Work Experience

2006 – 13 November – Present             Fluor Enterprises Inc.         Greenville, South Carolina

COMMISSIONING SPECIALIST/MECHANICAL

Hired on 13 November 2006 as a Mechanical Commissioning Specialist. First project assignment was the TS Power Project for the Newmont Mining Corporation in Dunphy, NV. I am currently working at the Luminant Oak Grove Steam Electric Station, which is under construction in Franklin, TX.  Job duties consist of accepting from the construction group and commissioning newly installed equipment. A various sundry of administrative tasks are also associated with this process.  P & ID review and scoping, operating and maintenance procedure development and various data gathering and entry tasks are just a few examples. Also responsible for implementing and enforcing the site LOTO program.

2004 – 30 August – 10 November 2006   Gardner-Denver Inc.           Peachtree City, Georgia

SENIOR FIELD SERVICE TECHNICIAN

Hired on 30 August 2004 to fill the position of Northeast Field Service Technician for the Centrifugal Blower Division Service Department. Specific duties include traveling %100 of the time to customer’s locations to perform scheduled and unscheduled maintenance on all models of centrifugal blowers manufactured and sold by Gardner-Denver. This maintenance includes bearing removal and replacement, vibration analysis and vibration troubleshooting, controls setup/troubleshooting, performing shaft alignments with a laser, and also conducting training with customers on the proper operation of newly installed equipment. Other duties include managing my own schedule, managing an expense account, maintaining a company-provided vehicle and set of tools and producing and maintaining a database of service reports for each job performed.

2004 – 16 June – 29 August, 2004

UNEMPLOYED 

2002 – 15 June, 2004       PSEG Waterford Energy, LLC                             Waterford, Ohio

COMBINDED CYCLE OPERATOR

Hired on in November of 2001, started work on 02 Jan 2002 while still on terminal leave from the USN. Plant was in 8^th month of initial construction. (Three General Electric Frame 7 gas turbines and One General Electric D11 steam turbine) Worked with Duke/Flour Daniels construction and sub-contracted commissioning / start-up group through the final stages of construction until plant received commercial status in August of 2003. Duties during construction / commissioning included review of P&ID’s, equipment identification and tagging, system walk-downs, valve line-ups for initial starts of new equipment, steam water quality sampling and monitoring, water treatment plant commissioning and operation, composition of plant and related auxiliary equipment operating procedures, simple cycle operation during June of 2003, and numerous other related training. Related training included Corporate safety training, which included first responder, hazmat spill response, CPR, general first aid and defibrillator usage.  D-FD sponsored BOP operator training, General Electric sponsored Frame 7 gas turbine operator training and attendance at General Electric Mark V Speedtronic Turbine Control School in Loveland, Co. Duties since substantial completion have been rotated on a monthly basis between Outside Operator, Control Room Operator and Water Treatment Plant Operator. Other duties have also included general and preventative maintenance of plant equipment as well as various administrative duties such as ongoing plant operating procedure refinement and Plant Safety Council Chairperson. Maintenance specialties include, but are not limited to: mechanical, welding, pipe-fitting and minor electrical. Fluent with all versions of Windows, Microsoft Office type programs, the Internet and Westinghouse Ovation DCS systems. Also licensed by the State of Ohio as 3^rd Class Stationary Steam Engineer. (My license is still current) Most experience was gained with BOP equipment operation and maintenance and Water Treatment Plant operation, including laboratory tasks.   

1999 - 2002               United States Navy                                               Norfolk, Virginia

INSTRUCTOR 

Last tour of duty spent at the Atlantic Fleet Helicopter Operations School, which is a division of the training department of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Eight.  Job description includes instructing Helicopter Control Officer, Landing Signalman Enlisted and Night Vision Device courses of instruction. Collateral duties include acting Command International Military Student Officer, Divisional Training Officer, Facilities Manager, Command Webmaster and Airframes Maintenance Supervisor.  Honorably Discharged at end of enlistment on 19 FEB 2002. Paygrades: E-5 – E-6.

