Joseph N. Rodriguez

 

38 Berkley Avenue 

Joliet, Illinois  60433 

(815) 616-1552 Cell

(815) 727-0051 Home

 

 

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATES:

 

December 1994Environmental Protection Agency

Certificate of Competency as a Class "A" License

Public Water Treatment/Distribution Operator

Utility Locator

 

August 1988Joliet Junior College, Joliet, IL

Business Assistance & Training Center

Pipe Fitting Seminar / Hydraulics and Pneumatics Seminar

 

 

December 1985Joliet Junior College, Joliet, IL

Associates in Applied Science/Certificate of Achievement

      - Automotive Service

 

 

OTHER COURSES: ON GOING EDUCATION

Ø      OSHA Required Courses

Ø      SWARM Training

Ø      Illinois Utility Expo Seminars

Ø      Confined Space Training

Ø      Lockout/Tagout Training

Ø      AC/DC Motors

Ø      Digital Multimeter

Ø      New System Inspection

Ø      Water System Planning/Mapping

Ø      Operating Reports/Applied Math

Ø      Class “A” RTC  (June 2002 – December 2002)

Ø      Class “A” RTC (August 2004 – November 2005)

Ø      Class “A” RTC (January 2009 – April 2009)

Ø      Class “A” RTC (January 2012 – June 2012)

Ø      Class “A” RTC (February 2014- Currently in class)

 

LANGUAGES:Spanish fluently.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE:

 

Apr. 2006 – Present               USIC Utility Resources – Locator Tech

              860 Oak Creek Dr-Lombard, Illinois

 

Current position requires the continuous use of the laptop computer to receive daily work orders and downloading prints for ComEd, Nicor, AT&T and Comcast.  Locate underground/aerial ComEd 3ph primary/secondary transformer mainlines and services, NICOR gas mains/services, and Comcast feeder lines/fiber optics and AT&T fiber/multiple pair lines on new construction for all excavators.  On-call after hours/ weekends/holidays for emergencies, i.e. ComEd faults/water main breaks/line damages

 

Feb. 2004 – Feb. 2006              City of Plainfield

              Plainfield, Illinois

 

Water Operator:  Well/Chicago Water.  Capacity (1.5 GPD)

Operated SCADA system (monitoring and operating tower levels/respond to high/low level alarms ).  Manual/Auto radio read water meters – trans receiver laptop.  Installed and programmed MXU digital radio read to water meters on new construction/existing residence.  Sampled/logged wells and Chicago water for CL2-PO4 and pressure station. Repair Water Main breaks, Hydrant maintenance and repair, Hydrant flushing, Water Main Valve exercising, B-box repair/shut-off for non-payment, J.U.L.I.E Locates for Water Mains/Sanitary/Storms/Streetlights , On-call 24 hours plus weekends and holidays.

 

Aug.  2000 – Feb. 2004              Nightingale Medical Corporation

              Schaumburg, Illinois

 

Distribute, setup, and orientate medical equipment for home-care patients, such as oxygen concentrators, portable O2 tanks, and nebulizers, tracheostomy care.

 

On-call 24 hours plus weekends and holidays.

 

WORK EXPERIENCE: (Cont'd)

 

November 1979 - 1998Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)

(18 years employment)9700 South Cass Avenue

Argonne, IL  60439

(13 years/rotating shift weekly including weekends and holidays)

 

April 1988-1998Water/Waste Treatment/Distribution Operator-Argonne Nat Lab

 

Domestic Water Capacity (500,000 GPD):

[ANL Well Water/Aerators/Sand Filters/Zeo Lite Resin Softeners/Sequester/Chlorination/               Distributions LowLift/HighLift Pumps/hourly readings]

 

Analyzed:  Iron/Turbidity/Total Hardness/Calcium Hardness/Chlorine/Alkalinity/PH Adjustment/Chemical Usage/Sodium Hydroxide/Zinc/ Polymers/Sodium Hexamedaphosphate.

 

Chicago Water (500,000 GPD):

[Monitor pressure station/distribution/hourly readings]

 

Analyzed:  Iron/Turbidity/Hardness/Chlorine/Alkalinity/PH Adjustment/Chemical Usage/Zinc/Polymers.

 

Waste Water (500,000 GPD):

[Retention tanks/Clarifiers/Trickling Filters/Sandbeds/Proportional and Grab Samples]

                    [monitor/alarm  respond to lift stations/hourly readings]

 

Canal Cooling Water (400,000 GPD):

[DesPlaines River intake/Alum Coagulation Units/Blanket Levels/Turbidity Removal/Distribution/Chemical Usage/Inhibitors, Polymers/hourly readings]

 

Analyzed:  Turbidity/Chlorine/Inhibitors/Conductivity/PH/Alkalinity/ Calcium Hardness.

 

Lab Water (200,000 GPD):

[Aerators/EQ Tanks/Claricones]

 

Analyzed Metals:  PH/Conductivity/Total Dissolve and Suspended Solids/Total Iron/Soluble Iron/Insoluble Iron/Manganese/Zinc/Copper/Turbidity/Mercury/ Alkalinity/Calcium Hardness.

 

1985-1988Boiler Steam Plant Auxliary Equipment Operator –Argonne Nat Lab

Manually regenerate softners/operate start stop monitored turbines /compressors/ boiler feed pumps/coal conveyor operations/hourly readings