Heavy Equipment Lab Technician

DARRYL ANTHONY SIMMS

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OBJECTIVE:

To utilize my years of experience in problem solving and trouble shooting in a progressive, growing company.

EXPERIENCE:

Sep.2017 to Apr.2023 Communication Test Design, Inc. (C.T.D.I.) Joliet, IL

Facilities Supervisor

Overseeing the maintenance of the building and grounds.

Directing staff and overseeing the upkeep of equipment and supplies.

Overseeing custodial staff and daily cleaning schedules.

Determining and scheduling repairs, waste reduction and safety inspections.

Jun.2017 to Sept.2017 FedEx Supply Chain: Romeoville, IL

RMA Inventory Control Rep.

Receiving and processing equipment from Comcast to be tested and stored.

Using RF Scan guns to process equipment as we received them into the warehouse.

Working with Microsoft Programs to process and organize the inventory.

Working with “Red Prairie” as an Inventory Tracking System for our equipment.

Mar.2014 to Jun.2017 Genco Logistics: Romeoville, IL

Inventory Receiving Rep.

Assist the Receiving Clerks with the scanning of equipment coming in from our business partners.

Working with “Red Prairie” as an Inventory Tracking System for our equipment.

Working with Microsoft Programs to organize reports and spreadsheets.

Using RF Scanner, to scan serial numbers and bar codes on our equipment.

Aug.2005 to Mar.2014 Comcast Telecommunications: (Xfinity) Romeoville, IL

Inventory Control Rep.

Process material that is being pulled out of inventory by using Oracle as the billing system.

Working with material pickers on verifying the material being picked. (Quality Control)

Training of new hires as they come into the warehouse.

Additional duties included receiving and processing shipments that come in daily. Use CIFA to keep track of all material for inventory purposes.

July.2000 to Aug.2005 AT&T Telecommunications: Chicago, IL

Supervisor

Responsible for overseeing two warehouses with a staff of fifteen employees including temps.

Responsible for balancing the inventory on a monthly basis.

Responsible for testing and cleaning cable equipment.

Responsible for shipping and receiving equipment and material to other warehouses.

Responsible for adding and removing material out the billing system (Oracle).

Responsible for forklift maintenance, arranging for repairs if a problem is detected.

Responsible for loading and unloading trucks coming into the warehouses.

Overseeing the day-to-day operations.

Jun.1991 to Jul. 2000 Media One Cable: Chicago, IL

Lab Technician

Testing equipment to meet our standards before shipping out to the customers.

Testing and repairing cable converters as they are returned back from our customers.

Opening up converters and troubleshooting down to circuit board level. (oscilloscope)

Using different testing equipment for repairing our converters.

Operating Heavy Equipment:

Driving many different types of forklifts.

Driving a Scissor lift

Driving a Cherry picker

Pallet Jacks

EDUCATION:

1979 to 1981 DeVry University: Special Studies:

Awarded a Diploma in Electronic & Computer Technology. Working with C++ programming.

Major: Electronic Equipment Repair. Learning to process and writing computer

Minor: Computer Programming. software by using coding.

Working with disc operating system

1981 to 1981 Olive- Harvey University: (DOS).

Six week course Microsoft Windows. Teaching basic computer science.

Awarded a certificate in Microsoft Office.

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