Maintenance Years Experience

Orrin Sheppard

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PROFILE

Extensively experienced and highly skilled maintenance professional, with over ten years of

specialized expertise conducting mechanical repairs and recovery procedures to light and heavy

wheeled and tracked vehicles. Experienced in seeking out, haggling prices, and purchasing vehicles at

reasonable prices for salvage operations. Seeking opportunities to work in an professional working

environment.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Prior DOD Secret clearance

Extensive operation and maintenance experience on a wide range of military and civilian

equipment.

Certifications for operation and field level maintenance on military vehicles with more than 3

years experience specifically on Recovery Operations.

6 years experience managing and providing maintenance and recovery on light and heavy

wheeled and tracked vehicles, power generation equipment, and engineer equipment throughout

different operational environments.

Coordinated and executed over 2500 scheduled and unscheduled repairs or modifications to

equipment. Coordinated and executed over 800 scheduled and unscheduled recovery missions i n

hostile and non-hostile environments.

Experience working directly with government contractors, U.S. and foreign forces, U.S. and

foreign civilians.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Owner Operator

March 2014 – Present

Sheps Transportation Service, Powell Missouri

Successfully picked up and delivered over 35 items for transport, including Travel Trailers,

Motorcycles, Boats, and Miscellaneous trailers. Totaling over 30,000 miles in less than 4

months. With no traffic violations, and zero accidents or property damage.

Wrecker Driver

January 2013 – March 2014

U Pull It Auto Parts, Rogers Arkansas

Purchased over 1300 salvaged vehicles totaling near $400,000.00 for parts resale and metal

recycling. Completed all sales transactions with legal documents and wrote company checks for each

purchase. Utilized a 24ft rollback wrecker to transport vehicles to processing location.

Senior Recovery Operator / Team Leader

183rd Maintenance Co, Fort Carson Colorado July 2009 - July 2012

Managing 5 individuals through day-to-day operations of a Service and Recovery shop, analyzing

service schedules in order to complete over 35 job orders per month with over a 93% completion rate,

completed over 20 recovery missions per month with a 100% completion rate.

Overseeing all recovery and troubleshooting procedures to ensure they are completely accurate

allowing the shop to be under budget and eliminating wasteful spending.

Mechanic / Recovery Operator

August 2006 – October 2007

25th Special Troops Battalion, Tikrit Iraq

Embedded in a 15-man team, along with one subordinate, maintaining a wide range of

equipment, both military and civilian, to include 3kw – 100kw generators, and recovered a multitude

of up armored tactical vehicles (MRAP, HMMWV, GMV, MATV, MAXPRO, RG3x) ATV,

motorcycles etc.

Coordinated with joint forces to recover disabled vehicles in hostile environment, and return to

maintenance facility.

Mechanic / Team Leader

May 2006 – June 2009

25th Special Troops Battalion, Schofield Barracks Hawaii

Oversaw a maintenance support team of 4 individuals charged with repairing or replacing major

components on wheeled vehicles.

Facilitated the cross training of 3 team members on procedures outside their assigned specialty in

order to increase productivity by 75% without increasing required manpower.

Assistant Kitchen Manager

July 2004 – April 2006

The Draft Bar & Grill, Columbus Georgia

Prepared and cooked all menu items and daily specials. Placed food orders according to

inventory, and made weekly schedules.

Mechanic

June 2003 – June 2004

203rd Forward Support Battalion, Fort Benning Georgia

Monitored and assisted with unscheduled repairs during post deployment reset and testing,

diagnosing and repairing over 30 non-operational pieces of equipment each month.

Mobile Maintenance Support Team Member

Jan 2003 – May 2003

1st 30th Infantry Battalion, Iraq

Provided 3rd shop maintenance on combat ready and proven tracked and wheeled vehicles during

the invasion of Iraq.

Ensured security of camp maintenance tents while under fire in hostile environment.

Wheel Vehicle Mechanic

May 2002 – December 2002

1st 30th Infantry Battalion, Fort Benning Georgia

Repaired and reset over 300 wheeled and tracked vehicles for deployment.

Wheel Vehicle Mechanic

1st 30th Infantry Battalion, Kosovo October 2001 – May 2002

Provided maintenance support to a fleet of over 300 sensitive tactical vehicles and trailers.

Worked side by side with United Nation forces to provide security for mobile main tenance crews.

Wheel Vehicle Mechanic

April 2001 – October 2001

203rd Forward Support Battalion, Fort Benning Georgia

Repaired and reset over 150 wheeled maintenance oriented support vehicles to prepare for

deployment.

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

August 2013 – December 2013

Welding Certificate Program, Crowder College Main Campus

Course focuses on all types of welding techniques and procedures, to safely and properly produce

industrial and structural welds approved by the American Welding Society standards.

August 2011 – September 2011

Warrior Leadership Course

Course focuses on leading 5 – 20 individuals through everything from day-to-day operations to

combat situations. Emphasized adaptability, conflict resolution, and applying leadership strategies to

every applicable situation.

July 2008 – July 2008

Wheeled Vehicle Recovery Specialist Course

Obtained Army Special Identifier H8, Wheeled Vehicle Recovery Specialist. Course focuses on

recovering a multitude of wheeled and few tracked vehicles in various situations: roll overs, break

downs, and blown up vehicles. Course also teaches winching procedures as well as correct tie down

and fastening procedures.

November 2000 – April 2001

US Army 63W Wheel Vehicle Repairer school

US Army School for Mechanics included extensive training on maintenance procedures, parts

replacement, and diagnostics and repair of all components of wheeled military vehicles.

PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES

U-Pull It Auto Parts- Richard Reep - 479-***-****

Emma Ruths Family Recipes - David Dodd - 479-***-****

U.S. Army, Fort Carson Colorado- John Cisneros - 509-***-****

U.S. Army, Schofield Barracks Hawaii- Robin Perez - 813-***-****

The Draft Bar and Grill, Columbus Georgia- Mandy Rowe - 706-***-****

U.S. Army, Fort Benning Georgia- Thomas Metzler - 334-***-****

PERSONAL REFERENCES

Vicky Alexander- 479-***-****

Richard Sheppard- 918-***-****

Dani Snelson- 405-***-****

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