Edgar Reed Pettus

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Killen, AL 35645

256-***-**** (C)

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EDUCATION

Dec. ’90 ATHENS STATE UNIVERSITY, Athens, AL

To Aug. ’92 Major: Vocational Education Degree: Bachelor

of Science in Education received Aug. 1992, GPA: 3:31

June ’88 JOHN C. CALHOUN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Decatur, AL

To Feb, ’91 Major: Machine Tool Technology Diploma received May 1990;

Degree: Associate of Applied Science received November 1990,

Magna Cum Laude, GPA: 3.82

Aug. ’86 ALLEN THORNTON AREA VOCATIONAL SCHOOL, Killen, AL

To May ’88 Major: Machine Shop Degree: Diploma received May 1988,

Received Outstanding Student Award in Machine Shop program, GPA 3.67

Aug. ’75 T.M. ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL, Florence, AL

To May ‘88 Major: Standard Curriculum Degree: Diploma received May 1988,

Finished in the top 13 percent and graduated 11th in the class, GPA: 3.78

WORK EXPERIENCE

Feb ’23 ESSITY – BARTON, 1834 Haley Drive, Cherokee, AL 35616

To Jul ’23 Hired in as Maintenance Mechanic Technician Level III – Millwright in a paper tissue producing plant. Performed daily duties in the maintenance crews for preventive and break-down repairs for plant.

Feb ’14 INTERNATIONAL PAPER - ROME, 238 Mays Bridge Road SW, Rome, GA 30165

To Feb ‘23 Hired in as maintenance mechanic – Millwright in a paper producing plant. Performed daily duties in the maintenance crews for preventive and break-down repairs for plant. Tested and passed for Machinist Classification and worked in Rome Mill Machine Shop as a Machinist. Member of the IAM Machinist Local #414.

May ’12 INTERNATIONAL PAPER - COURTLAND, County Road 150, Courtland, AL 35618

To Feb ‘14 Hired in as maintenance mechanic - utility in a paper producing plant. Performed daily duties in the maintenance crews for preventive and break-down repairs for plant. Upgraded to Utility II and Journeyman I Mechanic due to training received and passing tests in precision maintenance areas (laser alignment - direct drive and belt drive; precision bearings - taper and straight; precision pump rebuilds and setup; mechanical seals and packing; cutting and welding and AON testing.) Member of the United Steel Workers Local #1137.

March ’08 WISE - Total Maintenance Center, 315 Jerry David Drive, Muscle Shoals, AL 35661

To May '12 Hired as shop machinist in an industrial maintenance service center. Performed daily

duties in the machine shop for preventive and break-down repairs for connected complex company (Wise Alloy - Aluminum producer) and other various industrials (power plants, paper mills, steel mills, etc.) Performed daily operations of disassembling, inspection, reverse engineering, repairing, re-assembling of many different components via the use of manual and CNC mills (vertical & horizontal), manual and CNC lathes (vertical & horizontal), saws, drill press, various hand/hydraulic/pneumatic tools, and some specialized portable machines. Member of the Machinist Local #1189.

Sept. ’07 GUBMK CONSTRUCTORS, TVA Fossil/Hydro Mod Contractors, P.O. Box 3509,

To Feb. ‘08 River Road, Muscle Shoals, AL 35662

Hired as a shop machinist through Machinist Local #65 For TVA Power Service Shop. Performed daily duties in the machine shop for outage repairs of Electrical Power Plants (Hydro, Fossil and Nuclear). Performed daily operations of assembling, disassembling, and inspection and repairing of many different components of an electrical generating unit. Performed daily operations on manual and CNC mills (vertical & horizontal), manual and CNC lathes (vertical & horizontal), saws, drill press, various hand/hydraulic/pneumatic tools, and some specialized portable machines.

