Randall C. Wills
Upper Marlboro,MD
Summary
To obtain a full-time position as: Supervisor Elevator/Escalator Parts Requisition Number: 240268
Highly organized and dedicated with a positive attitude. Able to handle multiple assignments under high pressure and consistently meet tight deadlines. Have excellent writing, oral and interpersonal communication skills. Thrive on working in a challenging environment.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
High Voltage Electrician Mechanic / Acting Supervisor
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Washington, DC
01.2012 - Current
- Experience setting performance expectations, selecting employees, identifying training needs, directing work efforts, directing, and reviewing work accomplishments, and providing advice, guidance, and direction to employees
- Worked as a project /work leader or team lead planning, organizing, and analyzing work processes
- Coordinated the work products of others, identified work needs, set milestones and priorities, reviewed work products, and answered technical questions from the group
- Supervised or led a workforce in which a culture that fostered high standards of ethics and diversity among staff members was created
- Promoted diversity programs within the organization by making workforce diversity a priority
- Worked with program officials to develop and implement recruitment, retention, and upward mobility programs that promoted workforce diversity
- Troubleshoots distribution circuits and generating or controlling equipment to locate and correct the causes of outages and improper operation
- Makes emergency cutouts and substitutions of power lines and equipment, sometimes working on distribution systems when they are energized
- Troubleshoots overhead and underground cable systems to locate shorts, opens, grounds, crosses, electrolysis damage, capacitance imbalance, or cable breaks
- Locates and marks electrical underground utilities prior to excavation
- Makes repairs as needed and tests them prior to energizing circuits
- Performs maintenance and repair to the street, grounds, and floodlighting systems
- Responsible for maintaining Capitol Complex Street lighting infrastructure to include light poles, lamps, globes, and associated electrical distribution system
- Installs, maintains, and modifies all solid-state lighting controls, digital and analog timers, and photocells
- Installs, maintains, and modifies state of the art, energy conservation solar powered lighting systems
- Operates a truck equipped with hydraulic bucket when maintaining and servicing lamp standards used for the street, grounds, and floodlighting systems
- Monitors various feeders using wattmeter, voltmeters, and ammeters to assure that the equipment is operation within the safety limits, taking corrective action when required
- Installs, replaces, and splices low voltage cables
- Constructs and installs rigid conduits
- Plans, organizes, and installs complete electrical wiring jobs, such as installing 480/277/208/120-volt distribution systems and their associated power and lighting wiring systems, motors, lights, and pumps
- Assembles and repairs generators and rotary converters
- Maintains and operates 13,200-volt switchgear and transformer distribution systems
Mechanic Electrical
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Washington, DC
01.2012 - Current
- Performs repair, inspections, required adjustments testing, troubleshooting, lubrication and scheduled maintenance on assigned rail car equipment in accordance with wiring diagrams, schematic, operation manuals and manufacturer’s maintenance instructions
- Perform preventive, scheduled, or corrective maintenance, troubleshoots and tests all vehicle systems, subsystems and components using precision measuring equipment such as meggers and multimeters to test for defective wiring and connection
- Assignments are performed within specified instructions detailing results, expected time limits and acceptable quality in a shop/field environment
- Follows prescribed procedures, performs routine inspections, diagnostics, troubleshooting, repair and reassembly of electronic, electrical, electro-mechanical, mechanical components and equipment
- Will use precision measuring equipment such as meggers and ohmmeters to test for defective wiring and connection; micrometers to check for excessive wear on bushings, bearings, and gears; oscilloscopes and analyzers to troubleshoot, align, adjust, and calibrate circuits
- Performs repairs, inspections, required adjustments, testing, troubleshooting, cleaning, lubrication, and scheduled maintenance on assigned physical plant equipment in accordance with schematics, wiring and flow diagrams, standard operating procedures, operation manuals, manufacturer's specifications, maintenance instructions, local and federal standards
- Operates special shop equipment (drills, grinders, fork trucks, hoists, cranes, presses, de greasers, lathes) and uses various tools
Operation Supervisor / Electrician
Universal Electrical, LLC.
