Victor Garcia
Rio Rancho,New Mexico
Summary
Talented Fabrication Welder skilled in reading, applying technical drawings and consistently delivering high quality welded products. Having excellent attention to detail, resulting in reduced waste and increased productivity. Operated machinery to fabricate items and comply with guidelines. Graduated from CNM's welding program, with a Associates Degree. Perticipated in the SKILLS USA Team competition July of 2023. Certifications for both FCAW and SMAW under AWS D1.1 structural welding and GTAW certified in pipe. Extensive training in welding with GMAW (MIG), GTAW (TIG), FCAW(Flux core) and SMAW (Stick).
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Parts Advisor
Reliable Chevrolet
Albuquerque, NM
02.2026 - Current
- Here are six tailored resume statements for the Parts Advisor role at Reliable Chevrolet, reflecting high-impact responsibilities and aligning with the employer's operational environment:
- **Monitored inventory levels regularly, ensuring optimal stock availability to meet customer demands efficiently.**
- **Facilitated seamless communication between service technicians and parts teams to expedite repair processes.**
- **Conducted detailed audits of parts inventory, identifying discrepancies to enhance accuracy in orders.**
- Provided excellent customer service through clear communication, swift issue resolution, and thorough knowledge of products and services offered.
- Increased sales revenue through upselling, cross-selling, and recommending suitable alternatives when required items were unavailable or discontinued.
- Collaborated effectively with colleagues in both the parts department and other areas of the business, fostering a supportive team atmosphere focused on achieving common goals.
- Contributed to overall company growth and profitability by consistently providing outstanding customer service and maintaining a high level of proficiency in all aspects of the Parts Advisor role.
Fabrication Welder
DKM Asphalt
Rio Rancho, NM
05.2025 - 02.2026
- Fabricated high-quality metal components by utilizing various welding techniques to meet project specifications.
- Conducted thorough inspections of finished products, ensuring compliance with safety standards and quality requirements.
- Supervised the welding team, implementing best practices to enhance productivity and craftsmanship in fabrication tasks.
- Collaborated with engineering teams to interpret blueprints and optimize designs for effective manufacturing processes.
- Developed and maintained a clean, organized workspace to promote safety and efficiency among team members.
- Managed material inventory effectively, coordinating timely restocking to minimize downtime during fabrication projects.
- Resolved technical challenges during the welding process through innovative problem-solving methods and hands-on adjustments.
- Utilized CNC machinery for precise cutting, enhancing accuracy in component fabrication per design specifications.
- Measured and cut metal pieces to correct length and angle to attain proper fit and alignment of pieces.
- Welded metal components in vertical, overhead and flat positions.
- Chipped away debris and thick crusts of rust, slag, and other materials to ready surfaces for welding.
- **Collaborated with engineering teams to analyze blueprints and implement effective fabrication methods for projects.**
- **Inspected welds thoroughly, identifying defects and making necessary adjustments to uphold product integrity.**
- Avoided warping, shrinkage, and distortion by carefully controlling welding processes.
- **Executed various welding processes including MIG, TIG, and stick welding to meet diverse fabrication needs.**
- Fabricated custom parts using various welding techniques such as GMAW, GTAW, SMAW AND FCAW based on project requirements.
- Enhanced equipment lifespan by performing regular maintenance and repairs on welding machines.
- Welded on Aluminum, Carbon Steel and Stainless Steel
Welding Instructor
Albuquerque Job Corps
Albuquerque, NM
11.2022 - 05.2025
- Used various teaching methods to decrease learning gaps and increase student motivation for long-term educational success.
- Implemented new curricula and continuously improved industry practices during day-to-day management.
- Trained 50 students on various welding tasks and used diverse instructional methods to increase identifying and long-term educational success.
- Maximized student success by keeping up-to-date on course materials and modern curricula.
- Supervised and monitored students' use of tools and equipment.
- Observed and evaluated students' work to determine progress, provide feedback, and make suggestions for improvement.
- Established goals for courses with organized outlines and detailed lessons.
- Kept updated with developments in subject area curriculum, technical and career trends and teaching resources and methods.
- Presented lectures and conducted discussions to increase students' knowledge and competence using visual aids such as graphs, charts and slides.
- Provided instructional handouts, texts, audiovisual aids and other materials to facilitate learning.
- Engaged students in academic and practical conversations that elicited critical thinking, creativity, collaboration and communication.
- Met training needs with well-organized, factual programs based on contemporary requirements.
- Identified program successes and failures based on student assessments and course reviews.
- Maintained laboratory with equipment, tools and supplies to meet course needs.
- Advised students on course selection, career decisions and other academic and vocational concerns.
- Used GMAW, GTAW, SMAW, FCAW and a daily basis ensuring students understood correct method of WPS.
- Trained Students proper techniques to weld on Carbon Steel, Aluminum and Stainless Steel.
Welding Fabricator/ Shop Foreman
Couty Design Build
Albuquerque, New Mexico
08.2021 - 10.2022
- Daily Task: Fabrication of components, frames, gates, pergolas, operation of CNC table
- Was shop supervisor in charge of fabricating crew making sure everything is within tolerance as per blueprints provided
- Fabricated minimum of 10 blueprints daily
- Checked quality and welds, making sure it was acceptable
- Made sure correct materials was in stock at all times and kept shop organized
- Used bandsaws, chop saws, drill presses to insure most accurate cuts on daily basis
- Assisted installation team with big projects when certified welders were required
- Fabricated shop parts directly from blueprints.
