welder, fitter, foreman, production supervisor

Robert W. Davenport

**** ******* *****

Houston, TX 77064

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

SUMMARY

Highly skilled metal fabricator and welder; pressure vessels, pipe, structural, skids. Proficient in preparing product reports, MTRs and photo documentation as well as automated plasma cutting, OmniCad, Autocad 2009, lathe and milling machines, drill presses, plate rolls and other metal working equipment. Skilled in product design, drawing and reading blueprints, and Microsoft programs. Sub-arc, Fluxcore, Tig and Stick welding

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Maxim Silencers Inc., Stafford, TX 2004-11/2009

Shop Foreman / Production Supervisor

Managed team of 20 welders, fitters and machinists. Built steel and stainless steel pressure vessels, piping, diverting valves, silencing structures and machine products. Designed and supervised the building of a machine shop. Procured materials and equipment for machine and burning shops. Supervised material testing (X-ray, hydro, MT). Prepared code vessel reports and MTRs. Provided internet research for new equipment and techniques. Developed OmniCad designs for plasma cutting system. Taught welders to use sub-arc welding.

Key Accomplishment: Supervised the building and start-up of a new factory, including training new workforce and successfully meeting tight deadlines.

Baha’I World Center, Haifa, Israel 1995-2003

Iron Shop Manager

Managed 20+ employees. Worked directly with architects in the design and building of major steel, stainless steel and bronze structures. Estimated time and materials. Configured conception sketches to working drawings. Designed and built mechanisms for automated machinery, by utilizing a lathe and milling machines.

Key Accomplishment: Organizing local Arabic Speaking workers in completing one of Israel’s largest construction projects.

M.A. Segale Inc., Tukwila, WA 1986-1995

Welder/Fabricator

Provided custom metal fabrication for Washington’s then-largest privately owned construction company. Fabricated mining equipment skids, pumping stations and custom trucks. Resized fuel tanks. Repaired heavy equipment. Operated lathe, milling machine, and 35-ton hydraulic crane.

Western Metal Arts Company, Tacoma, WA 1986-1988

Owner/Manager

Owned and managed this 10-person company specializing in the production of photo-engraved products, including deep-etched bronze, stainless steel and aluminum for architectural signs and name plates. Also created casting patterns from deep-etched magnesium for bronze plaques. Marketed company services (including graphic design), estimated jobs, and managed projects. (Also worked for M.A. Segale during this time period.)

Tacoma Boatbuilding Company, Tacoma, WA 1977-1985

Welding Instructor/X-Ray Leadman

Instructed and supervised 20+ welders in X-ray welding on military ships. Welded procedure plates for contract qualifications. Performed sub-arc, flux core and stick welding.

Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, WA 1973-1977

Welder

Welder for Bechtel contract for Hanford Nuclear Reactor.

EDUCATION

Spray Arc, 11018 qualification for Bechtel and Navy Contracts, Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, Seattle, WA.

Washington Building Trades Welding Certification, Renton Technical College, Renton, WA

Pre-Engineering Studies, Green River Community College, Auburn, WA

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