Grant Sackett
W Jordan,Utah
Summary
Adept at hydraulic repairs and fostering customer relationships, I enhanced equipment reliability by 30% at Sentry Equipment. My expertise spans from diagnostic abilities to preventive maintenance, underpinned by a commitment to quality assurance and workplace safety. Trained junior welders, ensuring adherence to high standards and efficiency in operations.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Mechanic /Fabrication Welder
Sentry Equiptment
07.2022 - 11.2023
- Inspected and tested equipment to locate worn and damaged parts.
- Kept equipment in good working order by following operating instructions, troubleshooting breakdowns, and maintaining supplies.
- Analyzed and located malfunctions in brakes, motors, switches, and control systems.
- Disassembled defective parts to make proper repairs.
- Replaced damaged, missing, or defective parts with new and refurbished components.
- Completed full vehicle inspections to check for leaks, damage, or other issues of concern.
- Performed diagnostic and troubleshooting procedures to find and identify root causes of mechanical issues.
- Inspected and tested vehicles and completed preventive maintenance such as engine tune-ups, oil changes, tire rotations, wheel balancing, and filter replacement.
- Ordered repair parts quickly to prevent delays in projects and repair work.
- Researched parts availability and pricing to stay on par with competitors and offer best services.
- Repaired engine and transmission components to rebuild engine and enhance vitality.
- Performed preventative maintenance oil changes and brake jobs to preserve performance and reliability of vehicles.
- Utilized computerized diagnostic equipment to conduct thorough inspections and determine outcomes.
Mechanic/Fabrication Welder
Rebuild-it Services Group
03.2016 - 04.2020
- Inspected and tested equipment to locate worn and damaged parts.
- Completed full vehicle inspections to check for leaks, damage, or other issues of concern.
- Analyzed and located malfunctions in brakes, motors, switches, and control systems.
- Performed diagnostic and troubleshooting procedures to find and identify root causes of mechanical issues.
- Disassembled defective parts to make proper repairs.
- Kept equipment in good working order by following operating instructions, troubleshooting breakdowns, and maintaining supplies.
- Replaced damaged, missing, or defective parts with new and refurbished components.
- Inspected and tested vehicles and completed preventive maintenance such as engine tune-ups, oil changes, tire rotations, wheel balancing, and filter replacement.
- Ordered repair parts quickly to prevent delays in projects and repair work.
- Calculated costs of materials and labor to prepair detailed repair estimates.
- Repaired engine and transmission components to rebuild engine and enhance vitality.
- Utilized computerized diagnostic equipment to conduct thorough inspections and determine outcomes.
- Researched parts availability and pricing to stay on par with competitors and offer best services.
- Performed preventative maintenance oil changes and brake jobs to preserve performance and reliability of vehicles.
- Maintained awareness of vehicle market trends to assess customer demands and budgets.
- Repaired and replaced worn and damaged components.
- Investigated customer complaints to identify cause of malfunctions.
- Coordinated with parts department to determine availability of necessary components.
- Corrected faults and maximized performance by rebuilding systems and individual components.
Welder/Fabrication Welder
St. George Steel
03.2005 - 02.2015
- Prepared welding equipment to perform advanced welding work.
- Fabricated shop parts directly from blueprints.
- Operated hoists, cranes, and power tools to dismantle equipment to find and remove defective parts.
- Welded in flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead positions.
- Chipped off excess weld, slag, and spatter using hand tools.
- Removed and repaired unacceptable welds with air arc and grinder to meet quality guidelines.
- Set up and operated shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
- Completed welding projects using gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc, and shielded metal arc equipment.
- Inspected welds and checked critical measurements to meet specifications.
- Clamped, held, tack-welded, heat-bent and bolted component parts to achieve required configurations and positions.
- Salvaged and rebuilt parts to achieve cost savings and reduce waste.
- Utilized blueprints and diagrams to compare finished products against design specifications.
- Trained and supervised junior welders to use proper techniques, apply best practices and comply with quality standards.
- Inspected pieces for defects, measured, and checked with straightedges or templates for compliance with specifications.
- Avoided warping, shrinkage, and distortion by carefully controlling welding processes.
- Welded various connections with high-quality final results.
- Maintained safety by wearing protective equipment, staying alert and following procedures.
- Cut, grinded and bent edges of materials to be joined for snug fit using power grinders and hand tools.
- Chipped away debris and thick crusts of rust, slag, and other materials to ready surfaces for welding.
- Prepared for assembly by positioning, aligning and securing parts using tools such as jigs and vises.
- Completed projects safely by closely monitoring conditions when lighting torches and using tools.
- Inspected welds for accuracy and conformance to specifications.
Education
High School Diploma -
Taylorsville High School
Taylorsville, UT06.2002
Skills
- Hydraulic Repair
- Inventory Management
- Troubleshooting
- Mechanical Systems
- Electrical system rewiring
- Work Order Management
- Quality Assurance
- Hand and power tools
- Equipment fine-tuning
- Generator repair
- Hydraulic systems
- Engine repair
- Safety Procedures
- Equipment diagnostics
- Recordkeeping
- Road-Worthiness Evaluations
- Motorcycle repair
- Hydraulic pumps
- Documentation And Reporting
- Equipment inspection and testing
- Diagnostics
- Preventive Maintenance
- Equipment adjustment
- Heavy Equipment Repair
- Ignition system repair
- Brake Systems
- Welding and fabrication
- Workplace Safety
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
- Repairs knowledge
- Diagnostic abilities
- Systems troubleshooting
- Electrical motor rebuilding
- Problem diagnosis
Timeline
Mechanic /Fabrication Welder
Sentry Equiptment
07.2022 - 11.2023
Mechanic/Fabrication Welder
Rebuild-it Services Group
03.2016 - 04.2020
Welder/Fabrication Welder
St. George Steel
03.2005 - 02.2015
High School Diploma -
Taylorsville High School
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