Maintenance Mechanic

• Mar 2021 - Present

Temporary Shift Coordinator

• Feb 2019 - Mar 2021

Temporary Shift Coordinator

• Feb 2019 - Mar 2021

Set-up Mechanic

• Feb 2016 - Mar 2021

• Completed Bosch Set-Up training quickly and efficiently and upgraded to required labor grade within 4 months of arriving at Bosch while also completing a college degree• Monitor operations, reduce scrap and rework rates, audit parts, and when required perform adjustments necessary to maintain proper setup to ensure quality production. • Initiate corrective actions if audit data shows "out-of-specification" conditions. • Instruct associates in the proper use and care of machines, tools, and measuring instruments. • Reduce set-up time and general downtimes to maintain efficient productivity. • Control parts flow and monitor production quantities. • Analyze equipment/machine problems, perform repairs, and/or initiate corrective actions if beyond scope of experience. • Replace defective parts such as bearings, solenoids, valves, direction controls, etc. • Maintain safe working conditions and proper housekeeping, and perform additional assignments as necessary.• Instruct new associates on the operations and equipment to ensure proper understanding and execution necessary for safe and efficient operation of the machines.

Nuclear Machinist Mate

• May 2007 - Jan 2016

• Supervised 6 control room and engine room operators daily during reactor and engine room startups, continuous operations, and shutdowns.• Supervised and instructed over 300 officer, enlisted, and newly reporting civilian nuclear trainees on mechanical principles, maintenance, and operations of a nuclear powered submarine while ensuring the highest standards of quality were met• Meticulous planning, unwavering personal high standards, and unparalleled initiative with the reputation as a technician who could be depended on to efficiently and correctly complete tasks the first time.• Experience and expertise earned appointment to senior operating positions in all aspects of plant operation.• Responsible for safe and reliable reactor plant operations. Motivated and supervised a 4 person team of reactor mechanical operators in all aspects of surface nuclear power plant operations and maintenance at sea to smoothly integrate into a full 18 person watch team. • Skilled maintenance mechanic and craftsman with hands-on and supervisory experience in the maintenance and repair of reactor plant mechanical systems.• Experienced problem solver and troubleshooter of steam and fluid systems. Routinely performed maintenance on all propulsion related nuclear and non-nuclear mechanical systems.• Hand-picked for complex maintenance items, such as the lift testing of 9 Primary Relief Valves during operations at sea.• Administered maintenance programs, audit and surveillance programs, material history, and formal work packages. • Ensured over 200 preventative and corrective maintenance jobs were completed and documented correctly with little to no rework.• Rewrote the Training Report Program to ensure reports were written effectively and efficiently.Wrote and Proctored exams as part of the Reactor Training Group and aided in the qualifications of over 100 junior sailors in 1 ½ years