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Shiner, Texas, United States

• Act in Maintenance Manager role when needed to support production and address production concern to minimize production downtime and to optimize equipment reliability.• Provide electrical and mechanical maintenance support to a vast variety of process equipment and support equipment to ensure equipment are maintained properly and kept operationally optimum• Perform Preventive Maintenance on process equipment and support equipment iaw original equipment manufacturer recommendations to minimize equipment downtime• Provide immediate assistance to equipment downtime• Troubleshoot equipment malfunctions and make recommended repairs to eliminate repeated failure• Aid with installation and set-up of new equipment and changeover required for production runs• Complete maintenance work requests in a timely manner to ensure production needs are met

Gonzales, Texas, United States

• Act in Maintenance Manager role when needed to support production and address production concern to minimize production downtime and to optimize equipment reliability.• Provide electrical and mechanical maintenance support to a vast variety of process equipment and support equipment to ensure equipment are maintained properly and kept operationally optimum• Perform Preventive Maintenance on process equipment and support equipment iaw original equipment manufacturer recommendations to minimize equipment downtime• Provide immediate assistance to equipment downtime• Troubleshoot equipment malfunctions and make recommended repairs to eliminate repeated failure• Aid with installation and set-up of new equipment and changeover required for production runs• Complete maintenance work requests in a timely manner to ensure production needs are met

Shiner, Texas, United States

• Supervise/lead a team of Welders to ensure production is in compliance with applicable drawings, specs, codes and standards• Fill in as the acting Production Supervisor in the absence of the Production Supervisor and ensure the Production workers are fully aware of the production requirements for the day to meet customer requirements• Attend Daily Production scheduling and PDCA meetings with Upper Management to ensure Daily Production targets are outlined and achieved• Perform Production Waste Walks by understanding the process and helping to eliminate waste in the production process• Plans, lays out, fabricates, assembles, installs and repairs metal parts, and products, utilizing knowledge of working characteristics of metallic materials, machining, and layout techniques using hand tools, power tools, and equipment• Read and interpret tape measure, sketches, or product specifications to determine sequence and methods of fabricating, assembling, and installing metal products• Oversee HEB Production Cell to ensure smooth operation throughout the day and ensure parts being fabricated meet Customer Specification• Set up and operate fabricating machines, such as brakes, presses, forming rolls, and routers, to cut, bend, block and form, or straighten materials• Demonstrated ability in the comprehension of and practical application of workmanship standards, including checking finished weld products for Quality standard and Customer Specification

Arkansas, United States

• Troubleshoot Electrical/Mechanical issues to determine necessary repairs• Perform Preventive and Corrective electrical and mechanical maintenance on equipment to prevent and/or correct equipment/system failures• Follows up on repairs to ensuring the effectiveness of maintenance performed • Plans repair work using blueprints, schematics, equipment manuals as needed• Performs routine maintenance on building electrical and mechanical systems• Orders supplies and materials as needed for repairs and maintenance• Performed Welding activities as needed to fabricate and repair defective equipment and systems • Maintain and operate High Pressure Steam Boilers for the State of Arkansas

Conway, Arkansas, United States

• Support the creation and implementation of a Quality Management System (QMS) according to ISO:9001 and IATF:16949 requirements• Develop, implement and maintain Production and Quality systems to ensure product conforms to customer requirements• Development of layouts and process flow, cost reduction, mechanization, electrical and automation to ensure processes are in place that will provide optimum product quality• Investigate, analyze, develop and determine processes and process improvement for new and existing products and match product flow optimization• Supervise/lead a team of Quality Auditors to verify production is in compliance with applicable drawings, specs, codes and standards• Develop, qualify and maintain Welding Procedure Specification (WPS) and techniques that align to customer requirements

