Andrew Bethel

• Undertake intricate assignments, encompassing preventive maintenance, diagnostics, and repairs of pumps, gauges, pipes, and valves.
• Execute tasks related to Facilities Maintenance contracts, including plumbing, electrical work, HVAC and construction.
• Perform a wide spectrum of maintenance and construction duties, demonstrating problem-solving capabilities and independent thinking.
• Engage in physically demanding tasks, involving lifting, moving, and utilizing hand and power tools, as well as pressure washers.
• Collaborate both as a team member and independently.
• Communicate findings effectively to the chain of command and adhere to instructions coherently.
• Operate pickups and large equipment proficiently.
• Maintain accurate service records for equipment and ensure proper usage and safekeeping of company tools.
• Supervise and plan the execution of audits, routine maintenance, and improvement projects for facilities and equipment.

• Develops and implements plan to clean up derailed railroad cars & engines, track construction, rail cargo transfer services and environmental emergency response services or other projects using materials, machines, and employees efficiently, providing direction to the crew.
• Maintains a safe, positive, and productive work environment, and directs the division’s achievement of its safety, financial, and customer satisfaction goals.
• Schedules and coordinates, in conjunction with foreman/assistant division personnel, assignments to meet customers’ demands on emergency and non-emergency bases.
• Confers with customers and representatives of associated industries to evaluate and promote improved and expanded services in area.
• Schedules and implements maintenance and repair of field equipment and division facility.
• Reviews production costs and product quality and modifies production and inventory control programs to maintain and enhance profitable division operations.
• Hires, trains, and supervises, regularly evaluates performance, and counsels division staff. Ensures proper orientation of staff into the organization.
• Ensures completion and processing of all required administrative requirements expected from the division.
• Drives tractor-trailer or escort vehicles, sets up and operates heavy equipment.
• Services and maintains heavy equipment, trucks, trailers, and other equipment.
• Carries, handles, and detaches/attaches heavy steel chains, blocks and steel cables, and other devices.
• Climbs on and crawls under derailed railroad cars and other equipment.
• Cleans, maintains and sets-up equipment requiring use of small and large tools.
• Operates cutting torch and welding equipment.

• Installed, tested and serviced alarm systems, ensuring that they functioned correctly
• Restored malfunctioning devices to original functionality and replaced as necessary
• Installed, tested and repaired fire alarm and control systems for commercial and residential projects
• Installed fire alarm panels and devices

• Completed standard inspections to assess wear and damage to vehicles
• Performed customer work and warranty repairs in compliance with manufacturer standards
• Assessed vehicle symptoms and malfunctions to support troubleshooting and diagnoses
• Fabricated cages and axle components to meet the customer and vehicle needs
• Used jigs, fixtures and tools for assembly of parts and components
• Fabricated and altered parts with metal hammers, punches, drills and shears
• Operated heavy machinery to prepare metal products according to customer specifications
• Set-up and operated lathes, mills and grinders to cut raw materials
• Operated hoists, cranes and other material handling equipment to lift heavy work pieces or move loads
• Set up and operated computer-controlled machines including punch press and brake press
• Set up equipment and welded parts according to welding chart specifications and type
• Determined welding strategies using metallurgy knowledge, geometry and welding techniques

Understanding technical drawings and specifications to accurately fabricate and assemble metal parts.

Utilizing various welding methods Mig, Tig and Stick.

Inspecting welds and finished products to ensure they meet quality standards and specifications.

Operating hand tools, power tools, and welding equipment safely and effectively.

Machining fabrication materials and components, fitting, setting, and installing fabricated structures, cutting and welding with a variety of processes, metal forming, bending, and finishing, repair, design, layout, and estimation, and overseeing shop hands or helpers.

Setting up, operating, and maintaining CNC machines like lathes, mills, and grinders.

Interpreting technical drawings and specifications to determine machining parameters.

Writing and testing CNC programs to control machine operations.