Bruce Niven

Summary

As an Electromechanical Maintenance Technician, I’ve built many Net-Weighing & Filling packaging

machines (50 + varieties), as well as perform cost-cutting modifications that improve safety and boost

machine productivity. Troubleshoot systems accurately and repair breakdowns quickly to maintain operating

efficiency.

Safety Committee-make certain that the company meets OSHA, NIOSH, and EPA requirements, as well as

instructs all other employees about safety procedures in our meetings.

Build or rebuild any machine or part of a machine to better production capabilities in which I also design or

modify the wiring schematics/ladder diagrams.

Install Pollution Systems from the ground up and in doing so also keeping the EPA standards.

Set up booths and marketed the Net-Weighing and Volumetric machines I had built for the “Pack Expo” at

McCormick Place (4 years)

Proven Technical Skills

Plc’s (Allen Bradley, Siemens, ABB), Stretch Wrappers, Palletizers, Inkjets, Cameras (Gemini)

Blueprint reading (arch., mech., and elec.), Mazak (CNC) repair, Wiring schematics/ladder diagrams (design

and read), Lathes, Milling machines, etc. Plumbing/Pipefitting, Repair Pumps, Compressors and Gearboxes.

AC & DC drives, Plumbing/Piping, 3-phase electric motors, Build or rebuild machines, 480V AC-24VDC,

Blow and injection molding machines, Thermoforming, Sheet metal layout, fabrication, Lock-out/Tag-out,

Mig, Tig, Arc Gas, Plastic-Welding, Forklift driver, Meeting OSHA, MSDS, & EPA standards. Carpentry,

Casing & Sash spring machine set-up/repair.

Master Mechanic/Field Service

Kitagawa - Schaumburg IL

September 2, 2014 to November 24, 2014

Field Service, evaluate various hydraulic cylinders and various chucks, rebuild as needed.

Tolerances from 0 to 25 microns.

Various other tasks included some maintenance work, running milling machines, making parts,

jaws, help getting product out each end of the month, etc.

Electro-Mechanical Maintenance Technician

Prater Industries - Bolingbrook IL

November 2011 to August 2014

Machine and Building Maintenance.

Repaired Mazak CNCs, lathes milling machines, bullard, blanchard, many more.

Design and/or build many special applications for the Lab and/or Production area.

Safety emergency lighting, fire extinguishers, etc. checked monthly.

Inventory control, purchase parts and supplies.

Lock-out/Tag-out.

Prater had the best 2 to 3 years of the companies history with me back to work there.

Brought the safety issues to a much safer level.

Designed and installed adding many improvements throughout.

Many special applications and upgrades.

Maintenance Supervisor / Maintenance Specialist

Temporary Employment - Chicago IL

July 2010 to November 2011

Machine and Building Maintenance, Special Applications, etc .

Unique Indoor Comfort, Elmhurst, IL 7/09-7/10

HVAC/Warehouse Manager

Contact: Greg Degenova /Owner / 1-630-***-****

Purchased supplies, Warranty, Inventory, Pull orders, Load trucks and Deliver to jobsite, Keep

communication with 3 HVAC teams, Schedule, Help as needed, and Acquire parts for service techs, etc.

Graham Packaging Company, Woodridge, IL Contract Work 9/08-2/09

Maintenance Mechanic

Maintained machines: Graham Wheel, Sidle, Krones, Autotec, & various other machines besides dust

collectors, grinders, etc.

Was to be lead maintenance on a huge project for Wal-Mart & Government, but they couldn’t get it to run

how they wanted. My production line consisted of 9 machines (Spin Welder, Robot), etc.

Prater Industries, Bolingbrook, IL 8/05-8/08

Electromechanical Maintenance Technician

Contact: Barry Middleton / Manufacturing Manager / 1-630-***-****

Perform machine and building maintenance.

Repaired Mazak (CNC) machines, lathes, milling machines, bullards, blanchard, dust collectors, saws and

many others.

Design/and/or/build many special applications for the Laboratory and Production areas.

Safety-emergency lighting, fire extinguishers, etc. checked monthly.

Inventory control, purchasing parts and supplies needed.

Lock-out/Tag-out

Laid off because the economy had been hitting us hard and had not let up.

Springs Ltd., Roselle, IL 3/89-5/05

Electromechanical Maintenance Technician/Supervisor

Contact: Fran Zarndt /Owner / 1-630-***-****

Responsible for building maintenance, set-up, troubleshooting, repair of all machines including:

Spring machines (Casing & Sash), Despatch oven, Looping machines, Deflocking booth,

Flocking booth, and various other Assembly Machines.

Performed inventory control, purchasing, customer service, and quality control.

Problem-solved, maintained and instructed all aspects of production.

Managed and instructed-Safety Committee and peers on the following:

Safe operation of machines, Safety wear, Lock-out/Tag-out, OSHA, NIOSH, & EPA standards.

Fran Zarndt (owner) wanted out of the business. Part of our machines went to Minnesota and some went to

Indiana.

I went to each company to consult, set-up, and put them in production. I had built a Flocking Booth for the

company in Indiana to finish their production line and taught them how to run all of their machines.

Chem-Plate, Elk Grove Village, IL 4/85-2/88

Maintenance Supervisor

Planned projects and followed through

Maintained machines including: Jessup Engineering Zinc plating line, Jessup hoist trolleys,

Trane 50 ton water chiller, CM & Yale hoists, Aldonex rectifiers, Wilden and various other pumps, 2 heat-

treat furnaces with Midland Ross gas mixing generators, Pollution System (I installed this pollution system

and also a pollution system at our other plant.). Performed inventory control and purchasing.

Instructed my assistants in every operating phase of the plant

Weigh Right Automatic Scale Company, Joliet, IL 9/78-3/85

Foreman

Supervised and built production machines

Made over 50 variations of net-weighing and volumetric dry fill production machines.

Prefabricated, built, wired, tested, painted, crated, shipped and instructed companies in their operation.

Maintained inventory, purchased supplies, performed customer service and general maintenance work, as

well as guided other workers on the building process.

Proficient in the use of press brake, metal shears, sheet metal rollers, etc.

Plasti-Drum, Lockport, IL 12/73-2/78

All Around/Machine Operator

Operated machines, taught others how to operate machines, regrinder, mixed material, forklift, assembly,

mold changes, use plaster-of-paris to change mold design.

Repaired the upper and lower accumulators, the auger or screw feed, (hydraulic, pneumatic, and water

systems), the die purging operation, re-align regrinder, etc.

Education

Joliet Junior College, Joliet, IL

Basic Electrical Circuits, Motor Controls, Industrial Controls I, Industrial Controls II, Industrial Fluid Power,

Air Conditioning, Blueprint Reading for Construction and Architecture, Arc Welding, Dos, Lotus, D-Base,

Word, Excel, and Office.

Bruce Niven 493 Columbine Lane Bolingbrook IL 60440

acg96i@r.postjobfree.com / 630-***-****

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