Technician Quality Assurance

Nathan Shimp, Jr.

************@*******.***

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Canton, GA 30114

Home Phone 678-***-****

Cell Phone 770-***-****

Professional Summary:

Experience in increasingly responsible positions as a electronic technician for High voltage utility, power

generation, chemical, military and microprocessor (chip) manufacturing industries. A combination of

extensive education and practical experience working with electronics and electrical mechanical systems has

resulted in excellent qualifications as a senior electronic systems technician with a strong knowledge of

component level troubleshooting and repair.

Professional Experience:

Georgia Transmission Corporation Tucker, GA 10/03 to 3/10

ECS Technician for northern region

• Managed the electronic maintenance needs for three rapidly expanding Northern Metro- Atlanta

EMC’s coverage areas. Installed and maintain electronic controls for transmission and

distribution class electrical substations electronic metering, protective relays and scada

indication and control systems. Have commissioned and maintained numerous electrical

substations. Have installed programmed commissioned and repair Space net satellite systems,

cellular and frame relay alternate communications at both substations and remote sites

throughout Georgia.

• Managed Northern region telecommunications systems for protection, controls and operation

and maintenance for GTC and EMC substations. Systems and facilities included but not limited

to local and wide area networks, telephony, radio, satellite, and fiber optic systems, etc. Has

always been a leader in the researching, design and upgrade of communications for the field

communication systems to ensure system reliability.

• Have through various testing methods found root cause and the corrective action required to

resolve repeated communication failures for Georgia Transmission entire leased

telecommunication circuits for all of Georgia Transmission substations. These

communications failures and the trouble calls placed for repairs were very costly. The corrective

action has saved considerable cost for company and increased overall system reliability.

• As northern region electronic controls technician I led many team initiatives such as copper

theft in progress system, alternate data path communications and remote motor operated

switches installations and upgrades. These initiatives were completed well before deadline and

have made considerable improvement to overall transmission system reliability.

• As a senior technician I have mentored junior technicians by providing training and training

opportunities for many systems ranging from GE-D20 remote terminal units to Spacenet

satellite communication systems. As well as troubleshooting skills using various test equipment

to isolate to component level, to reduce repair parts cost.

Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation Alpharetta, GA 11/99 to 10/03

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Commissioning / Field Service Engineer

• Responsibilities for Commissioning and Field Service include: 1). Provide start-up,

commissioning, and, or troubleshooting support for equipment failures, determine root cause

and implement solutions; 2). Insure proper calibration of field devices: and relays 3). Verify slot

assignment, output, transmitter, and failsafe structure, connections, display, and system/loop

checks, as well as operational, functional and tuning; 4). Program logic controllers; 5). Perform

instrument loop calculations and operational set points; 6). Generate detailed reports per

company’s process; 7). Perform operational history -root cause; 8). Review operational data

and abnormalities; 9). Procedures and related technical information; 11). Provide Prompt

service to Power Plants that online in a timely manner. Siemens Westinghouse TXP DCS

System/95F Turbine

• Instrumental in Development of Steam plant Protection System Factory Acceptance Testing

Procedures and Site Commissioning Procedures. These procedures reduced the time

requirement for commissioning for Siemens V84 Turbines. Key individual in the development

of system operational/troubleshooting guides for Control and Failsafe systems, which aided in

the reduced down time, occurring at customer power plants.

• Valued member for Siemens Westinghouse service bench mark team – for having strong

working knowledge of following process control programming software COM-530, COM-95F,

Simatic (S5 & S7) and txp programming software and interfaces. This greatly aided in the

repair and timely on time start up of generation turbines. Repairs in the protection/control

systems were down to component level including component replacement.

