Dennis Ledbetter

12234 Pixie Lane St.Francisville, LA 70775 

Office/Cell Phone: (225) 978-3072

QUALIFICATIONS

Forty Three years of experience including all phases of maintenance on large steam, medium steam and mechanical drive turbines and generators. Specialties: Expertise in providing total job management utilizing the critical path method (CPM) planning resulting in numerous successful, on- schedule, under-budget major maintenance outages.

SERVICES

Technical Advisor: Provide technical advice and counsel to the customer and/or his designated contractor utilizing acceptable industry engineering practices in regard to the disassembly, cleaning, inspection, repair and re-assembly of the turbine, valves, auxiliary systems and/or generator. Technical advisor does not include supervision and/or management of customers’ employees, designated agents, or other contractors. Technical advisor does not have responsibility for budget,

schedule, or productivity of customer's employees, designated agents, or other contractors.

Technical Consulting Services (Contractor Oversight): Provide technical advice and counsel to the customer to insure that the contractor is performing the work in accordance with industry
standards. Technical advisor does not include supervision and /or management of customers’ employees, designated agents, or other contractors. Technical advisor does not have responsibility for

budget, schedule, or productivity of customer's employees, designated agents, or other contractors.

Vendor Surveillance: Oversee equipment repair for customer in service repair facility.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
1973 – 1976 Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology, University of Southwestern Louisiana 

GE training programs and schools:

  • Field Engineering Program (FEP) - 1978 graduate

  • Kepner-Tregoe (Problem Solving and Decision Making)

  • Mechanical Hydraulic Controls (MHC) school

  • Vibration Analysis & Balancing school

  • Steam Turbine Evaluation Program (STEP)

  • Steam Path Maintenance school

  • Gas Turbine Maintenance school (MS3000 and 5000)

Project Management: Provide management responsibilities related to planning, organizing, and monitoring the budget, schedule, labor resources, repair facilities, parts resources, and othertechnical assistants as required to complete the work scope.

Planning: Development of outage work scopes and bid specifications. Assist in development of outage schedules.

Entergy Training:

  • Team Facilitation Skills

  • Turbine Steam Path Engineering

  • Project Scope Definition

  • Project Change Management

  • Legendary Customer Service

  • Critical Path Workshop (6 Sigma)

Numerous computer training schools

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2009 - 2019 Iron Stacker, Inc. Technical Consultant

  • Provided technical direction for Alstom on a TVA outage 2009

  • Provided technical consulting services to Entergy on four major outages 2009-2010

  • Provided technical consulting services to PP&L at Montour 1 Spring 2011

  • Provided technical consulting services to PP&L at Bruner Island Spring 2012

  • Provided technical consulting services to DP&L for Planning Outages Summer 2012

  • Provided technical consulting services to PP&L at Martin Creek Fall 2012

  • Provided technical consulting services to DP&L at Killen Spring 2013

  • Provided technical consulting services to PP&L at Montour 2 Fall 2013

  • Provided technical consulting services to DP&L at Stuart 3&2 Spring 2014

  • Provided technical consulting services to DP&L at Stuart 1 Fall 2014

  • Provided technical consulting services to DP&L at Stuart 2 Spring 2015

  • Provided technical consulting services to DP&L at Stuart 2 Fall 2015

  • Provided technical consulting services to Talen Energy Corp. at Brunner Island Unit 3 Spring 2016

  • Provided technical consulting services to DP&L for Stuart 1 pre-planning Fall 2016

  • Provided technical consulting services to DP&L for Stuart 2 and 3 Spring 2017

  • Provided technical advisory services to Toshiba for Plum Point Project Spring 2017

  • Provided technical advisory services to Toshiba for Turkey Point Project Fall 2017

  • Provide vendor surveillance at MD&A shop for Talen Energy, Martin Creek Spring 2019

  • Provide planning services to Talen Energy, Brunner Island for 2020 Outage Spring 2019

  • Provide technical advisory services to Mitsubishi for Duke Energy Project Spring 2019

  • Provide technical advisory services to Toshiba for Calpine Morgan Project Spring 2020 

    1998 – 2009 Entergy Outage Superintendent

  • Assisted plants in the assessment of equipment required for outage work, developing work scope, budgets and planned schedules over a 10-year period.

  • Coordinated all planning leading up to the outages and managed outage team during the execution phase including schedule, budget, cost tracking, safety and reporting.

  • Managed subcontractors involved in the planning and execution of outages.

  • Provided advice and counsel to plant managers regarding the technical aspects of

    turbine/generator repairs.

    1987 – 1997 Mechanical Dynamics and Analysis, Inc., Latham, NY Senior Consulting Engineer

  • Provided technical direction and job management (contract maintenance) for the disassembly and reassembly of steam turbines and generators over a 9-year period

  • Played instrumental role in the development of contract maintenance business.

    1977 - 1987 General Electric Company, NO, LA District Field Engineer

  • Field engineering services on GE steam turbine installations, overhauls and start-ups during a 10-year period.

  • Provided technical direction and job management (contract maintenance) for the disassembly and reassembly of steam turbines & generators.

  • Advised client on operation, problem investigation, and preventive maintenance.