Bodhisifa Brown
Baltimore
Summary
Professional with strong background in materials inspection, prepared to contribute effectively to quality control and assurance processes. Skilled in identifying material defects, conducting thorough inspections, and ensuring compliance with industry standards. Focused on team collaboration and achieving results, adaptable to changing needs, and reliable under pressure. Known for strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Material Inspector
United States Coast Gaurd
Baltimore, MD
03.2025 - Current
- Conducted thorough inspections of materials to ensure compliance with safety and quality standards.
- Evaluated and documented inspection results, identifying discrepancies and recommending corrective actions.
- Collaborated with colleagues to address material issues and improve overall quality assurance processes.
- Streamlined communication between departments regarding material status updates through implementation of centralized reporting systems.
- Executed comprehensive research utilizing NESSS, CGLIMS, STAR, PUBLOG, and COGNOS to identify essential material information.
- Adhered to established guidelines, standards and contract to guarantee accurate packing, labeling, and unit of issue procedures.
- Facilitated material receipt and transport to designated departments, maintaining compliance with documentation requirements.
- Developed strategies for effective time management and personal performance tracking. Implemented systems to monitor and analyze individual performance metrics for continuous improvement.,
Material Handler
U. S. Coast Guard
Baltimore, MD
10.2024 - Current
- Grade: 6
- - Receiving, storing, handling, and issuing supplies, materials, and equipment.
- - Sorting and segregating material and making note of overages, shortages and damages and making verbal and written reports to the supervisor.
- - Repacking various items that are received and do not comply with packaging and repacking to comply with warehouse standards.
- - Performing consolidation, integration and staging of material(s) and keeping logs (manual and/or computerized) of the process.
- - Ensuring safe receipt, storage, and movement of hazardous and toxic materials and substances in accordance with safety regulations.
- - Operating large warehouse equipment such as forklift, hand and electric "pallet jacks", wire guided lifts, vertical and horizontal "carousels/mini-retrieve" and other automated storage equipment. Operating facility vehicles for local deliveries and pickups.
- - Ensuring the quantity and condition of material matches the 1348.
- Hours per week: 40
Structural
United States Air Force
Clinton, MD
12.2022 - 05.2024
- Receiving, stocking, inventorying, treating, and issuing materials and equipment.
- Consolidating, integrating, and staging equipment and material to a designated work site.
- Ensuring safe receipt, storage, and movement of hazardous and toxic materials and substances in accordance with safety regulations.
- Operated equipment such as forklift, hand and electric "pallet jacks", telehandlers, scissor lifts, large and small pickup trucks, trailers, and other automated storage equipment.
- Operating facility vehicles and filling requests for materials and supplies for pick up and delivery back to the shop.
- Conducted stock inventory on tools and materials while checking to ensure all are operable.
- Would move and consolidate materials to maximize space and protect the materials from damage.
- Stacked and stored materials in a safe manner.
- Developed skills in sanding, routing, cutting, and finishing wood.
- Create tile floors and walls.
- Mix and create epoxy floors in buildings.
- Train to always be prepared.
- Laid and applied tar to shingled roofs
- Stood duty and passed information to the next group.
- Six-month deployment to the Middle East.
- Repair door hinges - Build door frames - Reconstitute or make doors.
- Rekey, replace, or adjust door locks.
- Hung finished and installed drywall.
- Removed and changed ceiling tile.
- Construct ceiling tile grid.
- Excavated and repour concrete.
- Experienced tack welding with coated electrode, shielded metal arc welding, metal inert welding, and gas metal arc welding.
- Securely load and transport materials from shop to the worksite.
- Ensure the shop was in orderly display, swept, and mopped.
- Created and read blueprints to build structural foundations, walls, and roofs.
- Developed templates and layouts for sheet metal ductwork.
- Selected proper welding procedures, welding equipment, and filler material.
- Ensured efficient layout, work sequence, and materials needed for the job.
- Cut a variety of metal using plasma and oxy-acetylene torches.
- Removing, repairing, replacing damaged parts of building structures.
- Ability to self-start, time manage and complete tasks unsupervised.
- Ability to set up and use hand tools, power tools and cutting machines for metal work.
- Assembled, disassembled, reassembled, adjusted and tested for proper operation of SSS and MSS military tents.
- Problem solving and developing solutions for unforeseen issues during fabrication of parts and equipment.
- Hours per week: 40
Structural
United States Air Force
Kadena Air Base, 47 Japan
12.2020 - 12.2022
- Constructed and maintained flat concrete roofs.
- Repair door hinges - Build door frames - Reconstitute or make doors.
- Rekey, replace, or adjust door locks.
- Hung finished and installed drywall.
- Removed and changed ceiling tile.
- Construct ceiling tile grid.
- Excavated and repour concrete.
- Experienced tack welding with coated electrode, shielded metal arc welding, metal inert welding, and gas metal arc welding.
- Securely load and transport materials from shop to the worksite.
- Ensure the shop was in orderly display, swept, and mopped.
- Created and read blueprints to build structural foundations, walls, and roofs.
- Developed templates and layouts for sheet metal ductwork.
- Selected proper welding procedures, welding equipment, and filler material.
- Ensured efficient layout, work sequence, and materials needed for the job.
- Cut a variety of metal using plasma and oxy-acetylene torches.
- Removing, repairing, replacing damaged parts of building structures.
- Receiving, stocking, inventorying, treating, and issuing materials and equipment.
- Consolidating, integrating, and staging equipment and material to a designated work site.
- Ensuring safe receipt, storage, and movement of hazardous and toxic materials and substances in accordance with safety regulations.
- Operated equipment such as forklift, hand and electric "pallet jacks", telehandlers, scissor lifts, large and small pickup trucks, trailers, and other automated storage equipment.
- Operating facility vehicles and filling requests for materials and supplies for pick up and delivery back to the shop.
- Conducted stock inventory on tools and materials while checking to ensure all are operable.
- Would move and consolidate materials to maximize space and protect the materials from damage.
- Stacked and stored materials in a safe manner.
- Hours per week: 40
Education
High school diploma - equivalent
Harding Learning Center
Coos Bay, ORSkills
- Material identification
- Visual inspection
- Documentation review
- Material analysis
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Problem-solving
- Time management
- Attention to detail
- Multitasking Abilities
- Team leadership
Job-related training
- JULY 2020 - DECEMBER 2020
- Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport, Gulfport, MS- Structural Certification
- MAY 2020 - JULY2020
- United States Air Force Basic Training, Lackland Airforce Base, San Antonio TX
Timeline
Material Inspector
United States Coast Gaurd
03.2025 - Current
Material Handler
U. S. Coast Guard
10.2024 - Current
Structural
United States Air Force
12.2022 - 05.2024
Structural
United States Air Force
12.2020 - 12.2022
High school diploma - equivalent
Harding Learning Center