Air Products and Chemicals Pittsburgh, PA 06/96 to 11/99

Process controls/Electronic systems mechanic

• Responsibilities for commissioning new liquid air separation plants for North America, Middle East

and Mexico. Primarily duties included the commissioning and maintaining installation of

ABB/Bailey DCS process control systems as well as the related field devices. Would provide

guidance to contract personnel as to installation, wiring overall construction expectations for

company. Provided as built mark-ups for engineering and for site during construction and post

construction. Calibrated all field devices systems for hydraulics, compressed air, temperature and

other plant related systems.

• Primary requested Technician for Motorola semi-conductor plants where Air Products maintained

Ultra-high purity industrial gases for micro-chip production. Motorola request was based upon

my years of experience with air/gas analyzer training while in Navy.

• Electronics troubleshooting to component level experience required for all maintenance trouble-

calls. I was requested by company to provide technical troubleshooting skills to joint venture

partners technicians from Russia

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US Navy 05/84 to 10/93

Interior Communications Electronics Technician (Submarine Force)

Assigned to Trident Refit Shore Repair Facility Kings Bay

• Worked with civilian skilled tradesmen in the electronic maintenance repair department 51c while

making sure that muli-million dollar equipment was repaired in a timely fashion. Maintained

orderly records on repairs and replacement of equipment. Ordered parts for equipment. Chief duties

included but not limited to the troubleshooting to component level and repair and maintenance of

ships 6L16 Treadwell oxygen generators, CO2 scrubbers, Ships Ballast control system, trident ships

control surfaces rudder, stern planes and fairwater planes systems and missile compensation

control/hovering systems Position control units (PCU‘s). Maintained and repaired to component

level ship tank level transmitters. Maintained ships internal communication system sound powered

and electronic to component level.

US NAVY

Interior Communications Electronics Technician (Submarine Force)

USS Nevada SSBN 733 and USS West Virginia SSBN 736

As a member interior communications department duties included maintaining operational readiness for

ships ballast control, Missile compensation/Hover systems and their associated positioning control units,

6L16 oxygen generation and co2 removal systems, operation of atmosphere monitoring equipment

(cam’s II) throughout the ship.

Responsible for all valve installation testing and repair for Hovering and missile compensation systems.

QA of high and low pressure valve controls for pneumatic and hydraulic control valves, electronic

numeric display circuits for pressure and temperature indicators, and pressure safety circuits to

component level.

Responsible for troubleshooting and repair of, computer-controlled missile compensation and hovering

systems which regulate water ballast for ships control depth for “ICBM” weapons launch to component

level. Experienced in electronic repair to component level utilizing various electronic testing equipment

for the An-Wic and TQ, 1SN, 2ML and 1ML.

Education

ITT Technical Institute Pittsburgh, PA 06/94 to 05/96

Electronic Engineering Technology

Associate in Specialized Technology Degree

Graduated with Honors for 3.79 GPA

US Navy Schools Charleston, SC 1992

Microprocessor Operator Technician

• Trained as an A/N465 microprocessor operations maintenance technician. Responsible for

alignment and diagnostics and repair of various electronic printed wire boards for numerous

electronic systems.

US Navy Schools Bangor, WA 1992

Interior Communications Electronics Technician Level III

• Additional courses in electronic theories and applications for Trident ship’s systems.

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US Navy Schools New London, CT 1988

Certified Quality Assurance Inspector

• Learned to maintain accurate and concise inspections and documentation of all maintenance

requiring QA inspections.

US Navy Schools New London, CT 1987

3M Administration/Operations

• Learned to coordinate preventative and corrective maintenance of divisional electrical and electronic

systems.

Penn State

Continuing and Distance Education 1997 and 1999

• Creating a more positive workplace (1.8 CEUs)

• Creating a more positive workplace (1.2 CEUs)

Siemens

Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. 2000

• Learned Simatic (S5) Programming 1 & 2 Version 7.1

American Management Association

Project Management Skills 2002

• Learned Aspects to proper project management

Awards

• Received employee of the month for November 2004 and October 2009.

• Received two Associate Choice Awards for Year 2009, for outstanding team

accomplishments.

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