Ricardo Soto
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OBJECTIVE: Position as a Commercial/Industrial Electrician
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PELLMAN ELECTRIC, INC., Greensburg, PA 2012
Journeyman Electrician - New retail construction project (J.C. Penney in Hanover, PA)
ALL JERSEY SYSTEMS, Cliffwood, NJ 2006-2010
Journeyman Electrician
• New commercial/retail/industrial construction projects (retail clubs and distribution centers), retrofits, remodels,
and expansions; electrical service/maintenance for commercial and retail clients. Key skills included blueprint
reading; job layout; conduit bending (all sizes); wire pulling; control wiring; temporary power; troubleshooting
and repair; collaboration with other trades on construction sites; training and supervision of apprentices.
BERGELECTRIC CORPORATION, Orlando, FL 2004-2006
Journeyman Electrician
• New construction projects in the public sector (e.g. government buildings, prisons, educational facilities). Key
skills included print reading; job layout; conduit bending; wire pulling; lighting sensors; temporary power; door-
locking mechanisms. Built and wired electrical rooms. Installed and wired transfer switches, rooftop AC units
and cooling towers.
ELECTRIC MACHINERY ENTERPRISES, INC., Tampa FL 1999-2003
Electrician
• New, large-scale construction of municipal and entertainment facilities (e.g. Islands of Adventure at Universal
Studios; Orange County Convention Center). Key skills included print reading; job layout; conduit bending; wire
pulling; running rigid conduit; lighting and photocells.
CARIBE HILTON HOTEL, San Juan, PR
1998-1999
Maintenance Engineering Supervisor
• Maintenance at large resort hotel. Key skills included supervision of 9-person maintenance staff (plumbing;
electrical; A/C; painting; landscaping; kitchen); maintenance of boilers and chillers; water supply testing; and
entering daily A/C events in computer system;.
PEER FOODS, INC., Chicago, IL 1993-1997
Electrical Maintenance Mechanic
• Industrial maintenance at large meat processing plant. Key skills included troubleshooting and repair of three-
phase motors, conveyor belts, and ammonia refrigeration systems. Replaced gears/seals; set up machinery;
installed and wired automatic starters and push-button stations.
EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS
COYNE AMERICAN INSTITUTE, Chicago, IL 1993
Diploma – Commercial and Industrial Electrical Maintenance
AC and DC Circuits and Applications AC and DC Motors and Controllers Three-phase Motors and Controls Preventive
Maintenance Chillers and Boilers Electrical Contracting and Construction Advanced Schematic Reading National Electric
Code Programmable Controllers Over 900 hours of hands-on training
OSHA: Successfully completed 10-hour Construction Industry Training Course 2002
FIRE DEPARTMENT ACADEMY Industrial Course: Leadership Extinction Techniques Miscellaneous Equipment
Stairs Theory Turbine Theory Turbine Practices CPR First Aid Auxiliary Knots and Cable Practice Repellant Fire
Practice in Confined Spaces
LANGUAGES: Bilingual (English and Spanish)