Herbert Lavender
Hunnington Ingalls/X67 Mechanical Inspector
Chesapeake,Va
1
Certification
23
years of professional experience
Mechanical Inspector reviewing 21+ fabricator inspection plans per month and fabrication and modular yard quality work against owner and ASME requirements. Verifies PQR, WPS, welder qualifications, MTRs, heat treatment, hardness testing, and weld fit-up while monitoring lot control for nondestructive examination. Approves nonconformance dispositions, tracks corrective actions, and witnesses hydrostatic testing to close out quality packages.
Work History
Mechanical inspector
7 Years 4 Months- Review fabricator's inspection plans to verify compliance with Owner requirements.
- Review fabricator's inspection plans to verify compliance with Owner requirements.
- Reviews PQR, WPS and welder qualifications with EPCM contractor
- Approve Non-conformance dispositions, identify any corrective actions to prevent recurrence and identify trends.
- Monitor fabrication, heat treatment, hardness testing, welding and fit ups.
- Work with the EPCM contractor and fabricator to establish designated lots for nondestructive examination. Monitor lot compliance.
- Perform random material and welding consumable MTR reviews to ensure compliance with appropriate ASME codes.
- Witness hydrostatic testing.
- Review quality RFI requests and forward to QA Manager and Engineering.
- Monitor and oversee the contractor's inspection/testing/ and modular yard installation activities to ensure the contractors' compliance with project quality requirements.
- Perform a modular walk down with EPCM contractor and fabricator, identify punch list items and verify completion and closure.
- Review all packages
- Conducted detailed inspections of mechanical systems to ensure compliance with industry standards.
- Analyzed inspection results and documented findings for quality assurance processes.
- Collaborated with engineering teams to address non-conformities in mechanical components.
- Trained junior inspectors on best practices for mechanical assessment and reporting.
- Maintained comprehensive records of inspections, ensuring traceability and accountability in operations.
- Conducted regular audits of maintenance records to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and promote best practices in mechanical system upkeep.
General maintenance technician
1 Year 8 Months- Quality Assurance Lead
- Osha certified
- Structural technician
- Drawing sketches to submit for hot work
- Pulling all power cable, and Cat5 and Cat6
- Connecting all lights, Jboxes, and light switches and power panels
- Team Lead
- Canes install
- Blue print reading and Understanding
Electrical Mechanic
8 Months- Install, maintain and repair electrical control, wiring, and lighting systems.
- Read technical diagrams and blueprints.
- Perform general electrical maintenance.
- Inspect transformers and circuit breakers and other electrical components.
- Troubleshoot electrical issues using appropriate of testing devices.
- Repair and replace equipment, electrical wiring, or fixtures.
- Follow National Electrical Code state and local building regulations.
- Circuit breaker corrective maintenance.
- Good knowledge of heating and air conditioning systems
- Good knowledge of various test equipment.
Correctional Officer
2 Years 10 Months- Oversee the conditions of the inmates in jail
- Ensuring that jail inmates comply with rules and regulations
- Inspect cells and other areas to ensure adequate sanitation, prevent security breaches and halt the smuggling of contraband, such as weapons or drugs
- Patrol inmate quarters and work areas
- Completed daily status reports and other documentation
Letter Carrier
1 Year- Handling and delivering mail
- Bundle mail in preparation for delivery or transportation to relay boxes
- Deliver mail to residences and business establishments along specified routes by walking and/or driving, using a combination of satchels, carts, cars, and small trucks
- Maintain accurate records of deliveries
Navy Seabees
8 Years 10 Months- Received numerous letters of recommendation for achievements
- Electricians can be working on one of the many electrical systems aboard the ship including lighting, power distribution, communication or navigation
- Electricians read and interpret complex electrical and electronic schematics.
- Lead and assisted several projects erecting pre-engineered structures
- Fabricated and erected structural steel shapes, plates and the built-up sections used in heavy construction equipment
- Designed, fabricated and installed sheet metal assemblies
- Proficient in reading and interpreting blueprints for projects
- Help create estimates of materials, labor, and equipment for task
- Performed all tasked in a safe manner
- Accountable of all tools I and out of tool shop
- Proficient with Microsoft word, excel, and PowerPoint, and project management
- Lay out, measure, and mark dimensions and reference lines on material such as roofing panels, using calculators, scribes, dividers, squares, or rulers.
- Convert blueprints into shop drawings to be followed in the construction or assembly of sheet metal products
- Fabricate or alter parts at construction sites, using shears, hammers, punches, or drills.
- Trim, file, grind, deburr, buff, or smooth surfaces, seams, or joints of assembled parts, using hand tools or portable power tools.
- Honorable discharge
Education
Business Management
Business Management
Skills
Blueprint reading
Dimensional inspection
Weld inspection
Material verification
Hydrostatic testing
Surface finish inspection
Gauge calibration verification
Sampling inspection
First article inspection
GD&T interpretation
Coordinate measuring machine operation
Inspection plan review
Nonconformance reporting
Corrective action tracking
Punch list management
Quality documentation
Material traceability
Control plan review
ISO 9001 compliance
Supplier quality audits
Measurement system analysis
Statistical process control
Certification
- Competent person Cert
- Dbibbs
- Rapid Gate badge
Timeline
Mechanical inspector
Hunnington Ingalls/X67 Mechanical Inspector
04.2019 - CurrentRead More
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General Dynamics (GDIT)
08.2017 - 04.2019Read More
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Nassco Shipyard
01.2017 - 09.2017Read More
Correctional Officer
Hampton Roads Regional Jail
11.2013 - 09.2016Read More
Letter Carrier
US Postal Service
11.2012 - 11.2013Read More
Navy Seabees
United States Navy
11.2003 - 09.2012Read More
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Bryant & Stratton College
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