Thomas Peterson is seeking a career using his technical skills to solve problems professionally. He has a background in electrical and mechanical maintenance and experience working in manufacturing. He has skills in areas such as mechanical systems, electrical systems, vacuum furnaces, hand tools, PLC logic, sensors, motors, pumps, machining, welding, forklifts and more. His work history includes positions as a metrology technician, quality technician, engineer technician and more where he assisted with tasks like inspections, measurements, equipment maintenance and repairs.

1. Thomas Peterson
10315 NE 152nd ave  Vancouver, WA 98682  (360) 771-5270  Thomas.Peterson406@gmail.com
Objective
Obtain a career with a work environment where I can use my technical skills and abilities to solve problems with
products or services professionally in a direct and timely manner. Help make a positive difference in a company using
my vast skill set while continuing to learn and improve myself technically and professionally.
Profile
Self-motivated, trustworthy,organized and driven professional with a background in electrical and mechanical
maintenance. Ability to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment with constantly changing priorities.
Mechanically inclined. Ability to work independently and as a team member with technical and non-technical
individuals.
Technical Ability and Experience
Technical background in mechanical and electrical with ability to read drawings , blue prints, schematics,
troubleshooting.Knowledge with running and maintaining vacuumfurnaces. Proficient with hand tools, multimeter,
PLC logic, electrical sensors/switches/encoders,rebuilding electrical and mechanical motors, gear boxes along with
water/hydraulic/pneumatic/vacuum and diffusion pumps, helium mass spectrometer. AC/DC wiring/trouble shooting,
computer networking. Machine tools such as mill's, lathe's, radial arm drill press,wire EDM, G-code, NX 3D, wood
working, air carbon arc gouging,oxy acetylene, plasma cutting,angle and die grinding, pipe and tube fitting, HVAC,
heating/cooling systems, oil and water sample analysis, welding: tig/stick/mig – solid/flux core/gas
shielding/aluminum and stainless.Forklift, manlift, overhead crane, stockpicker, reach truck, walk-in sandblast.Lock
out tag out, confined space entry, OSHA-10 safety course, CPR/first aid/AED training and certification. Use of
company vehicle/fuel card/credit card/traveling expense card. Proficient using Spatial Analyzer, Oracle, Kronos and
Microsoft products:Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Office 365, Windows 10 through Windows 95.
Education
Northwest Renewable Energy Institute - Diploma Vancouver, WA 11/2009-04/2010
Clark Community Collage Vancouver, WA Machining Course 09/2007
Prairie High School - Diploma Vancouver, WA 2004 - 2007
Employment History
Oregon Iron Works - Metrology Technician Portland, OR 04/2016 - Present
Assist project managers/manager/team leads and all other personnelwith identifying project sections that need
measurement reports to comply with engineering tolerances and provide documentation for coast guard, ABS and
other marine vesselapproval groups for sea worthy sigh off. Roll supported QA with findings and provided
assurance to customer. Operated FARO Vantage laser tracker, Sokkia NET05AX, NET05AXII, NET01AXII
Total Stations to measure and track built sections ofmarine projects, then compare acquired data to CAD models
using Spatial Analyzer software to showreal world dimensions versus blue prints.
JAE Oregon - Equipment Maintenance Tualatin, OR 03/2016 - 04/2016
Fix and repair all production equipment in plant including high speed stamping presses,plastic injection molding,
electroplating equipment and assembly equipment. Assembly of critical safety components in automotive use such
as airbag wiring harness connectors.Quality of parts being assembled after work is preformed on equipment is
critical due to ISO 9001 and ISO 16949 standards.
Insitu - Quality Technician Bingen, WA 11/2015 - 03/2016
Assist all departments with quality part inspections and verify all paperwork for all customer contracts including
US government and ITAR regulations. Verify incoming parts meet all document requirements such as drawing
design,customer certificate of conformance, first article documents and other in house required documents.
Vigor Machine - Metrology Technician Portland, OR 08/2015 - 09/2015
Assist project managers/team leads with identifying sections of marine build that do not meet tolerances set by
coast guard, ABS and othermarine vesselapproval groups.Roll supported QA with our findings. Operated
FARO Vantage laser tracker and Sokkia Total Station to measure and track built sections of marine projects and

2. Thomas Peterson
10315 NE 152nd ave  Vancouver, WA 98682  (360) 771-5270  Thomas.Peterson406@gmail.com
compared acquired data to CAD models or drawings to show real world dimensions compared to engineer blue
prints.
Esco Corporation - Engineer Technician Portland, OR 08/2011 - 07/2015
Primary duty to assist personnelas required with job requests.Collaborate with engineers/managers/teams to
explore testing ideas to gatherdata on new or in use products.Interpret CAD drawings to complete requested
job. Proper set up and operation of equipment such as rapid prototype,mill, lathe, drill press,welding, arcing,
grinding, wire EDM, strain gauge, robot, hydraulic actuators,drop towers, vacuum furnace to make/build/test
sample for in house data.Grind and fit pre-production castings for field trials. Complete equipment inspections
and PM's with CMMS. Order parts/consumables,outsource jobs, wright PO’s, fix broken/damaged equipment.
Suzlon - Wind Turbine Technician Ellensberg, WA 06/2010 - 08/2011
Maintain and repair wind turbines,troubleshoot electrical problems, maintenance PM’s, repetitive climbing,
extreme heights environment’s, on-call, daily climbing gear inspection, safety awareness at all times.
Napa Auto Parts - Delivery Driver/Counter Sales Portland, OR 09/2008 - 09/2009
Worked sales counterhelping customers with automotive parts. Pulled parts, filled orders, identified delivery
route and drove deliveries to customers. Received safe driver and employee of the month awards along with
awards in air induction and advanced filter knowledge.
References available upon request Willing to travel Willing to relocate upon request