Proven ability to successfully manage a highly technical lab – 2 years

Dedicated & Determined      Respected & Trusted      Motivated       Strong Communicator

CB&I                                                            www.cbi.com                                                 2013 – 2014

Note:  Continually promoted to positions of increasing responsibility and authority

                 Manager/ Head Metallurgical Lab Technician    

• Prepped samples (grinding, polishing & etching) by hand for Tests such as:

                                 Chemical Hygiene Officer           

• Responsible for lab to meet OSHA standards on Chemical Storage & Safety Equipment


• Made regular inspections, checked calibration dates & electrical equipment

                                     Welding Engineer                 

• Wrote Procedure Qualification Records & PTPs and Work Orders in compliance with
  
  
  
  1. ASME  Section 9 code on pressure vessels
  
  
  2. AWS (American Welding Society) and NACE codes
  
  
  
  

 

John Deere                             Manufacturing- Engineering  Intern                         Summer 2011

• Worked with Fanuc Welding Robots


• Fine-tuned existing programs & programmed Vision Software for Crash Prevention


• Wrote training manuals on creating a new Vision program & troubleshooting a faulty one


• Installed a corrective patch for a bug on all Lincoln Welding Machines

See Addendum for details on Equipment & Software proficiency & Education details


B.S. Material Joining Engineering    LeTourneau University                GPA 3.48                 2013

• Welding Engineering                Minor – Mathematics and Applied Science

• Heritage Scholarship Recipient; Full Four Year Tuition


• Dean’s List          National Merit Scholar Commendation

Head of Metallography – Sr. Design    2012 – 2013

• Used Minitab to generate Design of Experiments for Welding tests


• Cut, etched & photographed weld samples


• Analyzed weld profiles for sidewall fusion & penetration

Lab Tech for Independent Consultant, Professor Robert Warke -  2013

• Met with clients to discuss failure samples and carried out tests such as:

1. Performed fractography analysis, photographed and cleaned fractured surfaces


2. Sectioned, polished, etched & took Macro & microscopic photography of specimens 


3. Wrote & documented reports of the microstructure examinations

Graduate                                                 Home Schooled                       GPA 3.9                     2009

• Accumulated 45 hours of college credit through AP and CLEP Testing and online courses