JOSUE HUERTAS
Fredericksburg,VA
Summary
Facility and operations professional who supports critical infrastructure through troubleshooting, maintenance coordination, and safe site execution. Combines data center engineering, plant operations, heavy equipment work, and project tracking to keep systems running, work documented, and crews aligned. Resourceful Operator known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Possess specialized skills in machinery operation, quality control, and safety procedures. Excel in time management, problem-solving, and teamwork, ensuring smooth operations and project success.
Overview
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1
Certification
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Operator
LIUNA Local 980 (michels Corporation)
Newport News, Virginia
01.2025 - Current
- Operated heavy equipment for Michels Corporation utility and pipeline construction projects.
- Followed LIUNA Local 980 safety procedures on active work sites.
- Assisted crews with excavation, trenching, and site preparation tasks.
- Inspected finished products to verify conformity to quality standards.
- Utilized software and tools to streamline processes and enhance operational performance.
- Trained employees on proper equipment use for utility operations to ensure safety and efficiency.
- Ensured compliance with applicable laws and regulations governing utilities operations.
- Tracked deliverables using project management systems, providing timely updates to ensure project alignment.
- Maintained project files, logs, and documentation for company records.
Senior IBX Facility Engineer IV
Equinix Data Center DC6/DC11
01.2022 - 01.2025
- Engineered data center infrastructure, focusing on server and hardware reliability, ensuring seamless backups critical for business operations from telecommunications to IT.
- Performed maintenance and supervised uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), automatic transfer switches (ASTS), power distribution units (PDU), and rack power panels (RPP) for customer satisfaction.
- Assessed server navigation, conducted regular maintenance, and troubleshot glitches promptly, minimizing operational delays.
- Ensure the safety and security of the database to prevent unauthorized access and suspicious activities within the network that may pose risks for the business.
- Documented completed facilities tasks following Good Documentation Practices and other Good Manufacturing Practices to ensure compliance and accuracy.
- A data center engineer must have excellent communication and technical skills, especially in writing data resolution for reference and configuration.
- Coordinated and managed meetings and interviews, while overseeing logistics and conducting inventory assessments in warehouses.
Plant Operations Engineering
Covanta Energy
01.2021 - 01.2022
- Operated equipment such as boiler auxiliaries, the turbine generator, fans, pumps, ash handling conveyors, scrubbers, bag houses, lime slakers, water treatment systems, and waste and ash cranes safely and efficiently.
- Responsible for recording data, inspecting equipment, performing minor maintenance such as greasing or adjusting packing leaks and reporting equipment malfunctions or trends which indicate possible trouble.
- Perform actions as directed to correct abnormal operating conditions or emergency situations.
- Clear waste and ash handling equipment and keep assigned areas clean.
- Perform chemistry testing on boiler water, cooling water and scrubber systems. Handle chemicals and oversee off-loading of plant consumable reagents.
- Participate in boiler washout/cleaning evolutions.
- Covanta Energy Certificates- Electrical Qualification, Fire Response Training, Turbine Generators, Chemistry of Combustion, Basic Operations, Maintenance, And Safety, Boiler Cycle Chemistry, Functions and Types of Circulating Water Systems. Electromatic Relief Valve, Thermal/Mechanical Understanding
ATM tech supervisor
Loomis Armored
01.2020 - 01.2021
- Ensuring that the money is delivered safely, restocking ATMs, and driving an armored vehicle. In charge of techs and fixing and maintaining atms.
Juvenile Detention Specialist 1
Prince William County Juvenile Detention Center
11.2019 - 01.2020
- Juvenile detention Specialist ensures facility security by routinely inspecting buildings, living quarters and packages for contraband. They monitor detainees who have a special risk or security status and enforce facility rules and regulations. JDS 1 must document and report disruptive or disturbing behavior and security breaches. Received training to effectively handle emergencies, preparing for situations like fights, fires, and escapes. Fights, fires, escapes, and other situations must be dealt with calmly and according to procedure and guidelines. Calmed detainees during high-stress scenarios, managing conflicts with a focus on safety and care. Documented shift activities to maintain accurate records of events and ensure accountability.
- Supervised juvenile residents in secure detention at Prince William County facility.
- Monitored resident behavior and enforced safety rules during daily housing operations.
