Lawrence S Dorsey
Saint John,United States
Summary
Detail-oriented Machinist skilled in CNC operations and precision machining. Expertise includes blueprint interpretation, CNC programming, and quality control, ensuring production meets tight tolerances. Experienced in troubleshooting and rebuilding industrial machinery, with a focus on operational efficiency and safety. Proven ability to streamline processes and enhance product quality through effective teamwork and communication.
Overview
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Certification
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Machinist
Fleet Readiness Center Southeast
Jacksonville, United States
08.2015 - Current
- Performs the conventional and/or Computer Numerical Controlled (CNC) machines lays out work from blueprints, drawings and sketches, work orders, model of parts to be made or other specifications.
- Applies shop mathematics and handbook formulas to compute and establish dimensions for planning and laying out the work.
- Determines work procedures, machines, tools, equipment and attachments to be used on conventional or CNC machines.
- Determines proper type and size of raw stock needed and sequence of machine operation on each item; determines machine speeds, feeds, and coolants, lubricants or abrasives to be used to cut, turn, drill, mill, bore, tap, ream, load/assemble/pack, hone, shape and grind to attain required finishes and tolerances.
- Makes job setups on a variety of both conventional and CNC equipment involving accurate alignment in order to maintain specified overall tolerances.
- Uses a variety of measuring and marking tools, including rules, vernier calipers, inside and outside micrometers, dial indicators, surface gages, squares, protractors and height gages.
- Sets up and operates conventional machine tools such as lathes, vertical and horizontal boring mills, vertical, or horizontal milling machines, shapers, planers, internal and external grinders, radial drills and jig bores holding tolerances as close as + or - .0001 of an inch in carrying out work assignments that typically involve machining of surfaces.
- Adapts machinery available and makes changes or innovations in setups in order to accomplish assignments and achieve specific dimensions and tolerances.
- Works with such metals as brass, steel, copper, aluminum, cast iron and occasionally plastic.
- Determines from applicable drawings, operations required to produce the item and the different kinds of cams needed to control feed, speed and sequence of operations.
- Determines sequence of operations and positioning of machine tools to achieve precise cuts, shapes, and sizes.
- Sets machine stops and feeds strips to control rate of feed and speed of tools.
- Operates bushing, drilling, and lathe machines to produce precise components.
- Work on narrow tolerance and quality on those raw materials and bushing on material.
- Stamped the Maintenance Work Order (MWO) sheet to document task completion.
- Ability to work on CAT, CSI, First Production, CAI, etc for QA.
- Understand as if parts are bad, starch, inappropriate wrap, etc.
- Works on F18, P3 Orions, T45, navy airport equipment.
- Focus on specific parts, remove bushing, install bushing, collars, etc.
- Determine speeds, feeds, coolants, lubricants, or abrasives to cut, turn, drill mill, bore, tap ream, lap, home, shape, grind, or finish an item.
- Knowledge of arithmetic, geometric and trigonometric formulas to compute compound angles, angular indexing etc.
- Interpreting work orders and drawings to complete assigned tasks.
- Inspected any corrosion, pit, rust, etc.
- Contract quality assurance or aircraft examiner for any issues on calboard.
- Would have a supervisor or EE to submit for REQ or put this material as scrap.
- Examine, evaluate, and analyze the condition of aircraft components.
- Focus on DWO, scrap, TEI, REI, etc.
- Able to attach the form for aircraft components as TEI, REQ, REI.
- Able to close the DWO on work order operation line, kill the line.
- Review the publication book, blueprint, review on CONOPS.
- Contract to supervisor, artisans, engineering any issues.
- Could contract and discuss with QA, Engineering, planner and others to discuss the Work Order issue.
- Also contact with E+E (Aircraft Estimator) for WO issues.
- Ability to work without under normal supervision.
- I have been volunteering as a snapper when the supervisor is out or unavailable.
- Facilitated a production control conference (PCC) meeting to discuss project status.
- Also, I have to look at the dispatch list on Microsoft teams and give artisans some job assignments.
- I managed with my job assignment, worked with the manager and artisan if they needed some assistance or talked to me.
- I put golden tickets as priority to get them done before my next job assignment.
- I explained the time and reason it delays or some reason to support their time during the PCC meeting.
- Have Reasonable Accommodations to have an interpreter with me for the PCC meeting.
