Christopher A. Noon

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Supervisor…Foreman…Welder

Multi-faceted candidate with 22 years of experience in exotic welding & project management. Breadth of Heliarc welding experience spans various types of exotic metals, including cobalt, inconel, stainless, carbon steel, aluminum, nickel/nickel-silver, hastalloy, bronze, brass, titanium, monel and zirconium. Strong leadership & team building skills with ability to coordinate with cross-functional groups to meet critical deadlines in fast-paced environment, all while applying ISO/ASME compliance standards & keeping safety a top priority.

Certified Heliarc Welding (Various Specification)

Specialized in Turbine Jet Engines

Certified Heavy Equipment Operator – excavator (shear specialization & various attachments), forklift, Bobcat, cherry picker, front-end loader, D-10 dozer & dump truck

Proficient with dial calipers, hand torch, brazing, gas & arc welding equipment, chipper, portable grinder, arc-cutting equipment

Right-to-Know Trained - Hazmat Trained – Asbestos Safety Trained

AWS CWI Preparatory Course Completion

Sneed Shipbuilding Channelview, TX

Welding Supervisor (December 2014-April 2015)

Directly supervised 78 welders building various tug boats and barges in various stages of completion, including new start up and fit up, maintenance and vessel completion.

Evaluated blue prints & Auto CAD drawings, as well as review WPS/PQR in order to make sure all is in line with project forecasts and completion dates.

Maintained daily welder time cards, in charge of performance evaluations, attendance records & completing disciplinary actions.

Supervised all weld testing for new hires to ensure each welder met all requirements for hiring.

InoxCVA Baytown, TX

Supervisor (July 2012-December 2014)

Directly supervised 38 employees building various size cryogenic vessels, as well as hiring employees to meet production goals.

Evaluated blue prints & Auto CAD drawings to compile consumable orders, to coordinate & generate roll schedules & production schedules, to validate sufficient & correct job codes for billing, to expedite parts, to schedule final areas, reduce scrap and increase productivity.

Maintained daily employee time cards & distributed weekly paychecks. Assembled personnel files, including performance evaluations, attendance records & completing disciplinary actions, as well as encouraging workers through motivation and facilitating scheduled safety meetings.

Designed tracking of materials & parts assigned to specific work orders to alleviate material loss & consulted various levels of management to improve work flow of scheduled projects & forecast job completion dates.

Cohen Industrial Supply Houston, TX

Shop Foreman/Lead Welder (July 2010-July 2012)

Accountable for the supervision of 14 tradesmen on various projects for multi companies.

Proficient in welding a vast array of gauged thickness (16/1000 to 2+ inches) in flat, horizontal, vertical or overhead position, as well as ability to adapt to various metals, depending on project need

Exceptional ability to work with engineers to review layouts, interpret and apply blueprints, schematic diagrams and work orders for fabrication and welding, while offering hands-on working knowledge to engineers to improve output and performance all while keeping within ISO standards

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Hardy Machine Houston, TX

Shop Foreman/Lead Welder (April 2009-July 2010)

Vast arrays of overlays of Inconel, hastalloy, Inconel, super duplex, stainless with 90% Heliarc tig welding

Vitally important in organizing, supervising and coordinating special projects to be assembled to ASME code making sure job completion within time limitations

G&H Diversified Manufacturing Houston, TX

Welding Supervisor (June 2008-April 2009)

Supervised 5 welders in all aspects of project management, fabricating, production & welding

Built various jigs for laser welding machine, precision welding laser production runs

Supervisor who understands the importance of polish and tact when interacting with all levels of managements as well as subordinates

Titanium Fabrication Houston, TX

Shop Foreman/Welder (2007-June 2008)

Knowledgeable with fabrication, QC work, shipping/receiving, welding and miscellaneous cutting

Exceptional at executing blue prints to specs, ISO/ASME standard compliance

Experience in trailer & back-up welding with titanium and zirconium, purchasing and scheduling experience

Stolt-Neilson Containers Channelview, TX

Foreman/Welder (2004-2007)

All scales of structural tank fabricating (grinding, welding, cutting) executing repair orders to expended frames, ISO standard compliance, welding & repairing valves, shrouds and nozzles

Removed ball valves, gate valves, relief valves and PV valves from chemical storage tanks, disassembled, replaced gaskets, springs, bearings, bolts, and did any welding repairs as needed, reassembled and reattached to tanks

Pressurized air inspected, hydro tested & checked for leaks, as well as inspected finished work for conformance to specifications

High School Diploma

Mission High School, Mission, TX (1985)

AWS CWI Preparatory Course Completion

DTM Enterprises (48 hour Course Completion 2/12/15)

Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, Outlook

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