michael Lavelle

Build jobs to print as the come in using various forms of welding mig, tig, stick, and flux core

Use hand tools to perform maintenance on various machines as needed

Travel to different companies to help or install new equipment or repair existing issues

• Housing construction from remodels to complete new homes
• Father owns the company work for him as needed

• Welded in flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead positions.
• Maintained clean working environment by consistently organizing tools and equipment, promoting workplace
• Fabricated shop parts directly from blueprints.
• Ran conversational mill in tooling area to build parts for frame fixtures for various plants in the company
• Build and weld frame fixtures according to prints

• Maintenance on the kill floor dealing with hydraulic and pneumatic Motors, cylinders, actuators, etc
• Repairing gearboxes, chains, sprockets, bearings
• Keeping up with weekly- monthly pms to keep equipment running smoothly
• Various forms of welding mainly tig and arch welding everything has to be food grade welds for sanitation purposes
• We also do water and steam line plumbing

• Started out as a level one welder d1.1 certified worked my way up to a pipe welder using blueprints and measuring tools to keep all parts produced within manufacturing specifications
• Before I left I became lead over the welding dept responsible for making sure everyone was doing the jobs assigned to them ordering material and making routine checks on parts being produced to ensure they were right
• Another responsibility of being the leads was to ensure the training of the new hires

• Welding on all electrical pad tanks, hand welding doors for the pad tanks, and running the robot welder for the doors

• I was a welder for electrical tanks that go to the power substations welds had to be near perfect with no leaks had to measure, scribe, and cut holes for accessories before welding

• Diesel mechanic mainly transmission work and preventive maintenance
• Run wires for new or bad lights on trucks or trailers to keep everything within DOT specifications

• Material handler stocking parts was forklift certified

• Ran equipment dealing with steam, hydraulics, auger screws, and was chain driven