I definitely wasn't mature enough for this job in my early to mid 20s, i was having too much fun lol.

Now i work hand in hand with millwrights, pipefitters, electricians, and engineers. There are plenty of days i wish i went the millwright route when we get handcuffed from not doing their job. Kinda a no no with taking work away from each other, but i like tearing into things and fixing them.

 

That's exactly why I got into it. Been playing my old man's wrenches since I could walk. I'm not in a union shop and I'm the only maintenance employee at my plant so I get to do it all which is cool. Don't have to worry about stepping on anyone's toes. Lol

 

I make hazmat deliveries to a couple hazmat incinerators around here. Several water treatment plants to. Have quite a few breweries we deliver to as well. It amazes me sometimes at the stuff they use CO2 for.

 

Did my 4 year apprenticeship 12 years after tech school and am a journeyman maintenance mechanic. sitting here on break thinking I am so glad I have this job vs wrenching on cars all day. Factory life sucks but the money is too good to go anywhere else.

 

The plant I am at now I am more of a maintenance technician. So I do everything on the machines from mechanical repair to electrical. My apprenticeship program covered maintenance mechanic, machine tool repair and millwright. All very similar, just a little different.

 

That is just my job title. We do everything but roofing and electrical. I would be considered a millwright as of now since I run the building hvac, repair plumbing, pm all kinds of crap but mainly air handlers, do safety checks etc. But on overtime I can be anywhere doing anything from mowing, painting parking lot, snow removal, construction, process work, etc. Just had to add 80 gallon dowtherm to a heating loop, as the shift before me missed that the loop pressure was down to zero.

 

I work on locomotives at UP. In Chicago. Great job always been a mechanic so it's great. Iam all in for the next meet n greet. Located in NE Illinois by Kenosha 👍

 

i wont know til mid-january if ill be free until after june...hopin for the entire summer off

 

We actually have to go mix up some Dowtherm right now and top off one of our heat exchanger systems.

 

I am on my phone and can't see Matt's schedule to see if any of my weekends off match up with his.. But then again I can always call in with **** glaucoma or take vacation days. Here are my off weekend for April May and June
4-7
4-28
5-19
6-9
6-30

We are far enough out that hopefully everyone can make plans or accommodations to be at the next M&G.