THOMAS NICHOLAS PILIPUF

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Ingleside, Illinois 60041

Tel: 847-***-**** Cell: 847-***-**** Fax: 847-***-**** Email: adualx@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

To utilize skills and vast experience to gain employment as a diesel technician with a growing company.

WORK HISTORY

Feb 2015 to Diesel

May 2022 Technician

Lakeside Transportation

Waukegan, IL.

PM compliance on all vehicles including Diesel & Gas – R&R Eng.’s, VT365, Max Force 7, 9, 10 and DT’s, Cummins 6, Mercedes Benz 6, Freightliners 444, tear down and rebuild . R&R high pressure fuel pumps, low pressure oil pump’s, R&R single & and twin turbo, replace high pressure fuel lines from High pressure fuel pump to fuel cooler, exhaust system, remove cats and mufflers for outside cleaning, fuel lines under valve covers, rockers, push rods, flex pipes . And anything and everything to do with school busses.

Repair of snow plows trucks and other vehicle's at six (6) different facilities which are, Elgin (base), Melrose Park, East Dundee, Marengo, and two (2) others I cannot remember . We were dispatched from Elgin to other shops to Jul 2012 to

Apr 2013

Diesel

Technician

Vitran Express

Bensenville, IL.

PM compliance on city & line haul tractors - replace water pumps

, exhaust sys., turbos, radiators . alts., head gaskets, adj. valves if necessary, brakes, "s" cams., air brake lines, air bags

, clutches, trailer brakes, roll-up doors adj., glad hands, heater cores, blower motors, DVR's .

Mar 2012

to

Apr 2012

Diesel Technician

Tovar (Areotek Commercial Staffing) Crystal

Lake, IL.

do PM's and/or repairs . Tools had to be removed from our tool boxes and put into trucks which the company (Tovar) supplied.

Diesel Technician AirServ.

Corp.

Chicago, IL.

Maintaining leased buses which transports employees of United Airlines to their work places or flight crews to their proper gates for departures. These vehicles operate 24hrs' a day, 7 days a week . these vehicles are Pmed according to DOT reg's . Recently I was involved in replacing a head & gasket on a Cummins eng. . Also we did brakes (air & hydraulic), repl. turbos

, repair or replace cooling sys's, A/C repairs, lighting sys., in the passenger compartment, EGR coolers, DEF (diesel exhaust fluid) for regeneration of exhaust sys. (since 2010 epa require) Sep 2010

to

Jun 2011

Diesel Technician 1

Durham School Bus Services

Muskego WI.

Meeting PM compliance for each month and drivers write-ups, Brakes (air & hydraulic), changing brake chambers, adjusting slack adjusters, replacing "s" cams and bushings . Troubleshooting front doors whether air, mechanical or electrical operated . Replacing starters, ring gears .transmissions, door glass, operators control panel, lighting systems inside & outside

, Replace engine computers, turbos, injector's, fuel tanks, sending units, injection pumps, lift pumps and water pumps . Any and everything that involves the safe operation of school bus operations .

Jul 2010 to

Aug 2010

Interstate truck

Driver SNS Logistics

Lemont, IL.

Pick up designated loads from Pier 1 Imports in Ohio and make tail gate deliveries with fifty-three foot trailers (53') to assigned stores in WI., IL., IN., KY., & MO. . Would be gone one (1) week at a time .

Jul 2008 to

Dec 2008

Diesel Technician

Bus Techs (Durham School Bus Services) Grayslake

, IL.

Same as Muskego, WI. but at Grayslake, IL.

Sep 2011

to

Mar 2012

Jul

2007 to

Jul

2008

Mechanic Helper

Pace Suburban Bus (RTA) Des

Plaines, IL.

Meeting PM compliance, repairs on same, assist other mechanics as required, fueling of equipment, washing equipment, tire changes, lighting sys's. inside & outside, oil changes, rebuilding air driers .

Apr 1984

to

Dec 2006

GSE Journeyman

Mechanic American Airlines

Chicago, IL.

Job was designated as a safety-sensitive function in any DOTRegulated mode, subject to drug and alcohol testing requirement of 49 CFR Part 655 . no tickets or arrests on record

. Crew Chief/Mechanic/Ground Crew serviced all types of vehicles including diesels, gas, & electric, from baggage tractors, cargo veyors, kva generators, main deck loaders, to setting hydraulic pressures rebuilding stack valves, pressure relief valves . Replacing engines, transmissions, rear ends, ring gears, air start starters . Engines : Detroit, Cummins, Fords, Gm's

Jun 1978

to

Mar 1984

Journeyman

Mechanic Chevrolet

Dealerships Chicago,

IL.

Heavy duty line mechanic at numerous Chevrolet dealers EDUCATION

High School Graduate, Honorable Discharged from United States Marine Corps in 1970, Truck Mechanic GM .

REFERENCES

John Chapman Jr., American Airlines 815-***-**** - Chris Lemm, American Airlines 262-***-**** - Roman Petrow, American Airlines 630-***-**** - Mike Laha, National Express, 630-***-****

CERTIFICATIONS

CDL - A Endorsements P - CDL License current & since 1978 - No tickets or arrests on record - current medical expires 09-28-22 / Forklift certified 10/11/12 - Will freely submit to regular drug and alcohol testing

OTHER SKILLS

I feel that I would be a Positive asset to any company environment . I pride myself on high-quality work and on being dependable and prompt in all areas of my profession . I work well with others and take instructions well .

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