Austin Collins

Military Service:

• Rank: Specialist

  Branch/Position: Army

  Period: October 2008 - October 2014

  Occupation: 11B - Infantryman - 11B

  Security Clearance: Secret Clearance

  Duties Description:
  The infantryman supervises, leads, or serves as a member of an infantry activity that employs individual small arms weapons or heavy anti-armor crew served weapons, either vehicle or dismounted in support of offensive and defensive combat operations.

Work history:

• Job Title: Union laborer top guy/pipelayer

  Company: Indiana excavating services

  Period: June 2022 - December 2023

  Role Description:

  From preparing pipe to be lowered into the ditch or functioning as a pipe layer working mainly with DIP and plastic water pipes, concrete storm and plastic sewer pipe as well as setting man holes. 

• Job Title: Plasma table operator/ assembly supervisor

  Company: Gibson Abrasives equipment

  Period: June 2019 - June 2022

  Role Description:

  Loading metal plates onto the machine and loading a program to cut parts. Led a department of assemblers to put our own machines together and ship to the customer

• Job Title: Fabrication supervisor

  Company: Core and main fire protection

  Period: July 2018 - June 2019

  Role Description:

  Led a fabrication shop welding sprinkler fittings onto steel pipe for specific jobs.

• Job Title: Shift supervisor/department teamleader

  Company: Stanley black and decker

  Period: October 2011 - June 2018

  Role Description:

  Overseeing and leading a 2nd shift consisting of multiple departments producing anywhere from staples to power tools.