Jan. ’03 MANGAS TOOL AND DIE, 2721 Avalon Avenue, Muscle Shoals, AL 35661

To Sept. ’07 Hired in as a die maker/die repair in this OEM company of die casting machines. Performed daily operations of assembling, disassembling, repairing and polishing of many different types of dies. Performing the mechanical assembly of these machines includes such tasks of construction and installing water, pneumatic and electrical lines and fabrication of any additional structural framing of these machines. Promoted into machine shop department in April 2003. Performed daily duties of shop floor programming with the use of Prospector software for vertical and horizontal mills. Performed daily operation on OKK CNC vertical mill and Makino CNC horizontal mill (both Mitsubishi controlled machines) and Pratt horizontal mill (Centroid controlled Machine, then G&L CNC horizontal boring mill (Allen-Bradley control). Started using MasterCam X 3D software for programming the G&L CNC horizontal boring mill in March/ April 2006.

Sept. ’01 SHANNON PRECISION, 2033 Fall River Road, Leoma, TN 38468

To Dec. ’02 Hired as machinist in this OEM company of special machines. Performed daily operations on manual and CNC vertical mill, manual lathe, drill press and saw.

Performed the mechanical assembly of these machines and the additional tasks of construction and installing pneumatic and electrical lines and some fabrication of structural framing of these machines. Promoted into programming and design department in January 2002. Performed daily duties of programming

with the use of MasterCam software for a Milltronic CNC Vertical Mill with Centurion 6 control along with purchasing of necessary tooling needed for this mill. Performed daily duties of designing with the use of AutoCad 2000i software. The department was currently training to update to Inventor 5 /Mechanical Desktop/ AutoCad 2002 package. Performed additional tasks of purchasing of components needed in the design of these machines.

April ’96 FRANKLIN MANUFACTURING, INC. Industrial Park, Russellville, AL

To Aug. ’01 Hired as a machinist in this manufacturing company of special machines of metal fabrication. Performed daily operations on vertical mill. Promoted into programming department in June 1996. Performed daily duties of programming with SmartCam software for a shop of nine CNC vertical mills, eight CNC horizontal mills, and six CNC lathes with various controls from Allen Bradley 8600, G&L 800 & 8000, Fanuc, Mitsubishi (Fanuc based), and Centroid (PC based) controls. Responsible for creating and updating code generator or post-processors for existing or new machinery of shop. Also perform daily duties of programming for three oxyacetylene or plasma burning machines for sister company (G&G Steel, Inc. – large job shop producing large metal fabrication of various types.) Also perform daily duties of programming with use of company designed software for company-built angle line and beam line in metal fabrication for sister company.

Dec. ’95 ADEPT ADVANCED DESIGN ENGINEERING AND PRECISION TOOLING,

To April ’96 Huntsville, AL. Hired as machinist in the manufacturing and reconditioning of plastic injection molds. Performed daily operations on vertical mill, engine lathe, surface grinder, saw and drill press. Also have performed polishing, honing and blending operations on mold cavities. Also have edited and performed operations on FADAL, vertical machining center.

Oct.’94 PRECISION MACHINERY SUPPLY, 2025 Sparkman Dr., Huntsville, AL

To Dec. ‘95 Worked doing sales, technical support, shipping and receiving in an industrial and machinery supply outlet. Handled sales and was utilized for technical support for customers both in house and field service. Performed machinery installation and tutorial instruction for customers on machinery.

Jan. ’92 JOHN C. CALHOUN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Decatur, AL

To Dec. ‘95 Instructor for courses in Machine tool technology program. Courses taught ranged from basic machining to CNC programming and operating.

Continuing Education Courses:

FADAL CNC Programming School at Cardinal Machinery Company, Inc. from

August 1 to 18, 1995.

The course was instructed by Terry Turowski and covered the introduction to the Fadal line, programming formats with basic G-code, canned cycles, and subroutines, editing features, and setup and operation of FADAL VMC machines.

Feb. ’88 DILL ENGINEERING, Industrial Park, Florence, AL

To June ’88 Hired as a machinist in the manufacturing of special machines. Operated

standard lathe, vertical mill, Blanchard grinder, saw and drill press. Performed additional tasks including constructing and installing electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic lines; operating ARC and MIG welders; and operating cutting torches

(hand & line-burners).

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND INTEREST

Firefighter / EMT-Basic for Greenhill Volunteer Fire Department

EMT- Basic for International Paper - Courtland EMT Squad

Member of International Paper - Courtland POST team

Member of International Paper – Rome ERT Squad

REFERENCES: Available upon request.

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