JOSEPH A. CHURCH
Buffalo, NY 14216
716-***-**** email: ******.********@*****.***
Objective: Sharing my knowledge and experience as a certified journeyman in machine maintenance, machine operation, and construction with an established company.
Qualifications:
Read hydraulic/pneumatic schematics Read blueprint drawings
Plumbing /Pipefitting Operation/repair of mobile/overhead cranes
MIG/TIG/ARC Welding/steel fabrication Building maintenance/Carpentry
Machine set-up Millwright
Operation/repair of lathes , surface grinders, and mills Operation and maintenance of forklifts
Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel Own hand/power tools
Work Experience:
9/2011-1/2012 Maintenance Mechanic Imagine Staffing Buffalo,NY
Inspected/maintained motors, gearboxes, augers, conveyors, silos, gearing, couplings, pumps, and linkages
Machine and automation changeovers of packaging machinery
Documented progress, preventative maintenance operations, and work orders of machinery
6/2010-8/2011 Maintenance Mechanic Morgan Materials Buffalo, NY
Fabrication/maintenance of chutes, hoppers, sifters, grinders and baggers for packaging of powdered resins
Plumbing of air lines, water lines, and building maintenance
Electric/Gas powered fork truck and reach truck repair/operations
4/2008-1/2009 Maintenance Mechanic Quikrete Lackawanna, NY
Maintained building, bucket elevators, silos, chutes, screws, mixers, conveyors, and driers
Material handling of all stone, sand, and lime received in the plant facility
Received/ reported all daily operations with plant manager
3/2007-2/2008 Lead Maintenance Mechanic Parratus Industries Buffalo, NY
Performed bi-weekly and monthly preventative maintenance inspections on precision tooling
Rebuilt horizontal/vertical end mills, surface grinders, lathes, radial drill presses, and band saws
11/1997-1/2007 Machine Repair Journeyman Leader Ford Motor Co. Buffalo, NY
Production Line Leader
Installed, removed, and rebuilt hydraulic/pneumatic presses and machinery
Rebuilt cylinders, pistons, gearboxes, pumps, precision tooling, and motors
Production line leader of 50 – 3000 ton stamping presses
Education, Training:
• E.C.C. South Campus, Orchard Park, NY 1999-2003
• Metal Working Institute, Depew, NY 4/1999-8/1999
• Completed 4 year apprenticeship program through the UAW at Ford Motor Co. 1999-2003
• Certified Journeyman Card 2003
Volunteer Work:
Prospect/Jersey Block Club:
• Built picnic tables, planted trees, flowers, and vegetables for the community area
• Volunteered in The Extreme Makeover project and worked with PUSH