Ben Smith
Multi skilled Craftsman
Watertown, SD
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Professional References upon request
Willing to relocate: Anywhere
Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
Boilermaker/Rigger
Days & Zimmerman NPS-Knoxville, TN
May 2018 to August 2020
Refuel floor we performed mostly rigging lifting up to 500,000 ton on a steam generator changeout I was honored to have been a part of that task along with refueling watts bar and sequoia nuclear plants. Picking and flipping missile shields in the air with one crane utilizing booth hooks was a new experience i took on with the help of a great crew
Ironworker/Welder
Scheuck Steel-Decatur, AL
January 2016 to April 2018
Working as a Ironworker/ millwright at Nucor still mill was a high risk environment, I became a well rounded craftsman utilizing multi skills we may be assembling a line or building a metal building or troubleshooting hyd pumps, precision alignment on roll mill, building and repairing charge buckets, fabricating pipe anything that pertained to keeping Nucor steel mill running we had our hands on it. Boilermaker Tank builder pressure vessel
Matrix Services-Newark, DE
May 2008 to November 2015
• Starting out I was a laborer/bullganger for up to 5 journeyman welders, working hard to learn the craft by my 2nd year I had stick and fluxcore duel shield certs carbon and stainless, also a qualified rigger and fitter I then learned to back gualge and precision cutting with a torch. I became a craftsman reading prints laying out and fitting nozzles and manholes to specifications.
• My work ethic from being raised on a farm had been an important factor in the open to learn craftsman I continue to become today
Education
High school diploma
Lauderdale county high school - Rogersville, AL
August 1993 to May 2007
Skills
• • Torch • Arc gualge • Wire feed welder • Stick 7018,6010,7032,308,309& Nickel rod cast iron welder • Pipe carbon 6010 r 7018 cap uphill or dwn hill • Stainless tig pipe • Union ironworker
• Leadership experience • Problem Solving skilled • Structural connector • Comp signal person and Rigging • Torque procedure training • Qualified man lift operator • Qualified skilled fork truck operator • Skilled skid steer operator • Scissor lift • Pressure vessel • X-ray welder
• Metal Building Erection
• Millwright
• Fabrication
• Mechanic Experience
• Hydraulics
• Plasma Cutting
• Blueprint Reading
• Construction Management
• Construction
• Crane
• Mechanical Knowledge
• Forklift
• Leadership
• Mechanical knowledge
• 17 yr experience X-ray pressure vessels welder
• Power tools
• Blueprint reading
• Basic math
• Welding
Certifications and Licenses
Welding Certification
Qualified boom man lift operator
Qualified fork truck operator
Skilled skid steer operator
Driver's License
AWS D1.1
March 2023 to March 2024