- Also, I have a videophone to make calls if necessary.
- Have been dealing with gestures with QA, EE and any high management to solve the issue per my artisan request for it.
- Also I have to create 5s lean sheet paper to apply those artisans to do their duty on 5s.
- Executed 5S duties to maintain organization and efficiency in the workspace.
- I have to report any DWO or damage by artisans to the upper management.
- Prepared a machine down report to document equipment malfunctions.
- Adjust access for apprentices to work some assignments and give them a variety of experiences.
- Compiled attendance sheets to monitor employee presence and support effective team coordination.
- Evaluated and decided on effective solutions to address employee challenges.
- Able to answer management's question if necessary.
- Ability to find an answer for a problem with job assignments and know whom to talk to for help.
- Give a rate on how well apprentices’ performance is in the shop before transfer to the next shop.
- Quick response on email to any upper management.
- Review work in progress or on completion.
- Adjust plans, assignments, and methods as necessary for those artisans.
- Independently disassembled and repaired defective parts at navigation locks and control structures.
- Fabricates required part or item, replaces defective part, and reassembles and installs various operating mechanisms such as lock-gate operating machinery, water control valves, pumps, power plants, etc.
- Conducted measurements and performance inspections to assess the need for repair or replacement of defective parts or mechanisms.
- In the accomplishment of field repairs, utilizes the services of available personnel at the operating activity.
- Must have the skills and knowledge to perform the full range of operations on most types of CNC and conventional machine tools and their various attachments.
- Knowledge of machining a variety of metals and other materials.
- Knowledge of the proper tools required to produce designed cuts and surfaces on each material.
- Exercises skill in planning and laying out work from blueprints or other work specifications.
- Skill in determining correct feeds and speeds necessary to attain the required finishes and tolerances.
- Skill in using many types of precision measuring instruments and equipment, such as vernier calipers, height gauges, squares, protractors, inside, outside and depth micrometers, surface gages, gage blocks, screw pitch gages and dial indicators.
- Receives work assignments in the form of work orders or oral instructions accompanied by blueprints, sketches, drawings or other work specifications from the supervisor.
- Lays out own work, accurately computing and checking dimensions and tolerances, setting up the job in the machine and selecting proper tools to achieve the desired dimensions, tolerances and surface finishes.
- Ensures that the piece meets dimensional requirements.
- Works alone or with other employees with minimum or no supervision in designing and fabricating certain items needed on different projects.
- Determines the welding techniques to use and select the proper materials such as the right size and type of welding electrodes or rods.
- Makes independent judgments and decisions within the framework of instructions and accepted trade practices while accomplishing assignments.
- Makes decisions that may affect process improvement of the machining or welding operations.
- Supervisor is available for consultation on unique problems or in-process design changes.
- Completed work is checked for conformance to specifications and accepted trade practices.
- Adheres to all safety standards and practices for machine and welding operations.
- Requires standing, stooping, bending, reaching, kneeling, climbing, and crawling.
- Frequent handles, lifts, and carries objects weighing up to 40 pounds and occasionally objects weighing as much as 50 pounds with the assistance of weight handling equipment or from other workers.
- Welding work may be done in awkward and cramped positions such as when welding in hard to reach places.
- Works inside in areas that are usually noisy, dirty, and smoky and where there is a danger to skin and eyes from flying metal chips, abrasive particles and hot metal; skin irritation from contact with coolants, lubricants, and abrasive compounds; and danger to the fingers, hands, and other parts of the body from cutting tools, grinding wheels, rotating work pieces, and moving parts of machine.
Machine Tool Operator
Rock Island Arsenal
Rock Island, United States
12.2008 - 08.2015
- Study work orders that are accompanied by blueprints and instructions for the machine and attachments to be used and the processes to be performed.
- Operates machines to perform various metal working operations such as milling, cutting, turning, drilling, tapping, honing, lapping, countersinking, reaming, shaping, and threading.
- Set up involves the selection of tools and fixtures for the job, installing special attachments to the machine, positioning cutting tools, setting feeds and speeds according to type of metal being worked and tolerance required, making necessary adjustments to machine or location of the workpiece for cutting, turning, drilling, tapping, countersinking, reaming, etc., to complete the operation assigned.
- Verified correct placement of parts on machine seat to initiate precise machining cycles.
