Michael Traber Email & Phone Number

Houston, TX, US

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Place purchase orders for materials, supplies, units, finished components, tool services, etc., in the proper quantity and standards of quality to conform with approved requisitions. Leverage experience to assess.
• Obtain materials from suppliers at the lowest cost consistent with considerations of quality, reliability of source, and urgency of need.
• Select competent suppliers and develop alternate sources of supply, subject to travel for the purpose of vendor evaluation or selection.
• Follow up purchases as necessary through correspondence or telephone to expedite orders, change amounts, material, specifications, etc.
• Review and check material requisitions, purchase orders, vendor invoices, receiving slips, etc.
• Assign work, assist and instruct clerical employees engaged in preparing purchase orders, checking invoices, filing, and maintaining records and files. Prepare reports as necessary.

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Place purchase orders for materials, supplies, units, finished components, tool services, etc., in the proper quantity and standards of quality to conform with approved requisitions. Leverage experience to assess.
• Obtain materials from suppliers at the lowest cost consistent with considerations of quality, reliability of source, and urgency of need.
• Select competent suppliers and develop alternate sources of supply, subject to travel for the purpose of vendor evaluation or selection.
• Follow up purchases as necessary through correspondence or telephone to expedite orders, change amounts, material, specifications, etc.
• Review and check material requisitions, purchase orders, vendor invoices, receiving slips, etc.
• Assign work, assist and instruct clerical employees engaged in preparing purchase orders, checking invoices, filing, and maintaining records and files. Prepare reports as necessary.

Seneca Falls, New York, US

Responsible for sourcing, negotiating and purchasing Castings. Managing supplier relationships to ensure responsive support and performance for cost, schedule and quality of product. Major responsibilities include: communicating delays and issues in a concise and timely manner, driving resolution with support from others, identifying suppliers capable of.

Huntington Park, Ca., US

*Leads the continuous improvement programs for Acme Castings, All-Star Enterprises and Pomona Foundry to ensure that existing processes maintain a high level of performance and continuously review and refine those processes to make additional improvements to increase quality while reducing costs for our customers. *Developed a pattern repair and new.

Irving, Texas, US

*In charge of managing all of Flowserve Vernon pattern assets, new pattern construction, pattern repair and modification of patterns. *Traveled extensively to foundries throughout the United States & Mexico to develop partnerships that would enable the procurement of best in class castings.*Worked with Flowserve's Risk Management Group to develop a master.

Provided mechanical and welding inspection and evaluation of refinery process equipment to help ensure mechanical integrity at refineries in the Los Angeles Basin.

US

Provided mechanical and welding inspection and evaluation of refinery process equipment to help ensure mechanical integrity on the Clean Diesel and Clean Fuels project at Arco Wilmington Refinery.

Worked as an NDT Level II Inspector on Clean Diesel and Clean Fuels refinery modernization projects.*Set up, adjusted, and operated magnetic particle, fluorescent penetrant, and ultrasonic equipment.*Analyzed drawings, customer specifications, planning documents, and requirements to determine nondestructive testing process.*Sets up and calibrated.

*Surveyed underwater installations, ships' bottoms, drilling rigs, and platforms to determine necessary repairs.*Performed underwater work, which required the skills of a welder, pipefitter, rigger and mechanic.*Perform underwater surveillance, which required the ability to operate inspection equipment and instruments, television equipment, underwater.

Computer/Information Technology Administration And Management

Deep Sea Saturation Diver For Underwater Inspection