Professional Summary

Skilled millwright with ** years of experience repairing, testing, and maintaining mechanical equipment. Expert in identifying the causes of mechanical problems and repairing machinery or replacing defective parts as needed. Excellent stress management skills and ability to perform well under pressure and tight deadlines. Hardworking team player and skilled in providing clear communications to team mates. Can work with little to no supervision with the ability to follow instructions with exactness. Experienced in project management and leadership using resources with strong organizational skills. Passionate professional with a determination to maintain fully operational and safe work environment by maintaining all mechanical parts in good working order.

Skills and Certifications

NCCER Certification

TWIC Card valid to 2024

OSHA 10

Safety Basic Plus

Strong knowledge and understanding of hydraulics, pneumatics, belt systems, motors and other industrial machine components

Extensive knowledge and experience with precision layouts, measurements, and alignments

Experienced in troubleshooting, diagnosing mechanical errors, and malfunctions in generators, turbines, pumps and motors with excellent repair and general along with preventative maintenance skills

Exceptional critical thinking and problem-solving skills in different environments including but not limited to shipyards, mills, gas plants and hydroelectric plants

Experienced Foreman and team lead

Experienced in light welding, pipefitting, lathes, mills, drill presses, and structural abilities along with the use of forklifts, JLG lifts, extenda boom lifts, overhead cranes, cherry pickers and other warehouse lift equipment

Pneumatic and Hydraulic chain falls

Proficient in reading and understanding blueprints and schematics

Work Experience

Millwright 1989 – Current

Team Lead and Foreman experience

Install equipment, wiring and machine parts to meet specifications

Repair systems and machinery whenever necessary using appropriate tools and techniques

Performed routine maintenance and repairs on equipment using blueprints and schematics

Oversee and perform daily and weekly equipment inspections to detect and diagnose malfunctions

Align machines and equipment with the use of lasers, hoists, rigs, jacks, hand tools, squares, rules, micrometers, etc.

Use of shims, adjust tension on nuts and bolts, or position parts to set specified clearance between moving and stationary parts

Operate engine lathe to grind, file, and turn machine parts to dimensional specifications

Operate necessary tools and heavy machinery to move and position equipment

Operate heavy machinery including hoists, cranes and other equipment to lift and move materials

Layout of all new B.O.P skids and new equipment

Use of transit auto level, P level, and a theodolite

Assemble machinery and mechanical components, as well as, disassemble machinery and mechanical components for moving and reinstallation.

Dismantled machinery and parts to identify and remove defective parts

Assisted machine operators in the production process

Observed production processes and promptly alerted necessary personnel of any problems

Earned multiple safety awards for superior safe work environments

Outside Machinist 1995 – Current

Team Lead and Foreman experience

Extensive Rigging experience

Remove, repair, overhaul, install and align main propulsion machinery and associated equipment/components, auxiliary systems including condensers, compressors, pumps, forced draft blowers, main feed pumps, various types of valves, cargo handling machinery, anchor handling gear, boat davits, cranes, elevators, conveyors, firefighting equipment, machine shop equipment, galley and laundry equipment.

Install and repair foundations of operating machinery and principle structures and components of ship’s armament

Install, adjust, set, and repair or replace various control and regulating equipment or safety devices including meters, gages, valves, governors, and automatic alarms

Testing of shipboard machinery pier-side and on sea trials to prove satisfactory operation and acceptance

Utilized various portable and fixed machine tools such as boring bars, milling machines, facing machines, and drill presses. Use precision measuring instruments such as height gages, depth gages, calipers, verniers, and various types of micrometers, and assists in the use of optical equipment

Coordinate and arrange for work of several trades in connection with performing work from information received from technical work documents, blueprints, specifications, schematics, written and/or oral instructions.

Lay out passage holes on bulkheads, decks, and other surfaces for connections for shafting and steam lines.

Operation of machine shop tools including lathe, boring mill, planer, shaper, slotter, and milling machine to fabricate replacement parts.

Retail and auto parts 1984 – 1989

Order and restock auto parts and various supplies

Assist customers with auto part needs and accessories

Use of part books and manuals

Employers

Millwright and Millwright Foreman/Team Lead

Turner Industries

Gray Wolf Industries

Greycon Industries

ULG Staffing at UPS Distribution Center, Columbus, Ohio

Tradesman International, L&G Hydroelectric Plant, Lake Livingston, Texas

Zachary Group

Brim Construction at Chevron

Brown & Root at Champion Paper

BE&K Construction at International Paper Company and Shell Hammermill Plant

Millcraft and Steel City at Creola Steel Mill

Outside Machinist and Outside Machinist Foreman/Team Lead

Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi

Signal Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi

Austal Shipbuilding, Mobile, Alabama

BAE Shipbuilding, Mobile, Alabama

Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Norfolk, Virginia

Retail and auto parts

National Auto Parts

Person’s Auto Parts

Greer’s

Shambeau’s Grocery

Education

1988 High School Diploma

Peter F. Alba High School Bayou La Batre, Alabama

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