Joseph Valdez
Bakersfield,CA
Summary
Experienced leader at Andros Products overseeing the Bakersfield crew and successfully managing the construction of various equipment including shanks, plows, water line reels, flanges, and waterline trailers. Played a crucial role in building parts for AI equipment at Farm Wise. Expertise in assembling tools such as Freya Arms Center Arms Locking Tool Holders and blades for pruning and trimming equipment, ensuring all components met the highest standards. Skilled in reading blueprints and schematics to effectively communicate details to welders. Meticulous in quality control responsibilities, conducting thorough inspections to ensure parts meet specifications.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Welding Supervisor
Andros Engineering Corporation
12.2022 - 03.2025
- Supervised welding projects for timely completion, ensuring adherence to blueprints and specifications.
- Enhanced welding quality by implementing and enforcing strict safety and procedural guidelines.
- Ensured consistent weld quality through frequent visual inspections and non-destructive testing methods.
- Mentored junior welders, sharing industry expertise to improve their skill sets and productivity levels.
- Reduced workplace accidents by conducting regular safety training sessions and equipment inspections.
- Conducted pre-production meetings to discuss upcoming projects'' requirements, ensuring all team members were prepared before starting work assignments.
- Coordinated with engineering teams on design modifications, reducing potential issues during fabrication stages.
- Utilized blueprints and diagrams to compare finished products against design specifications.
- Inspected welds and checked critical measurements to meet specifications.
- Fabricated shop parts directly from blueprints.
- Prepared welding equipment to perform advanced welding work.
- Removed and repaired unacceptable welds with air arc and grinder to meet quality guidelines.
- Completed welding projects using gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc, and shielded metal arc equipment.
- Operated hoists, cranes, and power tools to dismantle equipment to find and remove defective parts.
- Set up and operated shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
- Supervised ongoing daily production phases.
- Observed hydrostatic and dimension tolerance tests to evaluate weld quality and conformance to specifications.
- Located and resolved problems with team production and performance to maintain consistent quality levels.
- Created and implemented strategies for improving operational efficiency and accuracy.
- Monitored daily and weekly key performance indicators to maintain on-track status.
Welding Supervisor
Industrial Design & Construction
12.2017 - 08.2022
- Ran a crew of 20 in the shop
- Built cat walks osha ladders
- Platforms
- Silo doors
- Silo conveyer
- Silo ladders
- Ran gas lines to silos waterlines
- Installed fans
- Dryers
- And built 1 million to silos
- Inspected welds gave tests
- Read blue prints and drew blue prints for special jobs
Lead Welder/Fabricator
Truitt Oilfield Maintenance
06.1999 - 06.2016
- Ran pipe
- Structural steel
- Built tanks
- Pressure vessels
- Leaders
- Platforms
- Test units
- Well packages
- Ran my own rig
Lead Welder/Fitter
Ken Smalls Industries
08.1995 - 06.1999
- Ran pipe from 2” to 40”
- 6g all position
- Hydra test to b331 severe X-ray
- Had my own welding rig went from welder to lead welder
- Fitter
- Also did lots of structural steel welding
Education
Trade school - Welding
Dave Rosales welding school
Tualatin, OR07.1995
High school diploma - undefined
Foothill High School
Bakersfield, CA06.1994
Skills
- Fabrication
- Plasma Cutting
- Welding
- Construction
- Blueprint Reading
- Assembly
- Mechanic Experience
- CNC
- Manufacturing
- Press Brake Machine
- Stamping Press
- CNC Lathe
- Mechanical Knowledge
- FCAW
- TIG welding
- Stick welding
- Schematics
- Bilingual
- Oil & gas
- Leadership
- Forklift
- Troubleshooting
- Equipment Repair
- Electrical Experience
- Welding supervision
- Plasma cutting
- Gas metal arc welding
- Oxy-fuel cutting
- Shielded metal arc welding
- Welding certification
- Welding symbols
- Welding equipment maintenance
- Welding standards
- Welding techniques
- Welding positioning
- Welding documentation
- Welding consumables
- Welding codes
- Submerged arc welding
- Welding process optimization
- Welding coordination
- Welding training
- Welding dimensional inspection
- Welding safety
- Welding time management
- Welding cost estimation
- Welding Fit-up
- Welding procedures
- Welding destructive testing
- Welding joint design
- Welding Post-heating
- Welding preheating
- Welding visual inspection
- Welding distortion control
- Welding repair
- Welding clamping
- Welding inspection
- Welding quality assurance
- Welding shop management
- Welding Non-destructive testing
- Welding material handling
- Flux-cored welding
- Attention to detail
- Torch cutting
- Vertical welding
- Critical thinking
- Shaping and cutting
- Pipe welding
- Arc welding
- Structural welding
- Health and safety
- Machine adjustment
- Tool repair and maintenance
- Tool operation
- Personal protective equipment
- Steel fabrication
- Precision measuring
- Equipment operation
- Wire feed machines
- First aid training
- MIG welding professional
- Fire prevention
- Blueprint reading
- Sheet metal fabrication
- Overhead welding
- Scaffolding safety
Certification
- Welding
- June 2022 to Present
- D1.1 6g D1.1 4g
- CPR Certification
- Forklift Certification
- Non-CDL Class C
Languages
English - Expert
Additional Information
Also speak read and write Spanish and english
Timeline
Welding Supervisor
Andros Engineering Corporation
12.2022 - 03.2025
Welding Supervisor
Industrial Design & Construction
12.2017 - 08.2022
Lead Welder/Fabricator
Truitt Oilfield Maintenance
06.1999 - 06.2016
Lead Welder/Fitter
Ken Smalls Industries
08.1995 - 06.1999
High school diploma - undefined
Foothill High School
Trade school - Welding
Dave Rosales welding school
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