May **** - Current

Jonesboro, AR

Melvin Lowe

Professional Summary

Accomplished and energetic welder with a solid history of achievement in welding. Motivated leader with strong organizational and prioritization abilities. Areas of expertise include welding, fabrication, and assembly .

Skills

Production and Processing Mechanical

Critical Thinking Mathematics

English Language Reading Comprehension

Monitoring Active Listening

Judgment and Decision Making Speaking

Experience

Welder

Apex tool group

Weld efficiently on a fast paced assembly line.

Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers. Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.

Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment. Weld separately or in combination, using aluminum, stainless steel, cast iron, and other alloys.

Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.

Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals. Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits.

Determine required equipment and welding methods, applying knowledge of metallurgy, geometry, and welding techniques.

Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc, shielded metal arc, resistance welding, and submerged arc welding. Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required.

Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and 1203 Dana, Jonesboro, AR 72401

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Sep 2017 - Mar 2019

Jonesboro, AR

Jul 2016 - Jul 2017

Jonesboro, AR

material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations. Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment.

Senior welder

TrinityRail Maintenance Services - 4034

Repair or replace defective or worn parts such as bearings, pistons, and gears, using hand tools, torque wrenches, power tools, and welding equipment. Inspect components such as bearings, seals, gaskets, wheels, and coupler assemblies to determine if repairs are needed.

Inspect the interior and exterior of rail cars coming into rail yards in order to identify defects and to determine the extent of wear and damage. Adjust repaired or replaced units as needed to ensure proper operation. Perform scheduled maintenance, and clean units and components. Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions. Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits. Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.

Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.

Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals. Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc, shielded metal arc, resistance welding, and submerged arc welding. Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations. Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required.

Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment.

Remove rough spots from workpieces, using portable grinders, hand files, or scrapers. Cut, contour, and bevel metal plates and structural shapes to dimensions as specified by blueprints, layouts, work orders, and templates, using powered saws, hand shears, or chipping knives.

Fill holes, and increase the size of metal parts.

Gouge metals, using the air-arc gouging process.

Welder

Hytrol

Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits. Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers. Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.

Feb 2015 - Jun 2016

Houston, TX

Aug 2014 - Jan 2015

Jonesboro, AR

Oct 2013 - Jun 2014

Jonesboro, AR

Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.

Determine required equipment and welding methods, applying knowledge of metallurgy, geometry, and welding techniques.

Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc, shielded metal arc, resistance welding, and submerged arc welding. Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations. Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required.

Remove rough spots from workpieces, using portable grinders, hand files, or scrapers. Develop templates and models for welding projects, using mathematical calculations based on blueprint information.

Position and secure workpieces, using hoists, cranes, wire, and banding machines or hand tools.

Cook

Hooter FM 1960

Monitor compliance with health and fire regulations regarding food preparation and serving, and building maintenance in lodging and dining facilities. Monitor food preparation methods, portion sizes, and garnishing and presentation of food to ensure that food is prepared and presented in an acceptable manner. Coordinate assignments of cooking personnel to ensure economical use of food and timely preparation.

Estimate food, liquor, wine, and other beverage consumption to anticipate amounts to be purchased or requisitioned.

Welder

Delta tools

Welding at a fast pace on a assembly line

Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions. Weld separately or in combination, using aluminum, stainless steel, cast iron, and other alloys.

Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.

Fill holes, and increase the size of metal parts.

Estimate materials needed for production and manufacturing and maintain required stocks of materials.

Operate metal shaping, straightening, and bending machines, such as brakes and shears. Hammer out bulges or bends in metal workpieces.

Welder

Hytrol

Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers. Aug 2011 - Sep 2013

Jonesboro, AR

Nov 2010 - Jul 2011

Memphis, TX

Jan 2010 - Sep 2010

Paragould, AR

Aug 2008 - Apr 2009

Jonesboro, AR

Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.

Weld separately or in combination, using aluminum, stainless steel, cast iron, and other alloys.

Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.

Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc, shielded metal arc, resistance welding, and submerged arc welding. Analyze engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, sketches, work orders, and material safety data sheets to plan layout, assembly, and welding operations. Remove rough spots from workpieces, using portable grinders, hand files, or scrapers. Develop templates and models for welding projects, using mathematical calculations based on blueprint information.

Repair products by dismantling, straightening, reshaping, and reassembling parts, using cutting torches, straightening presses, and hand tools. Welder

Great Dane Trailers

Welding on parts in a fast paced environment on a assembly line. Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions. Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits. Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers. Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.

Mark or tag material with proper job number, piece marks, and other identifying marks as required.

Compounder

GlaxoSmithKline

Read a batch sheet to add chemicals to a mixer to make products Calibrate nanotechnology equipment, such as weighing, testing, or production equipment. Measure emission of nanodust or nanoparticles, using systems such as aerosol detection systems, during nanocomposite or other nano-scale production processes. Set up or execute nanoparticle experiments according to detailed instructions. Maintain work area according to cleanroom or other processing standards. Measure or mix chemicals or compounds in accordance with detailed instructions or formulas.

Welder

L A Darling Co

Welding and assembling store shelves

Student

Arkansas State University

Feb 2006 - Apr 2008

Jonesboro, AR

Dec 2004 - Jan 2006

Paragould, AR

May 1997

Hughes, AR

Jonesboro, AR

West Memphis, AR

Finishing collage

Laborer

International paper

Moving a paper to the right machine to form a box

Welder

American Railcar Industries

Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions. Operate safety equipment and use safe work habits. Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment. Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.

Select and install torches, torch tips, filler rods, and flux, according to welding chart specifications or types and thicknesses of metals. Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc, shielded metal arc, resistance welding, and submerged arc welding. Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment.

Remove rough spots from workpieces, using portable grinders, hand files, or scrapers. Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter. Signal crane operators to move large workpieces.

Cut, contour, and bevel metal plates and structural shapes to dimensions as specified by blueprints, layouts, work orders, and templates, using powered saws, hand shears, or chipping knives.

Fill holes, and increase the size of metal parts.

Gouge metals, using the air-arc gouging process.

Education

High School Diploma: College prep

Hughes High School

Student Athlete

High School Diploma: Physical education

Arkansas State University

I was studying to become a teacher and a coach

High School Diploma: Physical education

Arkansas State University Mid-South

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