Experience

Allendale County Schools
• United States
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Welding Instructor

  • Sep 2020 - Present


American Zinc Recycling Corp.

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Railcar repairman and Fabrictor

  • Oct 2018 - Present

  Weld and repair cracks on railcar hoppers. • Replace pressure relief valves, butterfly valves and seals on railcar. • Fabricate mounts and fixtures on railcar hoppers to hold vibrators. • Fabricate suction treys to remove material from bottom dump railcar hoppers. • Check and replace oil, hoses and motor in blowers that pressurize railcars. • install and replace blending screws • Replace or install belts, sprockets, bearings, pulleys on belt & chain conveyed systems • Fabricate handrails and staircase rails • Install and remove links in drag chain system • Certified in over crane, folk lift, lull, manlift and bobcat • Work at elevated heights • Replaced latches and hatches on top of railcar. • Skilled in SMAW,GSMAW, FLUX, GTAW • Repaired holes on Baghouse shell and replacing bags inside baghouse • Changing pulse pad and rotary valve on bag house • Repair and or replace piping systems in railcar area • Fabricate and weld other miscellaneous things asked of me thru out the facility • Train new hires on the weld process that meets company specs Show less



FRAENKISCHE

• Germany
• Plastics Manufacturing
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Welder/Fabrictor

  • Nov 2016 - Oct 2018

  Monitor product quality to ensure compliance to standards and specifications. • Stainless steel TIG welding on pipe. • Stainless steel MIG welding on pipe. • Fabricating and bending stainless steel pipe to make the correct shape to fit inside a forming gauge. • Welding at elevated Heights. • Made handrails and stairways rails • Made racks for fixtures and flames I made. • Repaired & weld other miscellaneous equipment thru out the facility • Made and weld fixtures to slide arms in cooling oven to install sensors • Train me hires on welding process the meets companies specs • Assemble and install corrugators. • Performed PM maintenance on corrugators such as cleaning vacuum tanks, changing filters, changing hoses, changing ventilation systems. • Fabricated different things to improve the company such as tables, stands and fixtures Show less



Gulbrandsen Chemicals Inc

• Welding Engineer

  • May 2016 - Oct 2016

  Observed safety precautions to prevent fires and explosions. ∙ Monitored product quality to ensure compliance to standards and specifications. ∙ Determined most effective arrangement of operations, such as mixing, crushing, heat transfer, distillation, and drying. ∙ Stick welding high pressurize hammer to a chemical condensers. ∙ Removing chemicals from railcars and repaired cracks and other damage to the railcars.(stick welding) ∙ Installing and repairing chemical reactors. • Welding at elevated heights • Operated forklift, man lift and scissor lift. Show less



Jimmie Jackson welding and fab

• Welder

  • Jan 2016 - May 2016

  Helped lay out, fit and weld fabricated, cast and forged components to assemble structural forms. ∙ Assisted in selecting equipment and planning layout, assembly and welding. ∙ Bolted, clamped and tack-welded parts to secure position for welding. ∙ Aligned and secured workpieces in fixtures, jigs and vise, using rule, square and template. Helped lay out, fit and weld fabricated, cast and forged components to assemble structural forms. ∙ Assisted in selecting equipment and planning layout, assembly and welding. ∙ Bolted, clamped and tack-welded parts to secure position for welding. ∙ Aligned and secured workpieces in fixtures, jigs and vise, using rule, square and template.