Certified Welder Maintenance Crew
Resume:
Christopher Balch
Millwrights union **** (journeymen)
New Cumberland, WV 26047
***********@*****.***
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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