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Email: abqmv5@r.postjobfree.com

Address: Address Withheld

City: Livingston

State: TN

Zip: 38570

Country: USA

Phone: 931-***-****

Skill Level: Experienced

Salary Range: $45,000

Willing to Relocate

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Larry Himelick/247 Austin Circle Livingston Tn.38570

Email: abqmv5@r.postjobfree.com

Cell phone: 931-***-****

Work Experience: Corps of Engineers,Nashville District (12/28/1976-06/01/2007

Celina Tn./Supervisor: Jeff Flowers 931-***-****

Duties: 12/28/1976-12/28/1978-Powerplant Trainee/Old Hickory Powerhouse. Hendersonville, Tn. 37075 Hydropower training class, including on the job training as well as class room classes taught be teachers of Nashville Tech Inst. and instructors on powerhouse information. Took part in work situations involving machanics and electricans and shift operators to learn what each craft does. Classes taught were Algebra, Trigonmetry, physics, Mechanics and Heat, Electricity and Magnestism, along with classes taught about powerhouse, generators, and related equipment.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/Trainee12/28/1978 to 05/30/1980-09/30/1983-Mechanic A, WB-5850/Barkley Dam and Powerhouse, Kuttawa, Ky. 09/31/1983-05/30/1997-Mechanic A WB-5850/Dale Hollow Dam and Powerhouse.

Mechanic A-Duties: Operated Jobs as a Machinist.. Planned out work for the day with a crew. Fabricated shelves, work stations,special projects in design and planning.Worked on mud room drain lines, replacement of sewer room floor, concrete repair work at reception room entrance,fabrication and installation of removable barriers at access holes. Worked on removal of sluice gate pump motors and made cavitation repairs on no. 3 runner. Did record keeping and assured that spare parts were available. Was foreman over a crew of summer workers rebuilding spillway gate chains. This involved painting with vinyl paint and sandblasting metal links. Supervised Maint. workers who were assembling spillway gate chains and installing spillway gate chains. Operated Intake Crane on intake of powerhouse. Operated Jib Hoist with a clam bucket attached to remove trash from intake slots. Operated crane to remove spillway gate chains that were being replaced. Was maint. foreman over a crew in the powerhouse doing trouble on maint. problems and during annual inspections of main generators and other related equipment.Operated lathes,drill press, milling machine, electric welder,acetylene welder,pipe threader,Powerhouse crane, sandblasters,forklift,dead weight testers, table saw,concrete saw, and all power tools. Performed mechanical inspections on turbine oil pumps, intake fans,air compressors,station sump pumps,sewer ejector system,sluice gate operating machinery,unwatering pumps,ventilation system, governor oil pumps,spillway gate machinery,main hydro-power generators,and station service generator. Installed governor air compressors,and station air compressors.Measured wicket gate timing on main generating unit actuators. Tested and calibrated gauges. Recorded and measured wicket gates and turbine runner clearances, operated govervor floating levers to do off line stabitity test on main generator units. Fabricated magnesium rods for air coolers on main generator units. Supervised summer temporaries and subjourneymen in repair work of main units and associated equipment. Taught subjourneymen work safety in and around the generators and when working out in the powerhouse. Was quality control foreman over subjourneymen's jobs and temporaries jobs. Fabricated and modified tools and equipment. Supervised subjourneymen in the removal of old steel treated water piping of all four floors of the powerhouse and also installed new schedule 80 pvc piping and fixtures on all four floors and plumbed in bathroom facilities. Assisted in property inventory and assessment. Responsible for care and use of shop machines and hand tools, to prevent injury to personnel or damage to equipment. Updated all Material Safety Data Sheets by calling companies and doing research. Have operated Intake Gantry Crane along with Auxilary Jib Boom with attached Clam Bucket in removing debris from trash slots in dam. I used Clam Bucket to remove large trees from the lower deck to a dump truck on the upper deck. Have operated Draft Tube Crane in placing Draft Tube Gates and Slot Fillers. Have operated Powerhouse Crane to in lifting operations such as using slings and shackles to lift a station service transformer to an upper deck and onto a flat bed truck. Have rebuilt cooling water pumps and installed them. Have operated fork lift truck to move equipment and remove packages off trucks. Have drove two&half ton trucks, delivered nitrogen bottles and gas cylinders and water samples to Nashville Tn. Performed as safety chairman in the monthly safety meeting. Was active in daily toolbox safety meetings. Measured piezometers in the earth fill of the dam and also inside the dam. Measured effciency of the Dam sump pumps and the station sump pumps. Have designed and fabricated special tools that were called for in special job situations. Designed and fabricated a tool and supply basket to be used in transporting supplies to the floor below. Designed a stairway with a landing and suggested it to replace the ladder that was fastened to the wall and the suggestion was approved. This was due to safety concerns. Have welded cavitation at many projects. Took part in updating blueprints and checking blueprints to spec. and to as built drawings.Have welded with gas, electric and mig. on many projects. Have assisted electricians in OCB work, Helping grounding lines for safe work area. Assisted to help find grounds when alarms came in. Have run wire to light circuits. Helped to install two water cooled air conditioners. Have a Pressure Vessel -Certification. Have inspected inside air tanks and oil tanks and made repairs.Have helped repair air conditioners in the shop. Repaired cement steps on Dam access and helped pour a cement ceiling for a paint room. Have Arc welded and gas welded and tig welded.

05/1997 to06/2007 Senior Operator

Knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and operations of a powerplant, switchyard, and Dam complex.Have directed operations providing flood control, river flow and power contract commitments. Have knowledge and ability to operate control Scada equipment to remote facilities. Have issused clearances to electricians and mechanics checking the safety and correct manner to clear equipment. Have supervised maintenance personnel making spillway gate changes correctly. Made inspections of powerplant,switchyard and dam reporting any trouble to the proper personnel. Have worked with TVA on clearance procedures and sharing my knowledge of the plant to help TVA understand our station setup and equipment. Have worked with Hydraulics office in Nashville, Tn. to help make them aware of rising flows in the lake and river and what measures we might have to take. Have worked with electricans in searching for station grounds in the plant. Have assisted electricans in pulling wire and checking live wires. Have assisted electricans in the switchyard with work on oil circuit breakers, grounding lines, so safe work could be completed. I am proficient in print reading and have made changes in as built drawings as required. Have contributed to an excellent level of equipment reliablity. Have provided technical expertise to subordinates. Run computer program, monthly report on Excel, Also used programs Word,Powerpoint,and Outlook. Have used programs Windows Seven and Vista.Have performed switching and tagging up to 69kv per TVA Orders.

Army Service Personnel Clerk/Fort Knox, Ky./Psychiatric Nursing/ Veterans Administration Hospital/ Special Act Award/1988/Corps of Engineers/Suggestion Award/1991/Exceptional Performance Award/1984/Exceptional Performance Award/2001/Special Act Award/2002/

Education: Marion College, Total Credits 11, Univ. of Arkansas,21,Univ. of Memphis 49, Graduated from Marion High School, Marion Indiana Nashville State Techical Institute; Nashville Tn., Elect. and Magnetism 5 quarter hours, Applied Elect. Tech 5 quarter hours, Mechanics and Heat 5 quarter hours, Alg. and Trig. 5 quarter hours

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