*AWS Certified Welding Inspector
*NDT Mag-Partical Level II, Liquid Penatrent Level II

Diploma – Sun Valley High School – Monroe, N.C.
Welding Courses – Central Piedmont Community College – Charlotte, N.C. (2 years)
Business Administration – Union Technical College – Monroe, N.C. (2 years)
AWS Welding Technology – Norfolk, VA

2002 – Present Vulcan Steel Jacksonville, FL
Shop Superintendent
*Fabricate Structural Steel, Miscellaneous Steel and Small bridges
*Responsible for shop personnel, schedule work in shop, estimate and bid work
*Order materials, welding consumables, paint and machine parts
*In charge if AISC certifications, write weld procedures, certify welders
*Give safety and procedure lessons

1999-2001 & 2002 Robert W. Hunt Company Houston, TX Welding Inspector
*Contract quality assurance for clients at fabrication shops around eastern U.S.
*Performed welding inspection on bridge plate girders, tub girders, beam girders,cross frames, diagonals, pedestrian bridges, tollbooths and spiral weld pipe
*Verified mill test reports, welder qualifications, welding procedures, machine calibrations and concrete compression tests
*Performed inspection on paint coatings, galvanize coatings, tape coatings and surface preparations, performed adhesion tests
*Verified bolt and rebar samples
*Clients include Florida DOT, West Virginia DOT, Pennsylvania DOT, Pennsylvania Turnpike, New York State DOT, Tampa City, Virginia DOT, the Port Authority of
New York and New Jersey

2001 NDT Group Pittsburgh, PA
Welding Inspector
*Contract quality assurance for the Boston Artery/Tunnel Project at a fabrication shop until work there was complete
*Performed welding inspection on bridge plate girders, roof girders and crossframes
*Performed inspection on paint coatings and surface preparations
*Verified mill test reports, welder qualifications, welding procedures, machine calibrations

1998 – 1999 Industrial Steel Rock Hill, S.C
Miscellaneous & Field Crew Leader
*Fabricate stairs and rails and erect the same
*Verified field measurements

1997 – 1998 Commercial Field & Fab Rock Hill, S.C Shop Superintenden
*Fabricate structural steel for the field crew *Estimate jobs and order material
*Hire applicants, give safety lessons

1994 – 1997 Southern Engineering Charlotte, N.C
Welding Supervisor
*Performed inspections for quality control on structural steel
*Ordered welding consumables, maintained welding machines
*Certified welders, verified mill test reports with shipments
*Welded for production when necessary

1991 – 1994 Mid-State Iron Works Marshville, N.C
Fabricator/Welder
*Fabricate and weld lime towers & caustic tanks
*Fabricate and weld aluminum rails

1987 – 1991 Davis Steel & Iron Matthews, N.C
Welder
*Welded on structural steel, pile drivers, stairs and rails

1983 – 1987 U.S. Coast Guard Portsmouth, VA
Damage Control men Baltimore, MD
*Firewatcher in shipyards
*Fireman on Coast Guard Cutter Ingham, engine room
*Honorable Discharge