GREGG A. ELDRED

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Lakeland, FL ***15

813-***-****

adpx4l@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

A challenging that allows for growth, new knowledge and the opportunity to utilize my skills and experience as a CWI “ Certified Welding Inspector”; NDT Experience in Penentrant, Magnetic Particle Inspection and Bore Scope Inspection; CWE “Certified Welding Inspector”; and the Science of Welding Technology.

QUALIFICATION

Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) Certification Number 94040571

JPO MRAP Certification of NDT Qualification of Magnetic Particle Level II Inspector Expiration Date: 1 Feb 2018

Level II Liquid Penentrant Inspector Level II Mag. Particle Inspector

Certified Welding Educator (CWE) Certification Number 0909013E

Journeyman Welder: proficient in GMAW, GTAW, FCAW, SMAW and SAW

Associates Degree in Welding

Certificate in welding Titanium and Aluminum thru special welding schools

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Certified Welding Inspector thru American Welding Society. Ability to certify welders, welder’s qualification test records, certify welding procedures and procedure qualification records.

Verify outside NDT personnel are confirming to customers standards and specifications. Verify and keep complete and concise reports of all personnel and weld related reports pertaining to weldments and non destructive testing.

Certified Welding Educator (CWE). Teaches everything pertaining to welding. What is discontinuity and defect. Causes and remedies. Different types of welding process. Destructive and non- destructive testing methods.

Certified as a Level II (PT and MT) inspector. Penentrant and Mag particle inspector.

Bore Scope Inspection.

Journeyman welder; welded all different types of armor Vehicles and Components for the Department of Defense contractors and commercial equipment.

Maintain Welding Robots as Robots weld, Maintenance Technician. Welded on various types of metals ranging from mild steel to Armor, Stainless, Aluminum, Titanium, Invar 36 and many other types.

SPC, 5 S, Lean Manufacturing, Kanban System.

Use of Bridgeport’s, Surface Grinders for Preparation of destructive testing of weld samples for PQR’s.

Presses for destructive testing of weld test for WQTR, PQR’s for WPS’s.

Use of Din lite Camera for macro etching for WQTR, and PQR test For WPS’s.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

GHD: 09/05/2017 – Current –

Tampa, FL, Hilton Head, SC, Savanah, GA

Welding Inspector, Level II PT & MT Inspector, Field density Inspector, Concrete Inspector

Certifying Welds, PQR, WPS. Buildings, Parking Garages, Steel & Wood Structural Buildings, Chemical, Petroleum Storage tanks, Bridge Inspection.

Tenneco In. 01/09/2017 -2/20/2017

Lansing, MI

Welder on Exhaust Systems and Catalytic Converters for clean air for Automotive Industries .

VenturaFluxgates: 09/2016- 10/2016

Ionia, MI

Robot Tech Maintain Robots for production. Touching up on weld points on Fanuc, Motoman, Mitsubishi, Yaskawa. Preventive Maintenance on proxy probes.

Certified Welding Inspector: 05/2/2016 – 08/28/2016

Navistar Defense/Greer Group

West Point, MS

Certified Welding Inspector on Max Pro Amor Vehicles. Doing (MSU) Mine Survivable upgrades on armor Vehicle, Certifying and or maintaining their Certifications filling out reports. Doing Vehicle crack report assessments. Sending the reports for customers approval.

Certified Welding Inspector: 02/2016 - 04/2016

Senior Staff Special Steel/Coatings/NDT

SME

2663 Eaton Rapids Road

Lansing, MI 48911-6310

Inspector for Welder Qualifications for MDOT. Inspected to MDOT 2016 structural steel QAI Manual to the AWS D1.5 Bridge Welding Code. Checking coatings with a Elcometer 456 coating thickness gauge. Using the SSPC: the society for protective coatings paint applications specifications No.1 & 2 . and SSPC-SP N0 10/NACE No.2 joint surface preparation standard Near-White Blast Cleaning. And along with ASTM 123 specifications for coating for paint & Hot Galvanizing Coatings. Inspecting Structural Nuts & Bolts connections for Structural Buildings AISC code. Inspecting roof & floor decking.

Certified Welding Inspector: 11/2013 – 12/11/ 2015 (Contractor)

Space Exploration Inc. (Space X)

McGregor, TX.

