RICHARD A. ESTRELLA, JR.
New Market, TN 37820
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EXPERIENCE
*/**-******* ******** **** Living, Bulls Gap, TN – leading vinyl, wood and aluminum manufacturer of fencing, lattice and ornamental arbors, sheds and railings
Electro-Mechanical Technician
• Maintain and repair wide variety of complex production machinery and equipment, conveyor systems and packaging systems
• Perform scheduled preventative maintenance
2/05-6/12 Engineered Materials Solutions, Inc., Attleboro, MA – manufacturer of bimetal, clad material systems & electrical contacts
Night Shift Electrician/Maintenance Mechanic
• Maintained and repaired a wide variety of complex production machinery and equipment in manufacturing environment
• Worked with AC/DC motors & drive systems, PLC machine & process control systems, control centers & panels, relays, circuit breakers and instrumentation
• Read and interpret pneumatic, hydraulic and electrical schematics
• Responsible for installation and construction of new machinery
• Experience with hydrogen and nitrogen equipment
• Troubleshoot, repair and monthly maintenance of overhead cranes
• Performed millwright projects as directed by the Lead Millwright.
• Capable of overhauling most equipment with minimal supervision
• Boiler-room monitoring of two steam boilers with two air compressors and chilled water systems
• Air-handler repair and maintenance
• Installed and maintained surveillance equipment, and responsible for facility security during holidays and Company’s shut-downs
• Safe start program certified, including safety certification for fall protection under OSHA regulation, electrical safety program certification as required by the Company
• Certified forklift, man-lift and boom-lift operator
• Certified as First Aid Responder by the Company; CPR certified by American Heart Association
• Performed other duties as assigned by Maintenance Manager and upper management
7/04 – 2/05 Codman DePuy Spine – Johnson&Johnson Family of Companies, Raynham, MA
Manufacturer of medical products.
Mechanical Technician – Contract position
• Perform electrical and mechanical repairs on production machinery in a clean room environment
• Carry out scheduled preventative maintenance on various machinery.
9/97 – 7/04 Chase Machine and Engineering, Inc., W. Warwick, RI - Designs, manufactures and services custom equipment. The Company specializes in continuous web handling equipment.
Lead Electrical Technician
• Assembled and wired custom-made machinery based on technical drawings provided by the engineering department.
• Tested customer material in a controlled lab environment.
• Worked closely with the engineers on modifications of original designs and further development of the machinery.
• Installed newly designed and/or upgraded machinery, as well as, provided training for the customer in the field.
• Troubleshoot machinery, ultrasonic horns, PLC’s, pneumatic and hydraulic systems in house and also in the field.
• Worked in conjunction with the Manager of Technical Services on upgrading and modification of machinery at the customer’s manufacturing facility.
• Supervised and coached the only other two electrical technicians.
• Updated electrical and pneumatic prints.
• Build electrical panels as needed.
• Experience with electrical wiring (single & three phase)
10/93 - 4/97 Kendall Healthcare Products Company, Cumberland, RI – Manufacturer of medical products
Electrical Apprentice - Grade B
• Performed electrical repairs on all machinery in the Cumberland manufacturing plant and Lincoln warehousing facility, as well as, repairs to the buildings within the electrical code and good manufacturing practices.
• Installed new machinery and PLC controllers.
• Updated electrical drawings for plant equipment.
• Opened up the manufacturing plant at the beginning of each workweek.
• Researched and ordered materials for electrical repairs.
• At the time of the Company’s Cumberland facility closure, assisted with disassembling and closing of the plant.
5/93 - 9/93 Fernandes Electrical Services, Inc., Tauton, MA
Electrical Apprentice
Assisted licensed electrician with residential, commercial and industrial wiring. This entailed wiring and assembling of banana coolers for Shaw’s Distribution Center; traveling to Milwaukee, WI to disassemble electrical components of a printing press and re-assembling it at a facility in Massachusetts.
EDUCATION
1/91 - 9/92 New England Institute of Technology, Warwick, RI
Associates in Science Degree in Electrical Technology
A hands-on program which included residential, commercial and industrial wiring. The wiring and troubleshooting of single phase and three phase SCR drive systems, the wiring of various motor control circuits, and the wiring and programming of programmable controllers. G.P.A. 3.45