Christopher Balch

Millwrights union **** (journeymen)

New Cumberland, WV 26047

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+1-304-***-****

A highly motivated, creative and dependable team player with strong initiative, problem solving skills and self confidence. I have excellent leadership skills and the ability to grasp new concepts quickly. I am seeking a full-time position in a challenging environment that will complement my experience and skills.

Work Experience

Millwright/Maintenance Crew

Millwrights union local 1090 (journeymen) - Ohio

January 2015 to Present

• Millwright at state of the art steel mill

• Industrial and structural welding

• AWS D1.1 Certified Welder

• Vertical and horizontal structural steel welding.

• I have experience in tig welding, stainless tig welding.

• I have experience in air arc welding.

• Tearing out machinery and replacing with new.

• Leveling, aligning and installing machinery on foundations or base plates.

• Setting, leveling and aligning electric motors, turbines with the equipment.

• Welding at mill.

• Daily rounds include visual inspections, listening for unusual sounds or problems with the machinery.

• Filling grease unit.

• Filling hydraulic tanks on down days.

• Working repair turn.

• Replacing spindles, gear boxes, cylinders, rollers, motors, furnace rolls, drive shafts, drive chains, grease fittings, bearings, hydraulic hoses.

• Preventive maintenance: Lubricating motor bearings, cylinders, gear boxes, rollers, driver chains, motors, furnace rolls, drive shafts, wheel bearings, tighten bolts.

• Experienced operating: fork lift, overhead crane, jib crane, JLG man lift, scissor lift, skid loader, burning torch, grinder.

• Rigging for lifts

• Scaffold erecting and dismantling

• I have experience in the following: reading blueprints, reading schematics, following pipe and wire diagrams, reviewing machinery specs and manuals.

Journeyman millwright

Millwrights union local 1090 - N/a

January 2015 to Present

I'm currently working for lesco manufacturing building an electric car battery plant Certified Welder

Universal Stainless Steel and Alloy - Bridgeville, PA February 2016 to January 2017

• Safety First/Proper PPE

• AWS D1.1 Certified Welder

• Metal Fabrication

• Industrial Welding

• Scaffold erecting and dismantling

• Leveling, aligning and installing machinery on foundations or base plates

• General Maintenance

• Good Housekeeping

• Reading Blueprints

• Follow written and oral instruction

• Preform daily inspections

• Preventive Maintenance

Millwright/Maintenance Crew

Vallourec Star Steel Mill - Youngstown, OH

2011 to October 2015

• Millwright at state of the art steel mill

• Industrial and structural welding

• AWS D1.1 Certified Welder

• Vertical and horizontal structural steel welding.

• I have experience in tig welding, stainless tig welding.

• I have experience in air arc welding.

• Tearing out machinery and replacing with new.

• Leveling, aligning and installing machinery on foundations or base plates.

• Setting, leveling and aligning electric motors, turbines with the equipment.

• Welding at mill.

• Daily rounds include visual inspections, listening for unusual sounds or problems with the machinery.

• Filling grease unit.

• Filling hydraulic tanks on down days.

• Working repair turn.

• Replacing spindles, gear boxes, cylinders, rollers, motors, furnace rolls, drive shafts, drive chains, grease fittings, bearings, hydraulic hoses.

• Preventive maintenance: Lubricating motor bearings, cylinders, gear boxes, rollers, driver chains, motors, furnace rolls, drive shafts, wheel bearings, tighten bolts.

• Experienced operating: fork lift, overhead crane, jib crane, JLG man lift, scissor lift, skid loader, burning torch, grinder.

• Rigging for lifts

• Scaffold erecting and dismantling

• I have experience in the following: reading blueprints, reading schematics, following pipe and wire diagrams, reviewing machinery specs and manuals.

Millwright Maintenance Subcontractor at Vallourec Star Steel Mill Industrial Mill Maintenance - Youngstown, OH

2010 to 2011

• Millwright subcontractor at state of the art steel mill.

• Industrial and structural welding.

• AWS D1.1 Certified Welder.

• Vertical and horizontal structural steel welding.

• Tearing out machinery and replacing with new.

• Daily rounds include visual inspections, listening for unusual sounds or problems with the machinery.

• Preventive maintenance: lubricating motor bearings, cylinders, gear boxes, rollers, drive chains, motors, furnace rolls, drive shafts, wheel bearings, tighten bolts.

• Experienced operating: fork lift, JLG man lift, scissor lift, overhead crane, jib crane, skid loader, burning torch, grinder.

• Replacing spindles, gear boxes, cylinders, rollers, motors, furnace rolls, drive shafts, drive chains, grease fittings, bearings, hydraulic hoses.

• Rigging for lifts.

• Scaffold erecting and dismantling

Boilermaker/Certified Welder

Boilermakers Union - Pittsburgh, PA

2007 to 2010

• AWS D1.1 Certified Welder

• Industrial welding in power plants.

• Scaffolding erecting and dismantling.

• Metal Fabrication

• Torch burning

• Grinding

• Reading blueprints

Laborer

Labor Union - New Brighton, PA

2006 to 2007

• Industrial cleaning in power plants

• Running jack hammer

• Wearing the proper personal protective equipment. Piece worker

Homer Laughlin China Company - Newell, WV

1995 to 2006

Production Department

• Placing handles on cups.

• Maintaining a clean work area.

• Following all safety regulations and requirements outlined by OSHA.

• Wearing the proper personal protective equipment. Education

General Education Development

Oak Glen High School

1996

Skills

• Pipe threading

• Millwright

• Schematics

• Welding

• Mechanic Experience

• Plasma Cutting

• Fabrication

• Equipment Repair

• Facilities Maintenance

• Blueprint Reading

• Industrial Maintenance

Languages

• English - Expert

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