Michael Saesee
Visalia,CA
Summary
Skilled in maintenance and repair with background in efficiently resolving issues ranging from minor repairs to complex system faults. Possess advanced knowledge of various tools, equipment, and techniques relevant to job success. Strengths include problem-solving, time management, and ability to work independently or as part of a team to meet operational goals. Contributed to enhancing facility safety and reducing downtime through proactive maintenance strategies and quick response to emergency repair needs.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Maintenance Technician
Land O'Lakes
Tulare, CA
11.2023 - Current
- Maintenance of Production Equipment: Ensure that butter churners, separators, pasteurizers, homogenizers, and other equipment are properly maintained, cleaned, and functioning.
- Preventive Maintenance: Perform routine checks and preventive maintenance on machinery to avoid downtime. This includes inspecting motors, pumps, valves, and piping systems, ensuring that everything operates efficiently.
- Troubleshooting and Repairs: Quickly diagnose and repair issues with equipment such as butter churns, mixing tanks, refrigeration units, and conveyors, minimizing production disruptions.
- Hygiene and Sanitation: Ensure that all equipment is cleaned and sanitized regularly to comply with food safety regulations. This includes making sure that milk and cream-handling equipment is free of contamination.
- Temperature Control: Ensure that temperature controls are functioning correctly for the butter-making process, including pasteurization and cooling systems.
- Piping and Valve Systems: Monitor and repair any issues with the milk, cream pipelines, valves, and pumps used to move liquids through the butter-making process.
- Safety Compliance: Adhere to health and safety regulations, ensuring that all machinery is safe to operate and that personal protective equipment (PPE) is used where necessary.
- Documentation and Reporting: Keep records of maintenance activities, repairs, and parts replacement to ensure compliance with safety, quality, and regulatory standards.
- Installation of Equipment: Assist with the installation of new machinery, equipment, or upgrades to improve efficiency in butter production.
- Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve equipment efficiency, minimize energy consumption, and reduce waste in the butter production process.
Maintenance Technician
Foster Farms
Porterville, CA
03.2023 - 11.2023
- Routine Maintenance: Conducting regular inspections, lubrications, and adjustments on equipment like conveyors, graders, processing lines, and refrigeration systems.
- Troubleshooting: Diagnosing and repairing mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems to address faults that could disrupt production.
- Safety and Compliance: Ensuring that equipment meets safety standards, and that maintenance practices comply with OSHA standards.
- Emergency Repairs: Responding to breakdowns or failures that could halt production, often working under time constraints to get systems back up and running.
Equipment Installation: Installing new machinery and systems. - Documentation: Maintaining accurate records of maintenance activities, repairs, and inspections for compliance, and operational efficiency.
Education
Maintenance Technician Certificate - Industrial Maintenance
San Joaquin Valley College
Visalia, CA12-2022
High School Diploma -
Redwood High School
Visalia, CA06-2016
Skills
- Equipment maintenance
- Safety compliance
- Troubleshooting techniques
- Preventive maintenance
- Attention to detail
- Effective communication
- Team collaboration
- Power and hand tool use
- Welding
- Safety-oriented mindset
- Valve repair
- Hydraulic systems
- Electrical panels
- Gearbox repair
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Refrigeration systems
- Conveyor system maintenance
Certification
- Maintenance Technician Certificate - 2022
Languages
English
Professional
Lahu
Professional
Timeline
Maintenance Technician
Land O'Lakes
11.2023 - Current
Maintenance Technician
Foster Farms
03.2023 - 11.2023
Maintenance Technician Certificate - Industrial Maintenance
San Joaquin Valley College
High School Diploma -
Redwood High School
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