Gregory Huston is a driven professional with over 15 years of experience in welding, fabrication, and boilermaking. He has a boilermaker license from Colorado and experience leading teams and ensuring safety compliance. Huston served in the US Navy from 2000-2007 as a Hull Technician, where he received several achievement medals for successfully completing welding projects ahead of schedule. He currently works as a boilermaker for Union Pacific Railroad, where he leads safety initiatives and trains new employees.

1. GREGORY HUSTON
7962 Gray Fox Dr. Evergreen, CO 80439
grg_hstn@yahoo.com
216-543-9993
CAREER SUMMARY
Driven professional with over 15 years of demonstrated ability in the welding, fabrication, and boilermaker
crafts. Has the ability to lead staff from inexperienced to experts in the field successfully; ensuring their
compliance with safety, rules, and industry and government regulations and specifications. Experienced in
writing, reading, and interpreting blueprints and schematics, additionally having the ability to teach these
skills. Looking to add value to an organization through the utilization of these skills, creating process
refinements and improvements, and leading through safety and efficiency.
EDUCATION
United States Navy December 2000
Hull Technician "A" School
Drafting, mathematics, angular line development, fundamentals of blueprint reading, Quality Assurance,
hand tools, sheet metal work, knowledge and comprehension of welding, brazing, pipefitting and cutting,
metal identification, knowledge and comprehension of piping systems and measurements, shop safety,
knowledge and comprehension of shipboard sanitation systems, individualized and group instruction, etc.
SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS
 Gas Tungsten Arc Welding
 MIG Welding
 ARC Welding
 Plasma and Oxy-Acetylene Cutting
 Portable Exothermic Cutting Unit (PECU)
 Colorado Boilermaker License
 Leadership
 Union Collective Bargaining Experience
 Contract Interpretation
 Training and Coaching
 OSHA – 10
 Experienced Navy Firefighter
SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS
United States Navy
E.S.W.S Pin
To receive this prestigious recognition requires in depth knowledge of all departments and operations of a
Navy vessel. I trained and studied with each department including mechanical, engineering, and the
flight deck for four months, prior to completing a written exam. I completed the written exam with a
passing score of 92%, while the cut off score was 80%. Following, I was required to complete two oral
examinations, one from a group of my peers and the other from a team of higher ranked enlisted
personnel. After successfully passing the oral exams, the final step to complete a walk around with the
Commanding Officer of the ship, and demonstrate my knowledge of various systems and their operation.

2. Due to the level of success I had during my process receiving the E.S.W.S. Pin, I was tasked with leading
instruction for future deployed sailors to prepare them for the pin.
United State Navy
Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals
I was in charge of a team of five sailors and we were tasked with completing welding repair on a military
LCAC (Landing Craft Air Cushion) hovercraft. This request came to the team with the requirement of
the hovercraft being made mission ready in a single week. Diving into the work, the team completed tig
welding on aluminum, and worked in twelve hour shift rotations to meet the order given by the leading
chief petty officer. My tasks were providing turnovers to both groups to ensure a continuous flow of
work, action planning for each shift, performing hands on work alongside the team, and coordinating
inspections for the work being accomplished. The team successfully completed all work and all of the
welds tested by NDT with a 100% pass rate in three days. This was a major accomplishment for our team
as those repairs generally took three weeks, and the earlier completion saved the Navy roughly $75,000 in
manpower and service hours.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Union Pacific Railroad January 2009 – Present
Boilermaker
 Serve as the Local Chairman for Local 66 and represent the Denver Burnham Shop
 Provide safety briefings and JSAs for employees to ensure they go home safely
 Adhere to FRA regulations and safety procedures while rebuilding and servicing locomotives
 Train and educate new hires in safe practices for locomotive and boiler repair
 Inspect and repair various components on GE and EMD locomotives
 Led initiative for acquiring new PPE including harnesses, welders, and weld helmets
 Lead welder for all Positive Train Control project welds
 Weld on fuel tanks that hold over 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel
 Create safety practices for boilermakers when welding on fuel tanks
 Perform mig and stick welding on locomotives and components
 Fabricate pilot sheet, scraper plates, handrails, grab irons, and other items as needed
United States Navy February 2007 – December 2007
Hull Technician 2nd Class Petty Officer
 Recalled to the Navy for one year of service in Kuwait and Iraq
 Acted as the customs supervisor and oversaw up to 15 sailors in inspection and repair of equipment
 Tracked all personnel as they arrived or left Kuwait and Iraq
 Received the Navy Good Conduct Medal for all years of service
 Received the Army Achievement Medal during Operation Iraqi Freedom
United States Navy August 2000 - May 2005
Hull Technician 2nd Class Petty Officer
 Served as the welding supervisor of maintenance shop overseeing the work of up to 12 sailors

3.  Trained and developed younger sailors in the safe maintenance of military equipment
 Maintained, troubleshot, and repaired hovercrafts valued at over 26 million dollars
 Performed inspections on equipment as the Quality Assurance Inspector