Journeyman Electrician
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Added: 7/25/2009
Last Updated: 7/25/2009
Last Updated: 7/25/2009
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State:
VA Virginia
Country:
United States
Status:
I am willing to Travel.
I am on a job and will finish soon.
I need a job as soon as possible.
I am willing to work overseas.
I prefer permanent jobs.
I am on a job and will finish soon.
I need a job as soon as possible.
I am willing to work overseas.
I prefer permanent jobs.
Certifications
Journeyman (in process of Master Certification)
Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, Virginia Portion: Contractor-Class A and B.
Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, General Portion: Contractor-Class A and B.
Fairfax County Public Schools, (Adult Education).
U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
HVAC Technician Certification (EPA) I, II.
Network+ Hands-on Training.
Oracle8i (DBA) Hands-on Training.
Certificate in SUN System and Network Admins. I, II.
Certificate in HP-UX Systems and Network Admins.I, II.
Certificate in GE SixSigmaTraining.
Certificate in UNIX Systems Administration.
Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, Virginia Portion: Contractor-Class A and B.
Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation, General Portion: Contractor-Class A and B.
Fairfax County Public Schools, (Adult Education).
U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
HVAC Technician Certification (EPA) I, II.
Network+ Hands-on Training.
Oracle8i (DBA) Hands-on Training.
Certificate in SUN System and Network Admins. I, II.
Certificate in HP-UX Systems and Network Admins.I, II.
Certificate in GE SixSigmaTraining.
Certificate in UNIX Systems Administration.
Education
Advanced Level Graduate, Ghana National Secondary School.
Experience
ASG-CSA,
Lead Utility Technician
11/2008-Present
Camp Buehring, Kuwait
Provides leadership, guidance and technical assistance to lower-level utility
technicians in the performance of their day-to-day activities.
Passes to lower level workers the instructions received from supervisors and gets
work started by assigning the immediate tasks to members of the group.
Checks work in progress and finished to see whether the supervisors instructions on
work sequence, procedures, methods and deadlines have been met.
Monitors equipment service, maintenance, installation, repair and electrical circuits
in accordance with applicable technical manuals.
Oversees equipment troubleshooting and verifies diagnoses of assigned equipment.
Profound ability to use appropriate tools and diagnostic equipment to repair, install,
replace, and test electrical circuits, equipment and appliances.
Inspects and tests system to verify system compliance with plans and specifications
to detect and locate malfunctions.
Records and reports all faults, deficiencies, and other unusual occurrences, as well as
the time and materials expended on work orders.
Checks and verifies work performed by subordinates.
Communicates safe work habits and routines to lower level technicians.
Diagnoses and corrects electrical failures on all plant production and auxiliary
equipment. In emergency breakdown situations, makes quickest and best possible
safe repair.
Diagnose malfunctioning apparatus such as transformers, motors, and lighting
fixtures and replaces damaged or broken wires and cables.
Troubleshoot various machinery and parts using a variety of test equipment such as
oscilloscope and multi-meter.
Test malfunctioning machinery and discusses malfunction with other maintenance
workers, such as maintenance machinist and electronics specialist to diagnose
malfunctions.
Replace faulty electrical components of machine such as relays, switches, and
motors and position sensing devices.
Install and maintain motors, welding equipment, lighting fixtures, generators, circuit
breakers and transformers.
Wires new buildings, machines, equipment and connects to power sources as
specified in sketches, drawings and verbal instructions.
Uses own initiative and experience to make electrical improvements in the plant or
on machines.
Assists Engineering or other departments in the development of new ideas and
experimental work to improve our products, machinery and methods.
Sets up and operates all existing electrical test equipment by the most efficient and
safe methods to diagnose electrical problems.
Strong ability to read electrical blueprints and apply NEC through the full range of building maintenance and construction work.
Determined safety precautions and observed safe and effective work methods; completed daily duties in a timely and effective manner.
Michael & Son Electrical Services
Electrical Technician
02/2003-11/2008.
Alexandria, VA
Responsible for equipment inspection, repairs and installation.
Using schematic and electrical diagrams to perform electrical maintenance and
perform facility pre-start checks.
Cross utilize-skills to support new installations, test operations during peak test
periods, and maintenance projects as needed.
Performs new installations and upgrades electrical equipments.
Install and upgrade other communication equipments, e.g. cable TV, telephone, etc.
