Industrial Maintenance Electrician

Charlie Studard

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EXPERIENCE

The Hershey Company • Memphis, TN 06/2016 to Present Maintenance Technician

• Troubleshoot and maintain high speed production lines. (Mints, Gum and Licorice)

• Automation controls, PLC’s, HMI’s, Robotics (Fanuc, Flex picker, Fallas),

• PMI automated filling and packaging machines. Fuji Seal package sealer system, Bosch sealer, automated conveyor systems, bucket conveyors, vibrators, metal detectors, DACS (digital automatic checking system), case packers, taping machines, laser jet package printers. STS – shrink tech systems, case formers and boxers, baggers – roto seal.

• Motors and motor controls, servo’s, encoders, solenoids, valves, photo sensors, fiber optics, limit switches, VFD’s, Gum extruders and cutters, scales and weight sensors, automatic overhead doors and HVAC controls.

• Certified on fork and aerial lifts.

Noranda Aluminum Inc. • New Madrid, MO 05/2015 to 3/2016 Industrial Journeyman Electrician

• Day shift journeyman electrician in an aluminum smelting plant. Daily PM and scheduled maintenance on overhead cab cranes. Automated conveyors systems and controls. On call for break downs within my department. Inter-departmental cross trained to cover all departments on overtime.

• Blueprint and electrical schematic reading. Troubleshoot all electrical problems with cranes, automatic and manually driven, PLC’s, photo eyes, limit and proximity sensors, compressors and crane air conditioners. High amp breakers. Turntable and elevator conveyors, zero speed controls, augers, VFD's, thermocouples, pulse cards, furnace controls, ovens, melting pots. All electrical problems and projects throughout Noranda.

• Voltages from 24 DC to 13,800 AC.

• Certified on all industrial cranes and lifts. (JLG, Genie, Skytrack etc.) (Plant Closed) Studard Electrical & Construction • Tampa, FL 12/2012 to 05/2015 Industrial Electrician

• Bid various jobs of my own, and sub from General Contractors. Wire new machinery and components for industries. Run conduit and pull wire. Build control panels. Install services, build decks, paint, drywall, landscape etc.

• Work for myself and perform many different aspects of general construction in commercial and residential, as well as industrial installation and repair.

• Responsible for having the job completed within the time frame and specifications agreed upon as well as hiring and paying the necessary amount of temporary manpower to successfully complete individual contracts within the projected time frame. Stryker Electric • Miami, FL 06/2011 to 10/2012

TBM (Tunnel Boring Machine) PLC Electrician

• Worked for Stryker Electric as an electrical subcontractor on the "Port of Miami Tunnel Project". This was an extremely high profile (world renowned project), fast paced setting with equally extreme responsibility.

• Installed, mounted and troubleshot electric motors up to 430 hp (the cutting wheel alone implemented 18-430 hp motors), cranes and hoists, transformers, power distribution centers, generators, VFD's, PLC's, panel boards, motor starters, 480 lighting, photo, proximity and pressure sensors, encoders.

• Rerouted temporary power for other contractors.

• Interpreted electrical schematics for repair, installation and maintenance of the entire TBM.

• Worked with voltages from 13,200 to 12v DC and was directly involved with the complete assembly and wiring of the Tunnel Boring Machine form start to finish. 13,200-volt main power supply from FLP stepped down to 480 at transformer banks and MDB's (Main Distribution Box). 480v Ac to 12v DC control voltage. Pulling and terminating cable from 3/750 MCM to 22 AWG. Terminating PLC system for control cabin and full machine assembly. (The TBM was 2 football fields in length)

• After assembly and de-bugging, I was one of two onboard maintenance electricians responsible for daily work orders and troubleshooting all electrical problems pertaining to the Tunnel Boring Machine as the Miami Tunnel was being bored. This machine utilized a Siemens S7 PLC with over 2,500 I/O. (Contract Job)

PIZO Operating Company • Blytheville, AR 01/2011 to 06/2011 Plant Electrician

• The operation consisted of making Pig Iron and Zinc Oxide (PIZO) from iron dust. Ambient temperature in some places I was required to work exceeded 200 degrees (the ovens run at 2850 degrees), requiring thermal PPE. Wearing a respirator was required in approximately 80% of the plant.

