Brooke Williams
Portland,OR
Summary
Experienced manager and problem-solver skilled in team building, leadership, and motivation. Demonstrates exceptional customer relations aptitude and strong relationship-building skills. Utilizes independent decision-making and sound judgment to drive company success. Dedicated to applying training, monitoring, and morale-building abilities to enhance employee engagement and performance. 18 Year professional with extensive industry experience. Possesses expertise in testing, sorting, and sampling products with a working knowledge of a variety of industry codes, specifications, and regulations.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Quality Manager
Clackamas Welding
09.2023 - Current
- Updated QMS, methods, and procedures to meet NADCAP and AS9100 compliance requirements.
- Assured consistent quality of production by implementing and enforcing applicable industry codes, specifications, and procedures.
- Performed root cause analysis to identify and resolve quality issues and defects.
- Tracked quality issues with external customers, suppliers, and internal shop operations.
- Conducted internal audits to identify areas of improvement and enforce compliance with AS9100 and NADCAP requirements.
Owner/operator
The Metal Shop - Austin LLC
04.2014 - 09.2023
- Project managed five and six figure projects in residential and commercial settings
- Manage employees
- Fabricate and weld with carbon steel, stainless steels, aluminum alloys, copper alloys, brass and bronze alloys, cast irons and aluminum, to tight tolerances
- Design, fabricate, and project managed various projects with builders, contractors, architects, designers, and engineers to create custom metal elements for residential, commercial, industrial, and government projects
- Weld with GMAW (MAG), TIG, SMAW, FCAW processes
- Fabricate with CNC plasma tables, brake presses, tube rollers and benders, iron workers, and other metal working tooling
- Certify welders, write welding procedure specifications, and qualify procedures to the AWS D1.1 code books
Adjunct Instructor
Austin Community College
04.2019 - 09.2023
- Project managed and developed curriculum for various continuing education welding courses for Lockhart Correctional Facility, Tx Department of Transportation classes, and courses taught at the Austin Public Library and Austin Housing Authority
- Worked with students that ranged from zero experience to many years of previous welding experience, and varied backgrounds
- Teach students to weld in the processes of SMAW, GMAW(MAG), TIG, FCAW, using various filler metals, materials, positions, how to prep material and perform welds to various standards, and how to correct weld defects
- Teach students layout and fabrication including the following: blueprint reading, bidding jobs, various measurement devices, power tools and basic fabrication techniques
- Teach basic theory behind welding to include polarities, set up of equipment, electrode classifications, and various principles of each process, fillet and groove welds, weld sizes and profiles, acceptance criteria of welds, the weld testing process from prep through weld out and testing
- Teach welding safety, PPE, MSDS, shop safety, tool and equipment maintenance and safety, oxy-fuel equipment and safety, plasma cutting equipment and safety
- Teach the basics of metallurgy to include the following: precautions with various metals and alloys, heat treatments, pre-heat and post-heat treatment of welds, and the differences in various metals and how to work with them
- Taught welding courses, providing instruction to up to 300 undergraduate students.
Certified Welding Inspector
Paradigm Metals Inc.
12.2014 - 07.2016
- Write WPS and PQR under the AWS D1.1, D1.2, D1.3, and D1.6
- Qualify PQR's, certify welders, and inspect welded parts to applicable codes and standards
- Project managed the company's Applied Materials' Level 2 welding shop certification process
- Train engineers, welders, and QC on blueprints, weld quality, and welding techniques
- Blueprint review and edits
- Assure that welders were welding to applicable codes, specifications, and quality procedures.
Department Chair
Texas State Technical College
08.2011 - 10.2018
- Supervisory experience over multiple departments with as many as 20 employees
- Supervisory experience of over 150 students
- Served as department chair overseeing the welding, machining, and HVAC programs
- Project managed the statewide curriculum alignment for 11 different campuses, and worked with the Innovation Team to create and test various curriculum delivery concepts such as online learning and competency-based education
- Teach students to weld in the processes of SMAW, GMAW (MAG), GTAW (TIG), FCAW, pipe welding and fitting, Non-Destructive Testing, layout and fabrication, automation and robotics welding, blueprint reading, bidding jobs, and metallurgy
- Developed curriculum for advanced classes such as metallurgy, codes and standards, and robotics and automation welding
- Welded, tested, and certified students to ASME, API, and AWS code books
- Work with industry leaders to connect students with work, and keep up to date on industry needs
Adjunct Welding Instructor
Lone Star College
08.2009 - 08.2011
- Teach students to weld in the processes of SMAW, GMAW(MAG), TIG, FCAW, using various filler metals, materials, positions, how to prep material and perform welds to various standards, and how to correct weld defects
- Teach students layout and fabrication including the following: blueprint reading, bidding jobs, various measurement devices, power tools and basic fabrication techniques
- Teach basic theory behind welding to include polarities, set up of equipment, electrode classifications, and various principles of each process, fillet and groove welds, weld sizes and profiles, acceptance criteria of welds, the weld testing process from prep through weld out and testing
- Teach welding safety, PPE, MSDS, shop safety, tool and equipment maintenance and safety, oxy-fuel equipment and safety, plasma cutting equipment and safety
- Teach the basics of metallurgy to include the following: precautions with various metals and alloys, heat treatments, pre-heat and post-heat treatment of welds, and the differences in various metals and how to work with them
Certified Welding Inspector
Professional Services Inc.
07.2007 - 08.2011
- Third party inspection firm performing visual inspections to various ASME, API, and AWS codes and standards
- Structural steel field visual inspections to specifications, contract documents, code books, and standards
- Structural bolt and joist inspections to applicable standards
- Certify welders, qualify PQR's, and write welding procedures
- Shop inspections to verify compliance
Education
Associates of Applied Science - Code Welding
Austin Community College
Austin, TX05.2009
Skills
- First-article inspection
- Document control
- Compliance monitoring
- Supplier relationship management
- Corrective actions
- Internal auditing
- AS9100 Lead Auditor Certification
- External audits
- Project management experience
- Training and mentoring
- Visual inspection
- Welding techniques
Licensing
Certified Welding Inspector, American Welding Society, #07100151, 07/01/07, Current
Certification
AS9100 Certified Lead Auditor
Timeline
Quality Manager
Clackamas Welding
09.2023 - Current
Adjunct Instructor
Austin Community College
04.2019 - 09.2023
Certified Welding Inspector
Paradigm Metals Inc.
12.2014 - 07.2016
Owner/operator
The Metal Shop - Austin LLC
04.2014 - 09.2023
Department Chair
Texas State Technical College
08.2011 - 10.2018
Adjunct Welding Instructor
Lone Star College
08.2009 - 08.2011
Certified Welding Inspector
Professional Services Inc.
07.2007 - 08.2011
AS9100 Certified Lead Auditor
Associates of Applied Science - Code Welding
Austin Community College
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