1997-1999         United States Navy                                                San Diego, California

AIRFRAMES MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

Attached to Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron Light Four Nine.  Job description included performing scheduled and unscheduled airframes and powerplant maintenance (including airframe and drive-train vibration analysis) on 13 Sikorsky SH-60B model helicopters. (General Electric T-700 turbo-shaft engines)  Collateral duties included Quality Assurance Representative and Collateral Duty Inspector for the Airframes, Powerplants, Line and Corrosion Control work centers.   Detachment shift supervisor, Leading Plane Captain, Detachment Training Officer, Detachment Aircraft Tire and Wheel Maintenance Program Manager, Detachment Hydraulic Contamination Program Manager, Detachment Support Equipment Licensing Program Manager, Detachment Plane Captain Program Manager, Flight Deck Director, Emergency Reclamation and Salvage Program Manager, Respiratory Protection Program Manager, Non-destructive Inspection Operator and Program Manager and Maintenance Control Representative.  Paygrade: E-5

1993-1997        United States Navy                                                Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii

AIRFRAMES MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

Attached to the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Barking Sands.  Job Description included performing scheduled and unscheduled maintenance (including airframe and drive-train vibration analysis)  on 12 Sikorsky UH-3A and UH-3H model helicopters. (General Electric T-58 turbo-shaft engines) Primary duties included airframes work-center night shift supervisor and corrosion control work-center night shift supervisor. Collateral duties included Quality Assurance Representative and Collateral Duty Inspector for the Airframes, Powerplant and Corrosion Control work centers.  Non-Pilot Aircraft Engine Operator, Aircraft Paint Scheme Maintenance Technician, Airframes Work Center Tool Control Program Manager, Airframes Work Center Training Officer,  Auxiliary Security Force member and Command Morale Welfare and Recreation sponsored Car Club Founder and President.  Paygrade: E-1 - E-5

1992-1993        Hughes Brothers Firestone                                   Southport, North Carolina

MECHANIC

Worked primarily as an automotive mechanic and also as the assistant to the shop manager.  Duties ranged from performing maintenance on all makes and models of cars and light trucks, ordering and receiving parts and working as a Ryder Rental Truck sales person.

1991-1992          Atlantic Auto & Marine                                     Southport, North Carolina

MARINE OUTFITTER / ENGINE BUILDER

Job duties consisted mainly of designing, building and installing high performance marine engines and out-drives as well as marine fuel systems and all other related maintenance.

1990-1991        Count’s Automotive                                          Wilmington, North Carolina

MECHANIC / BODY MAN

Job Duties included repairing vehicles that had sustained major structural body damage as well as custom restorations on vintage automobiles of all makes and models. 

1989-1990  Fox Squirrel Country Club                            Boiling Spring Lakes, North Carolina

EQUIPMENT MECHANIC / GREENS KEEPER

Head Mechanic. Maintained an entire fleet of golf course maintenance equipment that included everything from large tractors and gang mowers to electric and gasoline powered golf carts to small engines.  Job duties also included maintaining golf course grounds.

1988-1989    Salem National Leasing                                         Wilmington, North Carolina

HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC

Job duties included performing scheduled and unscheduled maintenance on an entire fleet of semi trucks and stretch type flat bed trailers.  Specific duties included preventative maintenance on engines and drive-trains, brake systems maintenance, electrical, tire and wheel maintenance and cutting and welding / fabrication of parts for structural repairs.  

1986-1988       Boswell’s Garage                                   Boiling Spring Lakes, North Carolina

MECHANIC 

Job duties included performing maintenance on all makes and models of passenger cars and light trucks and limited maintenance on some heavy equipment such as bulldozers and dump trucks.

·         Education

Central Texas College on board USS Hewitt DD 966

Acquired 6 credit hours of U.S. History during 1999.    

South Brunswick High School, Boiling Spring Lakes, North Carolina, High School Diploma, Graduated May 30^th, 1989.

·         Formal Training

United States Navy Structural Aircraft Mechanic “A” school as well as various related “C” schools.  A complete summary of training received while on active duty will be made available upon request.