BRIAN MURDEN
Bedford
Summary
Forward-thinking professional offering more than 15 years of experience working in demanding, deadline-driven environments. Excellent skills servicing industrial and propulsion plant systems, making repairs and conducting warranty work.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Field Service Technician
Flow Control Group
01.2024 - Current
- Motivated, self-starting maintenance and repair technician who travels daily with company vehicle to various industrial plants across Virginia and North Carolina to perform preventative maintenance and repairs on industrial air compressors, blowers and refrigerated and dessicant dryers
- Responsible for accurately diagnosing complex mechanical and electrical issues using trade specialized diagnostic equipment
- Provides timely and professional customer service as well as addressing specific concerns and explaining maintenance practices and repairs clearly
- Successfully implements preventative maintenance programs for customers in order to minimize equipment downtime
- Maintains and manages detailed service records and inventory in order to optimize time and resources for every individual customer, equating to minimal production downtime and maximized value across every plant visited
2ND/3RD Shift Fleet Maintenance Shop Foreman
Merchant Distributors Inc.
08.2022 - 01.2024
- Manages, trains and provides support to 18 experienced repair technicians across two shops and two shifts in the maintenance and repair of 270 semi-trucks and 1000+ trailers totaling $75Mil+ worth of equipment
- Prioritizes and delegates workloads based on short-fused inter-departmental needs
- Average of 150 outbound deliveries nightly with 98.5% on-time delivery rate; 3.5% above the industry standard for excellence
- Manages the PM program: 1400+ overdue items across fleet, now down 350% and falling through process improvement and technician training
- Shop rework down 51%; equipment downtime down 66%
- Innovated and piloted MDI's first work-study qualification program
- Provides the opportunity to acquire ASE Certifications at no cost
- 12 students have received 17 certifications since June 2023
- Standardizes training, troubleshooting and workflow and has reduced direct monetary expense and downtime
Senior Enlisted Leader/Chief Engineer
United States Navy
02.2011 - 06.2022
- Served 12 years Active Duty in the United States Navy as Engineman (EN)
- Highest rank achieved was Chief Engineman
- Served as Reactor Aux LPO six years onboard USS Enterprise (CVN 65) in Reactor Auxiliary department for her final shipyard availability, last cruise, terminal offload, and history's first aircraft carrier reactor defuel and decommission
- Forward deployed to NSA Bahrain onboard USS Firebolt (PC 10) as Engineering Department Main Propulsion Assistant
- Served at NRC Buffalo as Chief Engineer for Assault Craft Unit 2 and later as Command Senior Enlisted Leader
- Directly led 142 technicians and operators in 1700+ hours of operational training, 10,000+ hours of preventive maintenance and 425+ corrective and emergent repairs to $22MIL in assets across 12 Diesel Engine platforms, eight electric plants, eight hydraulic aircraft elevators, six A/C and refrigeration plants and myriad of associated supporting equipment avoiding $7.5MIL in commercial level costs over 13000+ man-hours with 95% of work completed correctly under budget
- ZERO safety mishaps
- Implemented 25 maintenance revisions to validate, verify and update 700+ Navy PM system requirements and procedures ensuring 165+ technicians and operators continue to effectively utilize the Navy's PM system to meet mission requirements
Education
Bachelor of Science -
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VASkills
- Problem-solving
- Troubleshooting and repair
- Customer service
- Technical troubleshooting
- Teamwork and coordination
- Training and mentoring
- Mechanical aptitude
- Customer training
- Inventory management
- Hardware and software installation
- Electrical troubleshooting
- Schematic interpretation
Certification
- Six Sigma Certification
- EPA Section 608 Refrigerant Recycling and Emission Reductions Universal Certification – Environmental Protection Agency.
- EPA Section 609 Refrigerant Recycling and Emission Reductions Certification – Environmental Protection Agency.
- Preventive Maintenance Inspection (PMI) Certification - National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE).
- Diesel Engines Certification - National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE).
- Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVAC/R) Certification - National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE).
- USMAP Journeyman Diesel Engine Mechanic
Timeline
Field Service Technician
Flow Control Group
01.2024 - Current
2ND/3RD Shift Fleet Maintenance Shop Foreman
Merchant Distributors Inc.
08.2022 - 01.2024
Senior Enlisted Leader/Chief Engineer
United States Navy
02.2011 - 06.2022
Bachelor of Science -
Old Dominion University
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