- Avoided warping, shrinkage and distortion by carefully controlling welding processes
- Read and followed blueprints and weld diagrams
- Made steel forms parts using various cutting equipment and welded part together per specifications
- Fabricated steel molds for concrete using hand and power tools, welding operations and lifting equipment
- Welded metal components in vertical, overhead and flat positions.
- Demonstrated versatility in various welding methods including MIG, TIG, Stick, and Flux Core Welding techniques.
- Reduced workplace accidents through strict compliance with safety regulations and guidelines.
- Completed welding projects using gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc, and shielded metal arc equipment.
- **Executed precise welding techniques on structural components to achieve stringent quality and safety standards.**
- **Maintained a clean workspace that complied with safety regulations to foster a hazard-free environment.**
- **Trained new welder recruits on equipment operation and safety protocols to enhance team proficiency.**
- Maintained proper usage and care of equipment, resulting in prolonged tool lifespan and reduced maintenance costs.
- Welded on Carbon Steel, Aluminum, Stainless Steel
Parts Specialist
Garcia Cadillac
Albuquerque, NM
12.2019 - 08.2021
- Retail sales, wholesale sales, back counter sales, locating stock, maintaining inventory, maintaining cash drawer, placing daily orders, managing employees, up keeping inventory.
- Helped over 100 customers and technician daily
- Performed yearly inventory
- Served customers in-store and by telephone to answer questions and place orders.
- Issued parts to technicians to complete customers' repairs.
- Tracked parts use and charged items to customer accounts for billing.
- Received and restocked product, keeping sales floor shelves full and ready for customers' purchases.
- Maintained current knowledge of manufacturers' options and parts availability to offer expert support.
- Worked with vendors to place new orders, handle shortage and resolve defective parts issues.
- Stocked storage areas with merchandise from new trucks, following bins system accurately to minimize inventory errors.
Diesel Technician/Fabrication Welder
Xtreme Motorsports
Rio Rancho , NM
06.2017 - 12.2019
- Daily Tasks: Performed mechanical repairs on gasoline and diesels engines
- Built high performance motors, fabricating components and welding them together for special purposes, maintaining work utility vehicle, tractors and equipment repairing construction equipment, welding on trailers, repairing dump buckets, modifying construction equipment.
- Completed challenging repair work, restoring the functionality of damaged components through expert welding skills.
- Used GTAW welding on stainless steel exhausts systems, aluminum engine components.
- Used GMAW on suspension components, chassis bracing and engine mounts.
Parts Specialist
Mercedes Benz Of Albuquerque
Albuquerque, New Mexico
09.2009 - 06.2017
- Daily tasks: Parts advisor, back counter, wholesale, placing orders, navigating through Mercedes Benz ordering and part number changing link, D2D sales, Mercedes monthly returns, putting up stock orders, locating new parts into inventory, notifying of discrepancies, perpetual inventories ran often
- Helping shipping and receiving, maintaining department organization, posting material entry, vehicle identification decoding, yearly inventories, maintaining Mercedes Benz and Sprinter certification's quarterly.
- Served customers in-store and by telephone to answer questions and place orders.
- Issued parts to technicians to complete customers' repairs.
- Tracked parts use and charged items to customer accounts for billing.
- Received and restocked product, keeping sales floor shelves full and ready for customers' purchases.
- Maintained current knowledge of manufacturers' options and parts availability to offer expert support.
- Worked with vendors to place new orders, handle shortage and resolve defective parts issues.
- Stocked storage areas with merchandise from new trucks, following bins system accurately to minimize inventory errors.
- Satisfied customers with fast, knowledgeable service for product needs.
- Operated fork truck to move heavy pallets and containers of parts between vehicles and storage locations.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Welding Technology
Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque, NM12.2022
High School Diploma -
Franklin High School
El Paso, TX03.2002
Skills
- Fabrication
- Blueprint Interpretation
- Shielded Metal Arc Welding
- Sheet Metal Fabrication
- Pipe Welding
- TIG Welding Expertise
- Waste Reduction
- Flux Core (FCAW) Welding
Certification
SMAW, GTAW, FCAW, GMAW, Fabrication 1G-4G Certified (D1.1,) Oxy Acetylene cutting and welding, CNC Table (CAD), Blueprint Reading, Plasma Cutting, Forklift operating, Sheer, Brake, Chop Saw, Bandsaw, Hitting Tolerance, Layout, GTAW Pipe Certified 6G Position, Pipe Layout, Cutbacks, Pipe Positioner.
Education
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Skills
- OSHA Regulations
- MIG Welding
- AWS Certified
- Structural Welding
Timeline
Parts Advisor
Reliable Chevrolet
02.2026 - Current
Fabrication Welder
DKM Asphalt
05.2025 - 02.2026
Welding Instructor
Albuquerque Job Corps
11.2022 - 05.2025
Welding Fabricator/ Shop Foreman
Couty Design Build
08.2021 - 10.2022
Parts Specialist
Garcia Cadillac
12.2019 - 08.2021
Diesel Technician/Fabrication Welder
Xtreme Motorsports
06.2017 - 12.2019
Parts Specialist
Mercedes Benz Of Albuquerque
09.2009 - 06.2017
High School Diploma -
Franklin High School
Associate of Applied Science - Welding Technology
Central New Mexico Community College