Heber Springs, Arkansas, United States

• Receive and Respond to Customer Quality concerns and/or complaints• Utilize 8-D, 5-Why, Drill Deep & Wide, PDCA, etc. to investigate Root Cause to process/product Non-conformances• Work with Production, Engineering, Management, etc. to resolve customer quality concerns and/or complaints• Implement ISO 9001, Manufacturing Processes, QA Audits, Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Product Part Approval Process (PPAP), Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (PFMEA), Statistical Process Control (SPC), QS9000, Root Cause Analysis Structural Problem Solving (5 whys, 8Ds, Ishikawa Diagram, PDCA, etc.), Corrective/Preventive Action Plan, Six Sigma Lean Manufacturing Processes and Statistical Process Control software• Coordinate Internal and 3rd party containment requirements, as required• Maintain all AIAG (Process FMEA, Control Plans, etc.) documents for assigned product, either production or prelaunch• Coordinate with production requirements for PPAP's and completion of required paperwork• Work with production in reduction of scrap (internal or external)• Audit production processes to ensure quality levels meet company and customer expectations• Working knowledge of statistical concept including acceptance sampling and reliability• Perform internal product and/or process audits per internal audit schedule• Participate in ISO 9001, TS 16949, QMS's recertification and/or surveillance audits, as required• Assist in development of quality system documentation (i.e. work instructions, mode of operations,standard operating procedures, etc.)• Responsible for addressing and responding to Supplier Corrective Action Report when customer has a quality concern• Quality Representative for product development team in pre-SOP and post-SOP activities, including development of PPAP submissions and APQP documentation• Interact directly with customer/vendors and other departments/personnel to provide timely response to quality issues

Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

• Worked as a Quality Control Supervisor for Welspun Tubular LLC at both the HFW Seamless and Spiral SAWH Pipe Mills in Little Rock AR for API 5L Pipe that was being fabricated for New Oil and Natural Gas Pipeline Industry• Attended daily and weekly Quality and Production scheduling meetings to ensure product is fabricated and shipped on schedule to the client• Implemented Quality Management System (QMS), ISO 9001, Manufacturing Processes, QA Audits, Worked with Management Team, Production Engineers and Quality Engineers on Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP), Product Part Approval Process (PPAP), Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (PFMEA), Statistical Process Control (SPC), QS9000, Root Cause Analysis Structural Problem Solving (5 whys, 8Ds, Ishikawa Diagram, PDCA, etc.), Corrective/Preventive Action Plan, Six Sigma Lean Manufacturing Processes and Statistical Process Control software• Ensured all planned production, inspection and testing activities were carried out in accordance with approved Quality Assurance Plans by trained and qualified QC/NDT Engineers and QC Inspectors• Proficient with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance per ASME Y 14.5 including the ability to interpret detailed engineering specifications and drawings. Performed verification of detailed precision parts including complete lay-outs• Ensured classification of non-confirming products into suitable categories (i.e. rework, downgrades, defective or rejection)• Ensured safety and proper training of QC/NDT Engineers and QC Inspectors• Reviewed Daily Shift Reports for accuracy before being distributed to Management Team for Quality Activities that was completed for the shift• Worked with QA Manager in preparation of Annual Budget as per business plan• Monitored and supervised all quality activities in the HFW Seamless plant and Spiral SAWH plant as per approved procedures• Directly supervised all NDT/Final Quality Station Inspections and Yard Inspectors

Thomasville, Georgia, United States

• Responsible for the oversight of Nuclear Procurement Sourcing Inspection at Cives Structural Steel Supplier Shop in Thomasville, GA for Safety Related Structural Steel components being fabricated for both New AP1000 Nuclear Power Plants Vogtle Units 3 & 4 and VC Summer Units 2 & 3.• Attended daily and weekly contractor/supplier safety and production scheduling meetings to ensure product is fabricated and shipped on schedule to the client.• Performed discipline specific inspections and witness tests that were required to be executed in accordance with documented procedures, industry practices and/or applicable codes for various power generation equipment, i.e. structural steel, etc.• Familiar with demonstrating proficiency with tools and equipment employed in conducting inspections, examinations and tests.• Reported to the Sourcing Coordinator, was responsible for performing surveillance in accordance with client approved Quality Plans, ensuring that specified activities meet customer specifications, applicable industry standards and codes and supplier requirements.• Reviewed and interpreted engineering drawings, specifications and other design documents; to ensure work conformed to design documents, applicable codes, standards and procedures. • Performed supplier evaluations and First Article Inspections including all supporting documentation as needed, review receipt and dedication of purchased material and signed off on CMTR’s.• Compiled daily field inspection reports from other inspectors and wrote weekly inspection reports that were then submitted to the client.• Inspected fabricated components per Inspection Test Plan (ITP), Dimensional Inspection, NDE Methods, Assembly, Final Inspection, Tagging Verification, Packaging, Load-out and Shipping. • Utilized AWS D1.1, NRC: 10CFR50 Appendix B and ASME NQA-1 QA program requirements and standards code to day-to-day inspection activities.

