Mark Gibson
Sidney,United States
Summary
Top-notch Certified Welding Inspector with solid background in evaluating and inspecting wide range of industrial products. Offers strong understanding of industry standards and regulations. Collaborative and committed to accurate and efficient work. Seasoned Operations Manager and talented leader with 25 years of experience applying exceptional planning and problem-solving abilities toward enhancing business plans and day-to-day activities. Results-driven and resilient in developing teams while improving processes and increasing productivity. Bringing solid understanding of industry trends, excellent communication skills, talent for spotting areas in need of improvement and implementing changes with strategic approach. Seasoned Operations Manager and talented leader with 20 years of experience applying exceptional planning and problem-solving abilities toward enhancing business plans and day-to-day activities. Results-driven and resilient in developing teams while improving processes and increasing productivity. Bringing solid understanding of industry trends, excellent communication skills, talent for spotting areas in need of improvement and implementing changes with strategic approach.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Operations Manager/Certified Welding Inspector
Valence Industrial
08.2020 - 10.2023
- Set, enforced, and optimized internal policies to maintain responsiveness to demands, increased response time by 15%
- Identified and resolved unauthorized, unsafe, or ineffective practices
- Introduced new methods, practices, and systems to reduce turnaround time
- Implemented process improvement to shape organizational culture of high efficiency
- Investigated customer complaints to take necessary corrective actions
- Provided technical support to production personnel
- Recorded inspection and test results on data sheets
- Provided feedback to production team regarding product quality
- Inspected welds and welding process against standards
- Inspected pressure tanks
- Made PQR,WPQR and WPS to make standard processes
- Tested and certified welders to standard processes
Certified Welding Inspector/Quality Inspector
Victory Machine And Fab
02.2020 - 08.2020
- Recorded inspection and test results on data sheets.
- Operated and maintained testing equipment.
- Updated quality control records and reports.
- Sampled products to verify compliance with standards
- Provided feedback to production team regarding product quality.
- Review and approve welding procedures
- Verify welder and welding procedure qualification compliance
- Verify safety requirements compliance
- Develop visual inspection procedures and provide NDE inspection planning/scheduling
- Review contract requirements and vendor/contractor compliance
- Develop, implement, or oversee quality control programs and measures
- Collaborated with delivery teams to increase productivity of production teams 20%.
Welding Inspector
Everyday Technologies
09.2004 - 02.2020
- Wrote welding policies and specifications for jobs.
- Tested welders for understanding of code and proficiency in different environments
- Develop visual inspection procedures and provide NDE inspection planning/scheduling
- Review contract requirements and vendor/contractor compliance
- Develop, implement, or oversee quality control programs and measurements
- Maintained current knowledge of AWS D1.1 code
- Reviewed specifications in order to assess contractor compliance with design
Education
High School Diploma -
Urbana High School
Urbana, OH05.1991
Skills
- Develop visual inspection procedures and provide NDE inspection planning/scheduling
- Review contract requirements and vendor/contractor compliance
- Develop, implement, or oversee quality control programs and measures
- Quality Control Procedures
- Operations Monitoring
- All Types of Tank Inspection
- Documentation Review
- Corrective Action Implementation
- Product Testing
- Safety Education
- Product Inspection
- Drawing interpretation
- Dimensional Measurement
- Lean Six Sigma
- Quantity Verification
- Decision-Making
- Problem-solving aptitude
- Reliability
- Professionalism
- Quality Control
- Blueprint Reading
- Critical Thinking
- Project Management
- Sample Testing
- Performance monitoring
Certification
Certified Welding Inspector- AWS D1.1 code
Welder Performance Qualification Endorsement
Timeline
Operations Manager/Certified Welding Inspector
Valence Industrial
08.2020 - 10.2023
Certified Welding Inspector/Quality Inspector
Victory Machine And Fab
02.2020 - 08.2020
Welding Inspector
Everyday Technologies
09.2004 - 02.2020
High School Diploma -
Urbana High School
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