Newport News Warehouse Manager

Raymond A. Volkers

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Objective

Dedicated and experienced professional with a strong background in manufacturing, process operations, and safety within steel fabrication for shipbuilding. Over the past 10 years, I have served on the Safety Task Team while working as a machine hand at Newport News Shipbuilding, ensuring a commitment to quality, integrity, and workplace safety. Skilled in teamwork, problem-solving, and adapting to high standards of productivity, I strive to uphold safety protocols while delivering top-quality results in a fast-paced environment.

Experience

MACHINE HAND, DEPT X15 HII NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING 1982-1996, 2007 – 2025

Member of the safety task team from 2015-2025

Works efficiently with various tools and possesses the basic machinist competencies.

Understands, follows, and relays both verbal and written instructions accurately.

Experienced in all bays within and surrounding building 276.

Operated blast coating machine.

Skilled in mobile crane operation utilized to pull needed materials.

Oversees trainees while learning new equipment; ensures that they remain on task.

Fast learner and team leader

Responsible for laying off material according to documents and orders as well as beveling/rolling material as indicated.

Quality control – ensuring measurements and thickness is correct prior to execution.

Skilled in operating M44 burning machine.

Skilled in operating 5000-ton press; flattening steel in accordance with shipbuilding procedures.

Completes tasks in support of the build schedule while displaying manual dexterity.

Mentoring; responsible for training other employees on the press to produce quality and efficient product output.

Member of department’s Safety Task Team – monitoring production and workflow to ensure that employees are in compliance with procedure, safety measures are being followed, and looking for opportunities to implement additional changes so that the department is operating in a safer work environment.

Spent 1 year (on loan) in 2015 as an insulator working with piping and structural bulkheads to support the build of the Gerald Ford Aircraft Carrier.

SALESPERSON/WAREHOUSE MANAGER NORTHERN TOOL & EQUIPMENT 1997-2006

Top 3 in sales for the company before being promoted to warehouse manager.

Team management and team building.

Lead by example.

Communication skills and time management.

Strategic planning.

Maintained warehouse operations.

Delegated and managed merchandise to make certain that they were received and inventoried, while maintaining the care of each package

Enforced accountability within the team and ensured that each employee conducted themselves professionally while maintaining quality while working both around customers and otherwise.

Conflict resolution, problem-solving, and performed disciplinary actions as needed.

Developed and maintained employee work schedules.

FITTER, X11 NORTHROP GRUMMAN – NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING 1991

Worked in the S.P.F Shop.

Tack Qualified and efficient in welding.

Accurately read and interpreted blueprints and other documents.

Experienced in tack welding units of the ship.

References

James Horner, 757-***-****

Phelan Gonzales, 757-***-****

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