ALVARO
ARRIAGA
Orcutt, California
**********@*****.***
Skills Summary
Reliable Industrial Electronics and Maintenance Technician with 10+ years of experience in handling various maintenance situations, such as installing, monitoring and maintaining equipment as well as effectively troubleshooting/correcting electrical and mechanical issues. Adept at keeping company knowledge base of information updated performing tasks safely and in a timely manner.
Knowledgeable in PLC’s, DC and AC electric circuits. Education
A.S degree in Electronics Technologies (2018) Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria, CA.
Experience
Lead Machine Operator 1998-2001
Apio Inc. Guadalupe, CA.
• Responsible for the start up and proper operation of the equipment such as vertical fill- and-seal bagging machines, automated scales, tray seal machines, metal detection units, thermal ribbon printers, etc.
• Trained new machine operators.
Refrigeration-and-welding apprentice Jan/2001-Jul/2001 C.I.M Electric Santa Maria, CA.
• Assisted refrigeration and welding technicians to perform various tasks including monitoring and maintaining refrigeration systems around the valley of Santa Maria, California.
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Industrial Maintenance Technician 2002-2017
Frozsun Foods/Sunrise Growers Santa Maria, CA
• Responsible for the start up and proper operation of the equipment, as well as performing maintenance tasks (pm’s) to prevent future breakdowns.
• Assist in generating reports and repair requisitions on all the equipment when needed.
• Assist developing safely maintenance procedures.
• Member of safety committee responsible for the safety of all employees.
• Responsible for maintaining the facility’s most sophisticated machines.
• Assist—and—train machine operators as well as new maintenance technicians while building a strong teamwork environment.
Production Maintenance Mechanic Lead 2018-01/2020
Sunrise Growers/Sunopta Santa Maria, CA
• Accountability for equipment performance by leading the maintenance team to troubleshoot, maintain and repair mechanical, electrical—and—electronic as well as pneumatic—and—hydraulic systems such as vertical seal—and—fll baggers, retail cups/tubs horizontal fill—and—seal machines, VFD’s, electrical motors, servo motors, ink jet/thermal ribbon printers, automated scales, case formers, metal detectors, etc.
• Provide leadership, technical advice, training and coaching to all maintenance technicains as well as machine operators.
• Plan, lead, and coordinate planned (preventive maintenance) as well as unplanned
(breakdowns) maintenance work.
• Generate, assign, and archieve work orders.
• Actively promote and enforce safe working practices while contributing and promoting a team effort to deliver zero accidents.
• Actively promote constant improvement to minimize downtime and increase OEE
(overall equipment efficiency)
• Assist the plant engineer in automation projects to drive cost down. Awards and Acknowledgements
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• CCNA Exploration: Network Fundamentals.
• California State Electrician Apprentice/Trainee.
• Rockwell Automation: CCP146: Studio 5000 Logix Designer. Level 1: ControlLogix System Fundamentals.
• Rockwell Automation: CCP299: ControlLogix Fundamentals and Troubleshooting.
• Bilingual English/Spanish.
• Forklift Driver.
• Scissor Lift.
• Knowledgeable in Microsoft office.