Welding Engineer

RESUME

George Baldree

Welding Engineer

*** ***** *. ****** **. Blvd. #104

Brownsville, TX

Phone : 956-***-****

Email: ***********************@*****.***

Summary of Experience

Over twenty years of experience with six years in the offshore industry and fifteen years of contract engineering work in a wide range of industries including ASME shops, automotive, manufactures, heavy equipment manufactures, nuclear power plants and chemical plants. Local AWS Section Chairman, have worked with schools & colleges establishing welder-training programs. Have worked with a wide range of metals including Aluminum, low Alloy and Quenched and Tempered Steels, Inconel, Titanium and Duplex Stainless Steel. Codes worked with include ASME, AWS, API, ABS and Mil Specs. AWS CWI No. 15113371, TWIC Card.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Welding Engineering, LeTourneau University, Longview, Texas, 1986.

Work Experience

11/15 until present, Owner, George Baldree Consulting & Kiyomi Industries, Brownsville, TX. Working with various clients in the Rio Grande Valley and Mexico on welding procedure qualifications, welder testing, various training, fabrication projects, manufacturing welding coupons, part time instruction at institutions. Projects include AWS CWI Inspections for Valley Welding Service, Mission, TX at Bert Ogden Arena and Joe Robbie Stadium structural fab at STI, McAllen, TX. Qualification of aluminum and stainless procedures for Hydro Gate in Mexico.

3/14 until 11/15, Welding Engineer, Maverick Testing Laboratories, LA Porte, TX. Responsible for consulting with clients for development of welding procedures to ASME, AWS, ABS, DNV, NACE codes and rules. Purchase of materials for procedure qualification. Selection of appropriate welding processes and filler materials. Writing welding procedure specifications and procedure qualification as necessary. Worked with steel and stainless steel along with nickel alloys and aluminum. Analysis of welding and metallurgical problems as required.

6/13 until 3/14, Welding Engineer, Deep Down Inc., Channelview, TX. Responsible for managing welding program for the manufacturer of subsea drilling support equipment including flying leads and umbilical units. Mostly worked with thin wall tubing made from duplex stainless steel and other stainless and nickel alloys.

10/12 until 6/13, Welding Engineer, Chicago Bridge and Iron, Lake Charles, LA. Responsible for writing and qualification, of all welding procedures for fabrication of modules for new Westinghouse designed APB 2000 nuclear power plants at Vogtle and VC Sumner.

5/12 until 10/12, Owner, George Baldree Welding Consultants, Brownsville, TX. Working with various clients in the Rio Grande Valley and Mexico on welding procedure qualifications, welder testing and feasibility study for a welding school, various small training and fabrication projects.

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1/12 until 5/12, Welding Engineer, under contract to John Deere Harvester Works, East Moline, IL. Provide support for production of the front end of combines. Adjust weld parameters on Fanuc Robots, handle any other parts or welded related problems on the floor. Work with SAP, along with other computer programs. Assigned to second shift.

9/11 until 1/12, Welding Engineer, Purchase Welding Consultants, Murray, KY.

Family owned business, taught welding courses, worked on super duplex welding procedure qualification per ASME Section IX and a couple of small production support projects for small regional manufactures.

7/11 until 9/11, Sr. Welding Engineer, under contract to PAR Marine Systems, Brunswick, GA.

Help train Jr. Welding Engineer on military specification welding program. Review and revise welding procedures and welder certifications as needed.

4/11 until 6/11, Quality Control Engineer, Jamestown Metal Marine, Corpus Christi, TX. Responsible for all quality control functions on an offshore living quarters. Short-term assignment only.

4/10 until 4/11, Welding Engineer, Tyco Valves & Controls, Harlingen, TX. Responsible for management of an ASME Quality Program, and supervision of four welders. Wrote the ASME quality manual. Tested welders in accordance with ASME and manage day-to-day welding operations on the shop floor. Also handled heat treating of castings for valve bodies and valve stems

5/05 until 4/10, Welding Engineer, Keppel-Amfels, Brownsville, TX. Responsible for all aspects of welding for the fabrication of jack up offshore drilling platforms. Qualify procedures in accordance with AWS D1.1, ASME and ABS rules. Responsible for welder certification, welder training and supervisor training. Evaluate new processes, equipment and filler metals to increase productivity and lower costs. Handle all welding problems. Worked with steel, low alloy steels, quenched and tempered steels, and stainless steels.