Met with contractors at jobsites to explain needed repairs; developed planned, maintenance specifications for contractors.
Inspected contract work for conformity to specification; recommend contract work as appropriate and trained new employees.
Perform preventive and corrective maintenance electrical systems, and other associated equipment.
Cross-utilized and cross-trained to support all groups within the environment and also interface with co-workers, customers and project personnel.
Perform quality testing and interact diplomatically with vendors and customers.
Works from building plans, blueprints, wiring diagrams, engineering drawings, and electrical maintenance and repair manuals.
Installs, modifies, repairs, and maintains routine and standard electrical lines, circuits, systems, and associated fixtures, controls, and equipment.
Troubleshoots, tests, and loads new and existing electrical lines, circuits, systems, and associated fixtures, controls, and equipment.
Interprets and applies the National Electrical Code, local codes, building plans, blueprints, wiring diagrams, and engineering drawings, and uses trade formulas to calculate common properties, e.g., voltage, voltage drop, etc
Directs the work of Workers and Helpers during cable pulling, tagging, and securing as well as cutting, bending, and mounting electrical conduit.
Performs planning, layout, and design work for electrical circuits, equipment, and systems.
Plans and completes work assignments based on the priority of the systems or equipment to be repaired.
Inspects and troubleshoots high voltage electric power-controlling equipment and/or distribution lines.
Tests, troubleshoots, modifies, repairs, and overhauls a variety of complex electrical devices.
Strong ability to install and maintain motors, lighting fixtures, generators, circuit breakers, and transformers.
Polar Bear Heating & Air Cond. Svcs.
HVAC Technician
11/2001-02/2003
Alexandria, VA.
Maintained, installed, inspected, repaired and adjusted air conditioning, heating and refrigeration equipment including pumps, evaporators, chillers, boilers and other related equipment in buildings, plants and facilities.
Troubleshoot operating problems and provided recommendations for solutions and performed preventative maintenance as needed.
Installation, monitor, service, and repair of a wide variety of equipment in support of HVAC systems.
Help interpret mechanical and electrical blueprints, schematics, and drawings for environmental control systems, maintain, install, and repair electrical machinery.
Troubleshooting mechanical electrical systems and equipment.
Rigging electrical/mechanical HVAC systems at construction and renovation sites.
Strong working knowledge of plumbing, steam fitting, and the electrical trades as they pertain to HVAC systems.
Replace or repair electrical wiring, motors, pumps, and other integrated parts of air conditioning/heating, refrigeration, or heat pump equipment or systems; replace compressors, condensers, and other equipment as needed; install, calibrates, maintain, and adjust electronic or pneumatic control systems or devices.
Install water intake and drainage lines and pipes; recharge air conditioning/heating systems with refrigerants as necessary; install, maintain, insulate, and repair pipes for chilled water and other systems; install electrical lines from panel to unit to include wiring of components, thermostats, circuit breakers, power distribution switches, and safety devices.
Operated and performed minor maintenance on a variety of equipment and tools including drills, saws, welders, testers, air lifts, vacuum pumps and air balance equipment in a safe and efficient manner.
Installed new equipment and inspected new systems for potential maintenance problems; logged equipment history.
Installed piping and duct work.
Installed, removed and relocated air conditioning systems as needed; prepared and maintained various logs and records on work performed; requested required materials, supplies and equipment.
Other duties include: overhauling and rebuilding pumps and air compressors
GE INFORMATION SERVICES
Systems Engineer
12/1999-09/2001
Gaithersburg, MD.
Successfully prepared and upgraded patches to 142 HP- UX 10.20/11.00 servers.
Successfully prepared and deployed patches to 155 Solaris 2.6, 2.7 and 2.8 servers.
Management appointed me as the Technical Team Lead for Patch Management in my third week of involvement.
Installed, upgraded and configured Performances Tools such as
Measureware, Perfview and GlancePlus on 142 HP-UX 10.20/11.00 servers
and 155 Solaris 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 servers.
Maintained project schedule using Microsoft Excel and provided weekly project reviews and suggestions to upper management.
Provided 24/7 HP-UX and Sun Solaris systems support to clients and 258 office personnel.
Installed OS, software and drivers using jumpstart and ignite for Sun Solaris and HP UNIX systems respectively.
