Heavy equipment tech looking to re-locate (odessa / midland)
My family is in Odessa, and I'm trying to find a job out there so I can be with them.
Take a look, see what you think, let me know
Thanks for your time,
Alex
Professional references available upon request;
Alex Buchanan
abqaw5@r.postjobfree.com
Career Snapshot:
Demonstrated accomplishments as a technician for light, heavy, and automotive applications.
Objective:
To find full-time employment and to further my career.
Education:
Mesa Community College, Arizona Automotive Institute, Mountain Pointe High School
Professional Experience:
H&N Landscape and Agriculture. 9-2011 to Present. Maricopa, AZ
Lead Heavy Equipment Tech.
-Perform preventative maintenance to fill engine rebuilds of heavy and small equipment.
-Facilitate logistics of parts and equipment with vendors and delivery services
-Welding.
-Manage other techs; cooperate with other techs on large projects..
-Keep fellow employees on task; communicating and reporting with upper management.
AZ Auto Tech. 1-2010 to 9-2011 Tempe, AZ
Owner/Operator
-Managed employees and technicians.
-Maintained a very high customer standing with recommendations from the Better Business Bureau.
-Performed maintenance on every type of vehicle on everything from oil change to engine rebuilds.
-Worked closely with business partner who specialized in restoring classic and antique vehicles, ran the mechanical/performance side of his operations.
Shockride, LLC. 3-2008 to 11-2009 Chandler, AZ
NCR/MRB Tech 8-2009 to 11-2009
Expediter 10-2008 to 8-2009
Assembly Lead 5-2008 to 10-2008
Assembler 3-2008 to 5-2008
-Repaired damaged products from assembly line.
-Worked with R&D on special projects and gave advise towards mass production of R&D projects
-Optimized lean times, production lines.
-Implemented new techniques; achieve faster production times without sacrificing quality.
-Reported problems, gave insight on how to fix them.
-Worked with quality control, alerted them to defects in vendor products.
-Worked with expediters to fill production quotas and stock the line with raw material.
-Transferred parts from warehouse to production floor in a "one piece flow" manner.
-Worked with vendors and purchasing to order exact number of parts to meet production quotas.
-Implemented new inventory systems including KAN BAN and SAVANT.
-Worked with quality control; push need parts through process to get them on the production floor.
-Stressed the importance of 5S (6S) to assemblers and keeping assembly line organized.
DK Motorwerks. 6-2005 to 2-2008 Mesa, AZ
Mechanic
-Repaired customer vehicles; specialized in BMW and Mercedes.
-Maintained a high level of customer service.
-Managed fellow technicians and job completions
-Kept bays clean, organized, and presentable.