Customer Service Technical Support
Resume:
Michael D. Penick Jr.
Parma, Ohio
acb7p3@r.postjobfree.com
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Qualified and motivated professional with impressive work ethics, supervisory skills, and 20-plus years’ hands-on
experience in the metal fabricating/welding industry. Offers versatile working strengths and demonstrates effective
problem solving, decision making and project management skills. Innovative and results oriented with the proven
ability to plan and coordinate tasks within standards and established deadlines. Employs a team-oriented leadership
style with an emphasis on results.
EMPLOYMENT
Dependable Stamping, Co., Euclid, Ohio 04/2013 – 01/2014
O perations Manager
• Supervise and coordinate all operations plant functions- welding, fabricating, QA, and
p roduction through shipment.
• Prototype management through technical and production expertise.
• Process improvement through understanding of six sigma principals.
• Drive training and compliance to achieve company ISO 9001-2008 certification.
• Motivate, lead and develop associates through skills and experience and building strong
i nterpersonal relationships.
• Strengthen and implement new and existing company structure and policies.
• Determine staffing requirements. Select and hire new employees.
H-P Products Inc., Louisville, Ohio 07/2012 – 4/2013
Welding Manager
• Supervise between 40 employees, 2 supervisors, and 2 relay coordinators in the welding, cut/fit, and
hydrostatic testing departments including performance evaluations, assign work duties, job scheduling,
interviewing, hiring, and terminations.
• Coordination and management of all daily welding, cutting, and testing operations to ensure safety, quality
and production goals are attained, resulting in increased productivity.
• Determine the best methods to use for meeting future production requirements.
• Develop an in-house welding program and train associates as necessary. GMAW, GTAW, FCAW,
Discontinuities and defects, Procedures and qualification, Weld Symbols, and Blueprint reading for welders
using training materials from The Hobart Institute of Welding.
• Personally qualified welding procedures to certify all welders to AWS standards. Tripled the amount of in
house welder certifications.
• Provide technical support for blueprint and quality issues with first piece inspections and 8D root-cause
analysis.
• Manage all weld operations to ensure safety, quality and production targets on a daily basis.
• Member of safety counsel and safety audit team.
• In depth knowledge of MIG, TIG and brazing. Working knowledge of set up and assemblies on Bluco Tables.
Will-Burt Co. Orrville, Ohio 06/2011 – 07/2012
Welding Supervisor – Welding Department & Quick Turn (06/2011 – 07/2012)
• Supervise 37 employees in the welding and spot welding department including performance evaluations,
assign duties, job scheduling, interviewing, hiring, terminations.
• Sales numbers in Quick-Turn upon hire were $500k per month and the carry over the first month was close to
$200k consistently before my arrival. By my 3rd month we built and sold a record $811k worth of product
with zero carry over.
• Supervise and qualify MIG and TIG welding of steel, stainless steel and aluminum.
• Perform training and develop employees for AWS certifications.
• Certify welds (ISO2001-2008) and conduct testing for Weld Procedure Schedule (WPS) including daily layer
process audits.
• Provide technical support for blueprint and quality issues with first piece inspections and 8D root-cause
analysis.
• Attend daily production meetings with all departments including planning and customer service to provide
feedback on production requirements.
• Working Knowledge of setup and assembly on Bluco Tables.
• Key member of in-house process improvement team, maintain time and production records, maintain indirect
labor within budget.
(Welding Supervisor continued)
• Supervise 17 employees in the Quick Turn Department- welding, machining, brake press.
• Provide technical support for weld training, blueprint and quality issues with first piece inspections and 8D
root-cause analysis.
• MIG and TIG welding of steel, stainless steel and aluminum.
• Conduct testing for WPS and AWS certifications including daily layer process audits.
American Engineering & Metal Working, North Canton, Ohio 2005 - 2011
Production Supervisor
• Supervise 10 employees in a metal fabrication, job shop environment including performance evaluations,
assign duties, job scheduling, interviewing, hiring, terminations.
• Supervise MIG and TIG welding of steel, stainless steel and aluminum.
• Provide technical support for weld training, blueprint and quality issues with first piece inspections.
• Use TrueTops Laser programming software to program and nest all laser parts.
• Order all materials for stock and custom orders.
• Follow jobs through all processes including laser, press brake, weld and powder coat paint to ensure
production, quality and delivery requirements.
Barbco Inc., East Canton, Ohio 2004 - 2005
Fitter/Welder
• Fit and weld (flux core) auger for horizontal boring equipment using FCAW (part-time job during my
employment with National Metal Fabricator).
National Metal Fabricator, Massillon, Ohio 2001 - 2005
Sheet Metal Fabricator/Fitter/Welder
• Ran CNC turret punch and press brakes to hand-fabricate sheet metal components.
• MIG and TIG welding.
• Second shift supervisor when production demands required.
• Maintain the powder coat paint line.
B&H Machine, Minerva, Ohio 1996 - 2001
Fitter/Welder
• Used GMAW, GTAW, SMAW and SAW to fit and weld (Arc, MIG, TIG, Stick) all aspects of hydraulic
cylinders to 5,000 PSI X-ray quality standards.
General Color & Chemical, Minerva, Ohio 1990 - 1996
Maintenance Welder
• Cast-iron repair welding (stick).
Technical Knowledge and Skills
TrueTops laser programming software, Syteline Intermec systems, Performance Impact Workplace, ESS Syteline, ESS
Human Resource Perspective, Costimator, AS400.
Excel, Word, Outlook
AutoCAD
Trumpf 3050 CNC Laser; Accurpess Accell; Trumpf Brake Press; DC Breaker Houses; Shear; Turret Punch; Brake
Press; Sub Arc/Spot Welding; Blueprint; All Metals; GTAW; GMAW; SMAW; Bluco Tables.
Education
Malvern High School, Malvern, Ohio
R.G. Drage Career Vocational School, Massillon, Ohio
Welding/Fitting/Fabrication Graduate – 1990
Professional Development
Stark State College of Technology, North Canton, Ohio
Supervision and Process Improvement - 2011
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