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Ralf Meister

6285 E. Old Post Road

Garden City, KS 67846

620-290-1168
ralfnew@yahoo.com

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Objective:       to provide solutions to customers by communication, research and implementation
to teach the next generation

 

Employment History:

Technician           American Implement – Garden City, KS
2005- current

·        technician, repair and service of farm equipment

 

Foreman            Naegele Combining, Inc. – Lucas, KS
1999-2005 

·        Foreman and technician

·        Manage daily operations in the shop during off season and in the field throughout harvest season

·        Repair, maintain and improve combines, trucks and other equipment

·        Maintain work schedules of harvest crew employees

·        Retain repeat customers and find new customers

·        Train new employees

·        Maintain company website

·        Evaluate prospective employees

·        Operation of trucks, tractors, combines (John Deere, Lexion, Peterbuilt, MacDon)
 

Harvest Crewman          Albert Franz Custom Harvesting – Buhler, KS
1998-1999:            

  • Assist with harvest crew duties
  • Mechanic, mostly on CIH 1688 combines

 

Project and Maintenance Engineer          Kloeckner Pentaplast – Gordonsville, VA
1997-1998:

  • project engineering
  • commission of new PLCs, MMIs and drive systems
  • maintain existing control systems, MMIs and drives
  • train electricians

 

Commissioning and Design Engineer          Cegelec – Frankfurt, Germany
1996-1997:            

  • Commissioning of electric drives, low and high voltage switchgears
  • implementing, test and adaptation of DCS process control software and MMI diagrams for a paper mill in France

  

Commsissioning and Design Engineer          Asea Brown Boveri – Mannheim, Germany
1993-1996:

  • Commissioning of electric drives, low and high voltage switchgears
  • Implementing, test and adaptation of  DCS process control software and MMI diagrams for power plants in East Germany and Arabia

     

1987-1994:

  • Part-time employment with various farming and one trucking operations while attaining education

     

Education:

Knasas State University
2009:

  • master’s class in Power Systems Protection

 

John Deere University
2008:

  • Obtained degree of advanced technician

 

Fachhochschule Ludwigshafen - Germany
1990-1992:

  • Obtained a degree in business economics and industrial management similar to an American bachelors
  • practice term in controlling and accountance at BASF
  • diploma work at Mercedes Benz

     

Berufsakademie Mannheim - Germany
1987-1990:

  • Obtained a degree in Electrical Engineering similar to an American masters
  • includes 5 practice terms in various departments of Asea Brown Boveri

 

1986-1987:

  • Service in the German army



 

References:

            upon request