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FRANKLIN L. BRADEN

OBJECTIVE

To secure permanent, contract and/or temporary assignments or opportunities with reputable firms involved in the industrial coatings industry/related fields.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

* 20+ years experience in the industrial coatings industry

* NACE Level III, w/peer, Certified Int’l. Coatings Inspector #7546

* SSPC C-3 Certification for De-Leading/Competent Person/Supervisor for Steel Structures

* Completed OSHA 10 Hour Construction Course

* 12 years experience in highway/bridge industry

* Bridge inspection experience includes: ODOT, KYTC, WVDOH, MASDOT, TXDOT

* Bridge fabrication/component & shop experience include: Chicago Bridge & Iron, Trinity Industries, PDM, Carolina Steel, High Steel, Shuff Steel & Cives Steel

* other industrial experience include *

* Chemical facilities QA/QC Management

* Water tank ineriors/exteriors – Various states, municipal, ground storage & elevated

* Interior linings – chemical processing & refining – Chevron, Amerada-Hess, Lyondell

* Paint crew supervision - blast & paint - bridge - DOE - marine - fabrication

* Nuclear power facility QA/QC lining inspection

* US Naval Preservation/NAVSEA/SUPSHIP - QA/QC/Project Mgmt.

WORK OF EXPERIENCE

AECOM – Morgantown, WV – 4/2010 – 5/2011

Sr. Bridge Coatings Inspector – WVDOH - Braxton & Putnam Counties; Lincoln County; Spencer County

DZ Atlantic/DUKE Energy, Catawba Nuclear Facility, York County, SC - 1/2010 – 4/2010

Sr. Coating Inspector, Pipeline - QA/QC Dept.

Greenehorne & O’Mara, Laurel, Md - 9/2009 thru 12/22/2009

Bridge Coating Inspector - Interstate bridge coating project - West Virginia (WVDOT) & Massachusetts (MASDOT)

BLASTCO Texas, Houston, TX - 10/2008 thru 6/2009

Paint Supervisor/QC Manager - Bridge blast & coat - Supervision of 15 - 35 - Junction, TX

BROCK Group/Basic Industries, Morris, IL/Tuscola, IL/Clinton, IA - 5/2007 thru 7/2008

QC Manager - Maintenance Program - LYONDELLBASELL Chemical

Braden Industrial Coatings, Charlestown, IN - 4/2006 thru 5/2007

Consultant to industry - self employed - Bridge painting audits, bridge claim investigation, failure analysis and condition assessment, project investigation, interview, document review and assessment, expert witness, specification review, project review and assessment, inspection, JSA assembly & field surveys

Woolpert Design-Build, LLC, Dayton, OH - 9/2004 thru 4/2006

Sr. Bridge Inspector - State of Ohio (ODOT); Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC)

Field inspection, auditing, specification review

ACBL, Jeffersonville, IN - 6/2003 thru 1/2004

Paint Division Superintendent - Blast & paint - inland & marine vessels - Supervision of 30 - 45

MAIN Industries, Newport News, VA - 11/2001 thru 5/2003

Project Manager/QC Manager - US Naval Preservation/NAVSEA/SUPSHIP - Heavy ships - Carriers, destroyers, frigates & LHD’s - Crew supervision (15), inspection/QC

Vanwin, Chesapeake, VA - 5/2001 thru 11/2001

QC Manager - US Naval Preservation/NAVSEA/SUPSHIP - Heavy ships - Carriers, destroyers, frigates & LHD’s - Interior, hulls & decks

Superior Coatings, Idaho Springs, ID - 6/2000 thru 3/2001

Project Manager/QC Manager - DOE New construction - AMWTP, Scoville, ID - Interior containment preparation and coating application - Nuclear Waste Treatment Project

Mansfield Industrial Coatings, Valiant, OK - 2/2000 thru 6/2000

QC Manager/Safety Representative - Paper mill maintenance - prep & coat structural steel, piping & vessels

ICI Devoe, Cleveland, OH - 6/1999 thru 1/2000

Rial Division Technical Representative - Rail car interior linings and exterior applications

Turner Industries, Paris, TX - 1/1999 thru 6/1999

QC Manager - Pipe fabrication, blast & paint

CARBOLINE Company, St. Louis, MO - 10/1989 thru 11/1998

Field Services Manager - Supervisor - 6 NACE inspectors/field technicians - various industries serviced

* Employment prior to 1989 will be provided upon request. This period, dating back to 1976, was also derived of similar employment aa depicted above.

OTHER TRAINING & EDUCATION

1976 Graduate of Western High School, Louisville, KY

Continuing education through industry sanctioned coursework – NACE & SSPC

NACE Level III Certified International Coatings Inspector, #7546

SSPC C-3 Certification – Lead Abatement/Competent Person/Supervisor

Partial completion of college coursework – business administration – Sullivan College, Louisville, KY

Professional Training includes:

Binks Spray School – air spray (conventional) and airless

Graco Spray School – plural component airless

KTA-Tator inspection training

Nordson Spray School – powder coating, electrostatic

NACE Basic Corrosion Course – June, 1984

OSHA 10 Hour Construction Safety Course – July, 2010

REFERENCES

* References are provided upon request.

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