John Burke

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Ronkonkoma, NY *****

631-***-****

adrboo@r.postjobfree.com

Career Objective

To obtain a challenging position in the Electrical/Maintenance Industry, utilizing abilities developed through my experience and education, with the opportunity for professional growth based on performance.

Summary

Experienced in the industrial/electrical industry as a Technical Services Supervisor, Power Plant Operator, Control Systems Engineer, Technician, Draftsman, and Wirer/Assembler. Major accomplishments include: TXP and T3000 control systems upgrades, SES/SFC starting system upgrade, generator/transformer/line protection relay upgrades and Steam Turbine interlock protection upgrades. Control systems design and programming for various industrial customers.

Credentials

T3000 Operations, Programming and Maintenance

Relay Protection Certification (GE, Siemens and Schweitzer) GE LM6000 Operations and Maintenance

GE Mark VI Programming and Maintenance

TXP System Maintenance and Programming Course

Square-D Programmable Controller Training Course (PLC) Omron Programmable Controller Training Course (PLC) Allen Bradley Programming and Maintenance (PLC)

GE Versa Pro Programming Course (PLC)

Bentley Nevada Machinery Diagnostics Course

Experience

Self Employed

Peforming contract services to various businesses: Training, troubleshooting, instrument Calibrations, contractor supervision, PLC programming modifications and plant outage Support.

New York Power Authority, Holtsville, NY

(Public Utility: Generation and Transmission Owner) 2002 – Promoted to Technical Service Supervisor. Responsibilities: plan, direct and control maintenance for all technical service responsibilities to maintain plant availability at Holtsville and Brentwood plants. Principal Accountabilities: support and provide technical assistance/supervision to Gas Turbine Technicians, develop engineering specifications, purchase and install equipment, develop outside labor specifications for major equipment outages and inspections, train and develop tech services personnel, prepare department budgets, interface with PSEGLI for plant interconnect and interview and recommend new personnel. 2016 to present

1995 to 2016

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2001 to present – Worked as plant operator at Brentwood plant in addition to my normal work duties. Have worked at Holtsville Plant, as plant operator, as well when operations staff was short on personnel.

1995 – Hired as Gas Turbine Technician, working on Siemens V84.2 Gas Turbine and Mitsubishi/Westinghouse Steam Turbine built by Turbo Power and Marine. Specific duties include: Calibrate and troubleshoot plant instrumentation, calibrate and troubleshoot relay protection schemes, troubleshoot and correct plant DCS hardware and software problems, troubleshoot and maintain LAN and WAN equipment, perform routine chemical testing and calibration of chemistry instrumentation, perform vibration analysis on rotating equipment and recommend corrective action and maintain CEMS compliance with environmental permit.

Diversified Electrical Products, Inc., Bohemia, NY

(Designer and manufacturer of custom control and power systems) Recruited from college.

1991 – Promoted to Project Engineer. Completely responsible for all phases of assigned Projects from concept to completion. Designed numerous control systems and circuits utilizing state of the art automation techniques and devices, also became more heavily involved in the mechanical design and layouts of each project. Developed custom PLC and operator interface programs from customer specifications. Provided field service and startup assistance. Worked closely with electrical and mechanical contractors to insure the systems were correctly and safely installed and to eliminate any field wiring errors. Conducted training classes on site to familiarize customers with the system operation and troubleshooting techniques. Areas of expertise include, but are not limited to:

Industrial control systems, programmable logic controllers, motor controls, variable speed drives, solid state starters, factory automation, data communications and power control systems.

Computer literate, familiar with MS-DOS, Windows, Quick Basic and various application software such as: Wonderware, Screenware, SOIPRO and many PLC programming packages.

Strong working knowledge of fundamental electrical concepts and able to apply them to practical circuitry

Extensive “hands on” experience troubleshooting and testing in all areas of the fabrication process.

1990 – Hired as a full time employee with the responsibilities of component selection and purchasing of all components on a given project. Assisted the Project Engineer with the design/drafting of wiring diagrams, schematics and mechanical layout/packaging of control systems. Performed all shop testing and troubleshooting of equipment before shipment to customers.

1990 to 1995

Glass Factory Inc., Ronkonkoma, NY

(Consumer and Commercial Glass Products)

Various responsibilities including: operation and maintenance of process control 1987 to 1990

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Equipment. Programming of process control equipment to maintain optimum use Of raw materials.

North American Phillips Corp., Long Island City, NY

(Consumer and Commercial Electronics)

Performed various duties such as quality control, inventory control, material handling, expediting and management of project equipment/supplies for various projects. 1984 to 1987

Education

New York Institute of Technology, Islip, NY (evenings) Currently working towards Bachelor’s Degree Electrical Engineering Technology While working full time day job.

Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY 1987 to 1992 Earned an A.A.S. degree in Electrical Engineering Technology While working full time day job.

Graduated from Connetquot High School – Regents Diploma 1982 Community Service

Volunteer Boy Scout Camp 2012 to present

Parent Volunteer Robotics Team

(Teaching team members PID Loop Tuning)

(Teaching team members PLC programming fundamentals to support team projects) References Supplied upon request

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