Matthew Mullins Story:
A Navy Nuclear Trained Electronics Technician, First Class Petty Officer (E-6) with over 9 years of experience in the areas of nuclear aircraft carrier electrical distribution and casualty control operations and electronics. Throughout his assignment on the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) he was able to qualify as Reactor Operator and Shutdown Reactor Operator, and became the leader of repair parts and the reactor operator for the mobile training evaluations. He completed over 6,000 hours of operational experience standing watch in a naval nuclear plant control rooms, performed routine and ir
regular operations, monitored and recorded equipment conditions on Naval Nuclear Pressurized Water Reactors. Supervised the timely troubleshooting, repair, and retest of over 20 time-sensitive critical systems. Trained and mentored 65 Reactor Controls Division personnel in learning digital electronics operations and maintenance practices leading to 100% success rate in final examination. Scheduled, supervised, and performed routine maintenance on Nuclear Instrumentation and Control equipment. Redesigned test equipment calibration program, consisting of over 80 pieces of test equipment, allowing more effective tracking of calibration due dates and zero out of calibration test equipment.
His next assignment was at Naval Regional Maintenance Detachment in Point Loma, CA, where he was assigned as the Submarine Service Technician, Services Leading Petty Officer. While assigned at this command he supervised over 150 nuclear jobs with meticulous attention to detail resulting in the zero discrepancies. Developed and managed a peer training program leading to higher qualifications of 30 personnel to enhance workforce readiness. Guided a team of 6 highly trained technicians through 20 time-sensitive submarine maintenance cycles with a 100% success rate. He was also the Rapid response supervisor of the Reactor Emergency Response Organization resulting in the highest score in over a decade during a Naval Reactors and California State Environmental Protection Agency audit of a reactor accident drill.
His journey with Power4Vets started when he was introduced to the program from his peers (word of mouth. After some discussion with him regarding the program, he decided this would be a great training platform to help him land a job in the utility industry as a System Operator once his enlisted obligated service was coming to closure. He enrolled into the program in February 2019 and completed all of the Power System Operations training courses and NERC Preparatory items and successfully passed the NERC Reliability Certification exam in November 2019. Our Human Resource team started working with Matthew to facilitate his transition employment plan and helped him land his dream job with Entergy in Woodlands, Texas as a System Operator.
Words from Matthew Mullins
“Throughout my navy career I would hear how marketable the skills and education you obtain while serving are. While I agree with that statement, I was still really unsure about how they correlate and the direction I wanted to take in my next career. The Power4vets program helped provide and solidify that direction. The lectures and simulations gave me key training for the industry and helped land me a great job.”