Beatrix Quillworth-Novak

Install, set, and laser-align motors, gearboxes, pumps, fans, and roll drives on the hot-strip mill and continuous caster to 0.002 in. tolerances using Easy-Laser and Fixturlaser systems. Run monthly vibration routes on 340+ critical assets; trend and analyze spectra to catch bearing and misalignment faults early, cutting unplanned mill downtime by 27% in two years. Rebuild 40+ gearboxes, centrifugal pumps, and descale pump assemblies per year, including bearing fits, seal replacement, backlash checks, and torque-spec reassembly. Lead 8–12 person millwright crews through quarterly 72-hour outages, finishing 96% of planned work orders on time while coordinating cranes, riggers, and electricians. Author and enforce lockout/tagout and confined-space procedures for 25 equipment groups; zero lost-time incidents on my crews since 2021. Mentor 6 apprentice millwrights on alignment, precision measurement, and rigging; 4 have since reached journeyman status.

Performed field millwright work at steel mills, a refinery, and three food and beverage plants across Lake and Porter counties, completing 150+ service calls per year. Maintained, re-tensioned, and rebuilt belt, roller, and screw conveyors plus mechanical and hydraulic presses, reducing repeat breakdowns at a key bakery client by 40%. Read and interpreted mechanical and structural blueprints to fabricate and install baseplates, guards, and equipment skids to drawing specs. Assisted certified welders with MIG/TIG fit-up, tacking, and structural repairs; performed oxy-fuel cutting and grinding under hot-work permits. Set and leveled new packaging and palletizing lines with optical levels and epoxy grout, supporting two plant expansions worth $6M combined. Rigged and moved machinery up to 30 tons using gantries, chain falls, and cribbing with zero dropped-load incidents.

Completed a 4-year registered millwright apprenticeship with 8,000 on-the-job hours and 576 classroom hours. Replaced and fitted bearings, mechanical seals, couplings, and packing on pumps, blowers, and gear reducers. Troubleshot and repaired hydraulic power units, cylinders, and pneumatic valves and actuators on production equipment. Ran daily and weekly preventative maintenance routes covering lubrication, belt and chain inspection, and oil sampling for 200+ assets, logged in the CMMS. Supported journeyman crews on shutdowns with disassembly, precision measurement, and parts staging.

4-year registered apprenticeship: 8,000 OJT hours and 576 classroom hours in rigging, precision alignment, hydraulics, we4-year registered apprenticeship: 8,000 OJT hours and 576 classroom hours in rigging, precision alignment, hydraulics, welding, and blueprint reading. Graduated with honors.lding, and blueprint reading. Graduated with honors.

Coursework in fluid power, mechanical drives, industrial electricity, PLC fundamentals, and technical drawing. GPA 3.7.

Certified in FFT spectrum analysis, time-waveform review, and fault diagnosis for imbalance, misalignment, looseness, and bearing defects.

Fall protection, scaffolding, excavation, electrical, and hazard communication; supports crew safety leadership on outage work.

Load weights, sling angles, hitch selection, hardware inspection, and standard crane hand signals.

Horizontal and vertical machine alignment, soft-foot correction, thermal growth offsets, and cardan shaft alignment.

Induction heating, hydraulic nut mounting, internal clearance checks, and lubrication best practices.

Permit-required entry, atmospheric testing, attendant and rescue coordination.

Teach monthly hands-on sessions on bearings, couplings, and dial-indicator alignment to 30+ high-school students exploring millwright and maintenance careers.

Represent the central maintenance shop in monthly audits; led a near-miss reporting push that raised reports by 60% and earned the 2023 Plant Safety Excellence Award.