- Documented incidents, searches, and resident observations in detention records.
Senior Corrections Officer
Fluvanna Correctional Center
08.2018 - 11.2019
- Ensured safety and security protocols were followed in facility. Respond to any type of emergencies. Monitored environment for suspicious activities or behaviors. Observe and respond to obvious and subtle changes in prisoner conversation or behavior that might be inappropriate or indicate the potential for trouble. Monitor radio transmissions between staff in order to respond immediately to directions/emergencies, and to call for security support as needed. Conduct interviews for future employees.
Senior Corrections Officer
Coffeewood Correctional Center
Culpeper, VA
06.2015 - 08.2018
- Maintain security within the institution and oversee the health and safety of staff and prisoners. Observe prisoners directly and indirectly through visual, audio and video monitoring, checking for unusual or abnormal activity, to ensure the physical safety of prisoners, staff and the public. Observe and respond to obvious and subtle changes in prisoner conversation or behavior that might be inappropriate or indicate the potential for trouble. Monitored radio transmissions between staff to respond immediately to directions and emergencies.
- Directed and monitored inmate movement throughout housing units, ensuring safety and security for staff and prisoners. across housing units at Fluvanna Correctional Center.
- Enforced facility security procedures during counts, searches, and visitation, contributing to a secure environment.
- Monitored inmate behavior and reported suspicious activity to supervisors, facilitating timely interventions.
Juvenile Correctional Officer
Virginia Dept. of Juvenile Justice
Chesterfield, Virginia
01.2013 - 01.2015
- Monitored residents' behavior to prevent crime and escape attempts, ensuring a safe environment. Maintained records and logs of man hours, materials and equipment used. Conducted internal security checks and distributed meals to maintain order and meet residents' daily needs. conducted searches and Transported Residents to and from medical and dental appointments, funerals, court hearings. Apprehended escapees safely while following proper techniques. Recorded health problems and followed medical orders to provide necessary care and support for residents. Because of their close and constant work with residents, correctional officers may be the first to notice changes in health or behavior. Officers also provide vocational counseling for offenders and counseling referrals for juveniles' family members or victims. They also make recommendations for detaining or releasing juveniles, submit progress reports and maintain inmate records.
- Supervised juvenile residents under Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice security procedures.
- Monitored housing units, recreation areas, and movement for safety and compliance.
- Enforced facility rules and corrected resident behavior using approved interventions.
Education
Germanna Community School
Fredericksburg, VA01-2015
High School Diploma -
Riverbend High School
Spotsylvania, VA06-2011
Skills
- PYTHON CERTIFIED
- OSHA CERTIFIED
- RDBMS
- FACILITY MANAGEMENT
- PROFESSIONAL CERTIFIED
- FLUENT IN SPANISH
- FIRST AID AND CPR CERTIFIED
- PROJECT TRACKING AND MANAGEMENT
- SITE PREPARATION AND UTILITY CONSTRUCTION
- SIGNAL COMMUNICATION AND HOIST OPERATION
- RIGGING PLANNING AND PIPE FITTING
- BLUEPRINT READING AND PIPE ALIGNMENT
- RIGGING PLANNING
PIPE FITTING - BLUEPRINT READING
Certification
- OSHA 10
- Electrical Qualification
- Fire Response Training
- Rigger
- Thermal/ Mechanical Understanding
- Chemistry of combustion
- Basic Operations maintenance and safety
- Soot blowing system alignment
- Functions and Types Circulating Water Systems
- Motors
Timeline
Operator
LIUNA Local 980 (michels Corporation)
01.2025 - Current
Senior IBX Facility Engineer IV
Equinix Data Center DC6/DC11
01.2022 - 01.2025
Plant Operations Engineering
Covanta Energy
01.2021 - 01.2022
ATM tech supervisor
Loomis Armored
01.2020 - 01.2021
Juvenile Detention Specialist 1
Prince William County Juvenile Detention Center
11.2019 - 01.2020
Senior Corrections Officer
Fluvanna Correctional Center
08.2018 - 11.2019
Senior Corrections Officer
Coffeewood Correctional Center
06.2015 - 08.2018
Juvenile Correctional Officer
Virginia Dept. of Juvenile Justice
01.2013 - 01.2015
Germanna Community School
High School Diploma -
Riverbend High School