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St Louis, Missouri, Us

• Increased productivity by reducing downtime, budgeting effectively, allocating tasks and maintaining high standards of safety and work quality.• Reduced maintenance down time by 50% from 2019 to 2020 by enhancing preventative/predictivemaintenance program.• Reduced maintenance down time by 19% from 2021 to 2022 by enhancing preventative/predictive maintenance program.• Over saw installation of new line control system.• Managed drive upgrades.• Maintenance team has 4+ years accident free.• Analyzed and identified equipment failure root causes and initiated correction actions.• Established and documented protocols for preventive maintenance procedures, decreasing equipment issues and reducing downtime.• Procured pricing information from various vendors to support cost-effective purchasing.• Supervised employees, including scheduling, training and performance monitoring.• Maintained safe work environment.• Oversaw AC Drive upgrade.• Conducted Root Cause Failure Analysis on Major Failures or Downtime Events.

• Supervised daily operations, including employee performance, preventive maintenance and safety.• Planned scheduled maintenance outages as part of preventive maintenance program.• Monitored safety compliance to maintain strict standards and protect team members from harm.• Shrunk knowledge gaps with ongoing training and close employee mentoring for new and lessexperienced team members.• Worked as multi-craft maintenance technician and lead technician.• Oversaw $1.8 million shear rebuild and replacement of foundation.• Oversaw $500,000 upgrade of AC and DC drives and PLC's.

• Measured and read DMM, meggers, micrometers and thickness gauges using electrical and mechanicaltesting instruments.• Interpreted electric and electronic schematics and mechanical layouts to diagnose equipmentproblems.• Installed electrical wiring through conduits and holes in both flooring and walls.• Performed preventive maintenance tasks to verify proper working condition of electrical panels andconduits.• Interpreted blueprints, schematics, drawings and layouts to complete repairs.• Installed electrical conduit and wiring for power, controls and lighting.• Installed electrical and mechanical equipment in accordance with National Electric Code.• Trained on Allen/Bradley and GE PLC.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Aided superiors in planning, resourcing and execution of more than 200 mounted and dismountedoperations.• Established teams planning, implementing and realigning field and base operational strategies.• Directed collection, organization and application of field intelligence and combat data to enhance troopsafety and operational success.• Handled day-to-day training of company sized unit, ensuring high levels of productivity andprogression.• Served as Platoon Sergeant, Training NCO, Squad Leader and Fire Team Leader.