Blake Brenner
Waynesboro
Summary
Results-driven professional with extensive experience in utility management and safety oversight at Nucor Steel Kankakee. Proven expertise in mechanical troubleshooting and team supervision, ensuring operational efficiency and safety compliance. Recognized for enhancing service delivery and maintaining high-quality standards, fostering strong relationships with team members and clients alike.
Overview
1
1
Certification
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Utility
City of Waynesboro
Waynesboro
09.2025 - Current
- Repair water, sewer and gas leaks
- Tap, run pipe and assemble gas and water service lines to residents
- Locate gas, sewer and water lines
- Performed water and gas meter readings to support accurate billing and resource management.
- Maintained city-owned buildings and properties to ensure operational safety and functionality.
- Oversaw maintenance of ditches and city easements, ensuring proper drainage and accessibility for residents.
- ensure public and employee safety
Stand/ guide builder
Nucor Steel Kankakee
Bourbonnais
02.2023 - 06.2025
- Constructed mill stands for diverse product lines
- Build entry and delivery guiding for the mill stands
- Troubleshoot mechanical issues with mill stands
- Regularly perform preventative maintenance checks
- Executed roll changes using overhead crane for roll turners
- rebuild air oil, water and hydraulic lines for different machines
- Assisted mill team in maintaining efficiency and consistency, contributing to maximized production output
- Collaborated on safety teams for technical rescue and first response operations.
- perform daily tasks with safety in mind
Lieutenant
Herscher fire dept.
Herscher
09.2013 - 01.2025
- Oversaw and commanded firefighters on fire grounds to ensure effective response and management
- Ensured safe and swift execution of all operations during emergency incidents
- Protected and served residents of pilot township and surrounding areas using life and property saving techniques
- Ensured personnel compliance with assigned tasks that all personnel are operating within their designated crews with given tasks
- Perform daily tasks such as incident reporting, call logs and equipment inspections
Quality Assurance Specialist
Nucor Steel Kankakee
Bourbonnais
03.2022 - 02.2023
- Tensile testing product that was currently being produced
- Verified exterior surfaces conformed to quality standards
- Used small haas lathe to turn down rounds for testing
- Conducted retests on products on hold to confirm compliance
- Confirmed all products met tolerance specifications using micrometers and calipers
- Worked hand and hand with mill team and leaders to ensure all product that was run was met to customer and company standards
Delivery Service Manager
Abc supply co
Manteno
07.2017 - 03.2022
- Progressed from warehouse associate to inside sales, then cross-trained as backup delivery manager prior to promotion in 2019.
- Oversaw yard and inside operations, scheduled, checked, and routed all outgoing deliveries.
- Monitored employee performance to ensure high-quality service delivery.
Education
High School Diploma -
Herscher High School
Herscher, IL05-2014
Skills
- Water management
- Equipment maintenance
- Mechanical troubleshooting
- Preventative maintenance
- Quality control
- Safety management
- Technical rescue
- Incident reporting
- Project management
- Project planning
- Team supervision
- Team management
- Supervision and leadership
- Leadership skills
- Dependable and responsible
- Problem solving
- Troubleshooting
- Attention to detail
- Time management
- Task prioritization
- Multitasking
- Organizational skills
- Effective communication
- Active listening
- Customer relations
- Public engagement
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Flexible and adaptable
- Critical thinking
- Relationship building
- Leadership
- Time management
Certification
- hazardous materials operations/osha level 2
Timeline
Utility
City of Waynesboro
09.2025 - Current
Stand/ guide builder
Nucor Steel Kankakee
02.2023 - 06.2025
Quality Assurance Specialist
Nucor Steel Kankakee
03.2022 - 02.2023
Delivery Service Manager
Abc supply co
07.2017 - 03.2022
Lieutenant
Herscher fire dept.
09.2013 - 01.2025
High School Diploma -
Herscher High School