Fabricator/Welder - Herzog - St. Joseph, MO
(2024-04 - 2025-12)
Lead welder and fabricator for various locomotive and freight car specialty projects
- Construct new rail cars including fabricating and fitting all required sections for said cars
- Rail car assembly and applicable modifications per project specifications
- Perform weld inspections
- Perform mobile repairs on rail cars and locomotives, and complete all required regulatory paperwork for safety and standard compliance
- Perform process inspections and ensure completed regulatory paperwork is accurate and compliant
- Perform air brake tests
- Perform general repair and troubleshooting on railcars
- Perform light and heavy wreck repairs on railcars
- Perform Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Association of America Railroad (AAR) inspections
Welder/Fabricator - Intercontinental Engineering-Manufacturing Corporation - Riverside, MO
(2021-11 - 2024-04)
Responsible for a full range of heavy fabrication services. Welding expertise extends from mild steels to alloys, stainless steels, aluminum and structural materials that required various welding codes, including AWS D1.1, ASME Section IX, and NAVSEA Technical Publications 248/278.
- Read and interpret detailed Military Marine blueprints
- Welding and grinding for BB free oil compartments
- Forklift operations as required
- Gantry crane operations as required
- Before and after machining repair
- Back gouging for full penetration welds
Welding and Maintenance Supervisor/Foreman - Mid America Railroad - Kansas City, MO
(2019-03 - 2021-11)
Lead, schedule, and supervise welding operations for crew members
- Perform weld inspections: Train, mentor, and evaluate welders of all skill levels
- Review and approve all mileage paperwork for compliance
- Complete and perform employee/crew member reviews and annual evaluations
- Lead welder and fabricator for various specialty projects
- Perform mobile repairs on rail cars and locomotives, and complete all required regulatory paperwork for safety and standard compliance
- Perform process inspections and ensure completed regulatory paperwork is accurate and compliant
- Complete all assigned repairs and/or rail car modifications and prepare for return to service to include: General repair and troubleshooting on railcars, Light and heavy wreck repairs on railcars, Air brake tests, Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) inspections, Association of America Railroad (AAR) inspections
Shop Worker II - The Andersons - Kansas City, MO
(2017-05 - 2019-03)
- MIG welding, Stick welding, aluminum wire welds and arch gouging
- Assist with all basic repairs on damaged railcars
- Assemble individual rail parts into basic finished products and assist with more complex repair work
- Perform required vertical and overhead welding of both light and heavy gauge metal
- Proven proficiency in the use of all 'Rule 1' gauges
- Remove and replace draft gears, slack adjusters, pipe brackets, brake levers, and angle cocks
- Conduct non-destructive testing of valves and components during and after the rebuild process
- Apply gasket and rebuild kits according to manufacturer's guidelines, following intra company procedures
- Maintain equipment used, following Association of American Railroads (AAR) and client requirements
- Rebuild complete truck sets
- Repair gravity and pneumatic hopper gates
- Repair box car doors (plug and sliding)
- Remove and replace uncoupling levers (telescoping and non-telescoping)
- Remove and disassemble a coupler
- Jacket repair and safety appliance repairs
- Inspect railcar frames and bodies for holes, cracks, and other defects; safety appliances including hand holds, sill steps, grab iron, brake platforms, running boards; wheels to ensure that rim treads, plates, hub axles, and bearings are in good repair
- Operate forklift truck
MIG Welder - Tenneco Inc. - Kansas City, MO
(2014-07 - 2017-05)
- Set-up, troubleshooting, and repair of automated weld cells (mig and spot welding)
- Skilled in MIG procedures and be able to fix welds
- Welds components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions
- Operate manual and semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments
- Monitors the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts of warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of materials
- Lay-out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers
- 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
- Perform as a team member in the operation, with ability to rotate to all workstations within the area
- Perform safety checks and other checks as required per machine
- Provide general plant and facility clean up (5S)
