Charles Borgen
Backus,MN
Summary
Detail-oriented maintenance professional with extensive experience in preventive maintenance and safety protocols. Committed to ensuring compliance and maintaining machinery through effective troubleshooting and collaborative planning.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Maintenance Millwright/Maintenance Planner
Liberty Paper Inc
Becker, Minnesota
05.2001 - 01.2026
- Installed, maintained, and repaired industrial machinery and equipment.
- Conducted routine inspections to identify mechanical issues and perform troubleshooting.
- Collaborated with team members to ensure safety protocols were followed consistently.
- Documented maintenance activities to ensure compliance with industry standards.
- Aligned motors, pumps, gearboxes, conveyors and other mechanical systems.
- Repaired broken or worn parts by welding, grinding, machining or fabricating replacement parts as needed.
- Maintained clean and environmentally safe work area.
- Diagnosed equipment failures and implemented effective repair solutions.
- Read diagrams and schematic drawings to determine work procedures.
- Reviewed equipment and daily job specifications, drawings, and blueprints to properly and safely assemble machinery.
- Completed corrective and predictive maintenance on industrial machinery to replace worn parts and prevent breakages.
- Facilitated communication between departments to align maintenance plans with production goals.
- Monitored inventory levels of spare parts and materials, ensuring adequate stock for emergency repairs.
- Wrote, maintained and distributed standards for predictive and preventive maintenance for industrial machines and equipment.
- Analyzed data from completed work orders to determine trends in equipment failures or malfunctions.
- Planned industrial machine maintenance in large manufacturing facilities and kept production running without interruption.
- Collaborated with vendors and suppliers to order necessary parts for repairs when needed.
- Arranged for specialized maintenance and repair personnel availability according to established schedules.
- Assisted in the development of preventative maintenance plans for new equipment installations.
- Reduced unscheduled machine downtime and reduced annual maintenance expenses.
- Identified cost-saving opportunities through improved processes or methods of repair.
- Developed strategies for addressing recurring problems with specific pieces of machinery.
- Reviewed bids from contractors for major repair jobs before submitting them to management.
- Provided technical support and guidance to technicians during complex repairs or installation projects.
- Coordinated efficient maintenance schedules to keep systems running at peak levels.
Maintenance Electrician
Liberty Paper Inc
Becker, Minnesota
05.2001 - 01.2026
- Installed and maintained electrical systems in industrial facilities.
- Diagnosed electrical issues using testing equipment and troubleshooting techniques.
- Conducted routine inspections of electrical systems to identify potential hazards.
- Assisted in planning maintenance schedules for preventative care of equipment.
- Replaced defective parts such as switches, fuses, relays, contactors and timers.
- Troubleshot and repaired electrical systems and components of industrial machinery and equipment.
- Reported on electrical maintenance, diagnostic tests and system performance.
- Inspected and tested circuit breakers, transformers, switchgear, motors, and other electrical components.
- Ensured that all safety protocols were followed when working with high voltage circuits.
- Connected power cables to machines and equipment according to specifications.
- Installed, maintained, and tested electrical wiring, fixtures, control devices, and related equipment.
- Installed leads and connected cables to motors, apparatus and equipment.
- Used power construction equipment, measuring devices and testing equipment to complete electrical installations.
Education
Commercial And Industrial Wiring - Electrical
St Cloud Vocational And Technical College
Saint Cloud, MN05-1984
Some College (No Degree) - Electrical Engineering
St Cloud State University
St Cloud MnSkills
- Preventive maintenance
- Machinery alignment
- Maintenance scheduling
- Electrical systems
- Hydraulic systems
- Lockout and tagout procedures
- Blueprint interpretation
- Conveyor systems
- Industrial mechanics
- Equipment rebuilding
- Root-cause analysis
Certification
Minnesota maintenance electricians license
Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimePart TimeLocation Preference
On-SiteRemoteHybridSalary Range
$20/hr - $1000/hrTimeline
Maintenance Millwright/Maintenance Planner
Liberty Paper Inc
05.2001 - 01.2026
Maintenance Electrician
Liberty Paper Inc
05.2001 - 01.2026
Commercial And Industrial Wiring - Electrical
St Cloud Vocational And Technical College
Some College (No Degree) - Electrical Engineering
St Cloud State University