEMS
OSIsoft PI System, SAP plant maintenance, Emerson Ovation control system, Microsoft Power BI.
CREDENTIALS
Professional Engineer, Florida Board of Professional Engineers. Occupational Safety and Health Administration 30 hour general industry.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering, University of Florida.
Results at a Glance
187
British thermal units
2.1%
Three consecutive years
26
Day hot gas
4.3%
Cooling tower fan
Executive Summary
Plant manager running an 810 megawatt combined cycle station with 64 employees and a 34 million dollar operating budget. Sixteen years in generation, the last five in charge of the site, with a record of moving heat rate and forced outage rate in the right direction while keeping the air permit clean.
Signature Achievements
- Improved net plant heat rate by 187 British thermal units per kilowatt hour over four years, worth about 2.9 million dollars a year in fuel.
- Held the equivalent forced outage rate under 2.1 percent for three consecutive years against a fleet target of 3.5 percent.
- Completed a 26 day hot gas path outage two days early and 640,000 dollars under budget with 118 contractors on site.
- Ran five years with no lost time injury across the site by rebuilding the job briefing and energy isolation practice.
- Passed two Environmental Protection Agency air permit inspections with no findings and kept continuous emissions monitoring availability above 99 percent.
- Cut station service consumption by 4.3 percent through cooling tower fan control changes and pump replacement.
Professional Experience
Power Plant Manager
Bayshore Generating Station, Tampa, FL 2021 to present
Site leader for an 810 megawatt combined cycle plant with 64 staff, a 34 million dollar operating budget and a 9 million dollar capital plan.
- Own generation availability, heat rate, budget, safety and environmental performance for the station and report to the vice president of generation.
- Plan and lead the outage cycle with the maintenance superintendent, from scope freeze through contractor mobilization and return to service.
- Chair the weekly plant health review that ranks equipment risks and assigns owners and dates.
- Hold the air permit and water discharge permit obligations and sign the quarterly compliance reports.
Operations Superintendent
Manatee Ridge Energy Center, Palmetto, FL 2016 to 2021
Operations leader for four shift crews at a 540 megawatt gas fired plant.
- Directed twenty four operators across a rotating shift schedule and managed qualification and training records.
- Reduced unit start failures from nine a year to two by revising the startup procedure and purge sequence.
- Led the root cause review after a turbine trip and closed all seven corrective actions within the quarter.
Performance Engineer
Suwannee Power Services, Lake City, FL 2010 to 2016
Engineer covering thermal performance for a two station generating fleet.
- Ran acceptance and periodic performance tests and tracked heat rate deviation by unit.
- Built the condenser cleanliness monitoring routine that plant operations still uses.
- Supported the annual capacity test and prepared the results submitted to the reliability coordinator.
Licensure and Certification
Professional Engineer, Florida Board of Professional Engineers.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration 30 hour general industry certificate.
Education
Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering, University of Florida, 2010.
Core Skills
Combined cycle operations · Heat rate improvement · Planned outage management · Forced outage reduction · Air permit compliance · Continuous emissions monitoring · Budget ownership · OSIsoft PI System · SAP plant maintenance · Safety leadership