Upper Marlboro, MD
01.1995 - Current
- Supervised or led a group of employees in accomplishing the work of an organization
- Experience setting performance expectations, selecting employees, identifying training needs, directing work efforts, directing, and reviewing work accomplishments, and providing advice, guidance, and direction to employees
- Worked as a project /work leader or team lead planning, organizing, and analyzing work processes
- Coordinated the work products of others, identified work needs, set milestones and priorities, reviewed work products, and answered technical questions from the group
- Supervised or led a workforce in which a culture that fostered high standards of ethics and diversity among staff members was created
- Promoted diversity programs within the organization by making workforce diversity a priority
- Worked with program officials to develop and implement recruitment, retention, and upward mobility programs that promoted workforce diversity
- Troubleshoots distribution circuits and generating or controlling equipment to locate and correct the causes of outages and improper operation
- Makes emergency cutouts and substitutions of power lines and equipment, sometimes working on distribution systems when they are energized
- Troubleshoots overhead and underground cable systems to locate shorts, opens, grounds, crosses, electrolysis damage, capacitance imbalance, or cable breaks
- Locates and marks electrical underground utilities prior to excavation
- Makes repairs as needed and tests them prior to energizing circuits
- Performs maintenance and repair to the street, grounds, and floodlighting systems
- Responsible for maintaining Capitol Complex Street lighting infrastructure to include light poles, lamps, globes, and associated electrical distribution system
- Installs, maintains, and modifies all solid-state lighting controls, digital and analog timers, and photocells
- Installs, maintains, and modifies state of the art, energy conservation solar powered lighting systems
- Operates a truck equipped with hydraulic bucket when maintaining and servicing lamp standards used for the street, grounds, and floodlighting systems
- Monitors various feeders using wattmeter, voltmeters, and ammeters to assure that the equipment is operation within the safety limits, taking corrective action when required
- Installs, replaces, and splices low voltage cables
- Constructs and installs rigid conduits
- Plans, organizes, and installs complete electrical wiring jobs, such as installing 480/277/208/120-volt distribution systems and their associated power and lighting wiring systems, motors, lights, and pumps
- Assembles and repairs generators and rotary converters
- Investigates and determines the cause of repair-related organizational problems such as excessive costs or low productivity
- Maintains and operates 13,200-volt switchgear and transformer distribution systems
Elevator Mechanic
Architect of The Capitol
Washington, DC
01.2008 - 06.2009
- Repairs and maintains all equipment for moderate and low speed elevator systems in accordance with a scheduled preventive maintenance program
- Repairs or replaces defective or worn parts, realigns rails, splices, or renews electrical wires and conduits, resets safety devices, replaces worn or defective bearings, realigns car and brake shoes, or aligns drive units, gears, car, and counterweight guides
- Dismantles, reassembles, and restores operational assemblies to satisfactory operation within predetermined limits
- Operational assemblies include control drive, guide and car, or platform equipment
- Selects proper replacement parts
- Readjusts motor generators, relays, automatic switches, control valves, speed governors, electromechanical controllers and selectors, rectifiers, AC and DC motors, hoisting machinery, and mechanical guides, structures and accessories located in the machinery penthouses, shaft ways, pits, or on the car or platform
- Traces and locates electrical and mechanical troubles in control, drive, guide, and car or platform assemblies
- Uses a combination of established electrical test meters, precision measuring instruments, and test procedures to troubleshoot electrical and mechanical problems in moderate or low speed systems
Foreman / Elevator Mechanic
I.U.E.C. Local Union 10
Lanham, MD
01.2000 - 01.2008
- Repairs and maintains all equipment for moderate and low speed elevator systems in accordance with a scheduled preventive maintenance program
- Repairs or replaces defective or worn parts, realigns rails, splices, or renews electrical wires and conduits, resets safety devices, replaces worn or defective bearings, realigns car and brake shoes, or aligns drive units, gears, car and counterweight guides
- Dismantles, reassembles, and restores operational assemblies to satisfactory operation within predetermined limits
- Operational assemblies include control drive, guide and car, or platform equipment
- Selects proper replacement parts
- Readjusts motor generators, relays, automatic switches, control valves, speed governors, electromechanical controllers and selectors, rectifiers, AC and DC motors, hoisting machinery, and mechanical guides, structures and accessories located in the machinery penthouses, shaft ways, pits, or on the car or platform
- Traces and locates electrical and mechanical troubles in control, drive, guide, and car or platform assemblies
- Uses a combination of established electrical test meters, precision measuring instruments, and test procedures to troubleshoot electrical and mechanical problems in moderate or low speed systems
Shift Supervisor Electrical Power
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Washington, DC
- Supervises the routine, preventative and unscheduled maintenance, inspection, testing, modification, and repair of all equipment associated with electrical power distribution systems
