john franco

Email: abp0m8@r.postjobfree.com

Address: *** **** ***** *****

City: grayslake

State: IL

Zip: 60030

Country: USA

Phone: 203-***-****

Skill Level: Experienced

Salary Range: $50,000

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Job History / Details:

John Franco

542 West Trail North Grayslake, IL 60030

Phone: 203-***-**** / E-mail: abp0m8@r.postjobfree.com

QUALIFICATION SUMMARY:

Highly skilled plumbing and piping maintenance and repair technician. A team-player and motivated plant operator who has performed numerous complex maintenance and operational evolutions. Specialized in the maintenance, removal, installation, testing, troubleshooting and repair of firefighting equipment, sewage, plumbing, fuel and oil piping systems equipment onboard multiple Naval destroyers.

HIGHLIGHTS:

Fire science

Training and Working Supervisor

Supervise all maintenance and repairs to

Troubleshoot Installed and portable shipboard firefighting

Systems

Write and plan Training seminars and drill scenarios for firefighting and damage control

Plumbing and Sewage

Training and Working Supervisor

Technical Research

Troubleshooting shipboard plumbing and sewage systems

Conduct and Supervise major overhauls to pumps, valves, and piping

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

* Lead and Trained maintenance group work teams, over 800 man hours, in preparing and passing ship damage control and engineering plant readiness inspections.

* Cut down budget by $250,000 in five months by numerous skilled repairs and technical expertise.

* Assisted numerous ships, other than my own, in passing damage control and engineering plant readiness inspections.

* Plan, design, and perform all maintenance associated with installed and portable firefighting systems, as well as shipboard plumbing and sewage

* Rapidly advanced 5 ranks during the 8 year duration of my naval career.

* Hold a federal -SECRET- security clearance

EXPERIENCE:

Hull Maintenance Technician (E6)/Maintenance Supervisor 2004 to Present

USS James E. Williams (DDG-95), Norfolk, VA / USS Spruance (DDG-111), Sand Diego, CA

* Served on two naval destroyers through three extended deployments and four major shipyard periods to build and repair the firefighting, sewage, plumbing, fuel and oil systems.

* Adept at isolating malfunctions and troubleshooting installed firefighting systems and shipboard plumbing and sewage systems, components and systems utilizing test data and diagnostic equipment.

* Proficient at following maintenance repair procedures and adhering to strict quality assurance requirements associated in plant repair.

* Maintenance Group Supervisor:.

* Successfully planned all maintenance associated with firefighting systems and shipboard plumbing and sewage components and systems.

* Provide training for inexperienced personnel on various firefighting techniques, strategy and equipment, fire science, toxic gas, structural damage, flooding, first aid, and plumbing and sewage systems..

* Plan, supervise, and perform tasks necessary for fabrication, installation and repair of all types of shipboard structures, plumbing, and piping systems; organize, supervise and train personnel in maintenance and hull repair; supervise and perform tasks in procurement and issuance of supplies and repair parts; instruct personnel and enforce safety and security precautions; prepare records and reports; Bends metal piping and checks metal fit ups; cleans sewage pump, ventilation filters, welds and castings; clears clogged piping; disposes of hazardous material; identifies classes of piping visually, piping systems material, and fittings by markings; inspects brackets and piping for deterioration; installs and removes insulation and lagging materials, joiner doors, metal and non-metal sinks, shower stalls and fixtures; lubricates sewage pumps; maintains fluid strainers and hand tools; manufactures blank flanges, flex hoses, gauge lines; drilling tapping and threading; repairs deck drains and stanchions, piping assemblies, structural damage and system flushometers; replaces commodes, urinals, components of valves, deck drains, equipment flanges, faucet washers, low pressure steam traps, pipe fittings, sealing gaskets, and system valves, piping and zincs; takes clearance readings and precision measurements; targets system piping; and tests metal and non-metal sinks, repaired piping systems, and sewage pumps. Approves repair quality assurance forms; prepares and reviews repair quality assurance forms; updates calibration records and repair quality assurance forms; and verifies accuracy of ships drawings.

EDUCATION & TRAINING:

* Recruit Training, Great Lakes, IL 2004

* Basic Engineering Common Core, Great Lakes, IL 2005

* Hull Technician Apprentice Strand, Great Lakes, IL 2005

* Armed Sentry/Security Reaction Force - Advanced, Norfolk, VA 2007

* Non-Compliant Boarding Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure, Chesapeake, VA 2007

* NAMTS Shipfitter, Norfolk, VA 2010

* Instructional Delivery Continuum (IDC) - Journeyman Instructor Training (JIT)- Basic Instructor - Automated

Electronic Classroom (AEC) (Basic Instructor), San Diego, CA 2012

* Repair Party Leader, San Diego, CA 2012

* Instructor, San Diego, CA 2012

* Journeyman Instructor Training, San Diego, CA 2012

AWARDS:

* 5 Naval achievement medals

* 2 Good Conduct medals

* 1 National Defense medal

* 1 Global War on Terrorism medal

* 1 Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary medal

* 9mm Expert ribbon

* M16 Expert ribbon

* 3 Sea Service ribbons

Naval Performance Evaluations and Naval Educational Transcripts/ Qualifications available upon request.

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