Environmental Systems Mechanic
Apr 1994-Present
University Of Iowa -
Iowa City,
Ia
Completed apprenticeship sponsored by University of Iowa and Department of Labor for High Voltage Electrician.
Duties: Meter Shop, installing, calibrating primary and secondary electrical metering. Maintaining campus 15KV substation switchgear, relaying and breaker controls. Line Crew, installing and maintaining 15KV and 5KV cables, switchgear and substation controls. Installation and maintenance of switchgear for all campus utility plants.
June 2001, transferred to operations and maintenance Area 5 area mechanic. December 2001, up graded to Environmental Systems Mechanic.
Duties: Maintenance and repair of HVAC systems utilizing DDC controls. Control systems, Andover, Johnson Controls and Honeywell. Troubleshoot and repair walk in coolers used in campus research facilities. Mechanical repairs of pumps, fans and associated mechanical equipment.
Energy Hawks Team.
Duties: re-commission, retro-commission campus facilities for building optimization purposes. Review building HVAC systems utilizing DDC control systems to ensure proper operation. Involved in building HVAC upgrades, building DDC system upgrades. Installation and configuration of controllers and limited programming of DDC systems.
Maintenance Manager
Sep 1993-Apr 1994
Centro Plastics -
North Liberty,
Ia
Manage plant maintenance and repairs to multiple types of rotational molding lines. Supervise three shifts of line maintenance and mold shop personnel. Supervise two shifts of custodial staff.
Maintain corporate headquarters facilities and grounds.
Coordinate outside contractors and in house staff during plant expansion.
Identify and evaluate equipment procedures and conditional inefficiencies to make improvements to preventive maintenance systems and mold change out procedures.
Maintenance Mechanic
Nov 1980-Sep 1993
Louis Rich Foods -
West Liberty ,
Ia
Install, repair and maintain various types of processing equipment. Including large conveyors, grinders, blenders, overhead gantry hoists, ovens and various high speed packaging equipment.
Eight years experience maintaining Honeywell pneumatic and electronic temperature controls used for large industrial ovens.
Performed all aspects of industrial maintenance. PLC installation and trouble shooting. Electrical trouble shooting. Complex pneumatic controls, Hydraulic systems installation, repair and troubleshooting. Low pressure steam systems installation and trouble shooting. TIG welding layout and fabrication.
Iron worker
Apr 1980-Oct 1980
Specialty Maintenance and Manufacturing -
Lovilla,
Ia
Position and secure steel bars, rods in concrete forms using fasteners, rod bending equipment, welders.
Fit and weld I beams for supporting structure, pipes used building high volume coal wash plant.
Fit and weld plate steel used for large settling tanks and chutes.
Fit and bolted I beams used for exterior structure of plant.
Production welder
Oct 1979-Jan 1980
PAMCO -
Oskaloosa,
Ia
Lay out, position' align parts to be welded for production of grain trailers and trucks. Weld steel and aluminum components in flat vertical and overhead positions. Examine components for defects using straightedges or templates to ensure conformances with specifications.
Recognize, set up and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and metal inert gas welding.
Hull Maintenance Technician
Sep 1975-Aug 1979
United States Navy -
San Diego,
CA
October 1975 - September1979
Hull Maintenance Technician. Repair Division USS Constellation.
Duties: Welding repairs to ships facilities. Boiler plate repair, structural repairs. Certified structural plate welder.
Damage control locker inventory. Inspect, maintain and repair various types of damage control equipment. Test and repair onboard flight deck, magazine and engine room fire fighting systems.
Honorably discharged receiving good conduct medal and two letters of accommodation.
Industrial Electricity
Oct 1982
Muscatine Community College
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Muscatine ,
Ia
Two years of evening classes covering basic/advanced industrial electricity.
Topics covering basic OHMS Law to PLC logic/ Ladder logic
Shipboard damage control/ firefighting during phase one. Welding/pipefitting during phase two
Aug 1977
US Navy Hull Maintenance Technician A school
-
San Fransisco,
CA
High School Diploma
:
General Ed
May 1974
Ottumwa High School
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Ottumwa,
IA