Group Leader / Fabacator Resume Example Genzink Steel

GROUP LEADER / FABACATOR

Summary

I have been working in the steel industry for over 21 years. I have experience in sheet metal and large plate.

Highlights

Reading drawings, models and blueprints

Sheet metal fabrication

Pipe welding

Fabricating to costumer specs

Heavy plate experience

Experienced in GMAW, GTAM, FCAW

I have experience in building the products that you supply for your customers. Like Clarifiers, (Carbon and SS), Head units and Followers.

Accomplishments

I have experience in GTAW (Mig).
Wire size ranging from .030 to .052.
Materials ranging from Carbon, SS, Aluminum and cast Aluminum.
I have experience in in GTAM (Tig) with materials ranging from Carbon, SS, Aluminum, and cast Aluminum.
I have experience in FCAW (Flux).
Materials ranging from Carbon, SS, and cast iron.
Wire sizes from .035 to 3/32.
I have experience in CJP (Complete joint penetration) in positions flat, horizontal, and vertical up.

Experience

group leader / Fabacator, 11/1999 to CurrentGenzink Steel － Holland, MI

Create a safe working environment and enforce all company safety policies.
Monitor work for quality, consistency, and proper work methods.
Provide training and coaching to members of the work group in the areas of skill development and safety practices.
communicates quality and training issues to supervisor.
Fit and weld material according to blueprints to customer specifications.

Welder, 11/1999 to Current

Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.
Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits.
Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.
Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors.
Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc, shielded metal arc, resistance welding, and submerged arc welding.
Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material.
Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers.
Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment.
Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations.
Connect and turn regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure so that desired flames are obtained.
Weld separately or in combination, using aluminum, stainless steel, cast iron, and other alloys.
Determine required equipment and welding methods, applying knowledge of metallurgy, geometry, and welding techniques.
Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required.
Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter.
Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals.
Remove rough spots from workpieces, using portable grinders, hand files, or scrapers.
Position and secure workpieces, using hoists, cranes, wire, and banding machines or hand tools.
Clean or degrease parts, using wire brushes, portable grinders, or chemical baths.
Repair products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping, and reassembling parts, using cutting torches, straightening presses, and hand tools.
Fill holes, and increase the size of metal parts.
Dismantle metal assemblies or cut scrap metal, using thermal-cutting equipment such as flame-cutting torches or plasma-arc equipment.
Check grooves, angles, or gap allowances, using micrometers, calipers, and precision measuring instruments.
Gouge metals, using the air-arc gouging process.
Guide and direct flames or electrodes on or across workpieces to straighten, bend, melt, or build up metal.
Cut, contour, and bevel metal plates and structural shapes to dimensions as specified by blueprints, layouts, work orders, and templates, using powered saws, hand shears, or chipping knives.
Preheat workpieces prior to welding or bending, using torches or heating furnaces.
Set up and use ladders and scaffolding as necessary to complete work.
Hammer out bulges or bends in metal workpieces.

11/1996 to 11/1999Nelson Steel － Holland, MI

Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits.
Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits.
Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.
Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors.
Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc, shielded metal arc, resistance welding, and submerged arc welding.
Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material.
Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers.
Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment.
Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations.
Connect and turn regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure so that desired flames are obtained.
Weld separately or in combination, using aluminum, stainless steel, cast iron, and other alloys.
Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required.
Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter.
Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals.
Remove rough spots from workpieces, using portable grinders, hand files, or scrapers.
Position and secure workpieces, using hoists, cranes, wire, and banding machines or hand tools.
Clean or degrease parts, using wire brushes, portable grinders, or chemical baths.
Repair products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping, and reassembling parts, using cutting torches, straightening presses, and hand tools.
Dismantle metal assemblies or cut scrap metal, using thermal-cutting equipment such as flame-cutting torches or plasma-arc equipment.
Gouge metals, using the air-arc gouging process.
Guide and direct flames or electrodes on or across workpieces to straighten, bend, melt, or build up metal.
Preheat workpieces prior to welding or bending, using torches or heating furnaces.
Operate metal shaping, straightening, and bending machines, such as brakes and shears.
Fit and weld material using fixtures and blueprints to customer specifications.

Education

High School Diploma:Nov 1989Holland High School － Holland, MI

1994Have had some College technical classes through my current employer. Advanced blueprint reading and Introduction to Metrology.

Skills

blueprint reading, blueprints, calipers, coaching, dimensions, grinders, Hammer, hand tools, hoists, layout, Mark, materials, micrometers, policies, power supplies, power tools, processes, quality, safety, supervisor, Weld, welding

Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

Genzink Steel
Nelson Steel

School Attended

Holland High School

Job Titles Held:

group leader / Fabacator
Welder

Degrees

High School Diploma : Nov 1989
1994

group leader / Fabacator Resume Example

Resume Score: 90%

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