Keith L Jorgensen
Brandon WI 53919
*************@*****.***
Work History:
**** – Present Self-employed & Job Searching
Repair and modify farm equipment, repair electrical issues, Field work, Building repairs, Install Equipment, Modify large field Equipment to make larger.
2013 Willow Foods
Maintenance, Equipment Repair, Design and Fabricate, Troubleshoot equipment
2012 (Adecco) Quad Graphics Fork Lift operator
2012 Milking, Field work, Equipment Repair and Modification
2012 Signicast Hartford WI.
Maintenance, Records review, Repair Equipment, Fabricate Parts Weld and Assemble, Concentration on PM, s.
2012 Alliance Laundry Ripon WI.
Electrical Repair, Laptop to machine CPU repair, Repair equipment, welding, plumbing, Design and promote new ideas, Equipment Installation.
2011 – 2012 Helping with Area Farmers, Milking, Field work, Equipment Repair
2009-2011 Allen’s Inc. Fairwater WI. Plant Maintenance, Equipment repair and rebuild, design- fabricate- Build- Install, (90 % S/S), (20% pressure or Water Tight), Repair all components, of Food Processing Equipment, Conditions include Wet, Hot, -30 deg. Hyd. Pump repair and Line installation, Some are welded and some are clamp style but all are #1500 pressure rated.
2008 Saputo Cheese
Production on #640 Lines, Build #640 blocks of Cheese
2013 Revise farm equipment, Contract- Design- Fabricate- to increase productivity or ergonomics, Revise work areas to help with safety.
1997-2008 Seneca Foods Mayville WI
Maintenance Coordinator, Special Projects Coordinator, Journeyman Industrial Electrician, Mechanical and Electrical design, Budget Management and Quality in Safety, Productivity Committees. Maintenance of all types of plant equipment, design- fabricate – install all sorts of equipment (conveyers, process equip.) Redesign equipment to improve productivity, safety, and ergonomics. Work directly with contractors for bids and project needs.
1988-1997 Green Giant / Pillsbury
Cutter, Fill & Close Maintenance, General building Maintenance, Welding, Design New Equipment. Quality Control Checks, Trucking schedules between Plants (Committee’s) Quality Control, Safety, Employee, Cross Training, and Recycle, Shift Supervisor Responsible for 16 FT and 275 Seasonal employees.
1996 JM Smuckers
Maintenance. Worked on the labeler, pasteurizing area and mix room.
1996 – 1997 Friday Canning Ripon
Complete rebuild of plant, Removal of old plumbing, Decks and platforms, Install new plumbing, Equipment, Safety railing’s, Buried 3.5 miles of Waste water pipe 12”.
1985 – 1996 Green Giant Ripon
Install new cutter building with all new equipment, welding, fabricating, plumbing, machine modifications, Progress to shift supervisor, Quality Control duties, Discipline, worked on “special projects” for Green Giant and Pillsbury. Shift Supervisor for 16 FT mechanics and 350 Seasonal Workers.
1975 – 1985 Welder
Maysteel, Mayville Metal, Metal Craft of Mayville Production Welding
Memberships / Committees
International Maintenance Institute (IMI)
American Welding Society (AWS)
Steering, Employee, Recycle, Safety Committees
Education and Training
Industrial Electrician (Moraine Park)
(UWM) FDA, Green Giant, Friday, Seneca Foods Thermo- Process Schools
(UW) Total Quality Management, Statistical Control, (UW) Purchasing,
Programmable Logic Controllers, (UW) Dealing with Impossible People
AIB Food Safety, (UW) MSDS, Forklift Certification, First Aid/ CPR
FMC Cooker Schools, Racine Pumps, PBBS Boiler Schools
(MSOE) Plant Engineering, OHSA Training, KEY (Tegra) Schools
(UW) Operations Improvement, (MSOE) HVAC School
Equipment Knowledge
MIG, TIG, Oxy- Acetylene, Solder, Brazing, Spot Welding, Forklift, Backhoe, Skid steer, Extendable Arm lift, 10 Ton wheeled Crane, Small to Mid-Size Dozer, Front End loaders, Robotic Welder, Fixture Design, Brake Press, Punch Press, Shears, Tubing Formers, Multi- head Drill Press’s, Broaching, CCM Auto Cutters, Continental, FMC and Angelus Closer, Hugh’s, A&K Huskers, Bright Stackers, MT Can Equipment, Pinnacle Closures, Circle Cappers, Adamatic, Meckatherm, Balencel, French Dough Formers, Racine and Cornell Pumps, Baxter and Panamatic Proofing Ovens