8/04 until 5/05, Welding Engineer, under contract to Case/New Holland, Wichita, KS. I provided production support for the manufacture of skid steer earth moving equipment. This included programming robots as necessary, also designed plant layouts for more efficient product production and day-to-day floor problems.

4/04 until 7/04, Manufacturing Engineer, under contract to Harley-Davidson, Kansas City, MO. Provide production support for 3rd shift operations. Assigned to metal fabrication line for the production of motorcycle fuel tanks. Supervise production activities as necessary. Suggest improvements to manufacturing methods.

12/03 until 4/04, Welding Engineer, under contract to Tower Automotive, Madison, MS. Provided production support for the Nissan Pick Up Truck frame welding line. Trained robot technicians about welding and operating an automatic line. Work with plant engineers concerning ramping up line for full production rates and handling day-to-day line issues.

2/03 until 9/03, Chief Inspector, under contract to Murphy Oil, New Orleans, LA. Inspected and reported on production of titanium riser pipes for off shore oil production platform. Followed parts to various subcontractors and inspected as required. Extensive travel was required between Las Vegas, Houston, San Diego, and the Los Angeles area, as end user representative, supervised and expedited contractors as necessary.

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1/02 until 11/02, Welding Engineer, under contract to Dresser-Rand, Olean, NY. Electron Beam Welding of impellers for gas turbine compressors. Worked with steel, stainless steel and Inconel. Developed and tested all welding parameters. Developed product specific parameter calculators.

6/01 until 11/01, Welding Engineer, under contract to Energy Steel Supply Co., Auburn Hills, MI. Developed Plasma Spray overlay for stainless steel nuclear valve parts.

4/00 until 5/01, Installation Site Manager, under contract to Fanuc Robotics, Rochester Hills, MI. Assigned as Site Manager for installation of Laser Cutting auto frame plant at Budd, Canada in Kitchener, Ontario. Responsible for installation of two materials handing lines. Managed several contractors with up to 100 people. Updated project schedules, approved change orders, interfaced with clients.

8/99 until 12/99, Mechanical Engineer, Purchase Welding Consultants, Murray, KY. Redesign of existing plant equipment for Vanderbilt Chemicals. Prepared plans for a plant replacement and restoration.

3/99 until 8/99, Welding Engineer, under contract to Bentler Automotive, Galesburg, MI. Ramp up on Ford Focus frame line using GMAW and RW. Directed robot technicians. Developed parameters. Developed quality control tests and acceptance criteria and handled production problems.

5/98 until 3/99, Welding Engineer, under contract to Excel Industries, Stockton, IL. Production ramp up on Ford Focus seat track line. Programmed Panasonic Robots for GMAW. Worked with operators to develop welding parameters and general troubleshooting of floor problems.

2/98 until 5/98, Welding Engineer, under contract to Delphi, Juarez, Mexico. Ramp up of GMAW of aluminium auto air conditioner parts. Parts were helium leak tested. Line was hard automated, worked with PPAP, run at rate, over all root cause analysis of weld failures etc.

10/97 until 2/98, Welding Engineer, under contract to Beloit Corp, Beloit, WI. Assigned to international standards group. Worked to reconcile differences between American Welding Society and ISO-9000 welding standards for total worldwide use in the manufacture of paper mill equipment. Assigned to several development teams and cost cutting teams.

8/97 until 10/97, Welding Engineer, under contract to H.K Ferguson, Cleveland, OH. Provided second shift support for steam generator replacement at St. Lucie Nuclear Power Station. Tested welders, filler metal control and conducted training as necessary.

4/97 until 8/97, Welding Engineer, under contract to Gobar Systems, Matamoros, Mexico. Ramped up spot welding lines for the production of air bag housings for GM cars and trucks.

2/97 until 4/97, Welding Engineer, under contract to Comco, Swainsboro, GA. Provide engineering support to put proper welding symbols on production drawings for paper mill equipment.

Experience prior to 1997 available upon request.

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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

American Welding Society, American Society for Mechanical Engineers. National Association of Corrosion Engineers, American Society of Metals. Currently Chairman of the Rio Grande Section of the American Welding Society.

AWARDS

2009 Texas Career and Technology Education Associations of Texas Region One for Supporting Career and Technology Education

2009 District Meritorious Award, American Welding Society

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