Tavin Bragg
Eufaula,AL
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Maintenance Refrigeration Technician
Keystone/Tyson Inc
11.2022 - Current
- Installed and replaced refrigeration equipment following schematics and other documents
- Executed diagnostics and repair of system valves, controls and pumps
- Utilized acetylene torches and wrenches to install expansion and control valves
- Tested lines, components, and connections to locate leaks
- Repaired joints and mitigated leaks with soldering and brazing equipment
- Charged system with correct refrigerant
- Performed predictive, preventive, and corrective maintenance on diverse systems.
- Repaired or replaced worn mechanisms and tested operation after reassembling.
- Maintained safety standards by using appropriate protective gear and adhering to best practices.
- Replaced worn or defective parts and adjusted settings to improve performance.
- Used electrical, mechanical, and pneumatic testing equipment to troubleshoot functionality issues
- Analyzed blueprints and manufacturer instructions to take apart and reassemble machinery for maintenance and component replacements.
- Analyzed blueprints and manufacturers' design specifications to determine HVAC equipment configuration and complete proper installation.
- Cleaned, lubricated and calibrated machinery components to maintain peak operating performance.
- Repaired and replaced faulty motors, blowers, switches and compressor units.
- Used hand and power tools to repair and maintain industrial machinery.
- Read blueprints and schematic drawings of machinery to determine appropriate procedures and necessary supplies.
- Utilized troubleshooting tools and schematics to identify parts needing repair.
Production Worker Paper Machine 1
WestRock Mahrt Mill
06.2021 - 10.2022
- Organized work to meet demanding production goals.
- Took on additional shifts during peak work periods to keep projects on schedule.
- Resolved issues quickly to maintain productivity goals.
- Followed safety procedures and guidelines to maintain safe working environments.
- Used equipment properly to avoid workplace hazards or injuries.
- Maintained organized work area by cleaning and removing hazards.
- Inspected products and machines to maintain quality and efficiency.
- Volunteered for additional assignments during peak work periods to keep tasks on schedule.
- Used problem-solving and issue-resolution skills to promptly and successfully address production problems.
- Preform pre-shift inspection on each machine, make sure each machine has its needed materials to run paper without stopping
- Cut cores for each machine when needed
- Make rounds and clean up the basement of the machines
- Work 'hay-outs' under the machines using a skid-steer
- Help the machine operators during each outage or shutdown
- Set-up 6th hand on the paper machines 1, 2, and 3 when needed
- Got promoted to permanent 6th Hand on number 3 paper machine
- Load cores into the winder before each run
- Check the cut, hardness and length of the paper after each run to ensure the material is right and is in the specific guidelines of the customer
- Operate house crane moving the spools of paper from the 'turn-up' station and load them into the back of the winder
- Cut and thread the paper into the winder, tape down the paper onto the cores that are loaded into the winder
- Clean out the wire pit when the machine hays out, then help thread the paper from the hot box through the dryer cans to the cylinder stacks onto an empty spool that was loaded in at the turn up station
- Help replace the dryer felts and wire felt when needed
- Report to your Foreman at the beginning and end of each shift
- Communicate with the on-coming shift about what was going on and if anything needed to be finished or done
- Maintenance knowledge to fix the machines as needed
- And general maintenance throughout the basement area on paper mill area of the plant
- (water pumps, hydraulic pumps, conveyor belts, motors on machines) Electrical maintenance
Maintenance Refrigeration Technician
Keystone/Tyson Inc
02.2020 - 06.2021
- Installed and replaced refrigeration equipment following schematics and other documents
- Executed diagnostics and repair of system valves, controls and pumps
- Utilized acetylene torches and wrenches to install expansion and control valves
- Tested lines, components, and connections to locate leaks
- Repaired joints and mitigated leaks with soldering and brazing equipment
- Charged system with correct refrigerant
- Performed predictive, preventive, and corrective maintenance on diverse systems.
- Repaired or replaced worn mechanisms and tested operation after reassembling
- Maintained safety standards by using appropriate protective gear and adhering to best practices.
- Used electrical, mechanical, and pneumatic testing equipment to troubleshoot functionality issues
- Read and interpreted blueprints to understand different models.
- Analyzed blueprints and manufacturers' design specifications to determine HVAC equipment configuration and complete proper installation.
- Repaired and replaced faulty motors, blowers, switches and compressor units.