- Assigns duties to personnel by workload priority, giving instructions in proper work methods / techniques; conducts inspection and monitors schedule for timely and satisfactory completion of work
- Assists in the development, implementation and administration of on-the-job training programs; provides input for the formulation and review of Job Educational Training Standards
- Trains, evaluates and Promotional Program
- Documents and maintain level of expertise
- Recommends personnel action
- Discusses and resolves complaints and grievances with employees in accordance with collective bargaining agreement and personnel policies
- Implements’ the electrical operation and maintenance plan of the Authority and participates in establishment and administration of electrical power distribution operating and safety procedures
Construction Inspector
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Washington, DC
- Inspects and monitors testing and starts-up of high and medium-voltage AC and DC switchgear, transformers, rectifiers, inverters, battery chargers, relays, voltage regulators, electronic, electrical, and pneumatic controls, and interface systems
- Inspects and monitors testing and starts-up of mechanical / electrical / electronic systems; perform in-depth troubleshooting of operations multi-tonnage chilled-water plants, heating, ventilating, exhaust, deluge, and air conditioning systems, and their pneumatic, electrical, and electronic controls and compatibility with interface system
- Inspects and monitors testing, interfacing, and start-up of data transmission system for associated fire and intrusion, communication, automatic train control, AC service equipment, and high-voltage power equipment
- Monitor Contractor’s Quality Control System (SQCS) and verifies that the installation, material, and equipment conform to contract standards
- Record and report daily construction activity as outlined in 'Guidelines for Construction Inspection' and as instructed by supervisor
- Conducts field surveys to detect potential problems and ensure filed changes are properly channeled and documented
- Informs contractor’s field supervisory representative of non-compliance with contact provisions; monitors corrective action
- Investigates problems action for their resolution to minimize work disruption
Maintenance Operation Center Supervisor
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Washington, DC
- Monitor the technical performance of all communications-electronics, power distribution, automatic train control, physical plant, and rail computer systems installed within the Authority
- Determines action to restore service by substitution or repair of equipment, facilities, and circuits or component replacements
- Dispatches maintenance personnel and specialists to fault locations after determining priorities of service involved; provides repair personnel with specific instruction and, as needed technical guidance in diagnosing and troubleshooting service-affecting problems
- Maintains constant contact with System Maintenance, Plant Maintenance and Track and Structure personnel at various field sites via radio or telephone to monitor repair status and, when required, provide technical assistance
- Ensures that safety procedures are always complied with
- Act as liaison between SMNT, PLNT, TRST field forces and OCC
- Controls the Rail Maintenance radio network and ensures proper operating procedures and discipline are always followed
- Direct, coordinates, and monitors all SMNT, PLNT, and TRST corrective maintenance activities that are service affecting
- Issues work orders, power switching orders, and power outage tags
- Direct and monitors support personnel for other departments and contractors working on the Rail System
Education
I.U.E.C. Local Union #10 - Elevator Mechanic
I.U.E.C. Local Union #10
Lanham, MD06.2004
Hagerstown Community College - Business
Hagerstown Community College
Hagerstown, MD05.1991
Skills
- Linux
- Unix
- Windows
- Assembly Language
- Java
- HTML
- JavaScript
- Electricity Introduction
- AC Motors
- Electrical Circuit Components
- Alternating Current Theory
- Parallel DC Resistive Circuits
- Power and Power Controls
- AC & DC Motors
- Logic Controls
- Transformers
- Magnetism and Electromagnetism
- DC Generators and Motors
- Electrical Systems & Controls
- Installations & Maintenance
- Electromechanical Repairs
- Blueprints & Schematics
- Generators & Transformers
- Switches & Circuit Breakers
- Digital Integrated Circuit
- Electrical Code
- Safety & QA
- Wiring Diagrams
- Troubleshooting
- Testing Instruments
- Motors & Conduit
References
- Ronald Collins, 12402 Kayak Drive, Upper Marlboro, MD, 20772, 301.952.8365, U.S. State Dept.
- Antonio Davis, 14505 Rock Creek Road, Brandywine, MD, 20613, 301.888.2111, U.S. Government Printing Office
- Kevin Bowler, 7109 Aquinas Ave, Upper Marlboro, MD, 20772, 301.627.1401, Architect of The Capitol
Training
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) certified in General Industry Safety and Health.
Languages
Fluent in English
Availability
Able to Work Any Shift
Timeline
High Voltage Electrician Mechanic / Acting Supervisor
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
01.2012 - Current
Mechanic Electrical
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
01.2012 - Current
Elevator Mechanic
Architect of The Capitol
01.2008 - 06.2009
Foreman / Elevator Mechanic
I.U.E.C. Local Union 10
01.2000 - 01.2008
Operation Supervisor / Electrician
Universal Electrical, LLC.
01.1995 - Current
Shift Supervisor Electrical Power
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Construction Inspector
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Maintenance Operation Center Supervisor
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
I.U.E.C. Local Union #10 - Elevator Mechanic
I.U.E.C. Local Union #10
Hagerstown Community College - Business
Hagerstown Community College
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