Edwin Lytle V

WELDER - AWS D*.* CERTIFIED

Garden City, MI 48135

acqj5c@r.postjobfree.com - 1-608-***-****

Looking to obtain an interesting position as a Welder in the Welder/Fitter/Fabrication field. Also develop my skills and advance training in the field of NDT.

Authorized to work in the US for any employer

WORK EXPERIENCE

Welder

dynacorp international - Doha - September 2014 to June 2015 Responsibilities

Welding, cutting, fitting, fabrication, also magnetic particle testing of cracks in hulls of MRAP vehicles and performing crack repair procedures.designed and Fabricated tables, stands, dustpans, metal and parts racks, parts to set up welding area to support the air force MRAP program in doha qatar. Maintain equipment, order parts and supplies for cutting and welding.

Skills Used

Fluxcore, mig hardwire, stick welding of armor and stainless steel. Cutting with oxyacetylene torch. Heating and bending metals to shape parts for fabrication. WELDER

NAVISTAR INTERNATIONAL - afghanistan, michigan - December 2012 to September 2014 MRAP Survivability Upgrade-FCAW

-Cut or fit parts to be welded on Maxxpro Survivability Upgrade

-Weld parts on according to WPS and government standards

-Assist CWI in testing welds on 46100 armor-approximately 500 hours in MT and PT NON Destructive Testing

(NDT)

-Make tools and fix parts

CERTIFIED MIG SMAW STRUCTURAL WELDER

General Dynamics Land Systems - Doha - 2010 to 2012 Battle Damage Repair Facility

• Assess vehicle to determine what damage needs to be removed

• Remove light to heavy structural damage due to extreme combat using carbon arc or oxy acetylene torch setup

• Scarf joints of vehicle using carbon arc and grind joint back to original plate specifications from factory

• Fit clean metal plates together where battle damage has been removed to factory specifications

• Complete specific weld sequence according to weld prints and drawings from factory. Variations include 5mm single pass welds up to 7 pass 19mm welds

• Comfortable completing in and out of position welds. Including 4G and spray transfer.

• Crack repair, hole repair, and split weld repair. Able to administer and read LPI and work to solve indication using metal removal tools and carbon arc gouging techniques.

• Fabricate tools as needed and able to work from drawings to complete all tasks.

• 11 plate certification each year to maintain ability to weld on strykers and stay deployed. Including 3G 4G, bend and break tested. Test for penetration as well as multi pass testing. STRUCTURAL STICK WELDING

Gyrocam Technical Services - Iraq and Afghanistan - 2009

• Perform all welding/cutting and fabrication duties on various MRAP vehicles

• Installation of camera system equipment/housing to outside of armored vehicle

• Comply with D1.1 welding standards

• Minor mechanical repairs

• Fabrication of all small parts to install system equipment MIG/STICK/FLUX CORE/PULSE MIG WELDING

Mantech International - Baghdad - 2009

• All repairs made with stainless stick electrode, 11018 electrode, stainless MIG fluxcore, pulse MIG hardwire, MIG hardwire

• Installed EFP uparmor kits on MRAP models Huskey, Buffalo, RG-31

• Install factory armor protection upgrades on hulls

• Repair battle damaged parts, hulls and vehicles

• Fabricate small parts for use on vehicles

• Minor mechanical repairs

MIG/MIG ALUMINUM/STICK WELDER/SUPERVISOR

TJ Fig inc. - Orangeburg, SC - 2008

• Installing MEAP up armor kit on IMG MRAP vehicles with MAIT installation team

• Used 11018 3/32nds electrode to weld bosses on 46100 armored steel

• Used .045 L-56 superarc hardwire to weld bosses on 46100 armored steel

• Used 3/32nds 4043 MIG aluminum wire to patch holes and weld plates on outside aluminum armor

• Duties included welding, training, supervising and overseeing all welding operations until project was complete

• Also any small fabrication, bolt extraction and machining needed to support the completion of the operation Welder

MIG - Cincinnati, OH - 2007

BAE Systems

• 0.045 Metalloy certification on armored plating

• Make parts for R133a MRAP2 vehicles

• Fit parts into a fixture to be welded

• Make parts freehand by measuring and tack welding parts to be welded

• Make welds in the uphill, downhill, horizontal and overhead position on vehicle bodies, larger parts to be installed on vehicle

Welder

FLUX CORE - Charleston, SC - 2007

Protected Vehicles Inc.

