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Jay Watkins

Bay Minette

Summary

Journeyman Millwright with a decade of experience in machinery setup, maintenance, and troubleshooting. Expertise in optimizing mechanical systems to enhance performance and reduce downtime, contributing directly to streamlined production processes and team success.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Millwright

Performance Contractors
Bay Minette
02.2026 - Current

Novelis

  • Currently installing new equipment, conveyor motors, and executing bolt-up work.

Millwright

Samuel Epc
Florence
10.2025 - 02.2026

Chemtrade Solutions

  • Executed motor alignments on equipment conveyors to ensure optimal performance.
  • Conducted bolt-ups on machinery to enhance operational stability.
  • Streamlined maintenance processes for equipment conveyors to improve reliability.

Millwright

GA West
Darlington
09.2025 - 10.2025

Nucor Steel

  • Aligned motors, pumps, gearboxes, and conveyors to optimize mechanical systems and manage pipe stress.

Millwright

Turner Industries
Corpus Christi
05.2025 - 08.2025
  • Conducted hydro tests on pipes to ensure compliance with specifications.
    Inspected pipes against prints to verify accuracy and quality.
  • Cut pipes to required lengths, maintaining precision standards.
    Beveled pipe ends to facilitate seamless connections.

Millwright

Bay Construction
Robstown
04.2024 - 04.2025

Tesla Lithium

  • Executed bolt-up work for lithium builds to ensure structural integrity.
  • Aligned belts and pumps to enhance operational efficiency.
  • Applied torque to equipment and managed pipe stress to meet safety standards.

Millwright

Performance Contractors
Port Sulphur
09.2023 - 03.2024

Venture Global LNG

  • Executed fin fan heat exchange alignments to enhance system efficiency.

Millwright

Bay Construction
Robstown
03.2023 - 09.2023

Tesla Lithium

  • Established equipment during initial plant construction and maintained warehouse machinery.

Millwright

Fluor Corporation
Corpus Christi
06.2022 - 02.2023

CC Polymers

  • Established equipment tanks and vessels to ensure operational readiness.
  • Executed bolt-up work for secure assembly of components.

Millwright

Casey Industrial, Inc
Green River
05.2021 - 06.2022

Rebuilt soda ash mine infrastructure to enhance operational efficiency.

  • Executed pump alignments, ensuring optimal performance and reliability.
  • Conducted pump stress tests to verify structural integrity and safety standards.
  • Completed bolt-up work to secure equipment and prevent operational failures.

Millwright

Crowder Construction
Juliette
05.2020 - 04.2021

Scherer Power Plant

  • Installed a water filtration system.

Millwright

Casey Industrial, Inc
Green River
03.2019 - 04.2020

Soda Ash Mine

  • Set equipment. Performed pump alignments, pump stress, and bolt-up work.

Millwright

Casey Industrial, Inc
Longmont
05.2018 - 03.2019

Smucker's

  • Installed conveyors and equipment to enlarge the plant.

Millwright

Casey Industrial, Inc
Chandler
02.2017 - 03.2018

Intel

  • Executed installation of bolt-up pipe and associated equipment.

Millwright

Casey Industrial, Inc
Counce
02.2016 - 01.2017
  • Executed paper-mill rebuild to enhance production capabilities.
    Installed a chipper mill to improve wood processing efficiency.

Millwright

Casey Industrial, Inc
Hanceville
07.2015 - 12.2015
  • Replaced equipment and tanks, and changed out conveyors.

Millwright

Casey Industrial, Inc
Carthage
11.2014 - 07.2015
  • Updated conveyor systems to streamline material movement and reduce downtime.

Education

Certificate of Welding -

Tulsa Welding School
Tulsa, OK
05-2022

High School Diploma -

West Plains High School
West Plains, Mo
05-1989

Skills

  • Machinery support and maintenance
  • Equipment health monitoring
  • Rotating equipment knowledge
  • Reciprocating equipment knowledge
  • Machine installation
  • Layout modification
  • Preventive maintenance strategies
  • Operational maintenance techniques
  • Blueprint reading
  • Schematic interpretation
  • Job site safety
  • Hand tool proficiency
  • Teamwork
  • Communication

Timeline

Millwright

Performance Contractors
02.2026 - Current

Millwright

Samuel Epc
10.2025 - 02.2026

Millwright

GA West
09.2025 - 10.2025

Millwright

Turner Industries
05.2025 - 08.2025

Millwright

Bay Construction
04.2024 - 04.2025

Millwright

Performance Contractors
09.2023 - 03.2024

Millwright

Bay Construction
03.2023 - 09.2023

Millwright

Fluor Corporation
06.2022 - 02.2023

Millwright

Casey Industrial, Inc
05.2021 - 06.2022

Millwright

Crowder Construction
05.2020 - 04.2021

Millwright

Casey Industrial, Inc
03.2019 - 04.2020

Millwright

Casey Industrial, Inc
05.2018 - 03.2019

Millwright

Casey Industrial, Inc
02.2017 - 03.2018

Millwright

Casey Industrial, Inc
02.2016 - 01.2017

Millwright

Casey Industrial, Inc
07.2015 - 12.2015

Millwright

Casey Industrial, Inc
11.2014 - 07.2015

Certificate of Welding -

Tulsa Welding School

High School Diploma -

West Plains High School
Jay Watkins