Joseph Bowen
ade793@r.postjobfree.com
Desired Position
A position responsible for the installation, maintenance, modification, operation, and/or testing of electronic, electromechanical and pneumatic equipment.
Employment History
Maintenance Technician Level III Mar 2014– Apr 2020 Clif Bar & Company, Indianapolis, IN
Performed troubleshooting and diagnosed issues on equipment and completed emergency and preventative maintenance for: VFD, motor, PLC, pneumatics, gearing, bearings, and belts. As a Lead Schubert packaging machine technician, was responsible for training all new technicians on operations, changeovers and troubleshooting. Received Certificate VMS Level 1 packaging machine controls system VMS-F44/F2/F3. Member of safety & environmental team responsible for bi-weekly audits of the production floor to ensure strict adherence with MSDS and various OSHA specified safety criteria, and also responsible for inspecting for and preventing unsafe work conditions. Member of the emergency response team responsible for immediate response to accidents, checking to verify that the scene is safe, and then administering first aid. Trained in the response to workplace violence, and situation triage of injured personnel. Obtained Basic First Aid certification, CPR and AED certification. Certified per OSHA standard 29 CFR 1926.500 for fall protection competent person course. Certified scissor lift operator OSHA 29CFR1910.178 Field Operations Technician Mar 2008 -Mar 2013
Crown Castle USA, Canonsburg, PA
Supported interdepartmental objectives, including installation, optimization and integration of network hardware and interconnect facilities. Maintained and repaired distributed antenna systems (DAS), microwave equipment and transmitters; maintained site and test equipment inventories, network integrity and quality. Updated daily logs with site specific information and composed concise reports for system documentation. Performed audits as required by local, district/area, national, and corporate regulatory agencies. Special recognition awarded for recognizing and correcting the abuse of corporate resources by non-contracted users. Engineering Technician Sep 2005 – Apr 2007
Kelly Services, Indianapolis, IN
Contracted to United Technologies/ Carrier Corporation. Responsible for building and modifying specialized test equipment for testing furnace control boards. Ran Transient testing including E.T.S, E.F.T and E.S.D testing. Was instrumental in the testing of Carrier's 13 SEER (Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio) heat pump product line, including H.A.L.T. and standard environmental tests, as well as Remote Sparker testing. Ran all U.L. supervised qualification, and component assurance tests. Used Microsoft™ Excel to provide test results to Production and Design Engineering departments.
Validation Technician
Trialon Corporation, Kokomo, IN
Worked on testing programs for Delphi Electronics’ Safety and Crash-Sensing department. This included gathering parametric data for the evaluation of prototype and manufacturing test samples, and the use of environmental test chambers / vibration test equipment. Kept daily records of program progress and developed extensive skill in the use of computer automated testing programs such as Labwindows™. Assisted the development of next generation computer automated testing, giving input to the engineering and programming departments.
Senior Technician
ITT Industries, Fort Wayne, IN
Worked on Sounder and Imager modules for the GOES and POES satellites. Duties included wiring, assembling, inspecting, testing, calibrating, and repairing the electronic equipment. Worked from schematics, circuit diagrams, prints and sketches. Complied with established aerospace standards and specifications for equipment assembly and testing. Various test equipment was utilized, including PLC's. Plant Technician
Air Products, Butler, IN
Installed and repaired cryogenic and electronic monitoring equipment. Maintained and monitored critical production systems such as the PLC controlled main air compressor using ladder logic programming. Wideband and Satellite Communications Specialist
United States Air Force
Responsible for operating, installing, inspecting, testing, adjusting, maintaining, and repairing microwave, voice, and teletype equipment. Operated Earth terminal control consoles for monitoring system-wide performance. Led a team of airmen providing continuing support and operation of mission critical communications equipment during Desert Storm. Unit was recognized with the Meritorious Unit Service Award by Gen. Schwarzkopf.
Education
Purdue University, Indiana Purdue University of Fort Wayne, IN. Major: Electronics Engineering Technology USAF Special Courses: Wideband and Satellite Communications Equipment Electronic Discharge
High Reliability Soldering