Rick Berns, CHTM

Experience

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  Bielh's Cleaners

  Jan 1983 - Aug 1987

  Maintenance/Delivery Driver

  I cleaned and maintained the various dry cleaning equipment and also drove their delivery van. This was a excellent high school job which allowed me the freedom to not work during the fall football season. I'm grateful to my two bosses Jeff and Rick Stone who gave me this excellence opportunity and provided me solid mentoring as a young man.

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  UPS

  Aug 1987 - Feb 1989

  High speed package shorter

  I held this position during college as a means of finacing the same. It was an excellent job for a college student as it offered high pay for short duration shifts. My shift was 10:00PM to 2:00AM which expanded to 10:00PM to typically 5:00AM during the high volume Christmas shipping season.

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  Caterpillar Inc.

  Mar 1989 - Oct 2016

  Instrumentation Leader

  My 27 years at Caterpillar included various operations and leadership roles in instrumentation, asset management, hardware and software development, quality control, process improvement, facility operations, and project management. My last role was the Instrumentation Supervisor and ISO Quality Deputy in Caterpillar’s Powertrain & Hydraulic Component Division located at their Technical Center in Mossville, Illiniois. An excellent work ethic, high initiative, and strong interpersonal skills are among my core strengths which allowed me to be a consistently high performer. Show less

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  OSF HealthCare

  Dec 2016 - Jul 2021

  Biomedical Equipment Services Supervisor

  Supervisor of team providing medical equipment maintenance services at OSF Healthcare's Peoria Saint Francis Medical Center and other central Illinois healthcare facilities.

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  Pointcore, Inc.

  Jul 2021 - now

  District Operations Manager

  Operations manager for OSF Healthcare's Western Region where our fantastic teams of Biomed Technicians help to ensure reliable and safe medical equipment is readily available for patient care.