Alex Retta
Brownsville,TX
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with a desire to take on new challenges involved with moving vertically within SpaceX. History of meeting company needs under constant pressure of aggressive deadlines. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Welder
SpaceX
Starbase, TX
01.2022 - Current
- Leads and manages a group of 17+ technicians.
- Relays instructions to the team specified in work order operations, which include fitting, torque, and welding procedures.
- Applies SSV methods and works side by side with the team to help manage control of production quality.
- Coaches the team on how to navigate through all aspects of warp drive.
- Motivates the team to meet production deadlines and goals.
- Supports the engineering team with process improvements for future assemblies.
- Lines up technicians based on priority needs and effectively plans out daily tasks.
- Monitors the team's productivity and provides constructive feedback and coaching.
- Continues to find ways to minimize process completion time frames.
- Capable of performing critical lifts.
- Mentored a technician who was promoted to Lead Welder.
- Recent assembly accomplishments include S33 AFT Plane (Flight 7), S34.1, and S34 AFT Plane (Flight 8).
Welder
SpaceX
Starbase , TX
03.2020 - 01.2022
- Read work order instructions and applied measurements to plan layouts and procedures.
- Utilized fitting and welding skills to perform the job task at hand.
- Monitored fitting and welding processes to avoid overheating, distortion, and shrinking of materials.
- Prepared workpiece edges by gridding, cutting, and blending parts to perform fits.
- Navigated through warp drive to perform the job in sequence.
- Operated the Magni to support barrel transportation.
Education
High School Diploma -
Glady's Porter High School
Brownsville, TX06-2014
Skills
- People Leader
- Bilingual
- Communication Skills
- Problem Solving
- Decision-Making
- Warp Drive
- Reliable
- Fitting/Welding
- Heavy Equipment/Bridge Crane Operator
- Piece Part Movements
Timeline
Lead Welder
SpaceX
01.2022 - Current
Welder
SpaceX
03.2020 - 01.2022
High School Diploma -
Glady's Porter High School