Truck Shop/Off-all maintenance
Keystone/Tyson Inc
02.2019 - 03.2020
- Pre-shift inspection on all spotter trucks and fork-lifts before start up
- Fix trucks or lifts that break down during my shift, keep shop clean, weld broken masks on the lifts as needed
- PM lifts every Sunday night before start up
- Help out in off-all when equipment tears up (motors, belts, pumps, augers)
Welder and Maintenance
Gipson Steel, Inc.
03.2018 - 02.2019
- Grind and clean up the material when the fitters and welders are done with the material before it goes to get painted
- Weld missing spots on the material that the fitters didn't do
- Use over-head crane to move materials throughout the mill
- Operate the house crane to load the material onto the right trailer
- Maintenance on machine's and equipment (motors, hydraulic pumps, cylinders)
- Electrical maintenance
- (motors)
Machine Operator, Welder, and Maintenance
Covenant Steel
07.2017 - 02.2018
- Pre-shift inspection of the machine, note down if something on the machine is not performing right or something that is unusual
- Go to Foreman if anything is wrong before operating the machine to get looked at and fixed
- Read blue prints and run the material to the right specifications of the order
- Load and unload the roller bed with materials using over head crane
- At the 'Tack-Station' I welded flanges onto the web, before going to the subare to get finished welded
- Read blue prints to ensure that it was getting welded in the right places
- End shift inspections on both areas
- Do general maintenance on machines
Sales
Lakeside Building Materials
02.2017 - 07.2017
- Insure customer service was the number one on the list
- Great everyone and tend to their needs
- Help them find what they are looking for or something that the business would recommend
- Figure up material list for roofs (metal or shingles), pole barn kits, deck kits
- Computer skills
- Set up deliveries for the customers that couldn't get the materials while they were there
- Do inventory of the lumber and inside the store
Utility Worker
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
01.2016 - 02.2017
- Preform pre-shift inspection on each machine, make sure each machine has its needed materials to run paper without stopping
- Cut cores for each machine when needed
- Make rounds and clean up the basement of the machines
- Work 'hay-outs' under the machines using a skid-steer
- Help the machine operators during each outage or shutdown
- Set-up 6th hand on the paper machines 1, 2, and 3 when needed
- Got promoted to permanent 6th Hand on number 3 paper machine
- Load cores into the winder before each run
- Check the cut, hardness and length of the paper after each run to ensure the material is right and is in the specific guidelines of the customer
- Operate house crane moving the spools of paper from the 'turn-up' station and load them into the back of the winder
- Cut and thread the paper into the winder, tape down the paper onto the cores that are loaded into the winder
- Clean out the wire pit when the machine hays out, then help thread the paper from the hot box through the dryer cans to the cylinder stacks onto an empty spool that was loaded in at the turn up station
- Help replace the dryer felts and wire felt when needed
- Report to your Foreman at the beginning and end of each shift
- Communicate with the on-coming shift about what was going on and if anything needed to be finished or done
- Maintenance knowledge to fix the machines as needed
- And general maintenance throughout the basement area on paper mill area of the plant
- (water pumps, hydraulic pumps, conveyor belts, motors on machines) Electrical maintenance
Forklift Operator
Michelin Dothan Manufacturing
09.2015 - 01.2016
- Pre-shift inspection on the forklifts
- Safety meeting before each shift
- Continuously bring materials to each machine on your line to ensure they keep up the production numbers
Education
GED -
Wallace Community College
Eufaula, AL05.2011
Skills
- Lockout and tagout procedures
- Machinery operation
- Equipment calibration
- Assembly procedures
- OSHA compliance
- Preventive techniques
- Power tool operation
- Teamwork and communication
- Service and repair
- Pump maintenance
- Pneumatic systems
- Hydraulic systems
- Crane operation
- Troubleshooting
Timeline
Maintenance Refrigeration Technician
Keystone/Tyson Inc
11.2022 - Current
Production Worker Paper Machine 1
WestRock Mahrt Mill
06.2021 - 10.2022
Maintenance Refrigeration Technician
Keystone/Tyson Inc
02.2020 - 06.2021
Truck Shop/Off-all maintenance
Keystone/Tyson Inc
02.2019 - 03.2020
Welder and Maintenance
Gipson Steel, Inc.
03.2018 - 02.2019
Machine Operator, Welder, and Maintenance
Covenant Steel
07.2017 - 02.2018
Sales
Lakeside Building Materials
02.2017 - 07.2017
Utility Worker
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
01.2016 - 02.2017
Forklift Operator
Michelin Dothan Manufacturing
09.2015 - 01.2016
GED -
Wallace Community College
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