Emmitt Watson Sr.

Process Operator and Maintenance Mechanic with hands-on chemical-industry and industrial experience, including current Plant Outside Operator experience with Honeywell and 4+ years of millwright/maintenance experience. Skilled in process monitoring, equipment rounds, vibration monitoring, SAP notifications, LOTO, product sampling, railcar and tanker loading, hot work, line breaks, distillation processes, pumps, valves, mechanical equipment, alignment, rigging, troubleshooting, and preventive maintenance. Experienced working alongside operations, maintenance, planners, and coordinators in safety-focused plant environments.

Plant Outside Operator - Honeywell

(2025-01)

• Perform routine equipment rounds and record operating conditions and equipment readings.
• Perform vibration monitoring on assigned equipment and communicate abnormal conditions for follow-up.
• Monitor assigned process areas and communicate operating conditions and required follow-up to Board Operators and supervisors.
• Enter maintenance notifications into SAP for equipment requiring attention.
• Perform Lockout/Tagout procedures to prepare equipment safely for maintenance.
• Identify equipment abnormalities, document issues, and communicate findings to operations leadership.
• Collect product samples every four hours and deliver samples to the laboratory.
• Load railcars and tankers with HF product while following plant operating and safety procedures.
• Support hot work, safe work, and line-break activities under required plant procedures.
• Work with maintenance personnel, planners, and coordinators on equipment and unit activities.
• Apply PPE, safe-work practices, and plant-specific safety requirements in operating areas.
• Build working knowledge of distillation processes and process equipment.
• Relay unit and equipment information to supervisors and operations personnel.

Maintenance Mechanic / Union Safety Coordinator / Welder - Atlantic Alumina

(2021-01 - 2025-01)

• Performed industrial mechanical maintenance and supported safe, reliable operation of plant equipment.
• Worked on pumps, conveyors, rollers, shafts, bearings/couplings, and related mechanical equipment.
• Serviced pumps through suction/discharge components and internal mechanical components.
• Applied laser-alignment, dial-indicator, lift-check, and preventive-maintenance knowledge.
• Installed and worked with 2-inch to 20-inch valves, including gate, ball, and Clarkson valves.
• Performed rigging and bull-rigging using come-alongs and chain falls and directed crane movements using proper hand signals.
• Supported pipefitting work including blueprint reading, pipe beveling, pipe installation, and tack welding.
• Applied M.O.C. knowledge and plant safety practices during maintenance activities.
• Worked with carbon steel, stainless steel, chrome, and Inconel.
• Performed TIG, flux-core, stick, and combination welding and fabrication.

Welder / Pipefitter Support - Brown and Root

(2020-01 - 2021-01)

• Assisted pipefitters and welded iron and steel pipe.

Certified Welder / CDL Driver - Hulcher Services

(2018-01 - 2020-01)

• Inspected welded surfaces, operated power tools, performed Hazmat-related work, and drove commercial tractor-trailers.

Warehouse - Ameraseal

(2018-01 - 2018-12)

• Managed stock, shipments and packing; welded braided hoses; cut and packaged gaskets; made airline/air hoses; precision-cut materials.

Welder - Performance Contractors

(2016-01 - 2018-01)

• Welded, fitted and fabricated metal components including beams and pipeline; adjusted equipment parts and responded to service calls.

Firefighter - Lodbell Fire Department

(2012-01 - 2016-01)

• Assisted with emergencies and performed fire-equipment checks.

Forklift Operator - Southeastern Freight

(2014-01 - 2016-01)

• Operated industrial trucks; loaded/unloaded materials and moved freight to storage, docks, railcars and trucks.

CNC Operator - Cortec

(2012-01 - 2014-01)

• Ensured supplies and materials were available; inspected products; worked from production diagrams and material requirements.

Hopper Operator - Global Contractors

(2010-01 - 2012-01)

• Loaded polyethylene pellets into production lines, monitored conveyors and packages, boxed 50-lb bags, and monitored board levels to support smooth production.

High School Diploma - Watson Academy (2010-01 - 2010-01)

Baton Rouge Community College (2011-01 - 2013-12)

Louisiana Fireman Association (2012-01 - 2012-01)

Welding Certificate - Welding - Moore Career College (2018-01 - 2020-01)