CHAD BENKER
Brenham
Summary
Passion for the manufacturing industry and seeking a challenging position that offers an opportunity for professional growth as well as personal fulfillment.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Applications and Machining Specialists
DGI Supply
Houston, Texas
10.2024 - Current
- - Provide tooling recommendations for our internal/ external sales team to maximize our clients productivity and performance across all sectors
- - Assist in testing tooling in real world applications along with troubleshooting any tooling and manufacturing issues
- - Developed and implemented process improvements to enhance our clients operational efficiency.
- - Collaborated with sales team to promote sales of company products and improve understanding of customer requirements.
- - Coordinated with sales team, providing information to assist with sales negotiations.
- - Increased revenue by establishing and maintaining customer relationships, leading to long-term business opportunities.
- - Engaged with customers to better understand needs and requirements and find appropriate solutions.
- 3M SAS -November 2025-current. Primary point of contact between 3M and end user. Help identify potential 3M opportunities
Machinist/ EB welder
MIC Group, Inc - West Plant
Brenham, TX
05.1992 - 10.2024
- - Department Head of Electron Beam Welding for 23 years.
- - Machined a variety of complex parts across several different types of equipment including but not limited to CNC mills (vertical /horizontal)
- - Quote led-time and manufacturing times of new projects.
- - Team member on numerous safety and quality committee
- - Operated various machines to produce precision metal parts and verified conformance of finished workpieces to specifications.
- - Assisted in developing new work instructions and performed machine preventive maintenance and troubleshooting
- - Documented machining work on required data sheets and software.
- - Worked with engineering design fixtures and tooling to set up machining operations for experimental and complex parts.
- - Collaborated with team members to troubleshoot machining problems and implement solutions.
- - Set up machines according to project specifications, ensuring optimal performance.
- - Trained new machinists on machine operations, safety procedures, and company policies.
- - Used strong customer service skills to build and maintain professional working relationships with team members.
Education
General Studies
Blinn College
01.1995
High School Diploma - undefined
Brenham High School
Brenham, TX05.1994
Skills
- Electron Beam Welding
- CNC machining (horizontal/vertical mills )
- Manual Lathe
- Manual Mill
- Toolroom Lathe
- Arc, Tig, Mig Welding
- Helium Leak Detector
- Pressure Testing
- Liquid Penetrate
- GD&T Standards
- ISO Procedures
- Preventive Maintenance
- AMSE Section IV
- Grinding
Certification
FMC- GD&T Training/
9001 ISO Training/
OSHA Training/
Forklift Certification/
NDE Level 2 Certification/
J-STD-001 Certification/
Sandvik Metal Working Training/
Timeline
Applications and Machining Specialists
DGI Supply
10.2024 - Current
Machinist/ EB welder
MIC Group, Inc - West Plant
05.1992 - 10.2024
High School Diploma - undefined
Brenham High School
General Studies
Blinn College
INTERNAL/EXTERNAL EXPERIENCE
I've had close working relationships with major companies across all manufacturing sectors. This has entailed working with customers on R&D, cost reduction, and production implementation. Internally I've worked with planning for scheduling, sales for customer inquiries, and management for daily operations.
LABOR SKILL SET
- Effectively machine tolerances down to +\- .0003
- Extensive experience machining the following materials:
- Aluminum
- Copper
- Graphite
- Stainless
- Steal
- Inconel
- Titanium
- Extensive horizontal/vertical machining and welding experience including but not limited to:
- Wentgate welders
- CVE welders
- Kuraki
- Haas
- Okuma
- OKK
- Mitsubishi
- Okuma Howa
- Komi
- Nomura
- Devlieg
- Mori Seiki