The document is a resume for Walter M. Johnson, an industrial millwright/turbine mechanic with over 10 years of experience in power plants and other heavy industrial facilities. It summarizes his experience performing maintenance, repairs, and overhauls on various steam and gas turbines up to 950 MW. It also lists his skills, education, and work history with companies like Gemma, Pan Pacific, TurboCare, MD&A, Jacobs, Shaw, QCI, War Fab, TCI, and All Seas where he has installed, repaired, and overhauled various industrial equipment.
Experienced Industrial Millwright Seeks New Opportunity
1. Walter M. Johnson
johnsonwalt.0229@gmail.com
P.O. Box 1161
Valliant, OK
Cell- (918) 635-0229
Position of Industrial Millwright/Turbine Mechanic
Industrial Millwright/Turbine Mechanic with 10 years of heavy industrial experience primarily in the
power industry. Adept in performing expansions, maintenance, and modifications on boiler feed pumps and
75 mw up to 950 mw steam turbines. Also, experienced in performing maintenance and overhauling 6B-
7FA turbines and 9H gas turbine, steam cooled. Has strong experience in performing major overhauls
and/or maintenance on GE, Westinghouse, Toshiba, Siemens and Brown Bovarion and all other machinery
in fossil fuel power plants, pipeline, chemical plants, refineries and paper mills.
Key Skills
Metric and standard measurements with
inside and outside micrometers,
calipers, dials, levels, depth gauges
Blueprints
Rigging
Able to operate overhead crane and
knowledge of crane Hand signals
Able to operate lull, JLG, fork lift and
scissor lift.
Trained in confined space, heat stress,
FME, air monitoring.
Alignments
Inspections
Fabrication using torch, plasma and
stick welding
Using laser levels or dial calipers and
perils.
Disassembly and reassembly of steam
and gas turbines and valves
Overhauling, repairing and aligning
steam and combustion
turbines/generators
Professional Experience
Gemma July 2015-Nov2015
Journeyman Millwright
Building two 400 MW single shaft power trains on Siemens SGT6-8000h gas turbines, Siemens
SST-5000 steam turbines, and Siemens SGEN6-2000H hydrogen cooled generators.
Installing sole plates, bearing pedestals, turbine and generator setting the elevation and prepping
them to be grouted in.
Doing horn loads to calculate the weight of the insulation to have the keys machined to the thickness
that is needed.
Checking the clearness of the blade tips of the LP and gas turbines with filler gauges and doing a
run out with dial indicators and also the oil boar the thrust and turning gear and Exciter.
Helping to assist the General Forman and Forman with problem solving and with the crew on job
tasks keeping a daily log book of the work and readings that was done for the day.
Rigging equipment to be moved or installed with the Crain.
Installing new motors and pumps checking for pipe stress and alignments to be sold off to the QC
and Siemens.
2. Pan Pacific August 2013-July2015
Journeyman Millwright
Fabricate, installation and coming up with ideas on new and exciting equipment for better
performance.
Changing bearings, motors, belts, rebuilding pumps, valves, hydraulic cylinders, replacing piping,
airlines and also changing out conveyer belts and realigning them.
Doing daily and weekly maintenance on the sanders, saw line and hydraulic system. Working with
my superintendent and engineer on scheduling and planning of shut downs on ordering parts for
the equipment that I wasover.
TurboCare Apr 2013 –August 2013
Journeyman Millwright
Replacement of the HP/LP shell on a 125 megawatt steam turbine.
Rebuilding of the Stop, Control, and Intercept Valves. Changed out all the packing on the upper
and lower cases and performed wire alignment and step checks to verify and set the location of
diaphragms and packing boxes. Scraped all the seals to get within acceptable tolerances. Checked
bearings and all clearances before final installation. Performed final alignment from HP to LP to
Generator.
MD&A Oct 2012 – Apr 2013
Journeyman Millwright
Reassembly of a 750 megawatt steam turbine. Completion of bearing changes and alignments.
Completion of valve work and pulled generator on 150 megawatt steam turbine.
Frame 5 gas turbine major overhaul and rebuild.
Changed out bearings on 950 megawatt steam turbine and completed machining to the journals.
Used an ERAG machine to verify and set clearances.
Jacobs Jan 2011 – Aug 2012
Journeyman Millwright
Performed the setting of sole plates and various equipment to elevations and centerline per
blueprint specifications. Used Rotalign Ultra for the various alignment, also used dial indicators
where laser was not feasible.
Performed checks for pipe stress and coordinated with the pipe department for the solutions.
Member of the Safety Committee, dedicated to the entire work force and myself working safely.
Shaw July 2010-Sep 2011
Journeyman Millwright
Repaired and changed out pump and motors.
Changed out piping and filters.
Member of the Haz-Mat team and received all training involved in rescue of all personnel on site.
Member of Safety Committee, dedicated to working safely.
QCI Feb 2008-June 2010
*Ongoing employment on various projects starting in 2004
Journeyman Millwright
Inspection of valves and repaired all the various valves involved with steam and gas turbines.
Completed combustion inspection of various sizes of gas turbines.
Replacement of bearings and piping.
Set new sole plates along with pumps and motors.
Completed alignment/realignments on several different motors and gas and steam turbines to
generators or compressors.
Installation of panels and disconnects for motors, field instruments and devices.
3. War Fab May 2007-Aug 2007
Journeyman Millwright
50K press rigging and hoisting out the cylinders.
Installation of new equipment.
Removal and reinstall new bushings and columns.
Operation of Broderson crane to install new piping.
Working with QC on torqueing flanges to specs with the use of hytorc.
TCI 2004-2005
Journeyman Millwright
Maintenance in paper mill.
Installation of new machinery and new piping to and from tanks to machines.
Setting and leveling of pumps and motors.
Changing out valves, dryers and rollers on paper machines.
All Seas 2003-2004
Journeyman Millwright
Installation of new pipe lines on lay barge.
Use of the overhead crane to move pipe around prepare pipe for welders.
Performed all rigging.
More references available upon request
Certifications and Education
TWIC
OSHA 10 Card
Valliant High School
Eastern Oklahoma State, Wilburton OK
First aid/CPR certification