Field Service Engineer

THOMAS E. SOMOGYI

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Goldsboro, NC. 27534

919-***-****) ***********@*****.******

SUMMARY:

** ***** ** ********** ** an industrial maintenance mechanic/electrician /field service engineer/factory service rep/maintenance manager-supervisor/Mill Foreman. My background allows me to take a leading role in any job that deals with maintenance, repair, troubleshooting, mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and Operational Management.

SKILLS:

Extensive electrical and mechanical troubleshooting and repair experience. Metal fabrication. Extensive press and hydraulic maintenance. Supervision of maintenance of Furnaces, drop-out, extractor, and walking beam, maintenance of charge and delivery side equipment. Mechanical repair of various pumps, blowers, and air compressors. USAF Electronics School, PLC School (Westinghouse), and various factory schools. Maintain cooling towers and water treatment. Mechanical repairs of heavy rotating equipment, rotary kilns and ball mills. Proficient in maintaining conveying systems (Belt, air slide, vibrating, pneumatic pumps (FK)). Alignment of rotating equipment. Welding (tig, mig, stick), braze, solder, torch and plasma cutter. Supervisory, management, and project management experience.

EDUCATION:

1979-1981: Associates Degree, Data Processing, Lehigh

County Community College, Schnecksville, PA.

1982-1983: Electronics school, USAF, Keesler AFB, Miss.

Various factory service schools (Ingersoll-Rand, Atlas Copco, Elliott, Fuller, Westinghouse PLC school), Rexroth Hydraulic schools.

EXPERIENCE:

2016-present: Maintenance Supervisor, Georgia Pacific Plywood, Dudley, NC.

Supervise work crews, troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic problems.

Help in planning repair work as well as shutdown schedules.

2014-2016: Process Coordinator, Mill Foreman, United States Steel, 80" Hot Strip Mill, Great Lakes Works, Ecorse, Michigan.

Manage Hot Mill from Slab yard, Slab charging, Furnaces, Slab Extraction, Roughing Mill, Finish Mill, Coilers, and Coil Storage. Operations and Maintenance.

2011-2014: Maintenance Manager, Special Metals, Dunkirk, N.Y.

Manage all union maintenance, contractors, and projects in a Titanium Forge. PM,s, maintenance, repair, and troubleshooting of presses, manipulators, chargers, and Furnaces. All associated equipment.

2006- 2011: Field Engineer, Bosch Rexroth Worldwide Hydraulics.

Hydraulic field service, industrial hydraulics troubleshooting and repair. Installations

and startups. Steel Mills, Cement Mills, Power Plants, Paper mills, etc. Hydraulic pump

and motor repair and rebuilding, Power unit manufacturing, Building hydraulic manifolds, testing of both manifolds and power units. Mobile hydraulics. Working in a wide range of environments and industries.

1995-2006: Maintenance Supervisor, ThyssenKrupp Precision Forge, Selma, NC

Hands-on supervisor responsible for all maintenance (mechanical and electrical), in a largely automated forging operation that manufactures transmission gears for the major auto makers. Forging, cold coining, heat treat, shearing, and CNC areas.

Large mechanical as well as hydraulic presses, troubleshooting and repair, Preventative maintenance.

1991-1995: Field Service Engineer, Fuller/F.L. Smidth, Bethlehem, PA

Worldwide field service in the paper, chemical, mineral, and power generation industries.

Troubleshooting and repair of mechanical systems and rotating equipment. Rotary kilns, coolers, ball mills and crushers, Pneumatic and belt conveying, Blow tanks, silos, air slides, fluidization systems, Gear reducers and drives, Scrubbers, Precipitators, Bag houses. Truck, rail, barge, and ship loading terminals.

1989-1991 Plant Maintenance Manager, Fluid Energy Inc, Hatfield, PA

Responsible for all maintenance activities in a large chemical mill. 12,000 Horsepower of air compressors for driving air mills. Cooling Towers, water chemical systems. Compressor maintenance and repair. Maintain fleet vehicles.

1986-1989 Repair Technician, Air Systems, Ingersoll-Rand (Allentown, PA, Miami, FL

Field maintenance and repair of air compressors and air systems. Compressors, dryers (Refrigerated, Desiccant towers. Pneumatic systems and components.

1982-1986 Electronic Warfare Systems Specialist, USAF.

Maintain and repair airborne radar and communications jamming equipment. 1-1/2 years of electronics training, 4-1/2 years as an avionics technician.

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