Power Plant Water Treatment

Location:

Emporia, KS

Posted:

July 20, 2018

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JOHN K BUCZINSKI

*** ****** **. ***. *, Emporia, Ks 66801

Phone: 620-***-**** Alt. Phone: 620-***-****

email: **********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

To secure a position as a valuable member of your team that leverages my skills, achievements, and ability to lead personnel in a direction that provides superior service.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

I am a self-motivated hard worker. This paired with nearly a decade of military service in the US Army and Kansas National Guard, an Associate Degree in Power Plant Technology, several combined years in manufacturing and refining industries, 6 years power industry and having over 3 years in horticulture experience make me a very versatile worker.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Field Service Representative/Site Operations Lead

(3/2018- Present)

Suez Water Technologies and Solutions- Burlington, Ks

Charged with the daily operations and maintenance of an industrial water treatment plant. Producing demineralized water for use in reactor water systems and other similar systems within a nuclear power plant, the water produced in the plant is held to very tight tolerances which are achieved using micro filtration, reverse osmosis, electro deionization, catalytic oxygen removal, as well as primary and polish ion exchange resulting in water of the highest purity and resistivity.

Mechanical Maintenance/Lead Valve Tech/AOV and Control Valve Tech (3/2011 – 10/2017)

Crane Nuclear- Kennesaw, Ga

BHI/AMES-Piedmont, SC

Furmanite-Houston, TX

Mechanical Maintenance, Pump Mechanic, Pressure seal valve maintenance and repair, General and Control valve and air actuator inspection and complete refurbishing, valve/seat lapping, stem box packing, disc/plug machining (skim cut and re-angle), perform bench set, and other valve maintenance procedures on Crane, Anchor/Darling, Attwood & Morrill, Fisher, ITT Grinnell, CCI, Masonellan, Copes-Vulcan, Flowserve, and Bettis and many other valves and actuators. CONTRACT CRAFT TECHNICIAN

Process Operator (6/2015 -1/2016)

Phillips 66/ Ponca City Refinery

Ponca City, Oklahoma

Operate and maintain crude unit to include vacuum section and saturate gas compressor plant, kerosene treater to produce JP8 and Jet A specification jet fuel, and oil recovery unit. Also responsible for issuing cold, hot, fire and confined space work permits, performing area and site gas tests, water treatment chemical application for scale and corrosion prohibition in cooling water and crude topping system.

Power and Process Operator (1/2013 – 3/2014)

Compass Minerals/North American Salt

Operate and maintain a four process (heat exchanger) salt brine evaporation unit. Maintain chemical inventory and adjust metered valves and pumps for boiler water and cooling water treatment; and the associated testing. Operators are also responsible for conducting pre-work walk downs to clear equipment for LOTO for work on all systems in the unit, maintain logs of work being performed, issuance of hot work and confined space permits and maintaining boilers, heat exchangers and boiler logs.

Machinist/ Mill & Drill Operator (7/2011 – 4/2012)

Great Bend Industries (Hampton Hydraulics), Great Bend, KS

Operate multiple overhead radial drills, horizontal and vertical mills, and line boring machines in support of a hydraulic cylinder production company.

Also, previous employment with this company has given me the experience of operating turret lathes and engine lathes and allowed me to attain the title of Journeyman Machinist with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.

Park Maintenance Worker (10/2007 - 10/2010)

City of Emporia, Emporia, KS

All work related to plants and trees in a variety of settings including parks, zoo common areas, zoo animal areas, and flower/tree beds. I also hold a license for private application of herbicides/pesticides. A working knowledge of most irrigation elements produced my Nelson and Rainbird irrigation systems. Knowledge of operation of heavy equipment for excavation and construction.

Truck driver/ Heavy Equipment Operator (5/2005 - 10/2007)

GK Environmental Services, Great Bend, KS

Operate straight truck with manure spreading bed for agricultural applications. Also, operated front-end loader for loading of trucks.

Infantry Squad Leader (1/1998 - 5/2005)

US Army, Ft. Benning, GA

Responsible for actions of all members in squad sized military element (5-7 soldiers), including job performance counseling, physical and field training, and mission control.

EDUCATION

High School

Ellinwood High School

Ellinwood, KS

General education studies

Power Plant Technology AAS

Flint Hills Technical College

Emporia, KS Principles of electrical circuits; principles of electrical generation; general power plant operation and organization; practices necessary to work safely in power plant environments; diagnostic tools used to maintain power plant equipment; power plant mechanical and electrical system print reading identification; chemicals and water treatment, construction, operation, and application of power plant components; rigging, lifting and moving power plant equipment, valve refurbishing/replacement, principles of actuator operations

Military Training

US Army Infantry College

Ft. Benning, GA

Infantry Mortar Leaders Course- Become an able bodied/minded leader in an Infantry Mortar Company.

Infantry Training

US Army Infantry Training Brigade

Ft. Benning, GA

Basic soldiering skills paired with job specific skills to become a formidable force in the field as well as becoming a professional soldier in garrison

Army Artillery Training Center

Ft. Sill, OK

Basic soldiering skills paired with job specific skills to become a formidable force in the field as well as becoming a professional soldier in garrison

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

BHI Leadership Academy Certification

Heartsaver First Aid/ CPR and AED certified

OSHA-10 Hour Course Certification

OSHA-30 Hour Course Certification

TEST SCORES FOR THE MASS AND POSS ARE SEARCHABLE ON THE EEI TESTING SIGHT UNDER THE SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP SECTION TEST DATE - 7/2010

REFERENCES

THOMAS HERRING

SUPERVISOR; SECURITY SUPPORT

WOLF CREEK NUCLEAR OPERATING CORPORATION

PHONE: 620-***-**** EXT. 4965

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