Richard Wright

Houston Texas cell: 281-***-****

acvdlr@r.postjobfree.com home: 281-***-****

Summary

20+ years in a job shop environment. Have been both foreman and lead man. (Prefer lead man).

Work well alone or with a group.

Performed all mechanical maintenance on a variety of engine lathes.

Highlights

* Manual engine lathes * Silver soldering

* Small vertical mills * Brazing

* Small surface & tool grinders * make tooling

* Math skills * Small parts heat treating

* Certified - Forklift

Skills and Accomplishments

Efficiently machined small and large parts to tolerances of .001”.

Proposed process changes that significantly improved efficiency.

Ran small special tooling department to decrease lead times on certain jobs.

Experience

Manual Machinist

Godwin -SBO, LLC 10/ 2009 - 05/ 2015

Fabricated tools jigs and fixtures to meet manufacturing and engineering needs.

Roughed, heat treated, and finished tooling.

Silver soldered some tooling as needed.

Machined small and large parts to tolerances of .001” or less.

Selected appropriate speeds and feeds according to type of metal and finish specifications.

Trained, directed and instructed apprentices and helpers.

Grind own lathe tools.

Produced wear parts for hammer peen machine.

Ran NC tool grinder to sharpen gun drills and grind tips of hammer peen pistons.

Used 10 ton press to straighten parts.

Apprentice, Journeyman Machinist, Lead man, Foreman

Reed Instrument Co. Inc. 07/ 1976 – 07 /2009

Fabricated tools, jigs, and fixtures to meet manufacturing and engineering needs.

Roughed, heat treated, and finished tooling.

Silver soldered some tooling as needed.

Machined small and large parts to tolerances of .001” or less.

Selected appropriate speeds and feeds according to type of metal and finish specifications.

Trained, directed and instructed apprentices and helpers.

Grind own lathe tools.

Produced downhole instrument parts.

Produced helicopter parts.

Education

National Tool Die and Precision Machining Association (NTMA), Houston, Texas, USA

“Certificate of Completion of Apprenticeship in the trade of Precision Machining”

US Department of Labor, Houston, Texas, USA

“Certificate of Completion of Apprenticeship in the trade of Machinist”

University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA

Chemical Engineering

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