Welder Foreman Northwest Structural Steel
Portland, OR
04.2015 - Current
Welded in flat, horizontal, vertical and overhead positions.
Clamped, held, tack-welded, heat-bent and bolted component parts to achieve required configurations and positions.
Fabricated shop parts directly from blueprints.
Inspected welds and checked critical measurements to meet specifications.
Chipped off excess weld, slag and spatter using hand tools.
Operated hoists, cranes and power tools to dismantle equipment to find and remove defective parts.
Interpreted verbal and written instructions from work orders and welding blueprints.
Welded parts using arc, gas-shielded arc, submerged arc and gas equipment.
Set up and operated shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
Repaired manufactured products by dismantling, straitening, reshaping and reassembling parts.
Completed welding projects using arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc and shielded metal arc equipment.
Used MIG gun arc to melt and deposit metal from electrode to workpieces.
Removed rough spots from work pieces with portable grinders, hand files and scrapers.
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