Engineer Power Plant

GARY W. MARTENS, B.S.W.E., M.B.A., P.E., C.W.I.

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QUALIFICATIONS

? BS Welding Engineering - Ohio State University

? Masters of Business degree - University of Kentucky

? Registered Professional Engineer - Metallurgy

? AWS Certified Welding Inspector

? 15 yrs experience developing qualifying weld procedures, training and

qualifying welders, welding process optimization, production flow, and

working with ASME IX, B31.3, AWS D1.1 and D14.3, DIN EN 288 welding codes,

inspection of weldments.

EDUCATION

Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

B.S. Welding Engineering - June 11, 1993

University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Masters in Business Administration - May 8, 2004

TECHNICAL

Hobart School of Welding Technology, Troy, Ohio

Qualified welder - SMAW, GTAW, and GMAW pipe - Aug. 26, 1997.

Materials welded - Carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum.

The American Welding Society

Standard for Qualification and Certification of Welding Inspectors QCI-88,

March 30, 1996.

AWS-CWI Certification # 96041411

Mississippi State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land

Surveyors

Principles and Practices of Engineering test (Metallurgy) - Oct. 31, 1997.

Professional Engineer status registration number 13619.

EXPERIENCE

Dometic Corporation

Elkhart, IN

5/2009 to 5/2010

Product - RV refrigerators

Position - Welding Engineer

Duties - Manage multiple projects related to new plant startup. Work on

product quality problems.

Highlights - Designed, fabricated, and erected steel mezzanines. Trained,

qualified, and managed welders in fabrication department. Conducted tests

and introduced improved advanced welding process. Designed improved boiler.

Conducted performance tests with programmable timers and datarecorders.

Power Plant Services

Chicago, IL

2/2009 to 5/2009

Product - Refurbishment and/or fabrication of power plant machinery

components

Position - Contract Welding Engineer

Duties - Technical resource for Director of Shop Operations in welding

procedure development and qualification.

Highlights - Coordinated welding and testing of GTAW and PTAW test

specimens for hardfacing of heat resistant stainless steels. Developed SAW

weld procedure for buildup of turbine rotor journals and rims.

Deloro Stellite Co., Inc.

Goshen, IN

7/2007 to 1/27/09

Product - Corrosion resistant and abrasion resistant coatings.

Position - Welding Engineer

Duties - Production and quality control of high performance hardfaced

machine components.

Highlights - Set up quality control and tracking system. Set up cost

tracking methods. Improved quality and delivery. Worked to ASME IX, API 6A,

and NACE MR0175 specifications. Worked with 300 series stainless steel, 17-

4PH stainless steel, duplex stainless steel, nickel alloys, and cobalt

alloys. Applied wear resistant coatings to oil drilling equipment -

shuttles and sleeves for pressure control valves. Qualified a procedure to

apply corrosion resistant overlays to API grooves in valve bodies for

hydrogen sulfide service.

K&M Machine/ Fabricating

Cassopolis, MI

4/2005 to 7/2007

Product - Large weldment supplier to heavy equipment OEMs.

Position - Welding Engineer

Duties - Product introduction, tooling, work instructions, quality control,

and PPAP.

Highlights - Designed and built fixturing for two Caterpillar part nos.,

assembled and welded first parts, and completed dimensional check of first

parts. Completed procedure qualifications and documentation of all weld

joints according to Caterpillar quality initiative. Quoted weldment

fabrication per customer prints and specifications. Started up production

of Liebherr suspension crossmember. Did in process and final weld

inspections.

Manitowoc Crane Group

Grove Worldwide, Shady Grove, PA

4/2004 to 3/2005

Product - Hydraulic and lattice cranes.

Position - Sr. Materials and Welding Engineer

Duties - Manage multiple projects to reduce costs, improve quality, and

improve customer service.

Highlights - Worked to AWS D14C and DIN welding codes. Worked with high

strength (>80ksi YS) steels. Worked with SSAB, ISG, Corus, and JFE to

introduce and qualify 120ksi and 140ksi steel into crane production.

Introduced laser etching, tab and slot method, and use of castings to

reduce production time and cost.

Yoh Company, Allentown, PA

Dana Automotive - Elizabethtown KY manufacturing facility

6/2003 to 9/2003

Product - Robotically welded truck frames.

Position - Contract Welding Engineer

Duties - Assist facility process and welding engineers in startup.

Highlights - Collected statistical data to determine major failure modes.

Did time studies to balance robotic weld cell load and increase throughput.

Worked with robot technicians to improve weld process and reduce robot line

faults.

Link Belt Construction Equipment Co.

Lexington, KY

4/1999 to 4/2003

Product - Hydraulic and lattice cranes, excavators.

Position - Senior Production Engineer / Welding Engineer

Duties - Welding engineering in the production department for the entire

factory.

Highlights - Developed and implemented a welding management system to

control quality and improve cost through the entire production chain. Did

in-house tests involving hydrogen cracking of T1 steel to determine preheat

guidelines for fabrication of heavy plates that reduced costs. Developed

computerized model to program Cloos GMAW-P parameters for robotic welding.

Served as active member on AWS D14.3 subcommittee and headed and completed

subcommittee technical project. Worked with Edison Welding Institute to

completed subcommittee projects. Worked with research team at the

University of Kentucky Center for Manufacturing to develop novel uses of

GMAW and PTAW welding.

Elliott Turbomachinery

Jeannette, PA,

10/1998 to 4/1999

Product - Repair of used turbomachinery.

Position - Repair Technology Engineer

Duties - Work with customers and cross discipline engineering group to

propose and manage weld repair of turbomachinery components.

Highlights - Worked with copper alloys, iron base superalloys, and nickel

alloys. Worked with Latrobe Steel and Polymet Corporation to develop and

produce a super stainless steel weld filler metal to rebuild steam turbine

rotors.

FMC Corporation

Tupelo, MS

7/1993 to 10/1998

Product - Pressure piping systems, conveyor systems.

Position: Manufacturing Engineering

Duties - Develop welding procedures and train and qualify welders to

produce Marine Loading Arm systems per customer specifications.

Highlights - Worked to ASME IX, B31.3, and AWS D1.1 welding codes. Worked

with carbon steels, stainless steel, duplex stainless steel, aluminum

bronze, and aluminum. Qualified welding procedures on SS and low alloy

carbons steels for acceptable impact values at -320 F and -50 F

respectively. Trained welders to use a combination of Mig-short circuit,

GMAW, FCAW, and SAW to increase productivity and quality. Did in process

and final weld inspection.

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