Summary of Work Experience

STEVEN R. CARTER

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Edmonds, Washington 98026

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Over 40 years of diversified welding, manufacturing and maintenance experience in the marine, nuclear,

heavy equpment, pulp and paper, mining machinery equipment, aerospace and fitness equipment.

Extensive background in methods and wedling procedural development proposaly writing, plant layout,

capital equipment acquisition and a team approach to work accomplishment.

Exotic Tool Welding Everett, Washington 2011 – Present

Quality Assurance Manager

• Assuring that quality requirements are met for both aerospace and subsea

weldments using AWS D17.1, AWS D1.1, ASME Section IX, ASME B31.1, Norsok

M601, and customer requirements

• Responsible for qualification of procedures and welding personnel

• Maintain a quality management system that satisfies NADCAP requirements for

aerospace in fusion welding and brazing

• Materials: Superduplex, Inconel, Nitronic 50, Mild Steel, Aluminum, Tool Steel,

Ductile Iron, 300 Series Stainless, Titanium

• Processes: Silver Brazing, Manual and Orbital GTAW, GMAW, PAW

Precor USA Woodinville, Washington 1996 – 2011

Senior Manufacturing/Facilities Engineer

• Responsible for the building construction and moving the the maufacturing operation

from one location to another on budget and schedule

• Team member of 3 responsible for continuing cost reduction for saving almost

$1,000,000 in overseas sourcing

• Managed robotic welding funtions for both commercial and retail products

• Provided manufacturing input on several product introductions and redesigns

• Involved in new 238,000 sq. ft. maufacturing facility in North Carolina

• Materials: Mild steel

• Processes: Manual and robotic GMAW, Silver Brazing

Ace Tank & Equipment Company, Seattle, Washington 1994 - 1996

Welding and Quality Assurance Manager

• Accountable for all manufacturing operations at two manufacturing locations

• Responsible for reducing operation costs by reducing inventory and optimizing

welding consumables

• Selected and implemented a computerized maintenance system reducing the work

force by 40%.

• Wrote company standards for welding and painting to establish quality requirements

• Materials: Mild Steel

• Processes: FCAW, Automatic SAW

Scott Paper Company, Everett, Washington 1989 - 1994

Facilities Engineer

• Accountable for the maintenance of the buildings grounds and equimpment with a

budget of over $1,000,000

• Responsible for the effectiveness of asset performance of the debarking and chipping

operation

• Act as the site resource for the corporate metallurgical group on issues of special

applications of material and welding selection and failures.

• Supervised the automechanics performing preventative and breakdown maintenance

• Materials: Mild Steel, 300 Series Stainless

• Processes: GTAW, SMAW, GMAW, Silver Brazing

Nicholson Manufacturing, Seattle, Washington 1988 –

1989

Quality Assurance Manager

• Responsible for the quality of finished machined and welded parts and assemblies

• Supervised four welding and machine shop inspectors on chippers and debarking

equimpent as well as various military contacts working to MIL-STD’s 248 and 278

• Materials: Mild Steel, Aluminum, HSLA

• Processes: GMAW, GTAW

Western Gear Corporation, Everett, Washinton

Senior Welding Engineer 1984 – 1987

• Developed and implemented and qualified 26 welding procedures for both

commercial and militiary contracts to various regulatory codes and specifications

including ASME Section IX, AWS D1.1 and AWS D1.2, MIL-STD- 248 and 278, DNV

and ABS

• Directly supervised welders involving special techniques for production and repair of

critcal components

• Member of the Navy Cruise Missile proposal team

• Proposed, developed and implemented the introduction of standard repair

procedures resulting in faster processing of discrepant parts

• Materials: Mild Steel, Aluminum, HSLA, 300 Series Stainless

• Processes: GMAW, GTAW

Bucyrus-Erie Corporation, Pocatello, Idaho 1980 – 1983

Senior Welding Engineer

Summary of Work Experience

• Developed and implemented a new product line of fabricated gears of fabricated and

rebanded gears, manufacturing over 150 with sales over $5,000,000

• Reduced material scrap cost on cast gears by developed innovative welding

techniques, resulting in a $400,000 savings in one year

• Materials: Mild Steel, HSLA,

• Processes: GMAW, GTAW, FCAW, SAW

Westinghouse Electric Corporation – Marine Division, Sunnyvale, California 1972 – 1980

Senior Welding Engineer

• Supervised technicians and welders in the close tolderance welding of $8,000,000 of

nuclear components

• Developed welding procedures for Trident Missile Launching and Handling

equipment

• Established in-house welder training and qualification program for Flux-cored Arc

Welding process for over 200 welders

• Materials: Mild Steel, HSLA, CrMo Steels, Inconel, 300 and 400 Series Stainless,

Monel, Aluminum, Titanium

• Processes: GMAW, GTAW, FCAW, SAW, ESW, Silver Brazing

Associations Life member of the American Welding Society

Program/Vice Chairman, Santa Clara Valley Section 1979-1980

Chairman, Idaho Section 1981-1982

Chairman, Program/Vice Chairman, Treasurer, 1989-1994

Education California State Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California

Bachelor of Science, 1972, Major in Engineering Technology with curriculum

concentration in welding

Cogswell Polytechni College, San Francisco, California

Major in Engineering

College of San Mateo, San Mateo, California

Associated Arts, 1969, Major in Machine Tools Technology

Certificates American Welding Society, AWS CWI Welding Inspector, Expires 11/16

American Society for Nondestructive Testing, ACCP Level II, VT, Expires 11/16

American Welding Society, Distinguished Member Award

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