Nick O'Neal
Ruston,LA
Summary
Professional with strong background in inspection, ready to ensure quality and compliance. Skilled in identifying issues, maintaining safety standards, and utilizing precision tools effectively. Known for fostering team collaboration and adapting to changing requirements. Reliable, results-driven, with keen eye for detail and commitment to excellence.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Inspector
Magnolia-River
10.2019 - Current
- Prepared reports detailing findings of inspections, investigations, and tests.
- Ensured compliance with industry regulations through meticulous attention to detail during inspections.
- Upheld codes and regulations governing materials, processes, and procedures.
- Identified potential hazards and recommended corrective actions, ensuring a safer work environment for all employees.
- Inspected and examined materials and finished parts and products for defects and wear to verify conformance with blueprints, diagrams, and template specifications.
- Effectively communicated with clients and management to ensure alignment on inspection objectives, requirements, and expectations.
Foreman
H.I.S. Pipeline
02.2018 - 10.2019
- Foreman over crew
- Certified Electro-Fuser (Polypipe)
- Locate and mark gas lines
- Dig / backfill bellholes
- Operate equipment
- Install gas lines
- Build and install gas meters
Welder Helper
PUMPCO
11.2017 - 02.2018
- Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment
- Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding
- Operate manual or semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments, using processes such as gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc, shielded metal arc, resistance welding, and submerged arc welding
- Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment
- Remove rough spots from workpieces, using portable grinders, hand files, or scrapers
- Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter
- Signal crane operators to move large workpieces
- Clean or degrease parts, using wire brushes, portable grinders, or chemical baths
- Cut, contour, and bevel metal plates and structural shapes
Welder Helper
Progressive
10.2017 - 11.2017
- Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment
- Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding
- Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment
- Remove rough spots from workpieces, using portable grinders, hand files, or scrapers
- Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter
- Signal crane operators to move large workpieces
- Clean or degrease parts, using wire brushes, portable grinders, or chemical baths
- Cut, contour, and bevel metal plates and structural shapes
Welder Helper
Sunland
01.2017 - 09.2017
- Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment
- Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding
- Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment
- Remove rough spots from workpieces, using portable grinders, hand files, or scrapers
- Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter
- Signal crane operators to move large workpieces
- Clean or degrease parts, using wire brushes, portable grinders, or chemical baths
- Cut, contour, and bevel metal plates and structural shapes
Welder Helper
Watkins
09.2016 - 11.2016
- Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment
- Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding
- Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment
- Remove rough spots from workpieces, using portable grinders, hand files, or scrapers
- Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter
- Signal crane operators to move large workpieces
- Clean or degrease parts, using wire brushes, portable grinders, or chemical baths
- Cut, contour, and bevel metal plates and structural shapes
Welder Helper
C3
11.2015 - 09.2016
- Recognize, set up, and operate hand and power tools common to the welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment
- Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding
- Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment
- Remove rough spots from workpieces, using portable grinders, hand files, or scrapers
- Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter
- Signal crane operators to move large workpieces
- Clean or degrease parts, using wire brushes, portable grinders, or chemical baths
- Cut, contour, and bevel metal plates and structural shapes
Production Operator
Arclin
11.2014 - 10.2015
- Lift, position, and secure resins - formaldehyde and methanol using equipment
- Mix, cook, prepare resins
- Test, check pH levels and viscosity
Forklift Operator
Weyehaeuser
09.2012 - 11.2014
- JLG Certified
- Operate, load, and unload trucks and trailers using Hyster H300XL2 Forklift
- Signal operators to move large workpieces and materials
Education
High School Diploma -
Winnfield Senior High School
Winnfield, LA05.2010
Skills
- Production Operator
- Equipment Operator
- Multitasking
- Training and mentoring
- Quality Control
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Problem-Solving
- Visual inspections
- Inspection Reporting
- Blueprints and Maps Reading
Timeline
Inspector
Magnolia-River
10.2019 - Current
Foreman
H.I.S. Pipeline
02.2018 - 10.2019
Welder Helper
PUMPCO
11.2017 - 02.2018
Welder Helper
Progressive
10.2017 - 11.2017
Welder Helper
Sunland
01.2017 - 09.2017
Welder Helper
Watkins
09.2016 - 11.2016
Welder Helper
C3
11.2015 - 09.2016
Production Operator
Arclin
11.2014 - 10.2015
Forklift Operator
Weyehaeuser
09.2012 - 11.2014
High School Diploma -
Winnfield Senior High School
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