Joseph Smietana
Buffalo, New York
Summary:
● I read blueprints, entry level drawing in AutoCAD,
● I am experienced in commercial Plumbing, from rough installs from street to finish work in a building (faucets, shower, tubs, and toilets, risers, and vents). The use of copper, abs, PVC, drain tile, cast iron, terracotta, black pipe measuring cutting threading. Installing and maintaining overhead sprinkler systems (dry and wet). Installing halon fire extinguish systems including the wiring of control panels and starter systems, sump pump repairs troubleshoot installs and repair of boiler systems, repair rebuilds or replace of recirculating pumps
● Variety of trackers, dozers, back holes, fork lifts, plows and snow removal equipment.
● Arc welder, cutting torch, circular saw, reciprocating saw, table saw, Router, propane torch, electrical meters and testers, hammer drill, caulking gun, tile cutter (electric and manual), air and air less paint sprayers, and all types of hand tools in including tools for metal duck and stud work.
Work Experience:
Maintenance Mechanic 11/2017 to 12/2021
Garden Place Hotel- Cheekbone, NY
● Demolition on bathrooms, replacing plumbing fixtures installing new showers, including building cement forms and installing porcelain and ceramic tile, wallpapering repair and painting Maintenance Mechanic 01/2015 to 04/2017
Niagara Lutheran Health and Rehab Center-Buffalo, NY
● In charge of a 173-bed nursing home, my task is repairing electrical, plumbing, painting, repairing various pieces of equipment such as walkers, wheel chairs, and physical therapy equipment, kitchen equipment, and laundry equipment, and lawn equipment. Maintenance Mechanic 2013 to 2015
Fitness First- Buffalo, NY
● Overhauling and maintaining Fitness equipment for five of the Buffalo Athletics Clubs in Western NY. Working on belt's, gears, motors, hydraulic, pneumatic cylinders, chain's drives Laborer in Garage /Industrial mechanic 2002 to 2013 City of Buffalo Broadway Garage- Buffalo, NY
● Repair various pieces of equipment, such as hydraulic lines on plows working on brakes on Mac trucks and large trailers maintaining small engines, power washers, Welding broken frames. Maintenance Supervisor and Technician 2000 to 2002 DUNN TIRE PARK / Industrial mechanic- Buffalo, NY Park
● Supervised and assisted in maintaining daily and yearly repairs Stadium property such as Painting, Plumping, Electrical, Caulking Dry walling, snow removal, Landscaping, maintain trucks, and small engine Repair, forklift
Maintenance Technician 1998 to 2000
City of Buffalo Parks Department- Buffalo, NY
● Maintain 10 Buildings, including Senior Centers and Recreations Facilities. Painting, Plumping, Electrical, Caulking, Dry walling, snow removal, Landscaping, maintaining trucks, and small engine Repair.
Plant Maintenance Manager 1997 to 1998
Modular Components National
● In charge of building a 20,000 Square foot building consisting of offices, Labs, machine shop, and clean rooms. My task was to wire 3-phase circuits, Plumbing, equipment, computer systems for milling operations. Building dust proof environment for circuit boards Maintenance Mechanic 1995 to 1997
Sheraton Hotel- Ocean City Maryland
● Repair and upgrade of hotel rooms including complete overhaul of rooms, such as remove ceramic tiles in bathrooms completely renovate tubs and showers, including hanging drywall plastering, installing marble, plumbing, electrical troubleshooting and repairs; painting caulking, wallpaper, hanging and finishing drywall, Installing ceramic tiles. Education:
Hartford Community College
● AutoCAD Version #10
● -Total Quality Management
Telecommunication Skills
● -Class run by TAT invoking telephone marking techniques Erie Community College
● -Computer fundamentals
● -Basic Computer classes Microsoft office,
● -Word processing various software packages
● -Spread Sheet's/Data Retrieval
Airco Technical institute
● -Industrial mechanic school 1 year
● Welding school 6 months
● CNC and turret lathe.6 months.
License(s):
● Electrician License Baltimore County Baltimore Marylander 1990 Achievements:
● 2006 Sailed to Florida in a 22’ Columbia sailboat with one other person starting from small boat harbor in Buffalo.
● Went to Hutch Tech. I ran track and field, and the chess club. Swimming, also in high school I was very interested in drafting, metallurgy, mold making (Styrofoam, and sand), enjoy casting parts, and building houses to scale using blueprints. Framing using balsa wood lumber scaled to size for framing.
● Home with my two brothers near my age, who both also attended Hutch Tech, we would design and build go karts and mini bikes including casting our own aluminum rims.
● National Guard’s 8 years (88mm mortar 6 years, 1 year driving APC tank, 55 ton crane inspector 1 year) Honorable Discharge.