RALPH HOOVER
Riverside, CA **504
***************@*********.***
OBJECTIVE
Experienced Field Service Technician/Maintenance Mechanic seeking a position in the printing, manufacturing
or machine repair industry
QUALIFICATIONS
Manage all aspects of (in house) maintenance, from printing and bindery equipment repair to building
maintenance (installing new lighting) on production floor, to installing new power drop plugs for new
equipment. Skills include:
Over 30 years of training/experience in trouble shooting and repairing machines in a high production, fast
paced environment
Factory trained in Japan, Germany, and the U.S. on over 20 different models of printing presses and bindery
equipment
Read wiring diagrams/schematics
Extensive field experience resolving customer problems
Experienced on 480 volts/3 phase down to 5 volt DC circuit signal
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Transilwrap Company, Inc., Rancho Cucamonga, CA July, 2012 – November, 2012
Maintenance Technician Repaired rewinder machines (machine cuts plastic film to customer size then
rewinds film), repaired lifting hoist
Omega Contract Design, Huntington Beach, CA April, 2012 – June, 2012
Temp Agency GKN Astech, Santa Ana, CA
Maintenance Technician Fixed, repaired, and maintained production machines which produced parts for
the aerospace industry
Express Employment, Irvine, CA August, 2011 – February, 2012
Temp Agency Sterigenics, Tustin, CA
Maintenance Technician Fixed, repaired, and maintained production machines, conveyors used to sterilize
medical products and foods from all over the world; worked with gamma rays
inside a cell
Moonlight Six Company, November, 2009 – August, 2011
Self-employed, Field Service Technician
Traveled to customer sites repairing any production machines that were broken from printing presses to
bindery machines; installed new lighting on the production floor; ran conduit and wiring for outlets and drop
cords
Workflow One, Ontario, CA March, 2000 – November, 2009
Serviced and repaired high production equipment
Supervised other maintenance mechanics
Performed preventive maintenance on all production equipment
Purchased repair parts
Maintained a spare parts inventory
EDUCATION
G.E.D., United States Army, 1971-1974
Graduate Coyne American Institute of Technology, Industrial Electronics, Chicago, IL
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Honorable Discharge, U.S. Army
Award Winner, In-house Suggestion Program
Team Club Award Winner, Sales/Service Award