Willie Long
Welder
Newport News,VA
Summary
To secure a job in the industry that fits my qualifications: Welding leader/ Fitter / Seam welder, Solid Welder, WELDER, ARC, MIG, TIG, BRAZING, HELIARC MATERIAL, FLUXCORE, STAILESS, BLACK IRON, Aluminum Mig, Tig; Invar, GALVINIZE, ALUMINIZE, Sheet Metal, Structural steel, Pipe Welding, ETC Robotic Weld Tech / Hi-lo driver / Dock Leader and working Supervisor. Weld Technician, CNC Machine Operator, General Labor. Using 6010, 7018, 7024 etc.
Overview
39
39
years of professional experience
Work History
Structural Welder/Pulse arc welder/ Stick Welder
PMQ Services / Newport News Ship Building
08.2022 - 08.2024
- I Started pulse arc welder for subs then I was moved to structural welder after 6mths
- But all in all I go where I'm needed
- Structural is Flux core and Stick welding and also plasma cutting and use of a touch as well.
Tractor Mechanic
Kodiak Solutions / Case ll
01.2022 - 08.2022
- Here I was working as a Tractor Mechanic
- Utilizing my mechanical skills changing out parts and putting other parts on.
Pulse Welder-Contractor
Ameri-Force
05.2020 - 01.2022
- To Build and solid weld buckets making them leak tight.
Fluxcore Welder
Aerotek/ Breise Iron works
07.2019 - 05.2020
- Welding and sometimes fabricating construction Beams, Reading Prints and fabricating the Beams and building hand rail
- Flux-core welding Structural beams.
Production Mig Welder
Robot Tech
05.2017 - 07.2019
- Come in, assure robot is running, change tips and liners if needed, then help manually weld rest of cabs
- Hi speed production.
Hi speed production.Welder
McNeilus Trucking
01.2015 - 05.2017
- To Mig weld and build, roofs and wall for refuge trucks, and sometimes taking a leadership role and help train people teaching them to weld; and to build and weld roofs and walls.
Welder/Fabricator
Highwood Tool and Die-Train Yard
09.2010 - 12.2014
- Built and flux-core welded train box cars for ttx
- Did all the vertical ups on boxcars To weld metal up to 1in a half inch thick
- Flux-core and Regular wire
- Use cutting Touches and Plasma
- Had to weld new and use Box cars and also repair old box cars
- Everything had to be done vertical up position with flux core wire
- With this also I had to heat metal to certain temperature, so that welds don't crack
- Had to fix my own machine, replacing liner's, contacts, diffusers
- Tips and wire
- Also they came to me to find out the best gases and wires to use on each product.
Flux Core Welder / Aluminum Mig Welder/ Team Leader
Tower Defense / W. Industries
08.2006 - 08.2010
- To weld Humvees for military and also racks for client, Production
- And also fabricate and build humvees for the military, t 1 in a half inch plate all steel, black iron, we had to pre- heat Metal to 350 degrees to keep welds from cracking
- Did tanks that was all aluminum for this process it was sum Tig but mainly Aluminum Mig and racks
- Racks
- Building fixtures to fit racks, so that welder can proceed with the production of racks
- Also had to train new recruits, on running the new fixtures: showing them which area's to weld first, so that racks don't twist
- Also was robotic weld tech, Had to change wire, liners, tips and also teach robot how to weld, start and stop points, realignments, by using teach pendents
- Here we had ABB robots
- I also changed robot tables in and out for each job
- To weld humvees, Also fit them together as well as lead a crew of 20 people, Flux- core and Tig welding, and also reg
- Mig, all military work
- This work was done with precision, and metal and welds had to be done to exact, specs
- After one year working as a welder, then team leader was promoted to Supervisor of our welding department
- Job consisted of 150 people I had to guide, was in charge of managing the man hours that was given to me, for each job performed, had to keep all machines, running and maintained, robots in alignment
- Liners changed, tips changed, defuses etc
- Also had to do all time cards
- Confirm employees time off
- And be there for any problems that may occur, such as realigning robot, and teaching new employee's How to run our equipment safely
- Changing tips on our spot welders as well, keeping our lines running so we could make all of our shipping date
- Quality and on time delivery was essential.
Welder Leader/Robotic Weld Tech
Capital Welding
05.2004 - 08.2006
- Here I've done military and aerospace work, Aluminum, Invar, stainless you name it, Flux-core, Aluminum Mig, Tig, I also had to keep robotic welder running, realign welds, with teach pendent
- Changing angles and movements of torch head, built fixtures for robot, such as rotating tables.
CNC Operator / Shipping Clerk / Hi-Lo Driver
Galaxy Industries
02.2003 - 03.2004
- To load and unload machines with engine blocks, also gauge parts, with calipers and micrometers
- Call up tools for change out, doing basic functions with Allen Bradley systems And miller, also moto man
- Some days loaded and unloaded trucks with hi-lo, Picked engines out of stock with stand up hi-lo.
Seam Welder /Solid Welder/ Leader / Hi-Lo Driver
Durr Industries
10.1990 - 01.2003
- To Flux core all Seams on tank stack as to make sure they don't leak
- To solid weld all tanks they had to be leak free
- Flux core vertical ups, regular mig as well as Using plasma and tourches
- Also had to lead a team of 30 people, give work orders for each day, giving weld test for New Hires, solved any problems that may occur, such as changing liners with manual or Robotic welders
- By using teach pendent realigning robot
- Inspecting all welds
- We were using ABB robots, and same time trying to come up with better cycle times
- Also had to gauge welds on smaller parts
- Here we used calipers and micrometers and dept gauges
- Get parts to my people as well as look over time card
- Account for all hours given to me for the wk
- Make sure we don't go over man hrs
- Collect prints at the end of shift
- We had a know leak policy on our product.
Education
High school diploma - Ged / welding Arc, Mig , Tig
Joliet Job Corp.
IL, 6043207.1986
Skills
- Calipers
- Micrometer
- Fabrication
- CNC
- Quality Inspection
- Hi-Lo Experience
- Welding 34 yrs
- Plasma Cutting
- Welding
- Flux welding
- MIG welding
- English
- Automotive Repair
Personal Information
Title: BEST Welder Money Can Buy
Timeline
Structural Welder/Pulse arc welder/ Stick Welder
PMQ Services / Newport News Ship Building
08.2022 - 08.2024
Tractor Mechanic
Kodiak Solutions / Case ll
01.2022 - 08.2022
Pulse Welder-Contractor
Ameri-Force
05.2020 - 01.2022
Fluxcore Welder
Aerotek/ Breise Iron works
07.2019 - 05.2020
Production Mig Welder
Robot Tech
05.2017 - 07.2019
Hi speed production.Welder
McNeilus Trucking
01.2015 - 05.2017
Welder/Fabricator
Highwood Tool and Die-Train Yard
09.2010 - 12.2014
Flux Core Welder / Aluminum Mig Welder/ Team Leader
Tower Defense / W. Industries
08.2006 - 08.2010
Welder Leader/Robotic Weld Tech
Capital Welding
05.2004 - 08.2006
CNC Operator / Shipping Clerk / Hi-Lo Driver
Galaxy Industries
02.2003 - 03.2004
Seam Welder /Solid Welder/ Leader / Hi-Lo Driver
Durr Industries
10.1990 - 01.2003
High school diploma - Ged / welding Arc, Mig , Tig
Joliet Job Corp.