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Todd Ackerman 360 395 5649 Summary of Qualifications
Seamanship, engine room management: skilled in troubleshooting; able to repair all shipboard facility equipment. Experience monitoring daily operations and providing fleet maintenance for vessels and facility at sea or shore.
Professional Experience
Leadership
Able to diagnose, troubleshoot, formulate, motivate, and communicate with crew, home office and vendors, applying strong leadership skills on task through all projects.
General
- Managed and maintained all vessel and facility Preventative Maintenance programs.
- Engines, generators, EMD, Caterpillar, Atlas, Detroit, Cummins, Northern Lights, hydraulics, potable & sewage systems, water makers, purifiers, air compressors, azimuth drives.
- Locations (East Coast, West Coast, Hawaii, Africa, Russia, Gulf of Mexico, Cayman Islands, Bahamas, South/Central America, Alaska,
- Tug & Barge, Fishing Processors, Small Cruise Ships, OSV, Trawlers, Freighters, Yachts
- Assisted & Managed major ship yard repairs, overhauls, renovations & dry-dock evolutions
- Safely and efficiently managed entire engineering and factory facilities.
- Prepared vessels for Coast Guard inspections, including testing, recording & trials.
FISH PROCESSING VESSELS & Facility: Facilitated and implemented all shipboard preventative maintenance and repairs to all operating equipment on vessel and factory facility, including all refrigeration units, process equipment, blast freezers, plate freezers, HVAC, main propulsion engines, generators, electrical & plumbing, hydraulics, pumps, MSD, Sewer treatment operations, fresh water operations at sea and during shipyard periodsHVAC Operations, diagnostic, & troubleshooting skills of refrigeration systems for product freezing
& factory production.
Managed, troubleshot and repaired HVAC, Ventilation and Refrigeration Process Plant problems.
Work History
Chief Engineer, Offshore Marine Services inc. 2016
Chief Engineer, Kirby Offshore Marine, 2008-2014
Chief Engineer, Dann Ocean Towing, 2007-2008
Chief Engineer, Dann Marine Towing, 2006-2007
Chief Engineer/Refrigeration Tech, Sea Wind Fisheries Inc. & Northern Wind LLC, 1999-2006
Early Career
Port Engineer:
- Baja Aqua Farms,
- Nautilus Seafood’s
Assistant Port Engineer:
- General Marine Maintenance Corp
Chief Engineer:
Alliance Marine Resources, O’Hara Corp. Northlake Shipyard, All Alaska Seafood,
Assistant Engineer:
Deep Sea, Western Pioneer, North Coast Seafood, Icicle Seafood,
Atlantic Frost Seafood’s, Sepca-Peru, Cruise West, Alaska Marine Resources
Hololani Tug and Barge
Shipyard & Dry-DockingAssignments starting from 1979
Education & Certifications
Leadership & Team Working Skills (TRAINRL-768)
Engine Room Resource Management (TRAINRL-187)
Management of Electrical & Electronic Control Equipment (MEECE)(TRAINRL-176)
DDE 4000 - Any Unlicensed Engine Rating-OICEW-RFPEW
Tankerman/PIC/Dangerous Liquids Training/Advanced Chemical Tanker Cargo Operations
EPA Certified Universal Refrigeration Technician
Basic Marine Refrigeration Certificate
Life Boatman/Survival Craft Training
Medical First Aide Provider
Advanced Fire Fighting
Maritime Professional Training
Crawford’s Engineering Training
Advanced Combination Marine Fire Fighting Certificate
STCW
Shipyard Competent Person Training Course
Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response
TWIC 2013