Ralph B

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Dalton, Georgia *****

706-***-**** Home 706-***-**** Cell

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RALPH B. COCHRAN_________________________

OBJECTIVE

I am looking for a well established company with good working conditions, good

insurance benefits, 401K program, competitive wages with industry, and a place

for retirement.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Over 16 years experience in all types mechanical & electrical equipment.

• Graduate from Dalton State College (Industrial Electrical-Certificate)

• Universal Certification (HVAC)

• Installation and preventative maintenance

• Maintaining boilers, piston type air-compressors, chillers, water towers (atmospheric and pressure becks)

• Troubleshooting for 1-phase and 3-phase wiring

• Instrumentation controls, such as loop and flow

• Experienced with stick welding, cutting torch, pipe threading, and all types of pipe fittings,( pvc, stainless and galvanize).

• Plumbing and carpentry experience.

• Class A CDL drivers license with a TX endorsement

• 8 years in supervision, quality control, shipping/receiving, inventory control, ordering parts and supplies

• Computer literate, printers, and fax machines

• Programming robots at Dalton State College (One Semester)

• Programming PLC’s (Allen-Bradley,ABB,Omron, etc)

• Machine controls,reading schematics

• Red-line counters, (VSI) Banner, Keyance

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Foodliner Chattanooga, TN 06/11 till Now

Truck Driver

Driving a tractor and pulling a tanker and or box trailor to deliver sugar,flour soy

bean oil, or corn syrup to food industry obeying all traffic rules and speed limits

using E-logs and MVR reports, following unloading instructions.

Rogers Cartage, Fortson, GA 09/05 to 06/11

Truck Driver

Driving a tractor and pulling a tanker delivering latex to carpet manufacturers obeying all traffic rules and speed limits, keeping accurate log and MVR report, and following unloading instructions.

H & S Whiting, Dalton, GA 05/05 to 09/05

Truck Driver

Delivering limestone dirt to manufacturing plants that make carpet. Keeping accurate log and MVR books and obeying all traffic laws.

Serve Source/Honeywell, Dalton, GA 01/05 to 05/05

Maintenance Supervisor

Responsibilities of supervising the building maintenance for 3 floors of offices, tufting machines, twisters, winders, auto-claves, coater, kuster dye-line, two boilers, chiller, piston type air-compressors, water pumps for holding water tank. Implementing preventative measures and schedules for pm maintenance. Working with vendors in ordering parts and supplies for building and machines, along with supervision of 18 employees.

Coastal Transport, Bridgeport, AL 09/04 to 01/05

Truck Driver

Strapped and bungee cord down flatbed loads of sheetrock going to Home Depot stores in Atlanta area. Keeping accurate logs and vehicle inspection reports. Deliver products at set appointments obeying all safety requirements and traffic laws. Ran in a 5 state radius.

North GA Electric Membership Corp., Dalton, GA 11/02 to 09/04

Apparatus Technician

Testing and processing transformer, replacing high side and low side bushings, substation readings, maintenance of transformers, air blast breakers, battery stations, taking down and replacing switch gears, auto transformers, AIM switches, neutral reactors. Maintaining the inside and outside of all the substations, such as bush hogging the grass, weed eating and grass kill. Delivering transformers to 27 different county offices, painting and inventory of transformers. Testing single-phase and three-phase high line breakers.

Beaulieu of America, Dalton, GA 05/01 to 11/02

Lead Man Electronics’ Tech

Responsible for Finishing Dept and the equipment, such as coater, 13 off-line surging machines, 6 roll-ups, 6 conveyor-lines, 5 packing lines, and 7 mechanics. Scheduling preventative procedures and work orders. Ordered parts and dealt with vendors personally. Screening process and testing for new hires. Worked with Micro 3c, Allen-Bradley, OpenNet and Allen-Bradley PLC’s, with Wind latter and Rockwell latter-logic programs. Programmed and built panels to install Toshiba, Danfoss, Tosvert, and Allen-Bradley inverters for applications on all types of equipment. Ran the night shift at the Riverbend facility (2 coaters, 34 tufting machines, 16 warpers, and a compound tank farm).

Shaw Industries, Inc., Dalton, GA 10/99 to 05/01

Plant Electrician/Mechanic

Maintaining all the electrical and mechanical equipment on 2 dryer lines, 2 coaters, 12 pressure becks, 8 atmospheric becks, 15 tufting machines, a re-shear line, inspection alley, 5 bailers, 2 compactors, boiler room, compound room with 12 mixing tanks, 2 dye houses (1 with 18 tanks, and the other with 22 tanks), and all the lighting for the entire facility.

Universal Textile Technologies, Dalton, GA 01/96 to 10/99

Project Lead Man

Installation of electrical and mechanical equipment. Kept inventory records. Maintained equipment for continuous dye range, coaters, beck dept, sample dept, reinspect, and all 1-phase and 3-phase electrical and mechanical switches and controls. Directed all projects, including tearing down old equipment and installing new equipment. Supervision of 10 people.

EDUCATION

Graduated from Northwest High School, in 1977

Graduated at Dalton State College, in 2011 with a College/Diploma-Certificate in Industrial Electrical/Electronics Technology. (3.38 GPA)

HVAC and MVAC Certification (Universal)

Real Estate License(Inactive)

Class A CDL Drivers License with TX endorsements.

REFERENCES

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