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George Grout

Pittsfield,MA

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

High Pressure Steam Boiler Operator

Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
08.2003 - 12.2024
  • Operated 3 Watertube High Pressure Steam Boilers at 100 PSI rotateing them in and out of service as necessary as well as all peripheral equipment. Fired # 6 bunker oil first part of employment until we switched to natural gas with #2 oil as backup . Monitored all HVAC alarms for the entire campus and satellite locations in Chicopee and Westfield. After hours, I answered all maintenance issue calls and called in the appropriate maintenance personnel. Started as per-diem in 2003 thru 2013 and in 2015 came back as full time .

Utility Operator

MT. TOM Electric Generating Station
Holyoke, MA
12.2013 - 01.2015
  • Operation of five story Coal fired boiler @ 2000 PSI and turbine and generator and polution control equipment and all peripheral equipment.
  • The Position was seasonal thru the winter months and plant was shutdown finally for safety reasons at end of life . The property is now a solar farm.

High Pressure Steam Boiler Operator

Springfield Technical Community College
Springfield, MA
05.2006 - 05.2013
  • Operation of three Cleaver Brooks 750 HP watertube boilers in a hot water system with expansion tank and nitrogen blanket, as well as operation of two Kennedy High Pressure Steam Boilers. My duties also consisted of the maintenance of all HVAC equipment on a 32-building campus. In May 0f 2015 Admin went to Low Pressure Steam Delivery and let us go .

High Pressure Steam Boiler Operator

Worcester State Mental Hospital
Worcester , MA
05.2004 - 05.2006
  • Operation of two Kewanee 500 HP Watertube Boilers and one ancient brickworks boiler that was torch started and all manual control we warmed everyshift as backup, firing #6 Bunker Oil .

Education

First Fireman License Prep Course

National Association of Power Engineers
Chicopee, MA
05-2007

2nd Firemans License Prep Course

Petersons Engineering
Woburn, MA
01-2003

Associate of Arts - Computer and Information Sciences

STCC
Springfield, MA

Skills

  • Power plant operations
  • HVAC expertise

Timeline

Utility Operator

MT. TOM Electric Generating Station
12.2013 - 01.2015

High Pressure Steam Boiler Operator

Springfield Technical Community College
05.2006 - 05.2013

High Pressure Steam Boiler Operator

Worcester State Mental Hospital
05.2004 - 05.2006

High Pressure Steam Boiler Operator

Holyoke Medical Center
08.2003 - 12.2024

First Fireman License Prep Course

National Association of Power Engineers

2nd Firemans License Prep Course

Petersons Engineering

Associate of Arts - Computer and Information Sciences

STCC
George Grout