James Welch
Harriman,TN
Summary
Safety-focused professional with over 8 years of experience in hazardous materials management and demolition of WWII structures. Trained in asbestos and confined space supervision, with hands-on expertise in dirt remediation and lift inspections. Proven leadership as a foreman, ensuring compliance with safety standards and thorough work package documentation.
Overview
1
1
Certification
24
24
years of post-secondary education
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Foreman/Asbestos Abatement Supervisor
UCOR
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
06.2018 - Current
- Directed UCOR field crews through daily cleanup and maintenance tasks.
- Supervised subcontractors during facility deactivation and environmental cleanup work.
- Enforced UCOR safety rules and site work controls during operations.
- Coordinated permits, work packages, and job briefings for field teams.
- Inspected tools, equipment, and work areas for UCOR job readiness.
- Trained crew members on procedures, hazards, and safe work practices.
- Communicated with supervisors, planners, and field staff on schedule needs.
- Documented work progress, issues, and field conditions for UCOR reporting.
- Inspected tools, materials, and equipment to ensure quality standards were met.
- Ensured all workers adhered to company policies and procedures.
- Assessed work area conditions for potential hazards or risks.
- Provided guidance, direction, and technical assistance to crew members.
- Maintained daily logs of labor and equipment used on-site.
- Established expectations and motivated crews to consistently meet or beat goals.
- Supervised projects to uphold schedule requirements and quality demands.
- Managed workers at various experience levels in construction and restoration projects.
- Created detailed reports on job progress and submitted them to management on time.
- Resolved conflicts between workers in a timely manner.
- Hazwhopper Supervisor
- Confined space Supervisor
Worker
Proton Power
Lenoir City, Tennessee
06.2015 - 01.2018
- Maintenance machines to run
- Incinerate wood to produce diesel (bio fuel)
- Incinerate wood to produce gas before the cooling process back to a liquid, to run generators to produce electricity
- Run telehandler
- Run forklift
- Monitor computers to ensure system was working, keeping the machine above 800°c (clean out temp) up to 2000°c
- Monitor computer to ensure gas levels were properly collected in bladder, and bled off when necessary.
- Ensure machine wasn’t leaking in oxygen to mix with the gas vapors to prevent an explosive atmosphere
Inventory Specialist
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Rockwood, Tennessee
03.2013 - 05.2015
- Pick order/pull full pallets/full loads depending on order
- Stock inventory based on orders (on and offsite)
- Load inventory into box truck to move offsite if necessary
- Keep/exceed pace with production crews to not interfere with production schedule
- Create labels/label inventory, and log it into the system, based on material, size, and demand.
- Drive forklift, and change batteries when necessary.
- Rotate inventory by date
- Bale cardboard and plastic as it collected.
Picker/Replenishment Associate
Volkswagen Group of America
Lenoir City, TN
08.2013 - 07.2014
- Replenish/pick parts in aisles and bays to be picked and shipped
- Drive a man lift to replenish parts in higher locations/bays
- Inventory parts received/shipped in the computer system.
- Create labels to ensure correct parts were shipped to correct location.
Shipping/Deburr/Resin
Capstan
Rockwood, TN
05.2011 - 09.2012
- Inspect parts for quality
- Package parts
- Run parts in the resin machines
- Run parts in deburr machines
- Keep inventory of available parts
Tuber/Stringer
Unifi
Yadkinville, North Carolina
03.2008 - 05.2011
- Tube machines for yarn to run on
- Weigh and recycle waste
- String up machines to run
- Perform maintenance breakouts to ensure machines ran without deficiencies
- Help maintenance with startup/end of run cycles with molten polymer
- Receive shipments of tubes
- Help move the machines that picked up the yarn off the spindles
Replenishment Associate/Loader/Picker
Newell Rubbermaid
Maryville, Tennessee
03.2006 - 03.2008
- Replenish bays for pickers
- Pick orders
- Load trucks after they were picked
- Pull full pallets with a 6 high lift
- Transport pallets
- Remove good and bad pallets
- Consolidation inventory
- Battery changer
Education
N/A - Electronics
TCAT
Harriman, TN 08.2002 - 10.2026
General Education Diploma
Harriman, TNHarriman High School
Harriman, TNSkills
- Asbestos abatement
- Safety compliance
- Worksite safety
- Safety awareness
- OSHA regulations
- Safety policies and procedures
- Equipment inspection
- Tool maintenance
- Job site management
- Job planning
- Task audits
- Daily reporting
- Subcontractor management
- Team supervision
- Supervision
- Task delegation
- Decision-making
- Multitasking and organization
- Strong work ethic
- Communication
- Decision-making
- Task delegation
Certification
- Asbestos Supervisor
- Rad Worker
- Hazwhopper Supervisor
- Confined space supervisor
- Fire watch
- Flagger/spotter
- Fall protection
- OSHA 10
- Plasma cutting
- Counterfeit identification
Affiliations
- Family oriented
- Avid golfer
- Motorcycle enthusiast
- Lover of music
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Foreman/Asbestos Abatement Supervisor
UCOR
06.2018 - Current
Worker
Proton Power
06.2015 - 01.2018
Picker/Replenishment Associate
Volkswagen Group of America
08.2013 - 07.2014
Inventory Specialist
Thermo Fisher Scientific
03.2013 - 05.2015
Shipping/Deburr/Resin
Capstan
05.2011 - 09.2012
Tuber/Stringer
Unifi
03.2008 - 05.2011
Replenishment Associate/Loader/Picker
Newell Rubbermaid
03.2006 - 03.2008
N/A - Electronics
TCAT
08.2002 - 10.2026
General Education Diploma
Harriman High School