It is not too often one can say they have been employed by one company for 40 years. Today, we celebrate Karen Rector’s milestone career achievement and her dedication of 40 years working at R.E. Warner & Associates, Inc.! Employees gathered for a cake celebration to welcome Karen into The 40-Year Club and honor her as a valued contributor to R.E. Warner’s success.
Karen joins Bob Ramer (49), Ed Dziubek (43) and Randy Cecil (43) as members of The 40-Year Club. Karen was hired as a technician in the Piping Department on June 7, 1976. With 40 years experience in the layout and design of process and utility piping systems, primarily for heavy industrial facilities, Karen serves as Lead Piping Designer on assigned projects for steel mills and foundries, chemical and petrochemical plants, automotive and manufacturing complexes, water and wastewater treatment facilities.
She is well respected by our team for her strong technical skills in preparing design and layouts of complete piping systems for preparation of engineering and construction drawings and bill of materials. Karen has led the development and implementation of CAD standardization and document management for the company. She is proficient in AutoCAD 2014. Karen and her husband Orrin live in Amherst. In her free time she enjoys cooking, baking, collecting recipes, flowers, plants and house stuff - piping, electrical, painting, etc. Please join us in wishing Karen a Happy 40
th anniversary!