Ralph Smith

Background

About Ralph Smith

Experienced Construction and Plant Managment Professional with a demonstrated history of leading successful project development and management in the steam and control systems industry. Skilled in ensuring safety, compliance, and efficiency across industrial facilities. Proven ability to provide technical support, training, and excellent client relations to enhance operations and maintenance. Recognized for proactive identification and resolution of HSE issues. Led critical commissioning activities for various power plants, optimizing plant performance and fuel mix selection. Looking forward to new opportunities to contribute expertise in construction and project execution. Accomplishments: •Successfully implemented Computerized Maintenance Management Software (CMMS) and Operations Remote Monitoring Systems with Historians in over 10 facilities. •Managed multiple facilities, ensuring a remarkable average of 98%+ Reliability and Capacity, while concurrently handling stakeholder responsibilities. •Achieved a significant improvement in the Reliability & Capacity of Genessee Power Station, taking it from 83% to a remarkable 100% within just 180 days of being hired. The Plant maintained this perfect Reliability for 134 consecutive days, the first time since its construction, limited to the start of the first Scheduled Turbine Major Overhaul. •Concurrently ensured 100% Environmental Compliance across multiple facilities for over 5 years, actively managing stakeholder responsibilities. •Successfully oversaw the conversion of a Coal-fired Power Plant to a Biomass-fired Power Plant, maintaining a flawless Annual Sales Capacity of 100% throughout the employment duration of over 3 years. •Led successful culture changes at two facilities, implementing Best Practices that resulted in notable metric improvements. At one facility, associates received bonuses for the first time in seven years, with the same achievement sustained for five consecutive years. •Demonstrated leadership by hiring, training, mentoring, and promoting 10 Plant Managers within a 13-year period. •Progressed from Plant Manager to Construction Manager and ultimately to VP of Operations & Construction, overseeing 14 facilities. Skills: Asset operational excellence | Facility management | Leadership and mentoring | Performance optimization | Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)| Downtime coding standardization | Reliability program development and implementation | Root cause analysis | Asset reliability | Enterprise Asset Management (EAM)| Inventory management best practices