Jairo Rada
Boynton Beach, FL 33426
ab0ckj@r.postjobfree.com
Objective:
To secure a position which will allow me to use the skills which I have acquired
while providing a stable working environment that promotes career growth.
Qualifications:
Self reliant with demonstrated leadership capacity
Excelling in management with exceptional planning, supervisory and
organizational skills managing union craft with the ability to read and
understand schedules including but not limited to critical path information as
well as blue prints (drawings)
Ability to efficiently direct and supervise crews from diverse backgrounds
Capable of expeditiously responding to emergency situations with efficacy
Highly adaptable to ever changing circumstances and industry demands
Bilingual, proficient in English & Spanish with exceptional communication
skills both written and verbal
Over nineteen years of extensive experience in structural steel erection
including Nuclear, Fossil and Hydro Electric Power Plant tendon removal and
maintenance as well as steam generator replacement
Extensive experience with rigging, engineered lifts to include rigging plans
and requirements
Education:
Journeyman Ironworker Local 397
College of Oceaneering Weld Tech/Hyperbaric Medicine/ Associate of Science &
Marine Technology/ACDE Commercial Diver/OSHA Sub Part R Steel Erection
Crane Rigging & Safety (API RP 2D)
Certified Rigger
Forklift OSHA Title 8
Confined Space Entry Training /Haz Mat 29CFR. (40hr)
First Aid & CPR Trained
AWS Certified (unlimited up to 6 g)
TWIC Card Holder (Homeland Security)
Employment:
September 2010 thru May 2013
Civil /Rigging Superintendent/P.I.C. (person in charge) crane coordinator for making
heavy lifts on site/ Siemens liaison
Bechtel Corporation
Turkey Point Power Station (EPU Upgrade)
1. Staging ISO phase removal and installation
2. Installation, removal and use of the Pal finger Crane
3. Removal and replacement of Auxiliary Transformer Unit 4 (100,000lbs.)
4. Civil activities in preparation for pre outage work and on line work
5. Installation of switch gear and transformers in order to provide temporary
power during outages
6. Direct communication with Plant Security (Logistics)
7. Rigging Instructor Certified – Responsible for training of all essential
personnel on site.
8. Responsible for receiving, quarterly inspection and documentation of all
rigging equipment to include maintenance logs as well as the mobilization,
lay out of all cranes (mobile and stationary), and demobilization of cranes on
site.
January 2010 thru August 2010
NPS Day & Zimmerman
Welding Supervisor
Turkey Point Power Station
1. Demolition and installation of steel on Cask Crane (ISFSI) Project
2. Welding & fabrication of various components of Cask Crane
June 2009 thru December 2009
General Foreman/P.I.C. (person in charge of making heavy lifts on site with the use
of engineered rigging plans)
Bechtel Corporation – Crystal River Progress Energy, Crystal River, FL
Steam Generator Replacement (SGR) CR3
Tendons were degreased and removed by pulling them through the semi rigid metal
conduit which was encased in concrete by the use of coilers.
1. Perform and/or supervise the surveillance work
2. Determine equipment needs
3. Interpret and execute engineering guidelines as well as troubleshoot
January 2009 thru May 2009
General Foreman
Army Corp of Engineers/ Florida Structural Steel
1. Supervised the erection of the new CENTCOM (Central Command) Building
at MacDill Air Force Base. Tampa, Florida
2. Installation of conveyor belt which facilitates the separation of precious
metals. Wheelabrator Power Station. Tampa, Florida
November 2008 thru January 2009
Rigging Superintendent/Dive Supervisor
Underwater Engineering Services, Inc. (UESI) S.G. Penney and Associates
1. Supervised and performed projects on Units 5 & 6 reactor pool at Fukushima
Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (EPC) Electric Power Company. Tokyo, Japan
2. Refuel outage at Onagawa Nuclear Power Station Tohoku (EPC)
3. Heavy lifting, rigging, multimodal transport projects, maintenance lifts and
Plant stops with Mammoet PT 50, 2000 ton max capacity, max load moment
47,592tm. FPL St. Lucie Power Station
4. Superintendent responsible for all heavy lifts at each individual project to
include mobilization lay out of crane as well as demobilization.
September 2008 thru November 2008
Rigging Superintendent
Morrow Steel/Army Corp of Engineers
1. Erection of 600 tons of steel, (SOCOM) project. Installations of 500 ton
capacity overhead crane.
2. Superintendent responsible for overseeing all heavy lifts to include
mobilization, lay out and demobilization of all cranes on site.
May 2008 thru September 2008
Superintendent
Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc.
