Willie Williams
Abbeville,AL
Summary
Precision-driven Welder, known for productivity and efficiency in task completion. Specialize in MIG, TIG, and stick welding techniques, ensuring strong and precise welds under various conditions. Skilled at reading blueprints and understanding structural requirements. Excel in teamwork, problem-solving, and time management to meet project deadlines with quality results. Highly accurate professional exceptional in production of quality machinery built to assist technically sound and profitable milling operations. Detailed and safety-oriented employee with several year accident-free history. Collaborative team member and group-focused machine worker with adaptability in differing social dynamics.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Millwright
DCI
Ghent, Kentucky
08.2025 - 08.2025
- Aligned motors, pumps, gearboxes, conveyors and other mechanical systems.
- Repaired broken or worn parts by welding, grinding, machining or fabricating replacement parts as needed.
- 400 liner changes. Bolting and Rigging
Millwright
Pro- Team
Hopewell, Virginia
06.2025 - 06.2025
- Aligned motors, pumps, gearboxes, conveyors and other mechanical systems.
- General preventive mtce work, Removing guards, greasing bearings, changing bolts.
Structural Welder
Jesco Aurora Flight Sciences
Columbus, MS
06.2025 - 06.2025
- Welded joints in flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead positions as required by the task at hand.
- Welding Fab Structural Steel Staircase
- Stick Welding
Structural Welder
All First LLC
Saint Paul, Virginia
04.2025 - 04.2025
- Fabricated metal components using various welding techniques.
- Interpreted blueprints and technical drawings for accurate weld placement.
- Flux Core and Stick Welding.
Welder
A-lert
Carlisle, Arkansas
11.2024 - 11.2024
- Assembled and installed machinery components for efficient operations.
- Assisted in the training of new millwrights on safety protocols.
- Dryer installation and dryer drive component replacement.
- Repaired broken or worn parts by welding, grinding, machining or fabricating replacement parts as needed.
- Flux Core Welding
Millwright Welder
A-Lert Building Systems
Summer Shade, Kentucky
10.2024 - 10.2024
- Fabricated and welded components to assemble structural forms, such as machinery frames, tanks, pressure vessels, and furnace shells.
- Operated plasma cutting machinery to fabricate metal components.
- Interpreted blueprints and technical drawings for precise cutting tasks.
Structural Welder
SRE
Columbus , MS
10.2024 - 10.2024
- Set up welding machines based on the job at hand.
- Read blueprints, drawings related to projects in order to determine proper dimensions of components being fabricated, welded together.
- Installation of new wet scrubber systems, welding stainless Mig
Structural Welder
Process Barron
Catawba, South Carolina
09.2024 - 09.2024
- Used welding skills to help repair and maintain heavy-duty machinery.
- Completed day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Worked successfully with diverse group of coworkers to accomplish goals and address issues related to our products and services.
- Inspected finished products for quality assurance purposes.
Structural Welder
E@H Steel
Midland City, AL
07.2024 - 08.2024
- Marked or tagged material with job number, piece marks and other identifying marks.
- Welded components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
- Positioned and secured workpieces using hoists, wire and banding machines or hand tools.
- Read blueprints, drawings related to projects in order to determine proper dimensions of components being fabricated, welded together.
- Performed on bridge columns welding to correct gauges, 1/4, 3/16,5,16
- Welded frames for fabrication projects utilizing accurate measurements and precise technique.
- Performed stick welding using some 308 309 stainless rods. 6010 7018 3/32 1/8 used for repairs.
Fabrication Welder
Avail Switchgear Systems
Fulton, MO
04.2024 - 06.2024
- Performed MIG welding on a variety of metals, including steel, stainless steel and aluminum.
- Repaired worn or damaged parts by cutting out sections using torches or plasma cutters then re-welding them into place.
- Examined welds to check bead size and other specifications.
- Completed welds in flat, horizontal, vertical, or overhead positions.
- Performed on switchgear boxes for electrical wires. Welding on different material from stainless to carbon metals.
Structural Welder
Hubbell Power Systems
Centralia, MO
12.2023 - 03.2024
- Performed welding on steel components for bridge construction projects.
- Fabricated metal components according to blueprints and drawings.
- Welded joints in flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead positions as required by the task at hand.
- Operated cutting torches to cut metal pieces prior to welding them together.
- Determined the proper amperage, voltage settings, and filler metals needed for each job.
Welder
Callaway Nuclear Plant
Fulton, MO
08.2023 - 11.2023
- Cleaned joints before beginning any type of welding process by chipping off slag with a hammer or wire brush.
- Read blueprints, drawings related to projects in order to determine proper dimensions of components being fabricated, welded together.
- Laid out, positioned, aligned and secured parts and assemblies with straightedges, squares and calipers.
