Eric Eaker
Azle,TX
Summary
Skilled Journeyman Welder with 32 years experience in various welding types. Background connecting materials to create accurate work. Outstanding safety record.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Welder
Chosen construction
Soldotna, Alaska
08.2024 - Current
- Adjusted weld machines to correct settings for precision and waste reduction.
- Safely ignited torches and monitored surroundings to proactively identify hazards.
- Produced work using appropriate welding techniques, metallurgy knowledge and engineering requirements.
Combo Welder
Fluor Corporation
Irving, Texas
05.2006 - 06.2024
- Welded fabrication materials, continuously checking for safety and quality.
- Prepared workpiece edges by grinding, cutting, buffing or bending to verify snug fit.
- Produced work using appropriate welding techniques, metallurgy knowledge and engineering requirements.
- Cut, contoured and beveled metal and structural shapes to achieve accurate dimensions.
- Cleaned and inspected parts and assemblies at each production stage and documented production defects.
- Positioned and clamped workpieces together and properly assembled in jigs and fixtures.
- Adjusted weld machines to correct settings for precision and waste reduction.
- Prepared material surfaces for welding by removing scale, rust or other foreign matter.
- Positioned and secured workpieces using hoists, wire and banding machines or hand tools.
- Aligned and clamped workpieces using rules, squares or hand tools.
- Determined equipment and welding methods, applying knowledge of metallurgy, geometry and welding techniques.
- Recognized, set up and operated shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
- Welded components in flat, vertical or overhead positions.
- Measured workpieces with straightedges or templates to conform with specifications.
- All X-ray or phased arrayed.
Combo Welder
Six Flags Over Texas
Arlington , Texas
08.1996 - 05.2006
- Prepared workpiece edges by grinding, cutting, buffing or bending to verify snug fit.
- Positioned and clamped workpieces together and properly assembled in jigs and fixtures.
- Produced work using appropriate welding techniques, metallurgy knowledge and engineering requirements.
- Adjusted weld machines to correct settings for precision and waste reduction.
- Safely ignited torches and monitored surroundings to proactively identify hazards.
- Cut, contoured and beveled metal and structural shapes to achieve accurate dimensions.
- Cleaned and inspected parts and assemblies at each production stage and documented production defects.
- Welded fabrication materials, continuously checking for safety and quality.
- Aligned and clamped workpieces using rules, squares or hand tools.
- Welded components in flat, vertical or overhead positions.
- Measured workpieces with straightedges or templates to conform with specifications.
- Selected and installed torches, filler rods and flux according to welding chart specifications.
- Recognized, set up and operated shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
- Determined equipment and welding methods, applying knowledge of metallurgy, geometry and welding techniques.
- Prepared material surfaces for welding by removing scale, rust or other foreign matter.
- Connected and turned regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure and obtain desired flames.
- Marked or tagged material with job number, piece marks and other identifying marks.
- Positioned and secured workpieces using hoists, wire and banding machines or hand tools.
Education
High School Diploma -
Brownsboro High School
Brownsboro, TX05-1993
Skills
- Tool Maintenance
- Worksite safety
- Combo Welding
- Team Collaboration
- Hilcorp safety trained
- Aluminum Metal Welding
- Metal Fabrication
- Fabrication
- Assembly Planning
- Torch operation
- Stick Welding
- MIG welding
- Pipe welding
- Flux Selection
- Equipment Operation
- Vertical Welding
- Sub-arc Welding
- Quality Control
- Power Tool Operation
- Welding
- Arc welding
- TIG welding expert
- Metallurgy Process
- Torch Selection
- Attention to Detail
- Decision-Making
- Process Monitoring
- Welding Models
- Defective Material Identification
- Component Fabrication
- Stainless Steel Metal Welding
- Surface Material Preparation
- Gas Flow Adjustments
- Welding Chart Specifications Compliance
- Mathematical Calculations
- Hand and Power Tool Operation
- Solder Application
- Flux core (FCAW) welding
- Shaping and cutting
- Torch Installation
- Quality Control Analysis
- Template Measurements
- Metal alloy familiarity
- Blueprints Analysis
- Operations Planning
- Clamping understanding
- Combination Metal Welding
- Engineering Drawings Analysis
- Power Tools
- Gas Metal Arc Equipment
- Portable Grinders
- Soldering Equipment Use
- Shielded Metal Arc Equipment
- Post-welding treatment
- Template Design
Timeline
Lead Welder
Chosen construction
08.2024 - Current
Combo Welder
Fluor Corporation
05.2006 - 06.2024
Combo Welder
Six Flags Over Texas
08.1996 - 05.2006
High School Diploma -
Brownsboro High School
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