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one down…three to go…
One on eight, it was hardly fair. For them. 
From left to right, Denny, Brian, Tom, Scott, Dale, the headhunter, and two dudes I haven’t seen before. And probably never will. Anyway, I thought I did pretty well.
Denny is the king of the hill for this job. I’ve known Brian for quite some time. T.P. allowed me the opportunity to expand on my experience. The Financial guy and the Admiral were very involved in the questioning. Everybody was taking down my words and I expect those words to be held against me.
I was even asked about how Electric Boat does what they do. At least I know somebody read my resume.
Next one is Thursday at 3:30. Bleh
Filed under Work : Comments (0) : Jan 31st, 2006
here we go…
Next week I have three interviews at Todd Pacific in Seattle. I interview for Project Manager on Tuesday. Production Supervisor/Zone Manager on Thursday. And for Production Manager on Friday…
I also put in for the Work Certification Supervisor. After I read the job description, I realized I had done some of that job before.
Oh yeah, the job descriptions changed, again…
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Filed under Work : Comments (0) : Jan 27th, 2006
on the waterfront…
It’s not enough to be flexible, one must be fluid.
Filed under Work : Comments (0) : Dec 14th, 2005
oops…
It wasn’t us…
In July of 2005, “the supervisor” conducted an audit of KTR’s NDT and welding qualification system. Subsequent to the assessment, KTR’s new level III examiner continued further review and found that a level II NDT inspector did not have a current certification. 443 piping joints were immediately de-certified and a Method “D” Corrective Action Request was issued.
A Method “D” CAR comes from the C.O. of the base. It essentially means, fix it, and/or get the fuck off my base. There isn’t an “E”.
KTR’s Q.A. program was also de-certified and the contractor was unable to perform ANY work for the supervisor for 4 months.
Several Major Non-conformities were issued to keep the fleet running. KTR’s first action was to de-certify all NDT inspectors and re-train everyone.
If that isn’t a million dollar fuck-up, I don’t know what is. A “near miss” can cost 30 people, 3 hours each. I can only imagine the amount of blood on the floor after something like that.
Ahhhh, the joy of government contracting.
Filed under Work : Comments (0) : Dec 14th, 2005
how the hell?
I found this link on the Yahoo message boards. I wondered why my server has been active the last couple of days.
To answer some of your questions. NO. hahahaha
You will just have to find out the same way everybody else does.
However, with the last, best offer by the Company, and some language changes, I suspect the contract proposal will be accepted. That and the Company won’t pay us retroactively unless the proposal is accepted. I will vote to reject. (I always do)
Anyway, I had an up close and personal with the USS San Francisco. The front end is trashed. Many doublers on the outer hull. I suspect the plan will be to transfer the nuke plant from this to another. I have heard the USS Bremerton mentioned as the graftee with around 80 million up for grabs.
Filed under Work : Comments (0) : Nov 14th, 2005
Teflon Todd
After an incomplete weld was found on the USS Ohio, Electric Boat called for a critique. In the nuclear shipbuilding world, that means a three hour meeting, pain, suffering, and heads on a platter. You see, we manufactured the piece in question. Fuck. Luckily, in a previous position, one of our Zonies was the one that actually signed off for the piece. Bahahahahahaaha.
It took approximately 20 minutes to gather the paperwork and the critique slid off like wet ice on wet ice. It’s too bad I had to go to the Subcontractor meeting. So I missed all of the moon walking, back peddling, and stabbings.
But that’s not all. At the Subcontractor meeting with Electric Boat, it seems that I was the only sub that had been to Electric Boat Indoctrination. A two day bore fest. It is absolutely mandatory to take this training to be a part of the team.
So, in the space of about two hours, Todd Pacific Shipyard went from the outhouse to the penthouse.
gada luvit
Filed under Work : Comments (0) : Oct 12th, 2005
stupid…stupid…stupid
It’s kind of ironic.
We are in the process of setting restrictions on the use of the time clocks. Working in one part of the yard means you use a particular time clock. The place I work at is about two miles from end to end. And with 134 people to keep track of, things can get out of hand in a hurry.
I was talking to one of the swing shift craft supervisors about the policy when he makes the joke, “does that include the PIA people?” I gave him the WTF look. He tells me that there are PIA people clocking out here at night. OH FUCK!!!!! The PIA project is 30% over budget, and the Manager want’s BLOOD.
Sure enough, I am standing there when this guy comes up and scans to see his hours for the week. I noted his name, watched him clock-out, and then I proceded to e-mail his boss and HIS boss.
Tomorrow morning I’m gonna e-mail the Manager.
I should do it from the PIA office so I can actually SEE the fireworks.
Filed under Work : Comments (0) : Sep 15th, 2005
why did I go into work today?
I had barely sat down when the graveyard carpenter leadman comes into the office and goes on a rant about why he doesn’t have the tools he needs, his boss is a dick, and why the fuck are we being transferred to swing shift next week?!?!?!?!?! Where’s my coffee? Aww, shit, now the tinbenders are going at. OOOOO who brought the doughnuts!
/me nods caringly
thanks for the doughnuts Rudy
It’s time’s like this that I look forward to giving training.
Filed under Work : Comments (0) : May 21st, 2005
It’s official
On Monday I will be taking over as the Zone Manager on the USS Ohio and Michigan. It’s to bad we have to lose a very capable man in Mr. Fitzpatrick.
Filed under Work : Comments (0) : May 11th, 2005
wtf did I just do???
I went in to work just long enough to take some time off. I had a 12 hour graveyard shift on Saturday. Five hours sleep in two days. Lawnmowers galore.
Let me bring you all up to speed… Last Tuesday I was asked if I would accept the Zone Manager Position for our work on the USS Ohio . I almost puked. Then I smiled and said I would. Why do I say such things?
So, I had to go to a two-day training class to be able to go on board unescorted. It’s nice to have my dolphins back. =]
Anyway, I installed Fedora Core 3 on the Dell without any difficulty. Be aware that I had 340 updates to download. If you don’t need Open Office don’t install it. 180 megs when you select the Internationalization piece of s***.
As you can see, Apache, MySQL, PHP, WordPress, and Coppermine are playing nicely.
Oh, and click here for some fun.
cheers
Filed under Work : Comments (0) : May 9th, 2005
