Alexander Smith
Decatur, AL 35601
*************@*****.***
SKILS SUMMARY
Certified Forklift Operator
Certified Overhead Crane Operator
Furnace and Metal Pouring and Casting operations
Hydraulics and Electrical Skills
Computer Training and Skills
Water Temperature Control
Elevation Shooting with Optic Transit Level
Experienced with segment roll building
Quality Control and Assurance
Ladle Metallurgy Facility
OSHA 10 Hour
ISO 9004
Ladle Wall Maintenance and Repair
Segment Maintenance and Repair
Employee Training and Supervision
WORK EXPERIENCE
Ironworker Turner Industries Huntsville, AL September 2018—Present
Reading construction blue prints
Hanging structural steel and frame building
Forklift operator
Stick Welding
Overhead Crane Operator Big River Steel Osceola, AR December 2016 – December 2017
Drove a Taylor to position steel coils for storage and to load onto trucks and rail cars for shipping.
Operated a RFID hand-held scanner to locate the correct coils for shipping and uploaded into the inventory control computer.
Industrial Mechanic/Millwright Schueck Steel Osceola, AR December 2015 – December 2016
Installed industrial equipment in a steel plant.
Used on optic transit level to ensure alignment of bolt holes and shafts.
Operated an overhead crane and forklift to set equipment in place.
Forklift Operator A.B.C. Construction Osceola, AR September 2014 – December 2017
Operated a forklift to move construction materials around the warehouse
Bent rebar to shape according to blueprints.
Molding Operator Kohler Co. Huntsville, AL September 2013 - August 2014
Controlling the press operation of molded parts.
Produced parts weighing from 15 to 80 pounds at a speed of 90 sec per part.
Packed parts in a box for shipping.
Senior Technician Aqualex Hydrochem Decatur, AL March 2011 - October 2013
Water Blasting and vacuuming out furnaces at Power Plants.
Installing equipment to perform the jobs at varies plants in Decatur.
Operating Vacuum Trucks and water pumps on jobs.
Assembly Mechanic Vast - SRT Decatur, AL August 2004 - October 2010
Adjusted roll building machinery for optimum output.
Performed repair and maintenance on casting segments for steel processing and operations,
Shot elevations with optical transit level and setting cavities.
Furnace Operator Nucor Steel Blytheville, AR May 1988 – May 2004
Casting Strand Tender (2002 to 2004)
Tended and monitored machines releasing the flow of molten steel from the ladle at a controlled rate into water-cooled molds to form semi-finished shapes to be cut into desired lengths as they emerge from the caster and continuously controlling temperature levels while steel was still in the mold.
Ladle Metallurgy Facility (LMF) and Ladle Wall Helper (2000 to 2003)
Operated LMF to refine the steel chemistry and maintain temperature levels while ensuring the buffer or holding area between the melt shop and caster was maintained and monitoring ladle arrival at the caster to closely synchronize with the process.
Performed repair and maintenance on ladles at ladle wall.
First Helper (1991 to 2000)
Operated furnaces, supervised two employees and trained new employees on furnace operation.
Second Helper (1988 to 1991)
Assisted in furnace operation and other areas as required
EDUCATION
Physical Education
Arkansas Technical University
High School Diploma
Blytheville Senior High School