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Industrial Machine Operator and Assembler

Location:
Camden, AR
Posted:
October 25, 2026

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Resume:

CHRIS GRIDER

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Camden AR 71701

870-***-****

870-***-****

OBJECTIVES

To better myself by learning more about different things and new employment opportunities wherever that may lead

EDUCATION

Southern Arkansas University

May 02 2013

Associate of Industrial Technology

Member of the National technical Honor Society

OSHA 40 hour safety card

Forklift Training

Summit Lathe

Autoclave Pressuring System

Customer service

Computers

Water

Wastewater

Heavy machinery

Pest Control

Experience

L3Harris/Aerojet Rocketdyne

02/28/19- present

Autoclave operator

Lathe Operator

Was responsible for Temperature,Vacuum,and pressure of two machines at the same time

Duties included driving tugger loading and unloading rail table top carts with rocket motor cases and parts

Performed many cooks by myself

Trained many people

Ran a Summit Lathe cutting insulators that had to be a certain specification

Duties included loading and unloading mandrels with a hoist

Using a PI tape

DE tooling them after milling them

Preparing them for the next operation

LOCKHEED MARTIN

10/30/17-02/08/18

Assembler

Drill holes, Rivet, hi-locks, counter sink, counter bore air craft parts c130.

Used different types of sealants, and compounds following written, and electronic work instructions.

Used air drills, shavers, jigs, rivet squeezers, rivet fans, and called out fixtures to complete jobs.

Worked on paint –process line preparing air craft parts for painters sanding, polishing, taping parts so they don’t move on racks. Putting them on serialized racks, always keeping kits together

Several kits at once were worked, and documented. Finish prep work of painted parts. Put in proper place to be shipped, and accounted for. Safety training

Supervisor: Jason Buchannon Phone: 727-***-****

Aerojet Rocketdyne

Assembler 3

02/17/17– 10/13/17

Ran a Lathe remotely to cut propellant out of many different kinds of rocket motors.

Ran a washout diesel engine to clean out motor cases that had been fired or propellant removed, and Bagged all explosive accordingly

Transported all cleaned cases to said locations around the plant.

SKILLS

Machined and hand tools

Computers

Used a crane to load and unload motor cases

Critical parts

Serialization

Packing, uncrating, shipping, and transporting

Supervisor:

Randy Wilson

870-***-****

LOCKHEED MARTIN

Assembler Spec

2014/2017

Pac-3 missile

Refurbished all canisters so they could be resold and reused in the field. This included grinding, polishing, and reconditioning parts. Loading canisters on a roll-over machine with crane.

Painted and stenciled the Pac-3 canister complicated camouflage patterns blending colors to pass DCMA inspection. Mixed and applied all paints and sealants. Kept track of all paper work and serial numbers after electrical test were performed. Used crane to weigh, and move canisters

Put together and reconditioned critical parts for sub- assembly which included: riveting,drilling,torqueing,deburring.

All confirmations were recorded in SAP.

Working with hand drills, setting torque wrenches, using programs on pc to check electrical resistance

Crane proficiency, uses of many different chemicals, and preparing the canisters and smaller parts for shipping.

Recording everything in SAP

Supervisor : Clark Lewis

870-***-**** (3015)

Lockheed Martin

2006/2014

GMLRS/MLRS

Built and assembled the MLRS rocket, used a spin down machine and, a weigh table to calculate sabot angles

Built the spinning tail for the Guided Multiple Rocket systems duties included: preparing the bearing, adjusting tabs for the spring-locking mechanisms (fins). Keeping track of all measurements to make sure spring tension and height adjustment fell within tolerance. Serializing after completion

Applied skins to the warheads for the GMLRS with adhesive and torqueing screws to specifications

Loaded the GMLRS rocket into a pod using serialized positions and torqueing applications

All measurements and serial numbers were recorded electronically in SAP. Drove tugs to move pods in and out.

Skills: using calipers, fluke gage, and feeler gages, and torque wrenches. Inking and serializing the parts, and safety wire.

Supervisor: Kyle Taylor

870-***-****

Lockheed Martin

2003/2006

MLRS

Built vehicles and applied top armor to cages.

Moved top armor, green beams, gold beams, and cages with a crane.

Drilled all the holes with drill jigs, and pneumatic drills for the top armor, and reamed them out, and counter bored, or spot faced all the holes for riveting applications.

Prepared the green and gold beams for installation using a hand drill and counter boring holes.

Using a crane effectively, operating and locating pneumatic drills, and proficiently locating beams and top armor to cage.

Supervisor: Ray Gavin 870-***-****

Lockheed Martin

2000/2003

Remanufacture

Tear down all the MLRS cages coming back in from the field for reconditioning

Duties included: Running a CNC machine cutting flanges off old bearings and housings, using a press to push out old bearings and push in new ones. Large and small parts were conditioned this way after these parts were sand-blasted, and cleaned to be repainted.

Removed all parts large and small using many different tools. Parts were then placed on serialized racks. New heli-coil inserts, bushings, and hardware were then outfitted to these parts. All confirmations was done in SAP

Supervisor: Ray Gavin 870-***-****

Shumaker Water Company

1995/2000

(Water and wastewater)

Put in new water lines, read water meters, and repaired existing lines.

Packed bell joints, ran trac-hoe backhoe, and my own route for water meters.

Worked wastewater plant fixing leaks, replacing pumps, and cleaning sludge screens.

Took samples of wastewater, and repaired broken lines. Worked on lift stations.

1993/1995

Small engine repair

Technical degree fixing and repairing small engines, Lawnmowers, weed eaters,chainsaws,edgers, some outboard 2 cycle experience. Diagnose and repair. Worked with fuel systems, and some electrical systems.

1986/1991

Esco Termite & Pest Control

Had an Arkansas Pest Control and Termite license

Ran my own route Pest. Done all crawls for termite work and water damage. Sprayed herbicide for the Corp of Engineers. Treated slabs. Done several pre treats trench around blocks. Help with dig outs.



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