Thomas Simonsen
Onaga
Summary
Seasoned Welder with 29 years of hands-on experience setting up and operation welding equipment to assemble metal structures. Diligent individual focused on maintaining high productivity and safety targets. Dexterous team player comfortable working with little to no supervision.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Welder
Dymax, Inc.
Wamego
05.1996 - 04.2025
- Prepared material surfaces for welding by removing scale, rust or other foreign matter.
- Monitored fitting, burning and welding processes to avoid overheating parts, warping, shrinking, distortion and expansion of materials.
- Operated manual or semi-automatic flame-cutting equipment to cut metal for fabrication of products.
- Set up equipment and welded parts according to welding chart specifications and type.
- Welded components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
- Constructed templates and jigs for fabrication according to blueprints.
- Recognized, set up, and operated shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
- Positioned and clamped workpieces together and properly assembled in jigs and fixtures.
- Repaired broken or cracked parts using cutting torches and welding equipment.
- Positioned and secured workpieces using hoists, wire and banding machines or hand tools.
- Utilized oxyacetylene torches for preheating metals prior to welding or bending them into desired shapes.
- Communicated effectively with supervisors regarding progress updates on assigned tasks.
- Cut, contoured and beveled metal and structural shapes to achieve accurate dimensions.
- Monitored the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material.
- Troubleshot problems related to welds including porosity issues caused by improper shielding gas flow rates.
- Installed new plant equipment per manufacturer's instructions while adhering to safety protocols.
- Read blueprints, drawings related to projects in order to determine proper dimensions of components being fabricated, welded together.
- Repaired structures by dismantling, reshaping and reassembling metal components with cutting torches and hand tools.
- Read blueprints and drawings and took measurements to plan layout and procedures.
Education
High School Diploma -
Wamego High School
Wamego, KS05-1992
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KSSkills
- Welding techniques
- Blueprint reading
- Metal fabrication
- Equipment setup
- Welding safety
- Shielded metal arc
References
- Marty Sibert, Former Co-worker, 785-844-1387
- Vaughn Burgess, Direct Supervisor, 785-456-3267
- Jerry Unterberger, Former Co-worker/Personal reference, 785-317-6381
Timeline
Welder
Dymax, Inc.
05.1996 - 04.2025
High School Diploma -
Wamego High School
Kansas State University
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