EPA Certified Water Treatment Operator and Control Specialist with almost 25 years of extensive experience installing, maintaining, and replacing water treatment facility equipment and materials. Able to perform all aspects of treatment plant maintenance and operations, providing routing thorough, precise written reports to superiors.
EPA Certified Water Treatment Operator and Control Specialist with almost 25 years of extensive experience installing, maintaining, and replacing water treatment facility equipment and materials. Able to perform all aspects of treatment plant maintenance and operations, providing routing thorough, precise written reports to superiors.
EPA Certified Water Treatment Operator and Control Specialist with almost 25 years of extensive experience installing, maintaining, and replacing water treatment facility equipment and materials. Able to perform all aspects of treatment plant maintenance and operations, providing routing thorough, precise written reports to superiors.
958 Elizabeth Drive Lancaster, OH 43130 Phone: (614) 307-2227 aor4619@gmail.com
WATER TREATMENT OPERATOR CONTROL SPECIALIST Versatile, highly qualified, EPA Certified Water Treatment Operator and Control Specialist with almost 25 years of extensive experience installing, maintaining, and replacing water treatment facility equipment and materials. Expert in analyzing data to resolve problems with control systems; well-versed in documenting maintenance and repairs of facility systems. Proficient in developing process improvements that streamline workflow, coordinating maintenance schedules, and managing facility materials & equipment inventory. Able to perform all aspects of treatment plant maintenance and operations, providing routing thorough, precise written reports to superiors. Honorably discharged from United States Navy. AREAS OF EXPERTISE Equipment & Material Installation Equipment Maintenance Repair & Replacement Loop Installation & Repair Strategic Instrument Calibration Security System Management Facility Network Management Materials & Equipment Inventory SCADA System Management Ground Well Maintenance Document Management Sample Collection & Testing PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE CITY OF LANCASTER, DIVISION OF WATER, Lancaster, OH 1995 - 2013 Instrumentation Technician (2005 2013) Personally developed and implemented all routine aspects of this position. Install and troubleshoot 4-20 mA control loops, Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) loops and related components. Program, troubleshoot and repair programmable logic controllers. Identify, select and work with vendors to order all materials and equipment necessary to maintain efficient operation of instrumentation and control systems and equipment. Perform calibration on various types of instruments. Perform installation of various types of instrumentation and controls. Maintain and repair instrumentation and controls. Maintain and repair facility PC network systems. Knowledge of methods, practices, tools and equipment used in electronics equipment repair. Oversee maintenance and all components of SCADA system. Maintain Security Systems for multiple facilities. Maintenance/Operator III (1995 2005) Operated pumps, valves, motors, and related machinery and equipment. Recorded readings of meters, gauges, and scales. Regulated and adjusted chlorinators, washed filter beds and regenerated ion exchange softener. Collected water for testing, and prepared necessary tests for control of plant operations. Assisted in installing, maintaining and repairing pumps, filters, plumbing and heating systems, electrical circuits, valves, chemical feeders, reservoir disinfection, and other machinery and equipment at the Water Treatment Plant. Performed minor electrical maintenance at plant. Assisted in maintaining buildings and wells as well as major overhaul, repair or installation of equipment. Kept records of all maintenance and repair work. THOMPSON, ROBERT, PAGE 2. UNITED STATES NAVY, Norfolk, VA 1991 - 1995 Machinist Mate Aligned piping systems for oil, water, air and steam, and controlling the operation of ship boilers and steam turbines used for ship propulsion and service systems. Controlled operation of turbo generators used to produce electrical power. Operated and maintained desalinization plants (distilling plants) to make fresh water from sea water. Repaired or replaced valves, pumps, compressors, and hydraulic or pneumatic control devices. Recorded and analyzed machinery operating reports. EDUCATION Logan High School, Logan, OH, Diploma 165 hours of EPA Licensure Continuing Education completed CERTIFICATIONS Ohio EPA Class III Operator, Certification Number-WS3-1015481-04 Ohio EPA Operational Chemical Analyses, Approval Numbers: 4053 & 1155 MEMBERSHIPS American Water Works Association Ohio Rural Water Association