Retired, but assist local AutoZones when back in Minnesota as needed. Deliver/receive parts to shops.

Assist Police Chief Dave Osborne with special events, such as "Dam Days", etc., wedding dances, multi-cultural coming of age parties.

Assist Commercial Manager servicing commercial accounts and assisting with DIY (Do it yourself).Professional Driver

Asset Reliability Planner for facility (billets) utilizing SAP CMMS/Prometheus Scheduler). Electrical responsibility for planned electrical maintenance of entire facility (Rolling Mill, Melt Shop, Baghouse, DCF, LRS, Caster, Cranes) except for Shredder. The St. Paul facility is the second largest electrical consumer and one of the largest recycling facilities in the State of Minnesota.Routine, down day and outage planning and scheduling for approximately 24 electrical personnel.

Primarily work weekend evenings, mall security, patrols until after bar closing, park checks, parades, annual community night out, community service, assist full-time officers, etc.Use of Force training: automatic weapons, shotgun, rifle, handguns, ASP, pepper spray, self defense.Lethal Force training, 800 mhz communications training, First aid & CPR, verbal judo, squad checks, 10 codes, now "straight talk".

Shadowing and training Maintenance Scheduler/Planners, Reliability development and scrubbing of 7I equipment, PM development, bills of material and parts data. Reporting directly to Maintenance Manager, Reliability and Planning Supervision.Technical support with phase in of JD Edwards from 7i Infor Forms and Extended CMMS systems.Partner with Xcel Energy with steam system (traps) rebates.MOM Engineering support with several roof fan repairs.I have filled temporary vacancies (Production Support Maintenance Planning and Maintenance Scheduler) during transitional period and trained incumbents in their new roles while working with Waste Water Sump Systems, Fanuc Unitizers, ITW Muller Stretch Wrappers, Buschman (Intelligrated), PAC and Ermanco conveying systems.Trained as a Project Manager, but while working with Planners, not cost effective to fulfill this role.Consultant for MOM Brands Maintenance Excellence Team.

Cabin checks, Madeline Island Ferry security, traffic control, security for Governor Scott Walker's visit to Washburn, Bayfield Applefest, sporting events, community events, assist full time deputies.Use of Force training, handcuffing, self defense, first aid including CPR, pepper spray.Assist Bayfield and Washburn Police Departments.

Responsible for deep water marina and harbor, budgeting, maintenance, grants and special events. The City of Washburn had the largest Travelift on Lake Superior that had the capability to hoist ferries and 100' plus boats for on-shore maintenance. I have assisted personally with Travelift repairs.

Responsible for building out Arcelor-Mittal (a coiled steel facility); hierarchy into Tabware, their CMMS (computerized maintenance management system).Equipment data acquisition and coordination with site personnel to verify data, and then log to CMMS database.

My wife and I owned and were responsible for operation/refurbishment of an 18 unit inn, gourmet coffee operation and a rental cottage. Duties entailed managing/training a group of employees (23 in 2008), bookkeeping & payroll (QuickBooks), upgrade front desk rfrom a manual to online reservation system (Lodgeware & Webervations), weekly schedules (Microsoft Office Word & Excel), major & minor maintenance of facility. A core of the LLC was purchasing, renovating and selling for profit, commercial and residential properties in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Worked with Public Works Directors and citizens in the first eco-municipality in the United States. One of the discussions that was interesting was diesel vs. biodiesel, was it advantageous to use in city vehicles? Washburn has many historic buildings that we worked jointly with the Historic Preservation Committee to preserve.

Start date: May 13, 2002Salaried Maintenance Planner for Pulp, Bleach Plant, &Wood Preparation.Proficient in SAP and JD Edwards Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS).Management of contractors and site employees.Site trainer for SAP and built equipment hierarchy, bill of materials (BOM) and task lists (SMP).Planning Superintendent during transitional 2002 period.2004 Sexual harassment trainer.

Salaried Maintenance Planner for Fiberline, Bleach Plant, and R-10 Plant. Relief Planning Superintendent for vacations, days off, etc. Plan for minor/major outages and capital projects.Electrical/Instrumentation Supervisor-responsible for plant on weekends. On-call Weekend Maintenance Manager several weekends a year.

The Site Excellence Team Leader was a member of the Corporate Maintenance Excellence Team (MET). The MET position involved training, coaching, supporting and facilitating all 18 Potlatch sites in "the Plan for Maintenance Excellence". The SET Leader was held jointly accountable with the Plant Manager for the facilitation of maintenance best practices at the Cloquet site. The Site Excellence Team consisted of 10 salary/hourly team members from maintenance, operations, and engineering.

Licensed Minnesota Industrial ElectricianInvolvement with several projects, start-up of a Jagenberg Winder, tie-in of Fisher DCS system to our Coater Kitchen MCC. Extensive association with engineers, vendors, production , maintenance crafts and an in-depth comprehension of our equipment pneumatically, hydraulically and electrically to Fisher DCS, Reliance digital & GE Siltron analog drives, Measurex and Allen-Bradley PLCs',Prior sawmill, wood room and roundhouse (rail road crane traction motors, etc.) as outside electrician.

Completed 4 year training school in 2-1/2 years, then transferred to Potlatch Electrical Apprentice Program.