Coordinated and participated in fault tolerance and disaster recovery testing agreement with HP-Aglient that earned the company more than $450,000.
Performed general HP-UX, Solaris UNIX Systems Administration tasks including backups and recovery, adding users, installing, upgrading and general maintaining OS and applications, etc.
Made recommendations for hardware and software acquisition, changes, upgrades, improvements, setups, configuration, vendor contracts and software licenses management.
Performed troubleshooting and resolved problems with the software, hardware, database, and the server.
Facilitated in evaluation, planning, implementation and effective use of new technologies, applications and solutions.
Verified operating system version compatibility and systems analysis.
Participated in installed, configured and created of three databases on Windows 2000, Sun Solaris and HP UNIX Servers.
Lead Utility Technician
11/2008-Present
Camp Buehring, Kuwait
Provides leadership, guidance and technical assistance to lower-level utility
technicians in the performance of their day-to-day activities.
Passes to lower level workers the instructions received from supervisors and gets
work started by assigning the immediate tasks to members of the group.
Checks work in progress and finished to see whether the supervisors instructions on
work sequence, procedures, methods and deadlines have been met.
Monitors equipment service, maintenance, installation, repair and electrical circuits
in accordance with applicable technical manuals.
Oversees equipment troubleshooting and verifies diagnoses of assigned equipment.
Profound ability to use appropriate tools and diagnostic equipment to repair, install,
replace, and test electrical circuits, equipment and appliances.
Inspects and tests system to verify system compliance with plans and specifications
to detect and locate malfunctions.
Records and reports all faults, deficiencies, and other unusual occurrences, as well as
the time and materials expended on work orders.
Checks and verifies work performed by subordinates.
Communicates safe work habits and routines to lower level technicians.
Diagnoses and corrects electrical failures on all plant production and auxiliary
equipment. In emergency breakdown situations, makes quickest and best possible
safe repair.
Diagnose malfunctioning apparatus such as transformers, motors, and lighting
fixtures and replaces damaged or broken wires and cables.
Troubleshoot various machinery and parts using a variety of test equipment such as
oscilloscope and multi-meter.
Test malfunctioning machinery and discusses malfunction with other maintenance
workers, such as maintenance machinist and electronics specialist to diagnose
malfunctions.
Replace faulty electrical components of machine such as relays, switches, and
motors and position sensing devices.
Install and maintain motors, welding equipment, lighting fixtures, generators, circuit
breakers and transformers.
Wires new buildings, machines, equipment and connects to power sources as
specified in sketches, drawings and verbal instructions.
Uses own initiative and experience to make electrical improvements in the plant or
on machines.
Assists Engineering or other departments in the development of new ideas and
experimental work to improve our products, machinery and methods.
Sets up and operates all existing electrical test equipment by the most efficient and
safe methods to diagnose electrical problems.
Strong ability to read electrical blueprints and apply NEC through the full range of building maintenance and construction work.
Determined safety precautions and observed safe and effective work methods; completed daily duties in a timely and effective manner.
Michael & Son Electrical Services
Electrical Technician
02/2003-11/2008.
Alexandria, VA
Responsible for equipment inspection, repairs and installation.
Using schematic and electrical diagrams to perform electrical maintenance and
perform facility pre-start checks.
Cross utilize-skills to support new installations, test operations during peak test
periods, and maintenance projects as needed.
Performs new installations and upgrades electrical equipments.
Install and upgrade other communication equipments, e.g. cable TV, telephone, etc.
Met with contractors at jobsites to explain needed repairs; developed planned, maintenance specifications for contractors.
Inspected contract work for conformity to specification; recommend contract work as appropriate and trained new employees.
Perform preventive and corrective maintenance electrical systems, and other associated equipment.
Cross-utilized and cross-trained to support all groups within the environment and also interface with co-workers, customers and project personnel.
Perform quality testing and interact diplomatically with vendors and customers.
Works from building plans, blueprints, wiring diagrams, engineering drawings, and electrical maintenance and repair manuals.
Installs, modifies, repairs, and maintains routine and standard electrical lines, circuits, systems, and associated fixtures, controls, and equipment.
Troubleshoots, tests, and loads new and existing electrical lines, circuits, systems, and associated fixtures, controls, and equipment.
