Dennis Raines
McLouth,KS
Summary
Reliable team member with strong communication skills ande ability to adjust work for various environments. Handles modifications, requests and feedback from colleagues, clients and vendors in efficient manner, understanding needs of all parties involved. Flexible in adapting work style to fit different projects and juggling multiple assignments within tight deadlines.
Overview
39
39
years of professional experience
Work History
Designer /Welding Fabricator
ZMDR, LLC
12.2019 - Current
- Design, build & create as-builts of structural steel structures and sanitary stainless steel equipment & parts for meat processing plants.
- Managed multiple design projects simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery within budget constraints.
- Produced high-quality mockups for client approval during the iterative design process, saving time on revisions later down the line.
Self Employed
Self Employed
05.1990 - Current
- Design, general fabrication & welding
Manufacturing Supervisor
Smith & Loveless Inc.
04.2019 - 12.2019
- Supervisor of wastewater treatment & pumping station manufactured parts
Fitter/Welder
Intercontinental Engineering
10.2017 - 04.2019
- Production of NAVSEA projects for Northrop Grumman
Millwright
KCI Inc
10.2016 - 06.2017
- Hawthorn powerplant & Owen corning tear out
Welder
Trail King Industries
06.2013 - 10.2016
- Build custom heavy haul trailers
Fitter / Welder
Graham Steel
06.1991 - 05.2004
- Structural steel fitter / welder
Fitter / Welder
Stelco
05.1985 - 06.1991
- Building high pressure hydraulic systems for boom trucks & cranes
Education
High School Diploma -
05.1985
Skills
- Blueprints (10 years)
- Grinders (10 years)
- Hand tools (10 years)
- Materials requirements (10 years)
- Brakes (10 years)
- Square
- MIG
- Welding
- Fabrication
- Welder Fabricator
- Teamwork skills
- Layout Design
- Sketching abilities
- CAD Drafting
- Engineering Blueprints
Additionalinformation - Technicalskills
- Position, align, fit, and weld parts to form complete units or subunits, following blueprints and layout specifications, and using jigs, welding torches, and hand tools.
- Verify conformance of work-pieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.
- Tack-weld fitted parts together.
- Align and fit parts according to specifications, using jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers.
- Locate and mark workpiece bending and cutting lines, allowing for stock thickness, machine and welding shrinkage, and other component specifications.
- Position or tighten braces, jacks, clamps or bolt straps, or bolt parts in position for welding.
- Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences.
- Move parts into position, manually or with hoists or cranes.
- Set up and operate fabricating machines, such as brakes, rolls, shears, flame cutters, grinders, and drill presses, to bend, cut, form, punch, drill, or otherwise form and assemble metal components.
- Hammer, chip, and grind work-pieces to cut, bend, and straighten metal.
- Smooth work-piece edges and fix taps, tubes, and valves.
- Design and construct templates and fixtures, using hand tools.
- Mark reference points onto floors or face blocks and transpose them to workpieces, using measuring devices, squares, chalk, and soapstone.
- Set up face blocks, jigs, and fixtures.
- Remove high spots and cut bevels, using hand files, portable grinders, and cutting torches.
- Lift or move materials and finished products, using large cranes.
- Heat-treat parts, using acetylene torches.
- Preheat work-pieces to make them malleable, using hand torches.
Affiliations
- American Welding Society
- MIG Welding
- TIG Welding
- Stick Welding
- AutoCAD 2022
- SolidWorks 2020
Personal Information
- Relocation: Anywhere
- Title: Fabricator/Designer
Timeline
Designer /Welding Fabricator - ZMDR, LLC
12.2019 - Current
Manufacturing Supervisor - Smith & Loveless Inc.
04.2019 - 12.2019
Fitter/Welder - Intercontinental Engineering
10.2017 - 04.2019
Millwright - KCI Inc
10.2016 - 06.2017
Welder - Trail King Industries
06.2013 - 10.2016
Fitter / Welder - Graham Steel
06.1991 - 05.2004
Self Employed - Self Employed
05.1990 - Current
Fitter / Welder - Stelco
05.1985 - 06.1991
Basehor High School - High School Diploma,