Benjamin Nowak
Kendallville,IN
Summary
Versatile and accomplished Welder with a robust background in high-end aluminum and stainless steel welding, notably with Smoker Craft and Tenneco Inc. Excelled in fast-paced production environments, demonstrating exceptional organizational skills and a keen ability to problem-solve. Skilled in Mig, Tig, and robotic welding, complemented by strong teamwork and communication abilities.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Welder
Multimatic
Butler, Indiana
01.2024 - Current
- Set up and operated shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
- Clamped, held, tack-welded, heat-bent and bolted component parts to achieve required configurations and positions.
- Removed and repaired unacceptable welds with air arc and grinder to meet quality guidelines.
- Robotic welding and adjustments to robotic spot welders.
- General maintenance/ preventative maintenance to keep lines up and running efficiently and safely.
Push Pull Level Entry Crane Operator/Taylor Driver
Steel Dynamics
Butler, Indiana
12.2021 - 01.2024
- Performed daily safety checks to achieve safe operating condition of equipment.
- Positioned cranes in response to hand signals and observed load hookup to determine safe load capacities.
- Operated mobile crane and moved materials to various locations to meet job schedule demands.
- Experienced in inspecting cranes and related equipment for safety and operational defects.
- Operated cranes and other equipment while monitoring coworker, personal and overall work zone safety.
- Helped on both entry lines and pulling level coils.
- Took out coils from the hot mill and brought scheduled coils in.
- Loaded steel coils onto payoff reels to successfully keep steel running down the lines
- Experience in down day’s and preventive maintenance to machines, coils cars, hydraulic and pneumatic functions.
- Torched coils to entry size or specific size needed to keep steel moving.
Aluminum Mig, Tig Welding on the High Boat Line
Smoker Craft
New Paris, Indiana
01.2016 - 07.2018
- Fast pace high end aluminum pontoon mig, rig welding. Installed front nose cones, fines, storage units, fuel cells. Anything that was custom ordered on a customers Smoker Craft boat.
Fabricator
Wirco Inc
Avilla, Indiana
01.2014 - 03.2016
- Fabricate and skilled welding to any task received to be completed that day. Also custom or special ordered to delight the customer. Fabrication, touch use, break press operated, overhead crane use, shipping and receiving, truck work and fork truck licensed.
Production Welder/ Set up Work
Tenneco Inc
Ligonier, Indiana
01.2009 - 01.2014
- High demand stainless steel exhaust welding for Ford, CAT, Chrysler, Duramax, etc. Fast pace production welding to meet the customer la demands. Quality catches and control. Also set up work, changing out fixtures, cast dues, robotic welding tables. Basic electrical and hands on skills.
Education
High School Diploma -
East Noble High School
Kendallville, IN06-2009
Skills
- Organizational skills
- Mig, Tig, and stick welding
- Arc gouging
- Trained to use oxygen and acetylene torches
- Electric or pneumatic hand tools
- Break press operations
- Over head crane and fork truck
- 7 years of flux core welding
- Blueprint reading
- Set up
- Good communication skills
- Good with a wrench or anything hands on
- Basic electrical
- Robotic welders and any basic machines
- Quick learner
- Fast pace production
- Can work independently or in groups
- Can work in hot or cold conditions, inside or outside
- Excellent at problem solving and won’t give up
- Can work any shift and weekends
Certification
Four County Vocational Welding School- Welding Certificate
Graduated 2009
References
- Matt Reynolds 260-582-9976 matt.reynolds@steeldynamics.com
- Taylor Fulk 260-242-0310 taylor.fulk@steeldynamics.com
- Kevin Fulk kevin.fulk@steeldynamics.com
- Josh Firestine 260-416-9871 josh.firestine@steeldynamics.com
Timeline
Welder
Multimatic
01.2024 - Current
Push Pull Level Entry Crane Operator/Taylor Driver
Steel Dynamics
12.2021 - 01.2024
Aluminum Mig, Tig Welding on the High Boat Line
Smoker Craft
01.2016 - 07.2018
Fabricator
Wirco Inc
01.2014 - 03.2016
Production Welder/ Set up Work
Tenneco Inc
01.2009 - 01.2014
High School Diploma -
East Noble High School