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Christopher Shike

Pleasant Prairie,WI

Summary

Safe and reliable self starter with over 5 years of effective and efficient leadership across a broad spectrum of experiences, with a track record of process improvement and team building abilities.

Reliable and positive individual with strong aptitude for mechanical systems and problem-solving. Possesses foundational knowledge in equipment maintenance and repair, coupled with skills in troubleshooting and tool usage. Aiming to enhance operational efficiency and ensure equipment reliability.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Utilities Mechanic

Sterling Engineering
09.2024 - Current
  • Reduced equipment downtime by performing preventative maintenance and troubleshooting on utility systems.
  • Improved overall plant efficiency with timely repairs and upgrades to utility infrastructure.
  • Responded efficiently to emergency situations involving utility failures, mitigating potential damage or loss in production capabilities.
  • Upgraded outdated equipment as part of continuous improvement initiatives, leading to increased productivity across various departments.

Operations and Waste Treatment Operator

Abbvie
09.2024 - Current
  • Operator responsible for pharmacutical GXP policies and procedures for FDA regulated products
  • Required to make hundreds of readings per shift on regulated equipment with audited recording logs at a error rate less than 2%
  • Requisite operation of waste treatment plant within DNR standards for discharge to local municipal processing plant
  • Operation and light maintenance of plant equipment such as boilers, chillers, pumps, valves, compressors, distillation units, etc
  • Safety team member and system knowledge team leader
  • Trainer for newly hired operators

Plant Operator

NRG
10.2018 - 10.2020
  • Operator responsible for the operation and maintenance on all power plant systems, including boilers, mills, etc
  • Responsible for system chemistry through system sampling and chemical regulation
  • Extremely proficient in Lockout/Tagout and advanced system troubleshooting

Blended Route Supervisor

People's Gas (WE Energies)
09.2015 - 10.2018
  • Responsible for the execution of hundreds of daily routes for 25+ direct reports in the Chicago north suburbs by maintaining strict scheduling requirements in accordance to work load and union CBA provisions
  • Each day corrected routing mistakes made by routing software, as well as adapted to changes in the daily work load as challenges manifested
  • Completed regular Job Site Safety Audits on hourly employees to ensure safe field operations per company and city rules and regulations
  • Assisted in hiring and training all new reports for the shop
  • Performed quarterly or yearly performance reviews for direct reports
  • Provided logistics leadership during emergency outage situations
  • Lead a team of operators in the compliance of Occupant Use rules per city of Chicago laws
  • Managed daily reports for job completion and assigned overtime using a combination of propriotary software, Oracle, Sharepoint, and Outlook
  • Successfully migrated routing software from a manual Oracle based program to new automated routing scheme for entire discipline for direct reports in a manner congruant with the vision of senior management
  • Directed work for employees on light or altered duty while maintaining HIPPA regulated information sharing

Operations / Maintenance Supervisor

WE Energies
09.2013 - 09.2015
  • Provided daily work direction across multiple professional trade disciplines
  • While Site Safety Champion worked to address existing and preventative safety solutions to ensure an accident free environment
  • Maintained strict communication and compliance documentation for regulatory agencies such as OSHA, DNR, EPA, NERC, FERC, etc
  • Trained Incident Commander to manage any potential emergencies during the facilities 24/7 operation
  • Site Administrator of LOTO work and return to service
  • Experience as Outage Manager with oversight of over 250 personnel from different subcontractors and disciplines within the Locals, while able to return to service equipment approximately 17% earlier due to direct rebalancing of work during the outatge window
  • Monitored employee development and regulatory training; assigning training and re-training as needed to ensure employees met all training requirements
  • Scheduled and planned maintenance events working with senior management and power traders to prevent de-rating of units

Power Plant Operator

WE Energies
02.2005 - 09.2015
  • Operator of power plant equipment including boilers, chillers, pumps, valves, etc
  • High level of experience with both LOTO and electrical switching
  • Union steward
  • Union Safety Team representative
  • Hand selected from 230 union employees as the only non-management employee to participate in a 6 week training on equality and inclusion in the workplace from Inclusity
  • This training allowed me to work as a conflict resolution specialist for other employees in addition to my regular operator duties
  • Trained over 100 operators to qualification, and participated in testing of abilities for operators to qualify per management and union standards

Education

Diploma -

Westosha Central High School
Salem Lakes, WI
01.2001

Skills

  • Inclusity certified consulting pair
  • ASOPE certified Boiler Operator
  • EPA certified HVAC technician
  • Microsoft Office Expert
  • SAP
  • Oracle
  • Sharepoint
  • Typist - 100 WPM
  • Forklift Certified

Timeline

Utilities Mechanic

Sterling Engineering
09.2024 - Current

Operations and Waste Treatment Operator

Abbvie
09.2024 - Current

Plant Operator

NRG
10.2018 - 10.2020

Blended Route Supervisor

People's Gas (WE Energies)
09.2015 - 10.2018

Operations / Maintenance Supervisor

WE Energies
09.2013 - 09.2015

Power Plant Operator

WE Energies
02.2005 - 09.2015

Diploma -

Westosha Central High School

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