• Responded to breakdowns and troubleshot all electrical problems throughout the plant and outside equipment, including motors, motor controls, cranes, hoists, transformers, high amp inductors (they melt the iron). PLC's, VFD's, breakers, high voltage lighting, thermocouples, encoders, sensors and various switches (pressure, prox, limit, photo, etc.)

• Ran new conduit and pulled and terminated wire for various additions.

• Interpret schematics for installation and troubleshooting.

• Worked with voltages from 24 DC to 13,200 at the transformer bank. Helped mechanics when not on an electrical issue. My schedule was 12-hour swing shifts (5-12's and 3 off, then rotate shifts)

(Relocated for Career Advancement)

Kohler Co • Union City, TN 01/2010 to 08/2010

Maintenance Electrician/Mechanic

• I was a production maintenance electrician/mechanic. We made aluminum and glass shower doors.

• Responded promptly to all calls for machinery breakdowns (electrical and mechanical) throughout the plant during the course of my 12 hour shift to ensure that machine uptime was maximized; also performed other maintenance related tasks as assigned by the maintenance supervisor. Troubleshot overhead cranes and hoists, extrusion presses, aluminum billet ovens and age ovens, thermocouples, gas regulators and actuators, ultra violet flame detectors, heat sensors for aluminum billets. Hydraulic and pneumatic valves, proximity, limit and photo sensor switches, punch presses, saws, conveyors, transfer tables, walking tables, belts, chains, fans, electric motors, pumps, PLC's, VFD's and control systems.

• Built, wired and install new control panels, controllers, switches, timers and sensors, motor contactors, encoders and weld as needed in addition to daily work orders and other special projects. Interpret schematics for installation and troubleshooting. Kohler Co. manufactures shower doors.

• Main departments were aluminum extrusion, anodize and glass. I worked in all aspects of maintenance in all departments, throughout the entire plant electrical and mechanical. This was a contract position. (Seasonal Contract Job)

Roll Coater, Inc. • Armorel, AR 06/2008 to 10/2009 Maintenance Technician

• This was a continual run operation (5-24) in a rolling mill. Each 12-hour shift had 2 Maintenance Technicians: An electrician and a mechanic.

• Responded to calls to troubleshoot control and power circuits affecting the line running.

• Troubleshot all problems with the line while coils were running, startup through shutdown.

• Implemented new controls into existing circuitry, calibrating actuators for oven gas valves using a fluke 4-20, mounted solenoids and limit switches and ran control wiring for them.

• Add/Modify PLC's for new installations and upgrades (solenoids, limit switches etc.). A GE Fanuc PLC ran everything. The program was written by Crown. Troubleshot and replaced Barber/Coleman controllers, mini-peepers (UV flame detection), thermocouples and gas regulators in the incinerators and ovens. Further troubleshooting included hydraulics and electrical circuits for the decoil and recoil carts, overhead doors, 480v 1000w lighting and photo sensors, heating units and the Hastings unit (fresh air supply for the paint room).

• Installed new equipment, switchgear panels, new 480, 240 and 120 circuits from a service or bus way disconnect, additional lighting (120 and 480), transformers and services for new circuits, wiring circuits and controls for motors.

• Worked with voltages from 13,200 at transformer bank to 24 AC/DC. Further responsibilities were to troubleshoot the de-coiler, re-coiler, slitter (a separate line), and the freedom 8000 stretch wrapper when they were running.