Welder
Tate & Lyle
Decatur, IL
06.2023 - 07.2023
- Welded various types of connections, read blueprints, set-up and operate power tools, monitor welds, operate a forklift, assist with cleanup and examinations.
- Operated manual or semi-automatic flame-cutting equipment to cut metal for fabrication of products.
- Gathered required materials for each project in order to meet production deadlines.
- Set up welding machines based on the job at hand.
- Monitored the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material.
Welder
Prairie State Energy Campus
Marissa, IL
04.2023 - 05.2023
- Welded various types of connections: conveyors, stainless steel silos, tray towers.
- Agricultural work, reading blueprints, setting up and operating power tools, monitoring welds during and after completion for flaws or defects to ensure quality, operating a forklift, assisting with cleanup and examinations.
- Inspected completed work for conformance to specifications using various instruments.
- Set up welding machines based on the job at hand.
- Maintained a clean working environment by removing scrap metal from work areas.
Welder
Nasco Equipment
Fairmont, MN
10.2022 - 02.2023
- Gathered required materials for each project in order to meet production deadlines.
- Set up welding machines based on the job at hand.
- Maintained a clean working environment by removing scrap metal from work areas.
- Monitored the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material.
Welder
Enrico Fermi Nuclear Plant
Monroe, MN
08.2022 - 10.2022
- Acted as Foreman, with my own crew of up to 8 welders.
- Measured workpieces with straightedges or templates to conform with specifications.
- Melted and applied solder along adjoining edges of workpieces to solder joints.
- Determined equipment and welding methods, applying knowledge of metallurgy, geometry and welding techniques.
- Welded components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
Welder
Phillips 66 Refinery
Marissa, IL
06.2022 - 08.2022
- Heated and dissolved metal parts to obtain molten substance used in welding or extrusion.
- Read blueprints and drawings and took measurements to plan layout and procedures.
- Laid out, positioned, aligned and secured parts and assemblies with straightedges, squares and calipers.
- Followed safety guidelines through proper machine guarding and lockout and tagout procedures.
- Operated manual and semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments together.
Welder
Cleveland Cliffs
Cleveland, OH
02.2022 - 06.2022
- Measured workpieces with straightedges or templates to conform with specifications.
- Melted and applied solder along adjoining edges of workpieces to solder joints.
- Produced work using appropriate welding techniques, metallurgy knowledge and engineering requirements.
Welder
BP Refinery
Lima, OH
02.2022 - 04.2022
- Ensured that all welds met code requirements through visual inspection methods such as radiography testing where applicable.
- Monitored the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material.
- Operated manual and semi-automatic welding equipment in vertical, horizontal and overhead positions.
Education
Certified Welder -
Tulsa Welding School
Jacksonville, FL01.2012
Diploma -
Jefferson City High School
Jefferson City, MO01.2009
Skills
- Precision Equipment
- Project Management
- Blueprints
- Adaptability
- Communication
- Problem-solving
- Welding safety
- Error Correction
- Quality Assurance
- Gas Metal Arc Welding
- Grinding work
- Quality controls
- Visual Inspection
- Vertical Welding
- Blueprint Reading
- Pipe welding
- Fabrication
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Shielded Metal Arc Welding
- Fire prevention
- Structural repair
- Shaping and cutting
- Welding techniques
Affiliations
- International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Local 37, Slidell, LA
- Sheet Metal Workers Local 36, Fulton, MO
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Millwright
DCI
08.2025 - 08.2025
Millwright
Pro- Team
06.2025 - 06.2025
Structural Welder
Jesco Aurora Flight Sciences
06.2025 - 06.2025
Structural Welder
All First LLC
04.2025 - 04.2025
Welder
A-lert
11.2024 - 11.2024
Millwright Welder
A-Lert Building Systems
10.2024 - 10.2024
Structural Welder
SRE
10.2024 - 10.2024
Structural Welder
Process Barron
09.2024 - 09.2024
Structural Welder
E@H Steel
07.2024 - 08.2024
Fabrication Welder
Avail Switchgear Systems
04.2024 - 06.2024
Structural Welder
Hubbell Power Systems
12.2023 - 03.2024
Welder
Callaway Nuclear Plant
08.2023 - 11.2023
Welder
Tate & Lyle
06.2023 - 07.2023
Welder
Prairie State Energy Campus
04.2023 - 05.2023
Welder
Nasco Equipment
10.2022 - 02.2023
Welder
Enrico Fermi Nuclear Plant
08.2022 - 10.2022
Welder
Phillips 66 Refinery
06.2022 - 08.2022
Welder
BP Refinery
02.2022 - 04.2022
Welder
Cleveland Cliffs
02.2022 - 06.2022
Certified Welder -
Tulsa Welding School
Diploma -
Jefferson City High School