Instrumentation and Electrical Technician at CalPortland Cement (2024-05 – Present)
- Safely maintain, calibrate, troubleshoot, repair, and install process instrumentation and control equipment in a cement mining and milling operation.
- Coordinate with process control engineers and Central Control room operations supervisors to troubleshoot, calibrate and optimize new and existing instrumentation and control equipment.
- Maintain, repair and troubleshoot electrical distribution and motor control systems.
Lead Customer Service Representative at Circle K and AJ Mechanical (2021 – 2024-03)
- Listen to and communicate with customers to ensure their needs and expectations are consistently met.
- Train, direct and support other customer service reps.
- Generate work orders to report and track any necessary repairs to store equipment and facilities.
- Awarded employee of the month on multiple occasions.
HVAC and Electrical Installation at Circle K and AJ Mechanical (2021 – 2024-03)
- Installation of new HVAC systems and maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of existing systems.
- Residential electrical new construction and troubleshooting and repair of existing systems.
Instrumentation Technician, 1st Class at Asarco Mining Company (2014 – 2021)
- Safely maintained, calibrated, troubleshot, repaired, and installed process instrumentation and control equipment in a copper mining and milling operation.
- Managed new instrument installation and upgrade projects, directing multiple work trades to complete the projects.
- Coordinated with process control engineers and DCS operations supervisors to calibrate and optimize new and existing instrumentation and control equipment.
- Diagnosed, repaired, calibrated and programmed various instruments such as level and pressure transmitters, flow meters, control valve actuators, nuclear densitometers, conveyor belt scales and telephone systems.
Automation Engineer at Arizona Canning Company (2013 – 2014)
- Monitored and optimized the automation control system to maximize production in a modern can manufacturing and food canning production line.
- Performed troubleshooting and installation of various safety and process sensors and control actuators.
Instrumentation and Electrical Technician at Sasol North America (2007 – 2013)
- Performed electrical installations, repairs, and maintenance of various types of motors including 3 phase 480V and DC motors.
- Performed tuning, calibration, and troubleshooting on various types of instrumentation and controls.
- Used numerous types of handheld instruments such as digital multimeters, electronic manometers, thermocouple sources, and mA simulators, for troubleshooting and calibration of process instrumentation.
- Certified by ADEQ for visible emissions method 9 testing.
- Performed troubleshooting of PLC automated systems using PLC ladder logic.
Chemist at Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant (2000 – 2007)
- Operated chemical feed systems and various other systems for sample collection and chemistry control.
- Analyzed various plant fluid systems for low-level impurities, chemicals, pH, conductivity and radionuclides.
- Interpreted, reported and recorded data from chemical analyses.
- Recommended and/or implemented necessary power plant adjustments based on chemistry results.
- Provided monitoring and analysis of all plant effluent release paths to ensure compliance with Technical Specifications and environmental permits.
- Operated, calibrated and maintained laboratory analytical equipment such as liquid ion chromatographs, amperometric titrators, balances, spectrophotometers, atomic absorption instrument, hydrogen analyzers, micro pipettes, turbidimeters, germanium radionuclide spectrum analyzers.
- Operated, calibrated and maintained chemistry instrumentation for reverse osmosis water treatment plant.
- Operated and maintained process instrumentation such as hydrazine analyzers, sodium analyzers, silica analyzers, oxygen analyzers, and pH and conductivity instruments.
- Rotating shift worker with Operations crew at PINGP.
- Performed technical editing and development of plant procedures.
- Performed Radiation Protection duties when on night shift.
Radiation Protection Specialist at Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant (2000 – 2007)
- Performed routine monitoring of radiological conditions in the plant.
- Tested and calibrated radiation monitoring instruments and effluent release radiation monitors.
- Provided job coverage for maintenance on radioactive systems to minimize workers dose.
- Performed technical editing of rad protection procedures.
- Developed work plans and Radiation Work Permits for Steam Generator eddy current testing and repairs.
- Managed Lead shielding program during refueling outage.
Gas and Chemical Support Technician at Air Liquide America Corporation (1998 – 2000)
- Shift Lead Technician responsible for operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of 150 gas delivery systems ensuring uninterrupted service to semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
- Operated and troubleshot remote specialty gas monitoring network (SCADA) system.
- Successfully trained junior technicians into qualified competent technicians.
Engineering Laboratory Technician at United States Navy (1992 – 1998)
- Analyzed reactor plant and steam plant water for various chemicals, contaminants, pH, conductivity, and radionuclides.
- Operated and maintained laboratory analytical equipment such as pH meters, spectrophotometers, conductivity meters, Hydrogen analyzers, and various radiation monitoring equipment.
- Assistant work center supervisor for Reactor Laboratories Division. Scheduled and ensured completion of all maintenance and sampling activities for my work center.
Nuclear Trained Mechanical Operator at United States Navy (1992 – 1998)
- Qualified Chief Reactor Watch. Managed a team of six reactor plant operators during reactor startups, shutdowns, and normal operations.
- Qualified mechanical operator on the following reactor plant watch stations: Charging Pumps, Feed Pumps, Coolant Turbine Generators, Feed Control, and Reactor Auxiliaries.
- Performed complex manipulations of reactor plant fluid systems and machinery as well as routine maintenance and monitoring of plant equipment.
