Bryce Reid
Seattle,WA
Summary
Experienced Weld Lead with 15+ years of experience in team coordination and customer relations. Proven track record in streamlining operations, ensuring efficiency, and maintaining high customer satisfaction levels. Skilled in fabricating and machining various parts, from aerospace aluminum to stainless mount brackets. Proficient in custom and production welding, eager to showcase exceptional welding capabilities for your company.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Construction Contractor & Mobile Mechanic
Anything for a Buck, Llc
Seattle, WA
01.2015 - Current
- Meeting customers to quote jobs and schedule work.
- Giving fair and accurate bids on the fly.
- Estimating time to completion accurately and completing the job in time and under quoted cost.
- Scheduling subcontractors so jobs are completed on time and stages are done in correct order so everybody’s time is spent as efficiently as possible.
Weld Lead
Pro Fab Ind Inc
Stanwood, WA
06.2003 - 12.2015
- Spearheaded custom welding and fabrication projects, ensuring adherence to specifications and quality standards.
- Supervised and mentored a skilled team of 7 welders, fostering a collaborative and efficient work environment.
- Maintained professional relationships with clients, effectively communicating updates regarding lead times and billing adjustments.
- Operated Miller and Lincoln Weld machines utilizing different weld operations from flux core mig to tig steel, stainless and alum. Also operated alum spool guns and push pull whips for production welding alum
- Fabricated and welded structural aluminum tube frames for US Military's Quonset huts
- Built and welded steel light pole arms and machined mounting plates for DOT
- Built custom aluminum river sleds and custom trailers
Skills
- TIG welding experience with steel, stainless & aluminum from 100 to 1"
- MIG welding expert in steel, stainless & aluminum Familiar with many machines including spool guns & push pull setups
- Stainless steel fab and weld experience
- Aluminum Fabricating and welding
- Knowledge in operation of CNC hydraulic press brake, CNC Shear and many manual machines like Bridgeports and lathes, punch press and ironworkers
- Skilled in reading blueprints and drawing Capable of executing orders efficiently to complete job by deadline alone or with a team
- Experienced in giving orders as well as receiving them Can work efficiently as part of a team or work effectively running the team
- Comfortable in any type work environment from fast paced production to solo custom build projects
- Understand no matter how much you know, you can never know it all and everyday is a chance to learn something new
Certification
FCAW AWS D1. 1 Shop Field Unlimited
Timeline
Construction Contractor & Mobile Mechanic
Anything for a Buck, Llc
01.2015 - Current
Weld Lead
Pro Fab Ind Inc
06.2003 - 12.2015