Strip Mine Equipment Operator/Equipment Mechanic

EQUIPMENT OPERATOR / EQUIPMENT MECHANIC

PROFILE OVERVIEW

- Intuitive professional with broad technical knowledge and superior hands-on skills in conducting repair, installation, analysis, and maintenance of equipment and other technical structures and components; possess well rounded experience and knowledge of the drilling industry

- Thorough, dedicated, and analytical troubleshooter with advance knowledge in strip mining operations; accurately define both mechanical and operational issues and apply repair or technical corrective procedures accordingly and in compliance with safety control standards and policies

- Thrive in developing processes for improvement, and successful in initiating change in operational systems that significantly improved production and efficiency; computer proficient and equipped with strong administrative, communication, and interpersonal skills

- Experience operating, including 85-ton Wabco haul trucks, Terex Scrapers, D-9 tractors, IH 35-ton haul trucks, Cat Scoopers, Pit Pumps, P&H Cherry Picker, Sky Track, Fork Trucks, etc.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Eli Lilly Co. Clinton Labs - Clinton, IN (presently Lilly Technology Center South - Indianapolis, IN)

Maintenance Mechanic 1986-Present

- Maintain clean, safe, and hazard-free working environment by ensuring operational reliability of all structural components in the entire facility

- Analyze malfunction reports and perform necessary installation, repair, and maintenance of equipment, including pumps, conveyors, centrifuges, alignment, hydraulic systems, and others

- Complete tasks in timely and efficient manner while sustaining compliance with all policies and safety regulations

- Conduct testing procedures to guarantee the reliability of equipment and other structural components

- Coordinate with the technical team and supervisors

- Determine further defects and develop reports as necessary

PRIOR EXPERIENCE

Floor Hand and Derrick Hand On Drilling Rigs John Burns Drilling Co./Prairie Drilling Co./Laredo Drilling Co. - Casper, WY Northern Production Co.,- Gillette, WY

Wabco Haul Truck Driver/ Operator Kemmerer Coal Co. - Kemmerer, WY

Heavy Equipment Mechanic Yampa Mining Co. - Hayden, CO

Mine Clerk and Warehouse Clerk AMAX Coal Co. - Sullivan, IN

Journeyman Carpenter Power House Construction - Merom, IN / Petersburg, IN

International Brotherhood of Carpenters and Millwrights - Sullivan, IN

EDUCATION

GENERAL EDUCATION (32 CREDIT HOURS COMPLETED)

Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Armstrong Steam Trap School

- Attended and completed various training classes on pump repair and hydraulic systems

- Crane operation and distillation column operation training

- Different equipment–related mechanical training classes

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