Joseph “Brandon” Sims
**** ******** ***** ** ********, AL 36271 256-***-**** **************@*****.***
Career Goal:
Reliable, quality-focused, multi-craft skilled welder/fabricator/fitter seeking full-time employment in the industry. Current responsibilities and skills include: Fabrication (measuring, cutting, fitting, and welding); preventative maintenance and repairing of parts and equipment for mass material handling equipment in paper mills, steel mills, power plants, food and drink companies, wood yards, etc.; Removal and installation of equipment, ductwork and structural iron, requiring intricate rigging placement with cranes and other motorized lifting equipment, chain-falls and come-alongs; Welding mild steel, stainless, and aluminum using SMAW, and GMAW.
Industry Skills
Welding
Fitting
Fabricating
Connecting
Rigging
Equipment operations
Preventative maintenance
Job Safety Assessment
Training others
Experience
PROCESS BARRON, Pelham, AL 205-***-****
Welder, Fitter), 10/08 (intermittently) to Current
Current responsibilities and skills include: Fabrication (measuring, cutting, fitting, and welding); preventative maintenance and repairing of parts and equipment for mass material handling equipment. Selected Achievements:
Mass material handling equipment in: paper mills, steel mills, power plants, food and drink companies, wood yards, etc
Removal and installation of equipment, ductwork and structural iron, requiring intricate rigging placement with cranes and other motorized lifting equipment, chain-falls and come-alongs.
Experience with the following equipment: fans, pumps, drag chains, belt and screw conveyors, ash condensers, rock crushers, bucket elevators, dust collection systems, rotary dump valves, expansion joints, various dampers, and kiln equipment.
Welding mild steel, stainless, and aluminum using SMAW, and GMAW.
Trained in fire prevention and control; confined space attending and entry; fall arrest.
Regular safety training including: OSHA 10, MSHA, as well as site specific safety training
H2K IRON ERECTING, Leeds, AL 205-***-****
Welder, Fitter) 06/15 to 09/15
Responsibilities included: welding, fitting, and connecting of structural and ornamental iron.
Experience continued
SIMS SERVICE AND REPAIR (Self-employed), Houston, TX 256-***-****
Mechanic, Welder, Fitter) 6/13 to 5/15
Responsibilities included: Preventive and complex maintenance and repair on semi flatbed trailers. Selected Achievements:
Weld repair of mild and stainless steel and aluminum: rub-rails, bumpers, structural beams, side flanges, axle-mounting components.
Maintenance and repair on: electrical lighting systems; air driven systems, including air bags, brakes, and sliding lock mechanisms; flooring; DOT required safety features.
Designing and fabricating alternative miscellaneous parts for safety and convenience of drivers and distribution center equipment: including dunnage mounting brackets; cargo boxes; ladders; pipe racks; other heavy equipment attachments.
R & M Repair, Plantersville, TX 936-***-****
Mechanic, Welder, Fitter) 5/12 to 9/12
Preventive and complex maintenance on equipment in pipe forge plant involving hydraulics, pneumatics, pumps, electrical, boom and overhead crane/ rigging, fork truck operations, fabricating structural and non-structural parts [pullers for valve reconstruction, structural re-enforcment] needed to maintain facility and equipment within. Selected Achievements:
35K ton, 29K ton, 14K ton, 12K ton pipe extruder maintenance
Involvement in the reconstruction of a horizontal 12K ton pipe extruder and its system, including lines, valves, pipework and all involved attachments; nip machine, slide table, conveyor, etc
Education
Childersburg Community College: GED
Available for short-term projects Excellent work references