• 3G and 4G certification with a backing strip on 46100 (armored plating)

• Working alone or with a team of fitters and welders to put vehicle together

• Weld and grind in tight spots

• Weldments in uphill, horizontal, and overhead positions

• Government contactor making MRAP vehicles for support in Iraq MIG, TIG and STICK Welder

Raytheon Polar Services Company - McMurdo Station - 200*-****-**** MIG, TIG and STICK Welder- Mcmurdo Station, Antarctica Raytheon Polar Services Company

United States Antarctic Program in support of National Science Foundation

• 3G and 4G structural certification to weld to make welds on heavy machinery

• Heavy and light fabrication of parts for Caterpillar Challengers, loaders, dozers, graders, military vehicles, Light transport vehicles, trucks, ATV's, Snow mobiles, Hagglund vehicles, Pisten Bully, Nodwell and other snow transport tracked vehicles

• Hard facing of buckets and bulldozer blades

• Make welds in all positions to complete task or work order

• In charge of making sure all parts and hardware to complete tasks are in order and if need be improvise to complete task

• Maintenance welding of buildings, vehicles and equipment station wide

• Repair of vehicles and equipment in the field in harsh winter conditions Stick Welder

MIG, TIG - Twinsburg, OH - 2006

S & B Metal Products

• Fit parts into a fixture to be welded into a single unit

• Building the rear end control boxes for the army aircraft refueling vehicle called the Hemet

• Cutting of parts and fixing whatever is needed using oxy-acetylene torches and plasma cutter

• Grinding of parts, building sub-assemblies, fitting, final welding and grinding of complete units Welder

MIG - Louisville, OH - 2005

American Aluminum Extrusions of Ohio

• Refined prints and fabricated 60 ft steel racks for aluminum excursions with MIG welder

• Stick welded hydraulic pipes on presses

• Minor repair work of forklift forks, aluminum parts using MIG welder, MIG welding of stainless steel, and structural repairs using MIG welder

• In charge of inventory of materials

Production MIG Welder

MIG - Akron, OH - 2003

OH

Waltco Inc.

• Headed up new lift gate project for Dollar General

• Started fabricating lift gates and made fixtures for parts

• Fabricated all pegs, lift arms, and crank shafts by hand

• Produced lift decks from a fixture

• Read prints and weld symbols

Production MIG Welder

MIG - Ravenna, OH - 2003

OH

GME Inc.

• MIG final welding of parts racks for Toyota, Chrysler and Ford parts

• Worked in a team of two and had to finish all welds, free of spatter in a set amount of time

• Mostly worked with steel and MIG welder, flux core, some stick welding

• Read prints and weld symbols

• Oxy-acy torch and plasma cutter experience

edwin lytle

acqj5c@r.postjobfree.com

28820 krauter st garden city, michigan 48135 1-608-***-**** References

Ray Mann, Navistar Int,. Vehicle Production Supervisor 1-248-***-**** Terry Messex, CWI/Supervisor 941-***-****

Bertram Burse, Weld supervisor 912-***-****

Kyle Cunningham, Friend 330-***-****

Chuck Barker, ARMY Supervisor 843-***-****

EDUCATION

Business Management

University of Akron

2002 to 2005

SKILLS

welding, cutting, fabrication, design

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

12 years welding experience

Heavy fabrication backround

AWS D1.1 3g, 4g welding certification

Secret Security Clearance Holder

Valid United States Passport

Six years military experience

Six years of MRAP experience on nine models

Two years experience at stryker battle damage repair facility Two years of supervision experience

Ten years experience in the Welding/Fitting/Fabrication field Certified in repair and testing of Army helicopters Experience in MIG, FCAW, TIG and Stick Welding

Heavy experience with Oxy-Acy torch, Carbon air-arc and plasma cutting Experience with reading prints and weld symbols

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