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Jason Spettel
HECO Director of Reliability
HECO – Electric Motors • Performance Systems
Roles
Jason serves as the director of reliability and the senior reliability engineer for HECO’s predictive service group. He has 20+ years of experience implementing and managing predictive maintenance programs. In his role, he manages a team of eight professionals including maintenance technicians who service HECO’s valued clients. His duties include scheduling, maintaining tech certifications, client service and communications, reviewing and overseeing contracts and technical reports, as well as overseeing day-to-day operations of his group.
Previous Expertise
Prior to joining the HECO family in 2014, Jason served in a variety of roles at Entergy including predictive maintenance engineer, program engineer and systems engineer. Before that, he served as reliability engineer for Predictive Maintenance Services, Inc., a company owned by Jason’s father that has since become a part of HECO.
Education & Industry Involvement
Jason earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University. He is a ISO/ANSI Certified Category III Vibration Analyst; a Level I Thermal/Infrared Thermographer; and an ICML Level II Machine Lubricant Analyst.
Jason has been a member of the Vibration Institute since 1994. He current serves as the chair for the local chapter, a service role he has held for the past four years.
Jason has been a member of the Vibration Institute since 1994. He current serves as the chair for the local chapter, a service role he has held for the past four years.
What Sets Him Apart
Literally born into and raised in the industry, Jason started doing vibration analysis at his father’s company (Predictive Maintenance Services, Inc.) at age sixteen and went on to earn his first certification a week after he graduated high school. Since then, he’s continued to enhance his skill set, certifications and industry knowledge. Of his current position, Jason notes, “I love working at HECO because of the family atmosphere and the fact that we’re always moving forward, on the leading edge of where the industry is going.” He is proud that HECO was one of the first companies in the entire Midwest to do motion amplification. Looking toward the future, Jason notes that, “Remote condition monitoring is the way of the future, and it works in tandem with boots on the ground. Machine learning plus the human element success in this business.” When he’s not working, Jason enjoys coaching his son’s soccer travel league. Jason played competitive soccer in his youth and through college – and remains a huge soccer fan to this day.
Electric Motor Reliability | Predictive Maintenance