LENARD B. SCHONERT
P.O. Box *** West Columbia, TX. 77486
accctx@r.postjobfree.com
RESUME
OBJECTIVE
QA/QC, AWS Certified Weld Inspector
PERSONAL DATA
Date of Birth:
EDUCATION
1978 to 1992: Continued classes at Brazos Port College, TX; Los Medanos College,
CA. and Contra Costa College CA.
-Major courses in alloy pipe welding
-Background courses: stick, mig. and tig. Welding, pipefitting, blueprint reading,
Industrial safety, industrial X-ray reading and pipe inspection.
-NCCER certified in industrial pipefitting.
-A.W.S. Certified Weld Inspector Corse thru Real Education.
EXPERINCE
Thirty four years as Foreman, General Foreman, Weld Inspector, Pipe fitter, Welder,
Millwright and Process Technician.
Working on new construction and maintenance in the petrochemical, chemical, and
Power Plant Industries. Also performed commissioning work during start-up of a
Ethylene plant.
WORK HISTORY
April 2013 to January 2014
Testex Inspection., Pittsburgh, PA
Position: QA Inspector for Kinder Morgan working in La Port, TX.
Duties include overseeing contract company piping QC's inspection reports, reviewing X-ray
film, VT checking welds for compliance, reviewing contractors weld maps and weld logs,
walking piping packages down to make sure it meets client specks.
August 2012 to October 2012
Tulsa Inspection Resources Inc., Tulsa, OK.
Position: CWI Pipe line Inspector for Enbridge pipe line integrity digs in Wisconsin.
Duties include overseeing contractor during digging up line accessing repair area and
Installing repair sleeves. Recording all steps of the process from start to finish, sending in
Dailey reports and time sheets.
January 2012 to July 2012
StarCon International Inc., Pasadena, TX.
Position: QC Weld Inspector
Duties including building QC welding and hydro packages, weld mapping and tracking, flange
management, reviewing weld procedures with client, updating welders qualifications, testing
welders, turn over package systems to client, scheduling X-rays and other NDE as required by
code.
April 2006 to April 2013
(S.W.S.) Turner Industries, Baton Rouge, LA.
Position: QC. General foreman, Foreman, And Pipe-fitter Welder working shutdowns along the
Gulf Coast area.
Duties include retubing heaters, installing new piping in chemical and petrochemical
Plants. General Foreman, and Foreman duties include walking down packages, pulling permits,
lining men out on jobs keeping time and progress reports for each job. QC. Duties include
building QC packages, building code packages and making sure they meet ASME
requirements, inspecting welds, doing weld mapping and weld tracking, insuring the correct
welding rods are being used, making sure all work is done to client specification.
January 2000 to February 2006, November 2012 to January 2013
Joint Venture Piping, La Porte, TX.
Position: QC, Welder, Pipe-fitter and Foreman working shutdowns across the country.
Duties include welding of pipe, structural steel, vessels, fitting of ” to 96” pipe
And fitting of structural steel also keeping men lined out on jobs and all other foreman
Duties. QC duties include building QC packages, weld mapping and tracking, reviewing weld
procedures, testing welders, inspecting welds, scheduling X-rays and other NDE as required by
code, and doing turn over with client.
July 2002 to May 2004
Hamon Research Cottrell, Somerville, NJ.
Position: Foreman and General Foreman building precipitators and bag filter houses
Across the country.
Duties include lining men out on daily jobs, keeping time for each job, holding daily
Safety meetings, logging progress reports, checking weld details and making weld logs.
July 1997 to June 2000
L&L Septic Systems, Brazoria, TX.
Position: Owner, installing new septic systems
Duties include bidding jobs, getting permits, doing payroll, hiring men and scheduling
Jobs and operating backhoes, trenchers, dozers and plumbing, laying pipe on grade
Also keeping up with paper work and licenses. In slow times of the seasons I will
Contract out welding jobs from my home shop and go to work as a pipe fitter-welder
On shutdowns for various contracting companies.
January 1989 to July 1997
Dow Chemical Co. in Pittsburg, CA. and Oyster Creek, TX.
Position: Maintenance Technician working in various departments in the plant
Duties include in-shop and field fabrication and welding of pipe. The types include
Carbon steel, stainless steel, inconel, aluminum, hastaloed and plastics. Operated pipe
Fabricating machines like Do-all saws, Iron Worker, Van Stone flanger, pipe benders,
Threading machine and lathes. Welding machines operated including plasma cutter
Mig. Welder, Tig. Welder and flux core welder. Also operated cranes, boom trucks and
Man lifts. Other responsibilities include removing and demolition of pipe, removing
And repairing of pumps, compressors, conveyers, turbines and gearboxes. Performing
Alignments with optialign computer system and dial indicators. Also, revised safety
And work procedures in order to perform duties in a safe and efficient manner.
-October 1986 to December 1989
R.B.K Construction Co. Antioch, CA.
Position: Welder, Pipe fitter
-July 1984 to September 1986
Gulf States Inc. Freeport, TX.
Position: Welder, pipe fitter
-October 1982 to May 1984
Texas Crew boats Inc. Freeport, TX.
Position: Engineer and welder
-May 1981 to June 1982
Brown & Root Inc. Longview, TX.
Position: Welder
REFERENCE
BRIAN GRANGER DAVID PARMER
TODD HASENFUS JAMES COOPER