Meet Your Coop: Valley native joins REC/Ciello team

New mechanic Andy McEwen comes to San Luis Valley REC/Ciello with many years of experience in the industry. He was most recently at Power Zone for the past 10 years, rebuilding pumps and working on heavy equipment.

He was excited to pursue the job opening here, feeling there are great opportunities and benefits at the cooperative.

Andy focuses on just keeping all the trucks up and running and is enjoying the new experiences. “It’s a lot different with newer equipment. Sometimes it’s challenging to learn the new stuff— computers, newer trucks; it’s different working on trucks compared to pumps and machinery. Well, it’s the same, but a different way of going about it,” he laughed.

Andy is a San Luis Valley native, graduating from Sangre de Cristo High School. He and his wife have four children and three grandchildren.

He enjoys hunting and fishing, as well as camping in his spare time.