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Name : craigrehkopf
Industry Type : Energy Producers- Developers
City & State : Aurora, IL
Job Title Instrumentation technician
Relocation Preferences : any
Objective : to apply my skills to a new employer
Resume :  
CRAIG REHKOPF


PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Instrument and Control Technician with extensive QA QC electrical background of over 35 years of experience in all types of commercial and industrial environments. Certified in control and instrumentation; licensed in Texas. Willing to contract to any location, including overseas. US citizen with Civilian Access Card (CAC), authorized access to all military installations worldwide. US EXPAT, TSA TWIC.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Performed bench calibration, loop checks, start-ups and I&C maintenance. Including: Honeywell DCS control systems (analog and digital) as well as Honeywell Smart digital and analog transmitters. Worked on various digital and analog instruments, mass flow meters. Emerson Ovation DCS , loop checking, calibration, and troubleshooting experience. Allen-Bradley RS Logistics 5000, Bentley Nevada vibration sensors, Fisher control valve (Fieldvue), Masoneilan control valves, Tyco flow control valves, Asco valves, Bailey ABB positioners, Rosemount, Mass flow meters, Smart digital and analog transmitters.
Completed over 500 inspections, Contracted as QA QC Electrical Inspector in Iraq and Kuwait, details upon request
Tested and Commissioned, GE 7 frames, LM6000, Coal-Fired Boilers Combined Cycle Power generating Plants. Bio-Energy Ethanol Plants, with Yokogawa Foundation Field bus.
Produced Quality Analysis Inspection Reports to document compliance discrepancies of code.
Highly skilled installation, calibration, and start-up technician in any manufacturing setting, as well as chemical, pharmaceutical, and refinery plants. Test and commission Steel and Pig Iron Blast Furnaces.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

01/30/10 04/30/10 Scheck Technical Services Oak Creek, WI (Coal-fired Plant)
CCST/Instrument Technician

09/2009 11/2009 Sachs Electric Abencs Project Madison, WI (Ethanol Plant)
CCST/Instrument Technician

09/2009 10/2009 Scheck Technical Services Dearborn, MI (Steel Blast Furnace)
CCST/Instrument Technician

05/2009 09/2009 Scheck Technical Services Oak Creek, WI (Coal-fired Plant)
Instrument and Control Technician

01/2009 04/2009 KBR Houston, TX (Overseas)
QA QC Electrical Inspector

10/2008 01/2009 Lang Mechanical, Aurora, IL (Robots)
CCST Technician

08/2008-10/2008 Scheck Mechanical Corporation St. Paul, MN (Refinery)
CCST/Instrument Technician

07/2008 08/2008 Bechtel Corporation Oak Creek, WI (Coal-Fired Boiler)
CCST Technician

06/2008 08/2008 Commercial Electric Corporation Decatur, IL (HVAC Energy Control)
CCST Technician

06/2008 06/2008 API Control Aurora, IL (HVAC Energy Management)
CCST Technician

05/2008 05/2008 Bechtel Corporation Oak Creek, WI (Coal-Fired Boiler)
Instrument Technician

11/2007 02/2008 Lang Mechanical Aurora, IL (Robot Positioners)
CCST Technician

03/2007 12/2007 Preferred Electric Corporation Montgomery, IL (Energy Management)
I&C Technician

09/2007 09/2007 Continental Electrical Company, LLC. Yorkville, IL (Food Processing)
I&C Technician

10/2006 03/2007 Dynamic Electrical Morse, IL (Chemical Processing)
I&C Technician

07/2006 09/2006 Steilmac Electrical Sugar Grove, IL (Water Treatment)
Instrument Technician

05/2006 07/2006 Morse Electrical, Yorkville, IL (Water Treatment)
CCST Technician

03/2005 04/2006 Ballard Companies Plano, IL (Waste Water Treatment)
Foreman/I&C Technician

11/2004 03/2005 The Washington Group Port Washington, WI (Combined-Cycle Plant)
CCST/I&C Technician

08/2004 12/2004 AMP Electrical Company, Aurora, WI (Energy Management)
I&C Technician

06/2003 07/2004 MIV, Inc. Aurora, IL (Energy Management)
CCST/I&C Technician

11/2002 04/2003 Divane Brothers Company Batavia, IL (Accelerator Lab)
I&C Technician

01/2002 01/2002 Scheck Technical Services Zion, IL (Gas Turbine Power Plant)
CCST/I&C Technician

01/2002-01/2002 Meade Electric Company Minooka, IL (Combined Cycle)
General Foreman/CCST/I&C Technician

01/2000-01/2001 Sachs Electric Eola, IL
I&C Technician

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Appointed General Foreman on several contracts, including expansion of waste-water treatment plant, solar turbine, GE 7FAs turbine generator systems, LM 6000, Mark V and VI control system projects. Start-up of Bio-Energy Plants. Commissioned Yokogawa Foundation Field Bus.
Installed, calibrated, performed loop-check and start-up to the Ovation DCS cabinets (analog and digital systems) at Marathon Oil Refinery during plant shut down; installed, calibrated, and performed loop-check of instruments in coal-fired power plant.
Installed and calibrated energy control systems for energy management systems in schools and hospitals in the city of Champaign, Illinois.
Provided on-time start-up and troubleshooting of parts positioners and robotic arms on behalf of the Wolf Robotic Company in a Caterpillar plant.
Installed, tested, and performed start-up of Zenner-style lighting control system.
Installed, wired, tested, and performed start-up of new chemical line at Axcio Nobel chemical plant.

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS

2007 Certified Control Systems Technician Level II - Certificate #22074, ISA
Research Park, NC
2006 EPRI Level II/B Instrument and Controls - Certification #D577356, IBEW 697
Hammond, IN
2004 Journeyman Electrician - License #00047468, State of Texas Austin, TX
Electrical License #00076210 EJ, City of Houston, TX
2003 Associate of Arts Degree Construction/Electrical, Waubonsee Community College
Sugar Grove, IL
2002 Certificate Level I/A - Certificate #D577356, UA597 Chicago, IL
2002 Refrigerant Transition Recovery (Universal), Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI
1999 Certificate Level I - Certificate #14739 ISA, CCST Research Park, NC
1997 Traffic Signal Technician Level I, Traffic Signal Technician Level II, Work Zone Safety, International Municipal Signal Association Research Park, NC
1995 National Training Institute for Electrical Instructors Certificate,
University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN
1995 Associate of Arts Degree Electronics, Waubonsee Community College
Sugar Grove, IL
1994 Associate of Arts Degree Computer Aided Design (CAD) Robotics, Waubonsee Community College Sugar Grove, IL
1993 Electronics Digital Theory Certificate, Waubonsee Community College
Sugar Grove, IL
1992 Electronics Basic Concepts Certificate, Waubonsee Community College
Sugar Grove, IL
1992 Electronics Circuit Theory Certificate, Waubonsee Community College
Sugar Grove, IL
1991 Electronics Robotics Servicing Technology Certificate, Waubonsee Community College Sugar Grove, IL
1976 Journeyman/Electrician, Waubonsee Community College Sugar Grove, IL





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