Inspection of Welders: Carbon, Stainless Steel and Exotics Steels. (Pipe and Plate); Ensuring they adhere to all applicable Codes and Specifications. Witness performance and test of weldment assemblies and Structures, supervise activities performed by outside agencies. Verify that visual and other non destructive examinations have been performed by qualified personnel. Examination of Structures, existing and new construction of structures and testing stands for Rocket testing for any cracking of structures using Visual testing, Liquid Penentrant ting, and Magnetic Particle testing on Carbon, Stainless Steel and Exotic Materials.

Inspection of Cross Country Fuel Lines Using Visual, Liquid Penentrant, Magnetic Particle Inspection, and Bore Scope Inspection on Carborn, Stainless Steel and Exotic Materials.

Certified Welding Inspector, 10/2012 – 7/2013 (Contractor)

Navistar Defense, Leslie, ILL. /Madison Heights, MI.

4M Research, Inc. Huntsville, Ala.

Certified Welding Inspector here in Kandahar, Afghanistan overseeing Welding and NDT Processes.

Certified Welding Inspector - lead welding inspector on MRAP, Max Pro, MRV, and Cougar vehicles here in Kandahar Afghanistan. NATO base lead MT inspector over 3 newly certified MT inspectors. Verified Welders are following WPS. Evaluating welders certification. I Audited welders for their six month evaluation recertification. I worked 24/7 with 21 welders. I made the official check off/sign off sheet for all the government which eventually became an official document for the government for all the Forward Operating Bases (F.O.B.). I also made the weld power point operation sequence to follow the weld mod for step by step weld sequence with clear pictures, welding symbols and welding dimensions.

Certified Welding Inspector, 7/1982 – 1/2012

Demmer Corporation, Lansing, MI

Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) Interprets drawings and other documents. Verify WQTR, WPS are filled out correctly. Verify that the equipment, consumables are certified. Witness performance and test of weldment assemblies, supervise activities performed by outside agencies. Verify welding joint geometry meets procedure and drawing requirements. Verify that work conforms to requirements of the applicable standards, drawings, or other documents. Verify that visual and other non destructive examinations

have been performed by qualified personnel. Prepare clear and concise reports. Verify that records of welding procedure qualification, and the welding operator’s qualification, the control of welding materials are maintained

Certified Welding Educator (CWE) Educated Floor Inspectors and Welding Operators what weld discontinuity are; cause and remedies. Corrective action on how to fix the defects/ discontinuities. All welding.

Certified Level II Liquid Penentrant Inspector (PT) Verifies welds meet (VT) Visual inspection requirements of the drawing and specifications before performing liquid Penentrant inspection.

Certified Level II Mag Particle Inspector (MT) verifies welds meet (VT) Visual inspection requirements of the drawing and specifications before performing Mag Particle inspection.

Journeyman Welder Welding varies types of metals and components. Armor vehicles, Caterpillar, and various weld repairs. Metals range from mild steel to armor to specialty metals like Titanium, Aluminum.

EDUCATION

Certified Welding Inspector- CWI (Certification Number 94040571)

American Welding Society, FL April 1, 1994 - Present

Certified Welding Educator- CWE (Certification Number 0909013E)

American Welding Society, FL September 1, 2010

Completed Special Inspections Michigan Building Code/AISC-360

February 27, 2016

JPO MRAP Certification of NDT Qualification of Magnetic Particle Level II Inspector Expiration Date: 1 Feb 2018

Kandahar, Afghanistan AFBS, KAF

Journey Welder- Welding

Demmer/ LCC/ Mich. Dept. of Labor, MI December 6, 1995

Associates Degree- Welding Technology

Lansing Community College, MI August 7, 1993

Aluminum Welding

Alcotec Aluminum Welding School Traverse City, MI June 26, 1996

ATI Wah Chang Titanium & Zirconium Welding

Lansing, MI. July 9, 2009

Capital Area Career Center – Production Welding

Mason, MI. June 1, 1982

CERTIFICATES / LICENSES

Certified Welding Inspector (Certification Number 94040571) American Welding Society, FL

Certified Welding Educator (Certification Number 0909013E) American Welding Society, FL

JPO MRAP Certification of NDT Qualification of Magnetic Particle Level II Inspector Expiration Date: 1 Feb 2018

Certified Level II LPI & Level II Mag Particle Inspector NDT Group, MI

Journeyman Welder Michigan Dept. of Labor, MI

Associates Degree- Welding Technology Lansing Community College, MI

Certificate in Production Welder Capital Area Career Center Mason, Mi

Aluminum Welding Alcotec Aluminum Welding School Traverse City, MI

ATI Wah Chang Titanium & Zirconium Welding Lansing, MI

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