Addis, Louisiana, United States

• Responsible for the oversight of Nuclear Procurement Sourcing Inspection at BF Shaw SSS Structural Steel Supplier Shop in Addis, LA for oversight of new NCR and N&D's initiation into a workflow system for tracking and disposition purposes for all three CB&I Steel Supplier Shops; CB&I SSS Addis, LA, Qualico Steel Webb, AL and RIO Steel Matamoros, Tamaulipas Mexico. All three of these facilities are fabricating Non Safety Related Structural Steel components for both New AP1000 Nuclear Power Plants Vogtle Unit 3 & 4 and VC Summer Unit 2 & 3.• Attended daily and weekly contractor/supplier safety and production scheduling meetings to ensure product is fabricated and shipped on schedule to the client.• Performed discipline specific inspections and witness tests that were required to be executed in accordance with documented procedures, industry practices and/or applicable codes for various power generation equipment, i.e. structural steel, etc.• Reported to the Sourcing Coordinator, was responsible for performing surveillance in accordance with client approved Quality Plans, ensuring that specified activities meet customer specifications, applicable industry standards and codes and supplier requirements.• Reviewed and interpreted engineering drawings, specifications and other design documents; to ensure work conformed to design documents, applicable codes, standards and procedures. • Performed supplier evaluations and First Article Inspections including all supporting documentation as needed, review receipt and dedication of purchased material and signed off on CMTR’s.• Inspected fabricated components per Inspection Test Plan (ITP), Dimensional Inspection, NDE Methods, Assembly, Final Inspection, Tagging Verification, Packaging, Load-out and Shipping.• Utilized AWS D1.1, NRC: 10CFR50 Appendix B and ASME NQA-1 QA program requirements and standards code to day-to-day inspection activities.

Laurens, South Carolina, United States

• Worked as the Nuclear Procurement Source Inspector at BF Shaw Pipe Supplier Shop in Laurens, SC for Safety Related pipe spools and pressure vessel components being fabricated for both New AP1000 Nuclear Power Plants Vogtle Unit 3 & 4 and VC Summer Unit 2 & 3.• Familiar with demonstrating proficiency with tools and equipment employed in conducting inspections, examinations and tests.• Determined calibration status of measuring and test equipment (M&TE) and that inspection, examination and test procedures were approved and followed by the suppler.• Reported to the Sourcing Coordinator, was responsible for performing surveillance in accordance with client approved Quality Plans, ensuring that specified activities meet customer specifications, applicable industry standards, codes and supplier requirements.• Reviewed and interpreted engineering drawings, specifications and other design documents; to ensure work conformed to design documents, applicable codes, standards and procedures. • Compiled daily field inspection reports from other inspectors and wrote weekly inspection reports that were then submitted to the client.• Inspected fabricated components per Inspection Test Plan (ITP), Dimensional Inspection, NDE Methods, Hydro Testing, Assembly, Final Inspection, Tagging Verification, Packaging, Load-out and Shipping.• Utilized ASME Section III, ASME B31.1, NRC: 10CFR50 Appendix B and ASME NQA-1 QA program requirements and standards code to day-to-day inspection activities.• Represented and performed customer/client sign off of all ASME Section III pipe spools and pressure vessel components RT Film X Ray review.

Aiken, South Carolina, United States

• Provided URS NDE Services and QC Inspection for the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MOX FFF) at the Savannah River Site (SRS) DOE Project.• Responsible for the oversight of numerous component fabrications and inspection to assure compliance with contractual specifications, code and procedural compliance.• Responsible for the review, approval and acceptance for QC QL-1, QL-2, QL-3 and QL-4 activities performed on MOX fabricated components at MOX FFF.• Responsible for fit-up and final welding inspections, documenting inspection plan attributes on Structural Steel and Piping weld data sheets.• Utilized AWS D1.1, D1.3, ASME IX and NCIG-01 codes to day-to-day inspections.• Utilized CODEMAN Data Software for weld tracking, verifying welder qualification and productivity.• Reviewed and interpreted engineering drawings, specifications and other design documents to ensure work conformed to design documents, applicable codes, standards and procedures.

Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States

• Worked as the Quality Shift representative for the site including Operations, Maintenance, and Operations Support.• Performed surveillance, field testing, and inspections on contractors, operations, and maintenance personnel to ensure and verify that all project associated components, equipment, and structures are operated, modified, and / or installed in accordance with applicable specifications, drawings, procedures, codes, and standards.• Responsible for the oversight of subcontractor activities for the project, including training, meeting completion dates, interpreting and ensuring consistent application of organizational policies and perform receipt inspection of facility equipment and components.• Wrote quality inspection procedures and review new specifications and procedures, as necessary, to assure high quality of product and service.• Inspect, test, and measure dimensions of welds to verify conformance to specifications and codes, using NDE methods (VT, MT, PT, and UT). Also oversee all mechanical testing, to include hydro/nitrogen gas testing.• Actively involved with conducting Quality Control oversight of Maint. Dept. that perform Monthly/Annual Cathodic Protection checks on the Plant Brine Storage Tanks, and on the Natural Gas Supply Line to the Plant to ensure company established Preventive Maintenance of Equipment (PME's) procedures are followed and expected Rectifier Measurements and Readings are Acceptable for adequate Cathodic Protection.• Assisted Engineering as needed with Corrosion Control of Process Piping Integrity for Piping throughout the Plant to foresee corrosion problems.• Perform quality review of design documents for accuracy, discrepancy, and technical details in preparation of system decontamination, decommissioning, and demolition plant facility closure activities.• Applied AWS D1.1, D1.3, ASNT, and ASME IX program requirements and standards code to day-to-day inspection activities.

Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States

• Responsible for review incoming work requests for Maintenance and identify/eliminate any duplicate requests, analyze the work requests, determine the category of the work (compliance, minor maintenance, planned work order as defined by a procedure, etc.) and develop a work order package.• Ensured equipment components are consistent with engineering specifications, coordinate and obtain parts from warehouse stock.• Analyzed and resolved specialized problems associated with the development of work order packages.• Provided assistance to professionals in areas such as planning, scheduling, maintenance, operations, QA/QC, environmental, engineering and safety and health.• Provided technical solution and workarounds to address unforeseen, abnormal plant conditions. Coordinated timely development and release of work order packages including pre-planning, material staging/requisitioning/expediting/and work order closure review for historical documents.• Utilized computerized maintenance management system to track, monitor and record information.

Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States

• Utilized blueprints, drawings and specifications to locate and diagnose trouble in process equipment, control circuits and power systems.• Assisted engineers in the startup and testing of plant equipment turned over from construction.• Performed preventative / corrective maintenance on digital and analog instruments, control circuits (24 VDC and 120 VAC), pressure and temperature indicators, programmable logic controllers, motor control centers, switchgear (13.2K, 4160 and 480 VAC), HVAC units and control and power systems.• Recommended technical solutions and workarounds to address unforeseen equipment problems.• Maintained accountability of tools and maintenance equipment.• Diagnose trouble in electrical equipment, control circuits and power systems.

Sweeny, Texas, United States

• Erected and dismantled mobile and crawler cranes.• Read specifications and blueprints to determine the locations, quantities, and sizes of materials required.• Verify vertical and horizontal alignment of structural-steel members, using plumb bobs, laser equipment, transits, and/or levels.• Fabricate metal parts such as steel frames, columns, beams, and girders, according to blueprints or instructions from supervisors.• Performed fabrication (to include SMAW process welding), modifications, hanging, bolting, and rigging on structural I-beams and pipe rack supports.• Pull, push, or pry structural-steel members into approximate positions for bolting into place.• Assembled and dismantled ladder cages and catwalks on side of distillation towers within the plant during routine outages.

Freeport, Texas, United States

• Erected and dismantled mobile and crawler cranes.• Attached loads to rigging to include furnace boxes, piping and structural I-beams in preparation for moving, using hand and power tools.• Signaled or verbally direct workers engaged in hoisting and moving loads, in order to ensure safety of workers and materials.• Studied engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences.• Verified vertical and horizontal alignment of structural-steel members, using plumb bobs, laser equipment, transits, and/or levels.• Welded furnace boxes, piping systems, structural I-beams, and pipe rack supports using SMAW process for new construction.

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

• Assembled and erected metal awning buildings. Performed various welding and maintenance activities using SMAW and GMAW process within the Sherwin-Williams and Valspar plants during routine outages.• Utilized Aerial lift platforms to gain access to structures that needed to be welded.• Preheated work pieces prior to welding or bending, using torches or heating furnaces.• Layed out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers.• Determined required equipment and welding methods, applying knowledge of metallurgy, geometry, and welding techniques.• Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.

Associate Of Applied Science - A.A.S.

Associate Of Applied Science - A.A.S.