Rodarius Sanders
Stockbridge
Summary
Accomplished welder with extensive experience at Ingalls Shipyard, specializing in MIG and flux-cored welding. A self-starter and effective communicator, I excel in blueprint interpretation and quality assurance, ensuring adherence to specifications. Proven ability to collaborate with teams to enhance production efficiency and maintain safety compliance in high-pressure environments.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Welder
Badger Sheet Metal
De Pere
01.2025 - Current
- Fabricated metal components using MIG and TIG welding techniques.
- Interpreted blueprints and technical drawings for precise assembly.
- Collaborated with team members to complete projects on schedule.
- Inspected welds for quality and adherence to specifications.
- Maintained a clean working environment by removing scrap metal from work areas.
- Set up welding machines based on the job at hand.
Welder/Fabricator
Marinette Marine
Marinette
01.2023 - 01.2025
- Fcaw and Gmaw welding techniques to safely assemble hot work inside of the vessel.
- Gmaw pulse aluminum
- Interpreted blueprints and technical drawings for accurate assembly.
- Recognized, set up, and operated shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
- Fabricated metal components using hand and power tools.
- Assembled parts for marine vessels according to specifications.
- Collaborated with team members to streamline production workflows.
- Cut materials such as steel plates, tubes, bars, angles, channels using hand tools and power saws.
Welder
Ingalls Shipyard
Pascagoula
01.2015 - 01.2022
- Utilize various MIG welding techniques for different parts of steel structures for construction projects, depending on required finish.
- Carefully fabricate materials according to blueprints, securing the clamps or bolts before welding.
- Ensure quality of finished products, leading tolerance tests, filling holes and repairing improperly welded pieces.
- Utilize flux core wire for welding various parts of the ship and foundation pieces.
- Utilize stick welding for outdoor welding heavy farmer equipment.
- Fabricating heavy metals while using metal core techniques.
Fabrication
Bay Ship
Sturgeon Bay
01.2025
- Carefully fabricate materials according to blueprints, securing the clamps or bolts before welding.
- Arc Gauging defected welds to insure proper weld codes are met.
- Plasma cutting old ship vessel materials to install new material.
- Provided technical support regarding structural steel fabrication processes during project planning stage.
- Assisted with fabrication of aluminum frames for storefronts and curtain walls.
- Mark reference lines onto workpieces prior to fabrication operations.
Education
Diploma -
Dutch Town High School
Skills
- Blueprint Interpretation
- Self-Starter
- Team Player
- Fabrication
- Prioritizing Projects
- Time Sensitive Details
- Safety compliance
- Material cutting
- Team building
- Effective communication
- Problem solving
- Attention to detail
- Gas metal arc welding
- Steel fabrication
- Flux core (FCAW) welding
- Stick welding
- OSHA compliance
- Equipment operation
- Flux-cored arc welding
- Plasma arc welding
- Torch
- Fork lift
- Boom lift
- Scissor lift
- Scaffold building
- Pin/Stud shooting
- AWS CERT
- Welding Skills: (GMAW, FCAW, FLUX, GMAW PULSE, SMAW, PAW (Plasma)
- 2g 3g 4g weld positions
Certification
- Certified Welder / Fabricator
- Welding reCertification, Accession Distribution Training and Staffing, 01/01/23
Professional References
Paul Sutton, Foremen Supervisor, Ingalls Shipyard, (701) 818-7300
Timeline
Welder
Badger Sheet Metal
01.2025 - Current
Fabrication
Bay Ship
01.2025
Welder/Fabricator
Marinette Marine
01.2023 - 01.2025
Welder
Ingalls Shipyard
01.2015 - 01.2022
Diploma -
Dutch Town High School