Quality Control Maintenance Mechanic

William R. Smith ***** Lobo Trail, Houston, TX

832-***-**** ***********@*****.***

Summary

A U.S. Air Force Veteran with over 20 years’ experience as a Quality Control Inspector, Machinist, and Maintenance Mechanic in a production assembly facility. Skills include using geometric dimensioning; designing and updating machinery for production improvements; using fine measuring tools, calipers, dial indicators, micrometers, intra mics, height gages and harden tools for machines; troubleshooting and repairing in close tolerance, within a thousand of an inch; reducing costs through development of new processes; and reading blueprints. A certified MIG welder able to operate engine lathes and mills, sit down forklift, and overhead crane. Computer skills in MS windows, Word, Excel, and Outlook. Knowledgeable and worked with C.N.C. programming, microcomputers and lock out tag out process. Trained in safety personnel protective equipment.

Work Experience

Resource M.F.G. / Broen Temporary Houston, TX. 4/2024 -8-2024

Use overhead crane and Forklift to assemble large and small valves. Follow work order collect parts for assembly.

Use stenciling machine to create proper name plates, clean interior of valve with wire brush power tools. Label, add opening closing nut secure with bolt and plate. Add soft seat label, touch up paint areas crate in numerical order and move to Quality station for review.

Volt / Emerson Temporary Houston, TX 2/2024- 3/2024

Set up explosion proof electrical boxes for hydro testing by gluing in seeing glass and test. Assemble gears splines and other parts add gear oil.

Assemble motor cases and rout wires tag and mark for shipping. Assemble sub-assemblies press bearings gears and other parts. tag and move to locations.

D.B.C.I./ Janus Houston, TX. 3/2021 -4/2023

Set up and weld parts and assemble springs, blind nuts to drums for overhead doors.

Use Forklift to move parts to location, Load and unload racks and empty scrap,

The Daniel Group / I.T.D. Precision Temporary 10/2020 -11/2020

Run Minster 300 Ton die Machine, Inspect parts. Write reports. Document to computer and shipping labels

Help install dies coils check first piece. Label parts to next operation.

U.S. Bolt Houston, TX. 1/2019 – 8/2020

Set up and Machine dies for Forge machines, cut other parts on lathe and mills using steel and graphite;

Run and set up E.D.M. Machine

Run shot blast machines and sandblast machines used routers and drove forklift, deliver parts to other departments.

Work in shipping count pack use trace numbers and routers, weigh label and ship.

Use Computers for data entry.

ASF Fasteners Houston, TX 6/2017 – 11/2018

Set up and operated Lewis Straightening machine to cut and produce round bars (different sizes and lengths); bundled, weighed, and placed bars in assigned locations using overhead crane or forklift

Changed rollers, quill, and cutter on machine

Operated Videx machine to cut class 1 and 2 steel and hot roll coils to various sizes; performed quality control inspection of micrometers; and measured and labeled parts

Packed and banded rods in bundles, with some rods in closed fiber boxes; utilized computer to create identification labels to color code materials

Operated electric standup forklift to move various products to assigned locations

Randstad / Texas Nut & Bolt Houston, TX 3/2017 – 6/20

Entrusted with keys to the building; turned on lights, main power, and compressor

Cleaned, repaired, and operated hem saws; set DRO, changed blades, repaired vises, and drained and mixed coolant

Operated Chamfer machine to cut Teflon coated and yellow cadmium threaded steel rods; chamfered the rods and applied B8 or other required stamps

Pulled orders for studs, washers, nuts, and bolts from warehouse; counted items by weight and then packed items in boxes; palletized and moved to assigned location

Applied labels to boxes for shipping and loaded the boxes into trucks

William R. Smith 17506 Lobo Trail, Houston, TX

832-***-**** ***********@*****.***

Staffmark / Daikin/Goodman Houston, TX 7/2015 – 6/2016

Material Handler/Forklift Operator

Moved material form station to station by forklift, for production line

Loaded material into bins for assemblers

Checked part numbers and issued insulation for other assemblers; shrink wrapped remainder of parts, writing part number, quantity, and location on tickets

Broke down boxes to recycle

Organized parts for proper distribution to line assemblers for heating and air conditioning units.

Randstad / WEG Electric through Houston, TX 6/2015 – 6/2015

Assembler (temp job)

Worked three phase electric motors installing heaters, changing motors from F1 to F2 and Tropicalization procedures with new nameplates

Verified information of work order with serial numbers writing identification tags on boxing, and crating after modifications; then, moved to warehouse when completed

ABCO Products Houston, TX 8/2008 – 1/2015

Receiving Inspector

Inspected received parts to blueprints

Documented reports using Excel and created non-conformance reports

Made visits to vendors and inspected First Article parts

Conducted First Article inspections and prepared final inspection reports to generate certified conformance documents

Extel Precision Machine, Inc. Houston, TX1/2008 – 4/2008

Machinist

Turned o.d.s. face and beveled long pipes for oilfield equipment

Recorded dim and T.I.R. to routers

Several Contract Jobs Houston, TX 3/2007 – 12/2007

Machinist

Performed machinist functions and activities as specifically requested by customers

Advantage Labor / Dresser Rand Houston, TX 11/2006 – 2/2007

Mechanic

Tore down and built up compressors for Exxon, Mobile, Citgo, and other companies

Reed Instrument Co. Houston, TX 9/2006 – 11/2006

C.N.C. Machinist

Operated C.N.C. horizontal boring machine

Installed programs and edited and adjusted tooling

Education

Watertown High School, Watertown, MA

Certificates/Licenses

Machine Tool Fundamentals, Monarch Engine Lathes and Mills Certification, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston MA

Intro to Programming and Intro to Microcomputers, San Jacinto College, Houston, TX

Intro to C.N.C. Programming and MIG Alloy Welding, Houston Community College, Houston, TX

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