Interprets and applies the National Electrical Code, local codes, building plans, blueprints, wiring diagrams, and engineering drawings, and uses trade formulas to calculate common properties, e.g., voltage, voltage drop, etc
Directs the work of Workers and Helpers during cable pulling, tagging, and securing as well as cutting, bending, and mounting electrical conduit.
Performs planning, layout, and design work for electrical circuits, equipment, and systems.
Plans and completes work assignments based on the priority of the systems or equipment to be repaired.
Inspects and troubleshoots high voltage electric power-controlling equipment and/or distribution lines.
Tests, troubleshoots, modifies, repairs, and overhauls a variety of complex electrical devices.
Strong ability to install and maintain motors, lighting fixtures, generators, circuit breakers, and transformers.
Polar Bear Heating & Air Cond. Svcs.
HVAC Technician
11/2001-02/2003
Alexandria, VA.
Maintained, installed, inspected, repaired and adjusted air conditioning, heating and refrigeration equipment including pumps, evaporators, chillers, boilers and other related equipment in buildings, plants and facilities.
Troubleshoot operating problems and provided recommendations for solutions and performed preventative maintenance as needed.
Installation, monitor, service, and repair of a wide variety of equipment in support of HVAC systems.
Help interpret mechanical and electrical blueprints, schematics, and drawings for environmental control systems, maintain, install, and repair electrical machinery.
Troubleshooting mechanical electrical systems and equipment.
Rigging electrical/mechanical HVAC systems at construction and renovation sites.
Strong working knowledge of plumbing, steam fitting, and the electrical trades as they pertain to HVAC systems.
Replace or repair electrical wiring, motors, pumps, and other integrated parts of air conditioning/heating, refrigeration, or heat pump equipment or systems; replace compressors, condensers, and other equipment as needed; install, calibrates, maintain, and adjust electronic or pneumatic control systems or devices.
Install water intake and drainage lines and pipes; recharge air conditioning/heating systems with refrigerants as necessary; install, maintain, insulate, and repair pipes for chilled water and other systems; install electrical lines from panel to unit to include wiring of components, thermostats, circuit breakers, power distribution switches, and safety devices.
Operated and performed minor maintenance on a variety of equipment and tools including drills, saws, welders, testers, air lifts, vacuum pumps and air balance equipment in a safe and efficient manner.
Installed new equipment and inspected new systems for potential maintenance problems; logged equipment history.
Installed piping and duct work.
Installed, removed and relocated air conditioning systems as needed; prepared and maintained various logs and records on work performed; requested required materials, supplies and equipment.
Other duties include: overhauling and rebuilding pumps and air compressors
GE INFORMATION SERVICES
Systems Engineer
12/1999-09/2001
Gaithersburg, MD.
Successfully prepared and upgraded patches to 142 HP- UX 10.20/11.00 servers.
Successfully prepared and deployed patches to 155 Solaris 2.6, 2.7 and 2.8 servers.
Management appointed me as the Technical Team Lead for Patch Management in my third week of involvement.
Installed, upgraded and configured Performances Tools such as
Measureware, Perfview and GlancePlus on 142 HP-UX 10.20/11.00 servers
and 155 Solaris 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 servers.
Maintained project schedule using Microsoft Excel and provided weekly project reviews and suggestions to upper management.
Provided 24/7 HP-UX and Sun Solaris systems support to clients and 258 office personnel.
Installed OS, software and drivers using jumpstart and ignite for Sun Solaris and HP UNIX systems respectively.
Coordinated and participated in fault tolerance and disaster recovery testing agreement with HP-Aglient that earned the company more than $450,000.
Performed general HP-UX, Solaris UNIX Systems Administration tasks including backups and recovery, adding users, installing, upgrading and general maintaining OS and applications, etc.
Made recommendations for hardware and software acquisition, changes, upgrades, improvements, setups, configuration, vendor contracts and software licenses management.
Performed troubleshooting and resolved problems with the software, hardware, database, and the server.
Facilitated in evaluation, planning, implementation and effective use of new technologies, applications and solutions.
Verified operating system version compatibility and systems analysis.
Participated in installed, configured and created of three databases on Windows 2000, Sun Solaris and HP UNIX Servers.
Comments
A highly talented Journeyman Electrician with comprehensive experience in troubleshooting, systems analysis, installations, upgrades and project leadership. I am a great company team player with excellent organizational and communication skills to provide high-end customers solutions.
