Jose Soto
Medford,NY
Summary
Skilled HVAC-R Service Technician with a robust background in preventive maintenance and electrical diagnostics, Excelled in repairing or replacing defective equipment, Fluent in Spanish, strong communication skills. Proven track record of achievement, United States Marine Corps combat veteran with two combat tours in support of operations in Iraq. From my time in the military I've worked with people from all walks off life from all over the country and world. Whatever company I work for I always act in a professional manner. Whenever I wore my military uniform I always felt like someone was watching and judging my every move, I still think this way now as a civilian whoever I work for and am representing.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
HVAC Service and Maintenance Technician
Cotti-Johnson
10.2022 - 03.2024
- performed routine maintenance and service on commercial gas fired RTUs, gas fired unit heaters, residential gas furnaces, residential spit system AC units and minisplits.
- compressor changeouts, heat exchanger replacements, condensing unit changeouts, replaced other defective HVAC mechanical and electrical components
- diagnosed electrical problems using a multimeter and schematics, tested system pressures on maintenances with pressure gauges and temperature probes, located and repaired leaks, evacuated and charged units to manufacture's specs. tested gas valves and airflow with manometers, installed new refrigeration lineset through brazing or press tool
HVAC-R Service Technician
Total Mechanical Systems
12.2018 - 10.2022
- troubleshot, serviced and performed routine maintenance on commercial gas fired RTUs, self contained commercial coolers and freezers, split system coolers and freezers, walkin coolers and freezers, ductless mini splits
- installed new construcion commercial walk in coolers and freezers, linesets, electrical wiring, tstats and tstat sensors, self contained refrigeraiton units, furnaces and air handlers
- diagnosed defective electrical components with multimeter and schematics, removed and replaced defective electrical and mechanical componenets, tested system refrigeration pressures with pressure gauges and temperture probes
- compressor changeouts, residential condensing unit replacements, walkin cooler and freezer evaportor and condensing unit replacements, lineset replacements, located and repaired refrigeration leaks with electronic leak detector and leak dection bubble solution
HVAC Service and Maintenace Apprentice
G.M.A.
09.2018 - 12.2018
- assisted senior technician in service and maintenance on commercial gas fired RTUs, residential gas furnaces, split system AC units
- assisted senior technician on new installation or replacement of gas fired unit heaters, RTU's, residential gas furnaces, split system AC units, compressors,
- assisted senior technician on new startups, wiring, evacuation and charging to manufacturer's specs, maintenance and identifying problems on maintenances before cooling or heating season begins
Driver/Machinist Apprentice
Atlantic Industrial Models
09.2013 - 07.2016
- receive and unload freight with forklifts or pallet jacks, checked received shipments for damages
- helped assemble customer orders according to blueprints, inspect parts coming off CNC machines with micrometers, vernier calipers to optical comparator to ensure parts are within .001, ensure bits in CNC machine are within specs every few batches of product made to ensure they will remain within specs, sandblast and deburr parts to remove jagged edges
Construction Wireman
United States Marine Corps
08.1999 - 08.2008
- performed weekly, monthly, quarterly preventive maintenace on line trucks and shop tools
- operate pole trucks to install new telephone poles, overhead and underground communication cables, connect communication wires to satellite trucks, run communication wires on new forward operating bases, locate and repair faulty wires, splice communication wires and waterproof them for long runs, connect telephones to satellite truck switchboards,
- assemble communications antennae on new forward operating bases
- 2 combat tour in Iraq in support of Operation Enduring freedom and Operation Iraqi freedom
Education
HVAC-R
Branford Hall
Ronkonkoma, NY04-2018
Aviation Maintenance
Branford Hall
Concord, MA02-2013
Recruitment
Marine Corps Recruiter's School
San Diego, CA06-2005
Communications
Communications And Antennae Systems Course
Sheppard AIr Force Base, Wichita Falls TX06-2000
High School Diploma -
Classical High School
Lynn, MA06-1999
Skills
- Preventive Maintenance
- Problem-solving
- Building maintenance
- Electrical diagnostics
- Communication skills
- repairing or replacing defective equipment
- refrigeration
- fluent in spanish
Timeline
HVAC Service and Maintenance Technician
Cotti-Johnson
10.2022 - 03.2024
HVAC-R Service Technician
Total Mechanical Systems
12.2018 - 10.2022
HVAC Service and Maintenace Apprentice
G.M.A.
09.2018 - 12.2018
Driver/Machinist Apprentice
Atlantic Industrial Models
09.2013 - 07.2016
Construction Wireman
United States Marine Corps
08.1999 - 08.2008
HVAC-R
Branford Hall
Aviation Maintenance
Branford Hall
Recruitment
Marine Corps Recruiter's School
Communications
Communications And Antennae Systems Course
High School Diploma -
Classical High School