Stationary Engineer Petty Officer
Resume:
Lauri Lyle Bird
Facility Maintenance Mechanic, stationary engineer, Veteran
Stockton, CA 95209
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Over 20 years of doing Facility maintenance,11 years as a Stationary engineer, 8 years active duty in the U.S.Navy Seabees, 1 year in the National Guard, 2 years in the Army Reserves and 2 years in the Navy Reserves, 4 years as a Braille writer repair Technician, I have been doing maintenance on machines and equipment for over 40 years and I still enjoy repairing and learning from new maintenance experiences.
Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
Maintenance Mechanic
Emerald Packaging - Union City, CA
September 2014 to Present
Facility Maintenance Mechanic, troubleshoot and repair all of the facility equipment, preform all necessary PM’s, install new equipment and fabricate all necessary modifications, Hydraulic systems, pneumatic systems, all plant electrical systems 440V, 220V, 208V, 115V, welding Arc, Tig and some Mig, engine lathe, mill machine, drill press, and hand tools, I have my own tools. Highway Maintenance Worker
Golden State West/ sub-contract with CalTrans - Oakland, CA August 2013 to September 2014
Highway maintenance and trash abatement.
Braille writer repair technician
Volunteers of Vacaville - Vacaville, CA
February 2008 to April 2013
Repaired and restored Perkins Braille writers for the blind. The manual machines consist of 511 individual parts and the electric models have about 530, depending on the model. The machines would be completely disassembled, and then each part would be cleaned and inspected, either repaired or replaced, and then reassembled to factory Spec's. I was awarded the Technician of the year twice, over 7,000 hrs. of repair with less than one half of 1% return rate on my machines, Building Maintenance
State of California - Central Valley, CA
August 1990 to April 2013
Responsibilities
All types of general maintenance, including HVAC and plumbing, steam heat exchangers as well as all types of electrical repairs, new installations and the maintenance of some really old existing equipment, maintained steam lines and condensate return, steam traps and feed pumps and feed water systems, responsible for maintaining chemical feed systems to treat boiler water.Operated and maintained various boilers during this time, all of which were of medium to low pressure vessels. Stationary Engineer
Rainbo Earthgrains Baking CO. - Stockton, CA
October 1978 to November 1989
Daily operation and maintenance of their Boilers which were Clever/Brooks ( CB 250 package boilers) also maintained (5) Train 55 ton refrigeration systems and (4) train 35 ton refrigeration systems, also a Quincy heliacal screw air compressor, a sweetwater chiled water system, these were my primary maintenance responsibilities, I also was a shift engineer which meant that I was also responsible for maintaining the plant operation while on duty, which included all production equipment, From the industrial mixers, pocket divider to the rounder, the proofer and two very large tunnel ovens, the overhead coolers, the slicers and the baggers, and packaging and shipping, all repairs and fabrication within the bakery. including welding, running an engine lathe, milling machine, drill press, tap and die, and all aspects of metal fab and as well as plumbing and electrical needs, 115-440VAC, also worked with numerous sensors, Micro, IR, magnetic proximity, AC/ DC motors, start stop stations, safety interlocks, as well as numerous conveyor belt systems. I performed scheduled P/M on all associated equipment. I have experience with Arc and Tig welding and with (sweating) copper tubing soldering and brazing, either for refrigeration or plumbing.
Stationary Engineer
Pacific Boilers - Oakland, CA
August 1978 to October 1978
The operation of boilers, troubleshoot and repair, both the fire side and the water side, I was trained in the U.S.Navy Seabees, UT mechanic, in shore based boilers and controls, I am familiar with GE, Continental, York/Shipply and Cleaver/Brooks Boilers
Second class petty officer/Utilities Mechanic
U.S.Navy
August 1970 to August 1978
Trained in all aspects of plumbing, water treatment, shore based boilers and refrigeration, from new construction to maintaining pre-existing installations around the world in combat and non-combat situations. I was attached to MCB40 (Fighting Forty) for deployments in Guam and in Spain, I was a department head in Bravo Company for camp maintenance of the utilities division within the battalion, received letters of commendation for academic achievement and graduated with Honors from Shore based boilers, specialized in the flame safe guard systems. Also graduated with Honors from the U.S.Army corps of Engineers refrigeration school in fort Belvior Va. Education
High school and some jr. college
Franklin High, SJDC Delta jr. College in Stockton Ca - Stockton, CA 1978 to 1980
Skills
• Welding
• Pneumatics
• Industrial Maintenance
• Hydraulics
• Hydraulic
• Factory
• Conveyor
• Mechanic Experience
• Boiler
• Refrigeration
• Electrical Experience
• Plumbing
• Fabrication
Certifications and Licenses
Secret Clearance
Additional Information
I strive for excellence in everything I do, I am seeking a like minded company.
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