DINO CLIFFORD
Granite City, IL 62040
Cellular: 618-***-****
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Objective
To obtain a carreer as an control Engineer.
Qualification Highlights
• Acquired skills in all areas of maintenance including mechanical, pipefitting,and electricity
on process lines,systems and machines as well as construction and management.
• Chosen as an outstanding employee for showing continuing excellence in job performance
and people relations.
• Implemented multiple changes in repair techniques that saved time and money.
• responsible for training Maintenance personel .
Affiliations
Union Member, 2003
IBEW Local 309, Collinsville, IL
Member in good standing with the union hall.
Experience
American Steel foundries, Granite City, IL
Industrial Electricity/Instrumentation, 2003 - 11/20/09 LAID OFF
. Lead construction and troubleshooting teams on small and capital projects.
• Responsible for keeping production lines running with minimal down time, administering
preventive maintenance to machines when production is down, designing, building, and
installing new machines, panels,and electronic devices.
• Very knowledgeable in all medium voltages including 480vAC 250vAC,208vAC 110vAC
single and three phase applications, 250v and Rare 550v DC along with 3Phase AC cranes
and DC cranes,, PLC, relay logic, VFDs. CNC maintenance and repairs, AC and DC
drive troubleshooting
. Learned complex process systems and troubleshooted system problems and repaired
problems.
ADM (Archer Daniel Midland), Granite City, IL
Forklift Operator / Machine Operator, 2002 - 2003
• Responsible for moving inventory from production lines to numerous storage facilities.
Responsible for keeping production machines running without delays . Promoted to forklift
operator over senior employees because great work ethic and perfect attendance.
• Learned to operate many different production machines quickly. Administered preventetive
maintenance at end of shift and inspected machines at beginning of shift.
Skills Summary
• Lead and engineered projects for Direct Hire Electricians and instrumentation technicians in
an industrial pharmacutical and steel enviroment.
• In-depth understanding of troubleshooting techniques for relay logic and PLC circuits
including design and custom building cabinets and feild wiring and most familiar with Allen
Bradely, RS Logics and Micro Logics systems.
• Installation and maintenance on VFDs, trouble shooting CNC,AC and DC drives and
servos.
• All aspects of electrical construction as of training on NEC 2005, conduit bending, wire and
equipment sizing, transformer installation and sizing, design, construction and Installation of
control panels.
• In-depth knowledge of all repairs, mechanical, pipefitting and electrical, including
instrumentation and controls including fisher, rosemount, yokogowa, foxboro devices and
many more. Familiar with PH.chlorine, oxygen flow, pressure, load
cells, temperture, atmosphere, humidity meters and valve positioners, wonderware, delta V,
Control Logics,Micrologics, SLC500 and many more.
• In depth knowledge of overhead cranes, AC and DC responsible for performing
preventive maintenance and keeping records. Also responsible for making out orders, contacting
vendors and keeping supply of spare parts ordered.
• Able to Mig and stick weld, verticaly, overhead, and flat. Also able to cut with torch in
demolition and precicion jobs
• Experienced with microsoft word and excel.
Education History
Certificate, Industrial Electrician, 2007
Southwestern Illinois College joint with IBEW, Granite City, IL
Attained a journeyman electrician qualification with combined college course work and
intense on-the-job training through American Steel Foundries . I was on the Deans list during
all of college.
IBEW apprenticeship
Finished an 8000 hour IBEW maintenance electrician apprentiship.
Learned all aspects of industrial electricity and construction planning.
H.S., college prep., 2002
Granite City High School, Granite City, IL
Specialized Training
Allen Bradley VFD training, 2007
Illinois Electric Works, Granite City, IL
hands-on work with the newest VFDs on the market. training in sizing, troubleshooting, and
programming.
Arc Flash Training, 2007
Graybar Electric, St. Louis. MO
Training in arc flash prevention, watched numerous mistakes made by others, and a course
in the statistics of an arc flash.
Introductory to PLC, 2005
IBEW Local 309, Collinsville, I
A course in the mathematics and the basic programming along with simple troubleshooting.
Education in PLC communication with nodes.
Advanced PLC Programming, 2006
IBEW Local 309, collinsville, IL
Education on in-depth programming including, latch bits, counters, messengers, mathematic
bits, opticle Isolation, Configuring drivers, connecting DH+ networks.
OSHA-10 Training and OSHA-30 expanded training
IBEW Local 309, Collinsville, IL
Education in construction safety
NFPA 70E
Learned about electrical safety and PPE for hot work when nessecary. Learned how to size
hot suits by Cal/cm2 scale. learned to calculate enclosure class and PPE requirements.
Volunteer
American Steel Foundries, Granite City, IL
Journeyman Electrician, 2005 - 2005
Performed emergency repairs to local shelter, replaced old burned receptacles that posed
fire threat. replaced fixtures that were old and not in safe condition, and repaired and
replaced outside safety lighting.
Self Volunteer, Granite City, IL
Electrician, 2006 - 2006
Performed electrical repairs for local charitable food pantry needed by electrical inspector,
replaced light switches, and receptacles.
References
William Smith Electrician 618-***-****
AAron Rangel production supervisor 618-***-****
William mosier production supervisor 618-***-****