Equipment Maintenance

Dean Foutz

Apache Junction, AZ *****

*********@*****.*** - 602-***-****

Willing to relocate: Anywhere

Authorized to work in the US for any employer

WORK EXPERIENCE

Heavy Equipment Mechanic

Ace Asphalt of Arizona, Inc. - Phoenix, AZ - December 2014 to September 2015 Responsibilities

Troubleshoot, order parts and repair large fleet of construction and paving equipment,including CAT,Kamatsu,,CASE,John Deere,P&H and other brands if equipment. Also class A trucks,trailers,loaders forklifts,portable lighting units,and generator sets.Troubleshoot,repair and maintain pneumatic,electrical,hydraulic,air brake,steering,suspension,hi-pressure water/vac,mobile drill systems,rock crushing plants and belt systems.Proficient at welding and fabrication.Able to read wire and hydraulic diagrams and in the use of electronic test equipment. familiar with Windows, Linux and Workshop operating systems. Accomplishments

Ability to clearly communicate. with people to keep Safety a #1 issue and Knowledge to make informed decisions to reduce down times plus grow the company.DOT certified,on site trained in mine rescue and first aid. Familiar with MSHA regs

Skills Used

Safety,communication,ability to have a team effort to solve strange problems in varied operating conditions. Welding fabrication and using common sense and team input to figure out confusing problems Heavy Equipment Mechanic

RDF Mining Services - Hanksville, UT - February 2008 to March 2014 Responsibilities

Troubleshoot and maintain fleets of construction and mining equipment,including Komatsu trac- hoes,dozers,forklifts,skid-steers,longhole/M-88 drills,jack legs, Kenworth,Peterbilt tractors and various type trailers.Due to extreme working conditions on top of a mountain,equipment systems were subjected to constant over worked conditions and required total inspections daily to provide the safe conditions for safety to operators and catch problems before hand.

Accomplishments

Tried to identify problems early and replace or repair parts,as needed plus keep parts needed on hand as problems were identified. Worked closely with vendors to keep budgets with in guidelines and scheduled maintenance systems, did as much in-house repairs as possible to keep outside vendor costs low Observed operators to make sure equipment was not abused and kept SAFETY A #1 issue. Skills Used

Communication,team work,constantly looking for possible equipment problems and performed all work according to MSHA,DOT, Federal and company guide lines. Always tried to reduce down time and to communicate equipment problems so scheduling could be arranged Heavy Equipment Mechanic

Schmidt Construction - Cedar City, UT - June 2006 to January 2008 Responsibilities

Set up a complete on site operating base to maintain a fleet of transportation trucks,CAT earth moving equipment,portable pumps and lighting, tractors and various rock hauling trailers,also excavators and rock crushing plants. this was a federal contract to replace a washed out dab for the city of Hanksville,Utah. It was also my job to maintain cement trucks and the mixing plant while working with government inspectors. Accomplishments

Set up a base of operations to repair and fabricate parts if needed as this was a time sensitive project and a on time finish date was established already Minimal down time was needed and procuring parts was from over 100 miles from job site .All federal,MSHA,and state ecology rules were followed on this project. Skills Used

Absolute SAFETY, team work and communications along with long hours in extreme operating conditions were observed

Heavy Equipment Mine Mechanic

Dynatec Mining Corp. (Canada) - Ontario Canada - May 2001 to June 2006 Responsibilities

Perform maintenance and repairs on a fleet of uranium mine equipment consisting of MCI-350 loaders,pneumatic and hydraulic drills (M-88 and long hole), 18-22 ton underground dumps,fuel tankers fork lifts,young buggy's,skid steers,IR compressors trailer mounted CAT power units,ARGON fan/power units,crew vehicles and support equipment.All work was performed to DOT,MSHA,federal,state,and company guidelines Accomplishments

Set up system to keep track of up coming maintenance to order filters only when needed,Set up and ran under ground repair shop (1 mile down) to make needed repairs quicker.also on-site trained in mine rescue and first aid

Heavy Equipment Mechanic

White Mountain Drilling - Pinedale, WY - May 1998 to February 2001 Responsibilities

Maintain a fleet of both track and off-road mounted drills used in natural gas and water well drilling, in addition to class A tractors,heavy haul trailers,skid steers,back hoes,bottom dumps, IR compressors and support equipment. Welding, fabrication, maintenance and repairs were performed at field locations sometimes in severe adverse conditions.I was able to initiate a PM and maintenance file system on all equipment and bring up to DOT standards

Accomplishments

Able to set up a accurate PM and schedule system to reduce equipment downtime and allow more in house work to be done.In addition to working with vendors to keep parts prices into a set budget. Skills Used

Clear communications between drivers,mechanics and staff to better realize what equipment could be dispatched abd what repairs were in progress.Made SAFETY a #1 point along with proper operator use of equipment to prevent unneeded damage

EDUCATION

2 years college in Mechanical Technology

American River College - Sacramento, CA

2001 to 2003

MILITARY SERVICE

Service Country: United States

Branch: army

Rank: E-6

In charge of 250 pieces of equipment ranging from jeeps to 5 ton trucks, also 18 mechanics, operating out of fort Richardson Alaska. Performed all range of maintenance and repair in both summer and arctic conditions while being located in various parts of Alaska

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES

DOT-Forklift-First Aid-Mine Rescue

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