CORY KAPPES
Villa Grove
Summary
Results-driven individual with a solid track record in delivering quality work. Known for excellent communication and teamwork abilities, with a commitment to achieving company goals and delivering exceptional service. Passionate about continuous learning and professional development.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Steam Distribution Sub Foreperson
Steam Distribution
Champaign
07.2023 - Current
- Managed daily operations schedule.
- Filling shift vacancies with overtime and maintaining the overtime board.
- Facilitated communication between shifts to ensure smooth operations.
- Supervision of daily work.
- Planning steam, chilled water, and gas outages.
- Monitored outages to uphold safety protocols for staff and campus.
- Investigation of bad condensate samples, narrowing down bad equipment to ensure good condensate is being returned to the Abbott power plant.
- Approve time for employees, and ensure correct work orders are used.
- Training of new employees.
- Process work orders and send them to the appropriate trade, and work with the different trades to complete the work.
Steam Distribution Operator
University of Illinois
Urbana
06.2011 - 07.2023
- Conducted daily inspections of mechanical spaces and steam tunnels.
- Diagnosis of mechanical problems.
- Locating of F & S utilites including steam tunnel, natural gas transmission and distribution lines, chilled water, steam, sanitary lines, storm lines.
- General maintenance such as replacing of filters in air handling units and greasing bearings on mechanical equipment.
- Testing and treating boiler water
- operating boilers as needed
Distribution Clerk
University of Illinois
Urbana
08.2007 - 06.2011
- Receiving packages, chemicals, compressed gases.
- Preparing packages and shipping out.
- Suprivision of student help.
Parking attendant
University of Illinois
Urbana
03.2002 - 08.2007
- Writing citations for parking violations.
- Assisting motorist with jump starts, unlocking of vehicles, air up tires, taking U of I motorist to get gas when necessary.
Education
High school diploma - General studies, with an emphasis on building and trades
Villa Grove High school
Villa Grove, IL05.1995
Skills
- Construction
- Roofing
- Flooring
- HVAC
- Auto mechanics
- Plumbing
- Steam system operation
- Mechanical inspection
- Safety compliance
- Work order processing
- Team supervision
- Employee training
- Problem solving
- Effective communication
- Time management
- Conflict resolution
- Customer relations
Certification
- Operator Qualified for Natural gas
Timeline
Steam Distribution Sub Foreperson
Steam Distribution
07.2023 - Current
Steam Distribution Operator
University of Illinois
06.2011 - 07.2023
Distribution Clerk
University of Illinois
08.2007 - 06.2011
Parking attendant
University of Illinois
03.2002 - 08.2007
High school diploma - General studies, with an emphasis on building and trades
Villa Grove High school
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