Program Manager
Electric Power Research Institute, Tennessee
Dwayne Coffey is a Program Manager at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) for EPRI’s Plant Management Essentials program (Program 225). This program focuses on providing guidance for organizational and operational excellence in power plants through continuous improvement in people, processes, and technologies. Dwayne is the Sector lead for EPRI Training and Safety.
Dwayne has more than 35 years of operational and maintenance experience in the power industry, both in fossil and nuclear plants. Prior to joining EPRI, he held positions in maintenance, operations, and training in commercial nuclear power plants. He has also been a shift supervisor, operations manager, maintenance manager, plant manager and corporate operations manager in fossil power plants.
Dwayne served in the U.S. Navy Nuclear Power Program, as a reactor operator and then as an engineering watch supervisor on a fleet ballistic submarine. He then trained civilian and Navy personnel on safe operation and maintenance of naval power plants in Idaho where he received the Navy’s Master Training Specialist award.
Dwayne has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland University College in Nuclear Science. He also completed leadership development programs at the Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Business and the University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management. He held a senior reactor operator (SRO) license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and SRO certifications at two other nuclear sites.
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