JAMES STARR

*** ****** **, ********, ** ***** H: 318-***-**** C: 318-***-**** acw802@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• Metal Worker with extensive background in planning and estimating job requirements and fabricating metal components.

• Talented Structural Metal Worker with [5] years experience fabricating and assembling structural metal products, including frameworks or shells for machinery, ovens, tanks and metal parts for buildings and bridges.

• Meticulous [fitter] skilled at juggling multiple tasks and working under pressure.

SKILLS

• Grinding machine operation

• Sheet metal layout

• Field measurements

• Fabrication and installation expert

• Prior foreman training

• Safety-minded worker

• Certified Heavy Equipment Operator

• Concrete batch plant background

• Certified Forklift Operator

• Emphasizes craftsmanship

• Certified Forklift Trainer

• Commercial driver's license

• Extremely quick learner

• Exceptional organizational skills

• Current medical card

• Hand/power tools

• Strong mechanical skills

• Driving commercial vehicles

• Proficiency at reading blueprints

WORK HISTORY

Professional Driver, 3/2015 to 10/2015

Budd’s Construction/ Brunson Construction, Haughton LA /Benton LA

Operated 14 yd dump truck to haul or remove dirt and rock per customer or client specifications.

Hauled timber from land tracks being harvested to different mills.

Structural Fitter, 10/2014 to 3/2015

MXS, Shreveport, LA

• Planned and laid out work from sketches, drawings, specifications and work orders.

• Detected work piece defects and machine malfunctions.

• Planned and coordinated tasks and determined correct amount of material required to complete assignments.

• Operated hand and power tools and heavy machinery safely.

• Inspected individual parts, assemblies and installations for adherence to specifications and building codes.

• Maneuvered, installed and anchored completed units into proper positions.

• Fabricated large and small parts per drawing and assembled parts as required.

• Maintained necessary level of communications between shifts

Service Operator II, 11/2009 to 06/2014

Halliburton – Bossier City, LA

• Operated batch mixers, pump trucks, forklifts, and air actuated fluid trucks/ tankers.

• Ran the equipment board for the cement mixing equipment and added additives into bulk cement.

• Completed Cementing I school in June of 2013.

• Certified forklift instructor

Yard Manager, 11/2008 to 11/2009

Mr Lumber – Shreveport, LA

• Insured material and quantity was properly stocked.

• Managed employee time and schedules.

• Ensured yard was clean and well maintained.

• Communicated with the owner and clients to ensure big orders and special orders were met on time.

Foreman, 03/2007 to 11/2008

Gulf Marine Fabricators – Aransas Pass, TX

• Planned and laid out work from sketches, drawings, specifications and work orders.

• Worked with tin, sheet iron and sheet copper.

• Detected work piece defects and machine malfunctions.

• Planned and coordinated tasks and determined correct amount of material required to complete assignments.

• Operated hand and power tools and heavy machinery safely.

• Inspected individual parts, assemblies and installations for adherence to specifications and building codes.

• Maneuvered, installed and anchored completed units into proper positions.

• Fabricated large and small parts per drawing and assembled parts as required.

• Maintained necessary level of communications between shifts. • Ensured that all health and safety guidelines were followed.

• Made sure that products were produced on time and are of good quality.

• Coordinated procedures for facility and equipment maintenance or modification, including the replacement of machines.

First Class Fitter, 04/2005 to 03/2007

Keiwit Offshore Services – Ingleside, TX

• Adjusted alignment of drills, cutters, dies, guides, and holding devices.

• Fabricated large and small parts per drawing and assembled parts as required.

• Ensured that all health and safety guidelines were followed.

• Made sure that products were produced on time and are of good quality.

• Employed different welding techniques to assemble parts and components.

• Responsible for the selection and maintenance of equipment.

• Set up and verified the functionality of safety equipment.

• Planned and laid out work from sketches, drawings, specifications and work orders.

• Worked with tin, sheet iron and sheet copper.

• Used a torch to hot bend materials.

• Fulfilled output requirements while consistently reducing scrap levels.

• Detected work piece defects and machine malfunctions.

• Drilled and punched holes in metal for screws, bolts, and rivets quickly and efficiently.

• Maneuvered, installed and anchored completed units into proper positions.

Specialist, 08/1998 to 03/2001

United States Army

• Mechanic on small and big wheel vehicles

• Repaired small equipment such as generators

• Turret mechanic on the Howitzer and Paladin A-1 through A-5

EDUCATION

High School Diploma: 1996

North DeSoto High School - Stonewall, LA

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