Electrical Engineering Maintenance Technician

john buchanan Education

**/**** – **/**** Building Maintenance Certificate; Liverpool, NY

• Through the course I was trained in electrical engineering, working on conveyors, changing light ballasts, troubleshooting common electrical issues, and proper installation of floor tiling and sheet rock.

Work Experience

02/2006 – 04/2017 Family Dollar Distribution Center: Building Maintenance Technician

• I have been trained in CPR for first responders

• I have been trained on fire suppression and piv valves

• I have been trained in lockout tagout

• I have been trained with both low voltage and high voltage electrical

• I have experience in utilizing the following heavy machinery: forklifts, Man-Ups, End-Riders, Dockstockers, bucket loaders (740 and 757 models), scissor lifts, genie boom lifts, both Chevy 4500 and 5500 (for waste removal and snow removal), cardboard balers, and others

• I have extensive experience with both MIG and Stick welding

• I have experience with trouble shooting both electrical motors and conveyors. I know how to use a multimeter with experience in checking for damaged fuses and replacing light ballasts up to 480 watts. I also have experience working on high voltage battery walls.

• I have also accumulated knowledge in the following fields: running cabling (cat5, cat6, 14, 12, 8, and 5-gauge wiring), troubleshooting APC lines (also changing air actuator pucks on APC lines, replacing both left and right skates, replacing power supplies), replacing motor chains, replacing sprockets, replacing lovejoy couplings, attaching breakers in breaker boxes, replacing contactors in control cabinets, vulcanizing nitta belts, preventative maintenance on sorters, changing out transition beds, installing dock locks, replacing weldments, troubleshooting balers (also replacing their emergency stops), rebuilding pulleys (and the bearings within them), wiring turbo fans, rebuilding reducers for motors, troubleshooting programmable logical controllers, replace drive drums, bending and installing conduit, installing divert boxes on sorters, installing junction boxes, and installing security cameras. i have 11 years experience in all that i have listed here

and in 1998-2001 i was a reciveing manager at sears hard ware my duties were to receve trucks and to log into the computer and also stock shelfs and to make sure that what we got on the truck was receved and also to keep my area clean and also to manage pepole to due there jobs and also make sure that they stayed busy as well and also put together tracktors and grills and lawn mowers as well and trained on fork lifts and also lock out tag out as well

and from 2001 to 2006 i was an assitantmanager at the dollar tree my dutys were to schedule employees for times to work and also stock shelfs and invintory the stock and order what we needed to and also my other dutys were to hire for emploment and also maitain the stoe and also deposit the dorp money at the end of each shift and log into the computer what we have made for the day and i opened and closed the store when needed toand also un load the truck with the new enventory and also clean the stoer at clossing time