Seeking successful, long-term employment in the Airline Industry/Maintenance Technician field, leveraging Millwright skills to drive profitability.
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Work History
Journeyman Millwright/Maintenance
CLEVELAND CLIFFS, LLC
Company Overview: formerly AK Steel
Lead and perform preventative maintenance inspections on all equipment to optimize performance and minimize downtime.
Change rolls on the production line.
Install, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair a broad range of mechanical systems and equipment, including pneumatic systems, power transmission systems, cranes, and mobile equipment.
Employing lockout tag-out while adhering to all safety protocols and regulations.
Utilizing stick and M.I.G Welding to fabricate, including fabrication for platforms, skimmers, stairs, and equipment access doors from metal.
Pipefit the skimmers, utilizing plumbing skills.
Inspection of shafts, bearings, and gearboxes in the casting process to check for stress cracks or issues.
Maintain grease and lubrication as needed for equipment.
Maintain all industrial exhaust fans by checking tolerance on bearings, ensuring proper lubrication, and checking belts and sheave for worn parts.
Replace motors and patch holes in ductwork, as needed.
Plant Maintenance Technician/Millwright
JONES, LANG LASALLE
Lansing, MI
Contracting for Cadillac Plant
Welding, Plumbing, HVAC, Masonry, Fabrication, Carpentry, and Preventative Maintenance at the plant.
Including inspection, maintain/repair to lighting, exit lighting, Palin Skimmers, industrial exhaust motor fans, safety stations, dock locks, back-up generators, and dock heaters.
Work with plant engineers for projects as needed.
Set up and tear down events/meetings.
Contract Work-Maintenance Tech.
Chrysler GEMA Plant
Dundee, MI
Worked on the manufacturing product line, updated and moved CNC machines, constructed gantry for industrial automotive assembly robots and risers, installed new roller conveyors and worked directly with Engineers
Retooled and revamped CNC machines using schematics and precision measuring for alignment
Utilized rigging (hoists), rollers, dollies, hi-lo operation skills, electrical (lock out/tag out), laser, queen's level, survey equipment, metric hand tools, welding, torches, drilling, grinding and metal fabrication
Contract Work-Maintenance Technician
DOUBLE EAGLE STEEL COATING
Dearborn, MI
Installed new and rebuilt keystones, rollers, conductor rolls and hold-down rolls
Align shafts and check tolerances
Changed motors and rinse plates
Use of stick welding, torches, feeler gauges, use of 98 and queen's levels, survey elevations, rigging, blueprint reading, SAE and metric tools, electrical (lock out/tag out), torque wrenches, laser shaft alignment tools, porto power set, hand-held grinders, cut-off wheels, drills, hammer-drill, cement saws, operation of pneumatic valves, overhead crane (hoists), Broderson industrial (drivable) crane and forklift
Contract Work--Maintenance Technician
GM-CADILLAC PLANT
Lansing, MI
Conducted machine set-up including gantry for industrial automotive assembly robots
Use of chemical anchors and fabrication
Used metric hand tools, electrical (lock out/tag out), lasers, squares, worked directly with Engineers, blueprint reading, drills, hammer drills, grinders, fabricated, stick welding, torches, rigging and operation of hi-lo
Set up machine guard and fencing for the plant
Contract Work-Maintenance Tech.
FORD MOTOR-HERITAGE PLANT
Dearborn, MI
Performed installation of overhead conveyors and floor conveyors, including fabrication, welding new installation of pneumatic stops and chain replacement utilizing electrical (lock out/tag out), welding, torches, drills, hammer drills, grinders, Broderson crane, chain hoists, rigging, carpentry and lasers
Repaired track and bridges for hydraulic platform skillets by replacing bearings and making critical adjustments
Worked directly with Design and Mechanical Engineers
Contract Work-Maintenance Tech.
CHRYSLER PLANT
Belvidere, IL
Worked final production under direction of Engineers
Revamped tooling sections; fabricated and installed knight and safety rails, fabricated metal stands for pneumatic tools, new installation of overhead conveyor and general maintenance of equipment using band saws, electrical (lock out/tag out), welding, torches, impact guns, metric and SAE hand tools, operation of forklifts, rigging, hoists, lasers, brake press, drills and grinders
Contract Work-Maintenance Tech.
D.T.E.
Monroe and Trenton, MI
Replaced major coal conveyor belt, repaired adjustable air vent systems, repaired supports for new props
In exhaust silos, fabricated specialized hand tools, utilizing electrical (lock out/tag out), welding, torches for counterweights, grinders, band saws, drills, SAE and metric hand tools and reading blueprints
Supervisor and Lead Mechanic
Elite Line Services
Detroit, MI
Supervised over 80 automotive airline equipment mechanics, oversaw fleet maintenance budget, attendance, overtime, handled plant safety, environmental liquids, trained and taught advanced equipment repairs to mechanics, traveled to various company locations to revamp infrastructure, gained large accounts for the company and made locations profitable
Maintained de-ice equipment and all large ground (motorized and non-motorized) equipment
Responsible for all building maintenance; HVAC, heating, carpentry, plumbing, electrical (lock out/tag out)
Performed glass work with CATII, hydraulics, electrical (lock out/tag out), and fabrication, ground power units
Mechanic
Star Truck Rental
Livonia, MI
Maintained and repaired diesel engines; semis, box trucks, chippers and boom trucks
Facility maintenance
Fabricating of gates and tractor repairs
Responsible for maintaining pneumatics for trucks, trailers and road repairs
Plant Maintenance Mechanic
Northwest Airlines
Detroit, MI
Airport ground equipment mechanic (all fleet maintenance) and building maintenance mechanic
Repaired AC units, electrical equipment (lock out/tag out), ground power units, jet bridges, plumbing, carpentry, welding and fabricating
Worked on hydraulic, pneumatic equipment
Maintained the baggage make-up room, conveyors, electric motors, x-ray screening machine, magnetometers and bomb detecting devices
Education
Journeyman Millwright - Industrial Machinist
Millwright Local 1102
Romulus
01-2006
Mechanical Journeyman - Mechanical Automotive
A.M.F.A
Romulus, MI
09-2001
Mechanical Journeyman - Mechanical Automotive
I.A.M.
Romulus, MI
09-1998
Skills
Machine Maintenance Technician
Millwright Journeyman
Troubleshooting
Repair
Fleet Maintenance
Plant Maintenance
Mechanic Automotive
Supervisory Experience
Certificatesandlicenses
Journeyman Millwright, UAW
Millwright Journeyman, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Millwrights
ISO 14001, 9001, OSHA
Human Performance, Carpenter's International and Siemens Generations
Rigging and GE Gas Turbine, UBC
Must Safety Program, State of MI, Total 18 Current Completion
Activities
Award Certificates for Perfect Attendance, Northwest Airlines, 2003-2005
Letter of Commendation for Life Saving Award, Elite Line Services, 2007
Previous IAM & AMFA Journeyman, 1991-2005
Hold U.S. Patent for Anti-Tamper Plate for Carburetor Systems, 1992
Affiliations
Volunteer my skills and time for the Church and my sons' school.
Museum-going and Aviation enthusiast.
Languages
English
Native/ Bilingual
Maltese
Native/ Bilingual
Certification
Award for perfect attendance-Northwest Airlines, 2003-2005
Letter of Commendation for Life Saving Award, Elite Line Services, 2007
Previous IAM, AMFA and Local 1102 Journeyman
Current UAW Journeymanmember in good standing
Hold U.S. Patent for Anti-Tamper Plate for Carburetor Systems, 1992