
Education
Michigan Institute of Aviation and Technology 09/2009 – 08/2010
Canton Campus, MI
Power Technology Curriculum
§ Treatment Fundamentals § Boiler Operation § Plant Monitoring & Instruments § Power Plant Equipment § Water Power Plant Troubleshooting § AC/DC Electrical Operation § Turbine Designs & Instrumentation § Turbine Engine Overview § Electrical System Protection & Distribution § Turbine Engine Operation § Gear Systems Operation & Design § Lubrication Systems & Cooling § Hydraulic Fundamentals & Operation
§ Diesel Engine Fundamentals ndWind Turbine Operation & Design § Welding Fundamentals (TIG & MIG)
J.F. Kennedy Taylor, MI 06/1984
High School Diploma
Work History
Blue Stream Professionals Marietta, GA. 08/2015- 11/2015
Top Tower Technician
Was called back to work in the Ohio market. Did installs for T-Mobile. Did full installs including building fully dressed booms. Installed fiber hybrid trunk. Terminate power/fiber cables into COVP. My experience working with T-Mobile was building the radios on the ground. I was part of the last crew out there. The company permanently laid me off due to downsizing.
Aeolus Energy Solutions Wilmington, DE. 05/2015- 08/2015
Site Supervisor
Plan daily meeting with a group of 20 crew members. Break into 4-5 crews and delegate work assignments. Our company works on wind farms throughout the country. Specializing in blade UT scans, blade repair, fiberglass, among other services. Crew I personally supervised was performing blade UT scanning. In charge of inventory of supplies. Check, correct, and recheck daily performance logs, time sheets, expense reports, JSA, lock out tag out, and confined space entry. Insure crew has all proper PPE and work in a safe manner.
Blue Stream Professionals Marietta, GA. 04/2014- 05/2015
Top Tower Technician
Tower work for AT&T. Doing full builds, including boom swaps, decommissioning, and consolidation if required. Following instructions by crew lead according to NFDS, install antennas, radio heads, squid, power/fiber trunks, jumpers, and ret cables. Do all terminations, routing cables, clipping to tower, labeling, azimuths, tape drops, and pictures. On ground, install GPS, cad welding, grounding, routing trunks through shelter, stringing, labeling, and terminating to DC-6.
Faith Technologies Appleton, WI. 03/2013- 11/2013
Tower Technician 2
Climb cell phone towers for AT&T. Decommission old antennas, coax, and microwave dish. Install new antennas, LTE radio heads, squid and terminate. Also pull new 1-5/8” coax, pull 6-8 power cable, and fiber optic cable. Consolidation if needed with GMS and UMTS. All cable management done according to spec. Properly ground everything required. In shelter, installed FIF rack, DC12 and terminate to power plant. Proper grounding, labeling, wax stringing cables all in a very professional manner.
Moeller Industries Wixom, Mi. 01/2013- 03/2013
Inspector
Perform inspections of parts made on CNC lathes and mills for aircraft industry. Run a CMM for precision testing of parts. Experienced with reading blue prints and Op sheets. Follow all procedures and proper documentation is a must.
Michigan Institute of Aviation and Technology Canton, Mi. 06/2012- 12/2012
Lab Assistant
Help students in the power generation technology. Assist mostly with the wind program. Climb and rescue, alignments, and circuit boards. Also help students with the electrical class.
Mar foods Corporation Taylor, Mi. 06/2012- 01/2013
Quality Assurance
In charge of documentation and inspections of all beef jerky, film and pouches. Follow procedures for rejected material. Drive hi lo to organize reject area. Perform reworks on returned product. And setup samples to send out to customers.
Mitsubishi Power Systems Fluvanna, TX/ Keyser, West Virginia 10/2010- 06/2012 Operator /Maintenance
Perform daily maintenance tasks including, cleaning, inspecting, troubleshooting alarms, repairing, or replacing parts as needed. Advanced from entry level to class C technician. Transferred from Texas to West Virginia to commission, operate and maintain 2.4MW turbines. Have acquired crane experience and went through the 500 hour maintenance.Safety and documentation is always been a priority to me.
Tailored Welded Blanks (TWB) Monroe, MI 02/1993- 06/2009
Top Senior Operator
Operated laser welding line, die setter and set dimensions for precession shears, operated 1000 ton coil fed press (blanking line or C.T.L..), step up supervisor, started communication program for continuous improvements, received multiple safety awareness awards, held very good attendance, operated fork lift, (5000-40000 pound capacity), operated 40 ton crane, preformed preventative maintenance , responsible for all quality and production coming off line, followed all given procedures (QS-9000, ISO certification).
American Drilling Dearborn, MI 05/1990- 08/1992
Driller Helper
| Last Resume Update | November 19, 2015 |
| Address | Brownstown |
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| Resume File | ricks-resume-update-11-18-2015.docx 23.44 kB |
| Spanish Speaking? | No |
| Willing to Relocate? | No |
| Years Experience | 3 |

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