Randal Kerr

About Randal Kerr

An industry leader in nuclear power engineering and maintenance support. Over twenty-nine years engineering experience with sixteen years direct nuclear plant experience. Experienced in major projects including on-site support of extended power uprate (EPU), engineering procurement and construction (EPC) of new build and Fukushima upgrades. Proven leadership in improving industry level reliability issues as well as resolving and managing plant level equipment performance. Special areas of experience include rotating equipment, predictive maintenance, equipment reliability, development and implementation of engineering change packages and modifications, plant troubleshooting, and failure investigation. Highly motivated individual with emphasis on teamwork and problem solving.

Experience

1. Senior Mechanical Engineer

   Southern Nuclear

   Jan 2018 — Present · Plant Vogtle 1 and 2, GA

   Sr. Engineer, Component Maintenance Optimization (CMO)Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Large Pumps, Vibrations Analysis, Equipment Reliability, and Snubbers Program Engineer. Perform/Assist complex troubleshooting and problem solving of pump and system issues. Perform cross-system monitoring and trending of pump performance by analyzing performance data to proactively predict and correct degrading performance of pumps. Monitored for generic issues that may indicate degradation or common pump failure modes. Initiate changes to maintenance activities and frequencies as necessary to address degradation and pump failures.

Education

• North Carolina State University

  Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineer

  1984 — 1986

• University of North Carolina at Charlotte

  Mechanical Engineering

  1982 — 1984

Skills

• • Inpo Ap-913 Equipment Reliability
• Pumps
• Petroleum
• Energy
• Reliability Engineering
• Project Management
• Engineering Management
• • Planning, Scheduling, Procurement, Corrective Actions Program, and Modificatio
• Piping
• Mechanical Engineering
• • 10cfr50.65 Maintenance Rule Evaluations
• Microsoft Office
• Engineering
• Nuclear
• Project Engineering
• Epc
• Problem Solving
• 10cfr50.59 Evaluation of Plant and Procedure Changes for Licensing Impacts
• Factory
• Power Plants
• Engineering Design
• • Working Knowledge of Indus Passport& Nuclear Asset Suite
• Troubleshooting
• Power Generation
• Management
• Leadership
• • Nuclear Licensing Basis, Design Basis, Technical Specifications, Asme Codes
• • Ansi / Ans 58.2 -1988 Design Bases Protection Against Postulated Pipe Rupture