• Troubleshot and replaced and maintained encoders, motors, controllers and starters, transformers, Siemens VFD's and DC drives, hoists, overhead cranes, DC tracks and remotes. (Whiting, and Shepard Niles)

• Frequently worked at heights of 40 to 150 feet and can operate all lifts and heavy machinery.

• Maintained belts, interpreted blueprints and schematics. Re-piped faulty air, gas and steam lines, changed out pumps, cleaned and programed video jets, inspected fire suppression systems, daily checks and blow off of boiler, ran conduit, pulled wire, terminated connections, welded and shop equipment fabrication. (100 Daily Commute-lost transportation) Voluntary Quit R & S Construction • Chicago IL 12/2001 to 05/2008 Electrician/Mechanic

• Ran conduit, pulled and terminated wire, electrical set-up of control panels, new machinery, and conveyor systems, welded, updated and installed additional services. Troubleshot electrical and mechanical problems with new installations (field work). (Relocated to TN) Lenox Hearth Corporation • Union City, TN 05/2000 to 11/2001 Maintenance Electrician/Mechanic

• Completed daily work orders and projects that needed to be done on 2nd shift while part of production wasn't running.

• Ran conduit and pulled and terminated wire. Replaced faulty wiring throughout the plant, upgrading to code. Installed and wired new conveyor systems. Welded, troubleshot 440 spot welders, motors, controllers, contactors and transformers. Interpreted schematics tor troubleshooting and installation. Troubleshot pneumatics, hydraulics, all machinery and equipment.

• Answered calls for production throughout the shift, reducing down time. Lenox Hearth manufactured artificial fireplaces. (Relocated-Career Advancement) Dyersburg Fabrics • Dyersburg, TN 02/1998 to 04/2000 Class A Electrician

• Filled daily work orders for both plants (they were within 5 miles of each other)

• Troubleshot all machinery and equipment, including PLC's, VFD's, DC drives, inverters, transformers, encoders, sensors and switches.

• Built control panels for new machinery, wired new controls.

• Troubleshot motors, controllers, and drives. Converted and rewired boiler room. Ran conduit and pulled wire. Interpreted schematics for troubleshooting machinery. These were knitting facilities.

(The Plant Closed)

Tyson Obion County Complex • Union City, TN 04/1997 to 01/1998 Maintenance Electrician/Mechanic

• Kept final pack out running. Troubleshot Eagle scales, Pac-Macs; automated machines that bagged chicken products (60 to 80 per minute).

Repaired shaker tables, overhead and ground conveyor systems, metal detectors, automatic boxers, tapers, and pneumatics. Interpreted schematics for troubleshooting. This was a chicken processing plant with a refrigerated environment. (Completed School - Career Advancement) Studard Electrical & Construction • Newbern, TN 05/1994 to 01/1997 Sub-Contractor

• Bid various jobs of my own, and sub from General Contractors. Wiring new machinery and components for industries. Run conduit and pull wire. Installing services, building decks, painting, drywall, landscape etc.

• Worked for myself and performed many different aspects of general construction in commercial and residential.

• Was responsible for having the job completed within the time frame and specifications agreed upon. I was also responsible for hiring and paying the necessary amount of temporary manpower to successfully complete individual contracts within the projected time frame. (Enrolled Full-Time Tech School)

Little South Fork and Peppermint Pond Lounges • Dyer County, TN 03/1991 to 04/1994 Owner Operator

• Opened and closed at scheduled times, kept inventory, ordered stock from various vendors, arranged entertainment (bands, pool tournaments, etc.) managed waitresses, payroll, taxes and had direct interaction with customers on a daily basis. (Sold Businesses) EDUCATION

Tennessee Technology Center • Newbern, TN (TCAT)

2-year program

Associate: Industrial Maintenance Technology

Graduate – Diploma

Course Study Included:

• Electrical Theory, Electricity/Electronic Principles, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC's), Robitics and Instrumentation

• Industrial Motor Controls, Industrial Schematics and Line Diagrams

• Hydraulics and Pneumatics

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