1. Removal and installation of heat exchangers weighing 20 tons at CF
Industries Chemical Plant
2. Supervised all heavy and rigging evolutions
3. Outage & upgrade at Waterford 3 MIMO (move in, move out) all equipment
for support teams ( Baton Rouge, LA)
March 2008 thru May 2008
Superintendent
Florida Maintenance Construction Company
Mosaic /Cargill Plants, Riverview, Fl.
1. Heavy lifting and rigging operations
2. Installation and repair of ball mills, bowl mills, crusher dryers, coal feeders,
forced gas desulphurization systems
January 2008 thru March 2008
Superintendent
Central Maintenance & Welding, Inc.
Lakeland Electric, Mulberry Co Generation, Calpine Osprey, Caithness Energy,
Invenergy, Wheelabrator, Tampa Electric Co. (TECO), Progress Energy and
Seminole Electric, Central Florida
1. Installation and repairs in coal yards including but not limited to conveyors,
stackers, chutes, hoppers, gear boxes, coal barge unloader, ID fans, PA fans
and boiler pressurization systems.
2. Repair and installation of boiler air pre heater baskets, seal replacement,
steam drum internals, wind box dampers, coal nozzles and burners.
3. Turbine repair to include turbine driven boiler feed pumps, startup feed
pumps, main turbine repair and crossover steam piping.
December 2007 thru January 2008
General Foreman
Milton J. Woods, Inc.
1. Assembly of boilers, pressure points, pressure piping, vessel design and
fabrication.
2. Demolition and installation of freezer units at Tropicana and Indian River
Juice Plants.
3. Steel erection of new facilities and added support to pre existing structures
4. Field erected boilers to facilitate repair of large recovery and power boilers
5. Mobilization and demobilization of Demag CC 6800 crawler crane, max
capacity 1250 tons
September 2007 thru December 2007
Rigging Superintendent
Superior Rigging and Erecting Company
1. University of South Florida (USF) Student Center. 100 tons of steel erected
2. Two 2250 crawler cranes mobilized for project
3. Refit upgrade on Sun Dome consisting of the installation of a girder system,
each weighing 15 tons
4. Responsible for all heavy lifts to include the receiving and installation of all
steel and equipment on site.
August 2006 thru September 2007
Dive Operations Manager
Phoenix Marine Services, Abbotsford, B.C. Canada
1. Specialized consulting services
2. Ship surveys
3. Construction maintenance
4. Salvage Operations, Wet Welding, Cutting and Photographic Inspections
5. Hydroelectric Dams, Nuclear & Fossil Power Stations, Water Towers and
Underground Tanks
6. Maintenance and Repairs on Water Treatment Plants (Old bury Units 1&2,
Hay sham Unit1, Nuclear Power Stations, U.K. Nuclear Energy, United
Kingdom
August 2003 thru August 2006
General Foreman
Cliff Berry Environmental, Inc. /Port Everglades, FL
1. Fabrication and demolition of storage facilities for hazardous material/liquids
including but not limited to oil and jet fuel.
2. Welding and fabrication of stainless steel, aluminum tanks and vessels.
3. Rigging and transport of storage tanks with capacity ranging from 50,000gl
to100, 000gl.
February 2000 thru August 2003
Commercial Dive Supervisor/Welder
Titan Wreck Removal Diving & Salvage/South Haven England/Dania, Florida
1. Marine salvage to include off shore shipwreck removal, marine fire fighting,
vessel lightering, underwater fuel removal, damage stability and rapid
marine emergency response
2. Underwater demolition, wet welding & cutting
3. Heavy lifting and rigging operations
February 1999 thru January 2000
Commercial Dive Supervisor/Welder
Sub Sea Solutions Alliance, Miami Diver, LTD. / Miami, Florida
1. Perform cold static load straightening of propellers under water.
2. Involved in the development of the Trans Hab underwater inflatable habitat
for underwater seal replacement
3. Fabrication of coffer dams for tunnel thruster repairs or extractions
4. Wet welding, cutting and heavy rigging operations
1996 thru 2004
Heavy Equipment Operator/Hard Hat Diver
United States Navy (USN), First Class Petty Officer E 6
Inactive Ready Reserve (IRR)
United States Navy EO 1 Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Four/Underwater
Construction Team One (UCT 1)/ Port Hueneme, California
1. Installation, removal, troubleshooting and maintenance of structural steel
risers, pipelines and other related oil field structures.
2. Installation, fabrication and operation of hyperbaric chambers; mixed gas and
saturation diving
3. Power plant work; nuclear, fossil and hydroelectric dams
4. Ships husbandry, specializing in surface and wet welding, cutting on bridges,
storage facilities, off shore platforms and vessels