QUALITY CONTROL ENGINEER,KILN ENGINEER,SHAPES FOREMAN,MFG FOREMAN,PACKAGING FOREMAN,FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER......INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING TO DO WITH PLANT OPERATIONS....BEEN ON TOP OF THE KILN (IN 140 DEGREE F.AMBIENT AIR TEMP.) ADJUSTING THE KILN,S COLD AIR BLEED...BEEN STANDING IN A FOOT OF WATER IN RUBBER BOOTS HOLDING A PORTABLE 50,000 VOLT SPARK IGNITER RE-LIGHTING A KILN,S BURNERS ONE AT A TIME ( AFTER A FLOOD )....BEEN UNDER THE KILN ( A FOOT AWAY FROM THE 1850 INTERNAL KILN TEMP.) JACKING UP A KILN CAR TO GET THE CAR,S WHEEL BACK ON THE TRACK.......BEEN STANDING 3 FEET AWAY FROM THE KILN WALL PULLING 1700 DEGREE BRICK OUT OF THE KILN ( THROUGH AN INSPECTION PORT WITH A LONG METAL HOOK THAT WAS BENDING WITH THE HEAT ) TO CLEAR A KILN WRECK.....PACKED BRICK WITH THE PLANT MANAGER AND PLANT SUPERINTENDENT AND A FEW OTHERS THAT WERE THE ONLY ONES TO MAKE IT TO THE PLANT DURING A BLIZZARD ( TO KEEP THE KILN FROM "HITTING THE WALL ".....SLEPT IN THE PLANT ON AN EMPTY KILN CAR TO BE AVAILABLE TO CONTINUOUSLY OVERSEE A 24 HOUR THERMOCOUPLE SURVEY OF THE KILN ( BECAUSE THE RADIO TRANSMITTER KEPT REQUIRING MANUAL TUNING )........ OVERSAW DISASSEMBLY OF 500 CUBES OF BRICK TO BLEND IN ONE DARK BRICK INTO EACH ROW OF BRICK IN EACH STRAP OF EACH CUBE )....HAVE FILLED IN AS FORK LIFT OPERATOR TRANSFERRING 50 CARS OF BRICK FROM THE KILN TO THE PACKAGING MACHINE,S STATIONS....FILLED IN AS "TEXTURES AND SLURRIES" MAN IN THE BRICK MANUFACTURING DEPT.FOR A WEEK ( ENDED UP WITH WALKING PNEUMONIA) AND THEN TOOK MY VACATION TIME TO BE SICK AT HOME......WORKED 43 SHIFTS IN 27 DAYS ( THE LAST DAY WAS A TRIPLE SHIFT ) TO COVER OTHER SUPERVISOR,S VACATION AND OTHER EMPLOYEE,S ABSENCES ......SUPERVISED STAINING ( AND STAINED PERSONALLY ) PROJECTS FOR COLOR COMPLAINT RESOLUTION ( AND SOMETIMES SAVED A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR IN TEAR DOWN COSTS ) ALL OVER THE COUNTRY

TRAVELED ON THE ROAD DOING FIELD SERVICES START UPS ..FROM DRILCO DIVISION OF SMITH INTERNATIONAL @ EDMONTON,ALBERTA,CANADA ( WORKING @ A ONE TIME LOW OF 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ) TO DO A NEWLY DESIGNED FURNACE SET UP FOR HEAT TREATING DRILL PIPES FOR OIL WELL DRILLING TO MARSHVILLE,NORTH CAROLINA TO SET UP A NEWLY DESIGNED FURNACE ( TO MILITARY SPECIFICATIONS ) FOR HEAT TREATING LARGE METAL RINGS TO BE MACHINED FOR AIRCRAFT JET ENGINES CONSTRUCTION ( INCLUDING TAKING THE FURNACE THROUGH ITS FIRST PRODUCTION RUN )....ALSO DID A SERVICE CALL ON THE KILN THAT PRODUCED THE CERAMIC HEAT TILES FOR NASA,S SPACE SHUTTLES