RÉSUMÉ OF Steve Klinkert
PRESENT POSITION
Quality Assurance Manager/ Quality Control Inspector
Cives Steel Company
South-West Division
EDUCATION
Membership - American Welding Society
**** – NACE CIP Level I
2022 – 80 PDH for 9-year CWI recertification
2022 - Los Angeles Quality Control Inspector (LADBS) 2019 – N.D.T – Level II Ultrasonic Testing Inspector (UT) 2019 – Graduate – Quality Testing Services; UT Level I classroom 40 hrs. 2019 – Graduate – Quality Testing Services; UT Level II classroom 40 hrs. 2018 – N.D.T– Level II Magnetic Particle Inspector (MT) 2013 – AWS Certified Welding Inspector (CWI)
2013 – Canadian Welding Bureau (CWB) Welding Supervisor 2013 – AWS CWI Seminar Milwaukee, WI – CWI Training 1994 - Graduate – Liberty Bell High School, Twisp WA. RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
23 years’ experience in fabrication and inspection of structural steel including welding, coating, bolting, SFRM inspection, and non-destructive testing using ultrasonic and magnetic particle. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2023 – Present Quality Assurance Manager
Cives Steel Company
South-West Division
2022 –2023 Quality Assurance Specialist/Inspector
CWI, NDT UT II & MT II
Fickett Structural Solutions
Middleton, WI
2021 – 2022 Quality Control Inspector
CWI, CWB Supervisor, LADBS
Steele Solutions Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
2014 – 2021 Quality Assurance Specialist/Inspector CWI, NDT UT II & MT II
PSI/Intertek
Waukesha, WI
2012 – 2014 Fabricator/Welder (2012 – 2013)
Quality Assurance Manager &
Quality Control Inspector (2013 – 2014)
CWI, CWB Supervisor
NOVUM Structures
Germantown, WI
2011 – 2012 Welder
SteelWind Industries
Oak Creek, WI
2002 – 2009 Machine Operator (2002 – 2003)
Welder/Fabricator (2003 – 2009)
Waukegan Steel Sales
Waukegan, IL