- Read and interpreted machine programs to ensure correct operation.
- Operates two or more conventional machine tools (HAAS, Okuma, Cincinnati Micacron, NAG Cincinnati, manual lathes, and CNC lathes).
- Works on short run production jobs or on regular production jobs involving complex configurations and close to tolerances between interrelated surfaces.
- Use various standard machine attachments such as rotary tables, magnetic chucks, taper attachments, and universal milling attachments.
- Changed broken or dull tools and set up tool probes for offset adjustments.
- Corrected machine offsets to maintain tolerances and ensure compliance with specifications.
- Conducted inspections of machined surfaces to uphold quality standards and ensure dimensional accuracy.
- Ensures that machined parts meet dimensional requirements.
- Maintains critical dimensions and tolerances.
- Selects proper cutters, abrasives, grinding wheels, and various other metal removing tools according to the type of material being worked and corrects machine feeds and speeds necessary to perform the operation.
- Uses precision and semi-precision measuring instruments in locating workpiece in machine and checking work during and after machining using internal and external micrometers, vernier height and depth gauges, indicators, etc.
- Utilized technology measures such as Option light, TRIMOS, and TESA for accurate part measurements.
- Received work assignments from supervisors in the form of work orders, blueprints, and instructions for machine operations and critical dimensions.
- Obtained the necessary fixtures, tools, and materials, set up the job in the machine, and maintained dimensions and tolerances to meet specifications.
- The supervisor or higher grade worker is available for consultation or advice on any problems encountered and to check completed work to see that it meets accuracy and quality requirements of the job.
- Knowledge of the SPC (Statistical Process Control), DC (Dimensional Control), and QA (Quality Assurance) which varies the parts.
- Created special tags for parts designated as scrap to ensure proper documentation.
- Adheres to all safety standards and practices for operation of machines.
- Dangers of the work performed are: injury to the skin and eyes from abrasive particles; skin irritation from contact with coolants, lubricants, etc. Danger of cuts and other bodily injuries while working around machines.
- Dangers of the work performed are: injury to the skin and eyes from abrasive particles; skin irritation from contact with coolants, lubricants, etc. Danger of cuts and other bodily injuries while working around machines.
Education
Associate in Occupational Studies - Computer Integrated Machining Technology, CIMT
National Technical of Institute for the Deaf
Rochester, United States11.2008
Skills
- CNC operation
- CNC machine operation
- CNC programming
- Blueprint interpretation
- Blueprint reading
- Precision machining
- Machine operation
- Drilling
- Lathe operation
- Boring operations
- Metal cutting
- Deburring
- Surface finishing
- Tolerance measurement
- Fixture setup
- Tool selection
- Tooling fixtures
- Thread cutting
- Part alignment
- Part inspection
- Tool wear analysis
- Precision measurement
- Micrometer usage
- Caliper use
- Thread and plug gauges
- Problem solving
- Manufacturing
Certification
Certificate of Completion, 01/21/11, Had completed Information Assurance Awareness
Awards
- Machine Division Safety Award, 02/01/10, No injured Safety Award month of February. Contributed in achieving a safety milestone of 31 days of cost center 9410 without a property damage or injury case! For your contribution to this great milestone you have earned $75 cash awards!
- Machine Division Safety Award, 01/01/10, No injured Safety Award month of January. Contributed in achieving a safety milestone of 31 days of cost center 9410 without a property damage or injury case! For your contribution to this great milestone you have earned $75 cash awards!
- Machine Division Safety Award, 12/01/09, No injured Safety Award month of December. Contributed in achieving a safety milestone of 31 days of cost center 9410 without a property damage or injury case! For your contribution to this great milestone you have earned $75 cash awards!
- Department of the Army is Officially Commended, 09/01/09, During the period of 1 October 2008 through 31 August, 2009, Mr. Lawrence Dorsey demonstrated a commitment to the organization's quality performance. His dedication and personal commitment toward producing the highest level of quality, in our product and services, contributed greatly to performance. This commitment to Quality had achieved praise within the Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center, Production Directorate.
Timeline
Machinist
Fleet Readiness Center Southeast
08.2015 - Current
Machine Tool Operator
Rock Island Arsenal
12.2008 - 08.2015
Associate in Occupational Studies - Computer Integrated Machining Technology, CIMT
National Technical of Institute for the Deaf