Louis E. Popp, Jr.
OBJECTIVE: A position where my passion for operating heavy equipment will provide a valuable contribution to the corporation and personal opportunities for stable employment.
SUMMARY: I am a professional Certified Heavy Equipment Operator, General Manager and Mobile Equipment Manager with twenty plus years of increasing responsibility ranging from, Master Mechanic to Maintenance and Mobile Equipment Manager to Management Consultant and Business Owner. I am familiar with all aspects of mechanical, electrical and hydraulic repair of off the road heavy equipment and over the road semi tractors and trailers with computerized costing, performance tracking / forecasting, budgeting and personnel management ability.
Employment & Equipment History:
Comtek Computer Services: 6/84 Present
Started Part Time and in early 1990 went Full time Self Employed Computer Consultant and Analysts overseeing day to day operations, training, scheduling and finances and, directing employees in Sales, Service, setup & installation and maintenance of IBM PC and Clone computers and servers, configuring and setting up small to mid size networks.
TRANSPORT INVESTMENT CORPORATION: 5/84 5/91
Director Of Maintenance:
Union Shop 14 Mechanic/Welders at four different sites.
100 OTR Class 8 Trucks and Flat Bed trailers
responsible for insuring that all company over the road tractors and trailers are kept in the best operating condition available, while maintaining labor dollars and parts costs at a minimum and not jeopardizing safety in any manner. Also for determining priorities, scheduling and coordinating the preventive and emergency repair maintenance of one hundred company tractors and trailers and approximately forty seven customer and broker units thru three repair locations.
I also decide the need and provide special training for fourteen mechanic/welders, tire men, ninety five drivers and other related personnel. I insure that an acceptable parts and tool inventory is maintained, control safety, employee control and discipline, spec new equipment, develop and evaluate cost reduction projects while tracking all equipment operations and costs with a computer system I installed and developed.
Edward C. Levy Corporation, 12/80 12/83
Maintenance Superintendent
Maintenance Turn Foreman
I directly supervised thirty eight skilled union tradesmen including Mechanics, Lub men, Welders, Plus Operators, servicing heavy, medium and light duty materials handling equipment at two different locations. I determined priorities, scheduled work orders, purchased repair parts and tools, administered the safety program, evaluated vendor pricing and service and set up cost reduction projects.
Developed experience and proficiency in day to day operations of the heavy equipment including:
Cat 992 Bucket Loader (Hot Pit)
Cat 988A & B Bucket Loaders
Hough 400 and 560 Bucket Loaders
Euclid 35 and 50 Ton Dump Trucks
Cat Grader
Euclid 35 and 50 Ton Dump Trucks
Kamatsu Track Loaders (Hot Pit)
Kress "U" Frame Pot Haulers
Kress "U" Frame Slab Hauler
Kress "Straddle" Slab Hauler
Kress "I" Frame Scrap Hauler
Manitowoc Boom Cranes W/ Drop Balls
Assorted support equipment
Alexander Proudfoot Co. 2/75 11/80
Systems_& Procedures Management Consultant, covering a broad range of industries nation wide. Acted as a Project Leader, directing teams of up to eighteen people to determine and recommend steps to solve Maintenance, Manufacturing or Service problems. This Involved: the Design and Installation of Labor Productivity, Maintenance Management, Operations Management, Training, Quality Control, Communication and Management Reporting Systems and the follow up on the progress of these systems.
Bethlehem Steel, 1967 1975:
I achieved an "A" Rating for Heavy Mobile Equipment Mechanics performing major overhauls and periodic maintenance on heavy on and off the road equipment. I was assigned a special project to set up an off the road equipment paint shop. This included the purchasing of equipment and products, employee training, records and inventory control.
During my employment at Bethlehem I was trained and became proficient in the operations of :
100, 150 and 300 Ton Overhead Cranes with Single and Double Hoists, Coil Tongs, Sheet Lifters, Magnets. Warehouse and Production Fork Lifts, Hyster, Clark, Pettybone Bobcat Skid loaders, IH L175 Track Loaders, Hough 560 & 400 Loaders, General Electromotive, Locomotive Engines and rail works.
Bethlehem Certified Crane Operator #269
Lake George Ready Mix, part time 1974 75:
FWDTenYardMixer,
Hendrickson 425hpCat 13 speed, Alum. Dump.
LessardBrothers Transport, 1974 1975:
Hendrickson 425hp Cat 13 speed, Alum. Dump.
Hough wheel loader
MILITARY & EDUCATION:
Hobart High School 1966.
Purdue University 1967/68 Associate in Industrial Management and Supervision.
Several Vocational courses in diesel mechanics, welding and computer technology plus management seminars and courses thru the Truck Maintenance Council and Association of Management Consultants. U.S.A.R. Honorable Discharge 1975.
Recent Education and Certifications:
In preparation to re enter heavy equipment operation
I attended Associated Training Schools achieving:
(NCCER) National Center for Construction Education and Research
Heavy Equipment Certification Levels I, II, & III
Class A CDL for Class 8 Trucks,
Certified in the following Types of Equipment:
Cat 12G Grader
Cat D25B Haul Truck
Cat 613 & 615 Elevator Scrapers
Deere 80C & 120C Excavators
Deere 450H Dozer
Deere 650 Dozer
Deere 310SG TLB Backhoe
Deere 310E TLB Backhoe
Deere 317 Skid Loader
Deere 5400 & 5410 Tractors
Goodall 2200, 360* Extended Boom Excavator
HYPAC DynaPac SheepsFoot Vibratory Compactor
Komatsu WB140 TLB Backhoe
Linkbelt 2800 Excavator
Loadall Forklift
New Holland LW50 and LW110 Loaders
PERSONAL:
I am in excellent health. Happily married with three daughters.
I enjoy fishing, hunting, camping, wood working, restoring antique vehicles including steam equipment.
Excellent references will be provided when mutual interest is established.
Salary is negotiable and I am willing to relocate.
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