Welder

Derek Bruhn

**** *** **** **. *****, TX *****

Cell 480-***-**** **********@*****.***

Objective

To utilize my work experiences and to gain additional knowledge in the construction industry so I might be able to be an asset to my chosen field. I am strongly convicted to creating a safe working environment and providing quality work to the company.

Professional Accomplishments

Certified Welding Inspector QC1

LA City AWS D1.1. FCAW/SMAW Structural Welding Certification. ASME 6G SMAW (Pipe) PQR’s.

CPR/First aid trained

TWIC card, Basic Safety Councils, OSHA 10, Southwest Safety Councils, MSHA

Quality Control under ASME B.31.3, D1.1 and API 570 codes

Professional Experience

Hemi Contractors

West Texas, 4/18-6/18

Pipe Welder

New construction for vista proppants. Welding, fitting and installing large diameter pipe.

Kiewit

Long Beach, CA 2/18-4/18

Rig Welder Pipeline

Preformed Long Seam and circumference welds on a 96’ watermain using a GMAW suitcase. Passed UT and PT and welded drop plugs and repairs.

Terracon Engineers and Consultants

4/17-8/17

Consultant/Inspector

Involved with AISC structural steel inspection as a CWI. Preformed ACI concrete testing and rebar inspection as a consultant. Responsible for generating reports, office applications, and company vehicle.

PTS/General Dynamics

La Plata, MD 10/16-2/17

Rig Welder

Preformed bearing change out on 32-meter antenna. This involved reinforcing structural members, jacking the antenna up, taking precision measurements with a Hamar laser, and changing out a large bearing. In addition, was tasked with iron work and bull rigging to remove all the strong backs that would interfere with antenna rotation. Also used hi-torque and multipliers to button up connections.

PCL

Lake Charles, LA 4/16-9/16

Structural Welder/Iron Worker

Worked OSBL with the iron department welding and fabricating structural members. Next became designated crew for installation of all RFI’s and punch-list items.

Bechtel

Nederland TX 9/15-3/16

Tank Welder

Qualified as Stick and Dual Shield Welder to API 650. New construction of a 240ft floating roof tank. Also ran 3’oclock dual nozzle on the inside, and preformed weld repairs for the vert’omatic.

Yates Construction

Four Corners, Florida 5/15-8/15

Tank Welder

Cut, fit, prepared, and welded out shell sections/new sheets as per API 653 to a Conoco (cone) bottom tank. All welds passed X-ray using suitcase (Ln-25) and stick.

Bay LTD

Pasadena, TX 2/15-5/15

Millwright

Worked on pumps, blowers’ furnaces and conveyors preforming repairs. Also, demo’s and installed piping. In addition, preformed preventative maintenance throughout Haldor Topsoe.

Tellepsen Industrial

Pasadena, TX 8/14-1/15

Pipe Welder

New construction project in the utilities and main process units. No lost time accidents and minimal first aids on a site with over 800 employees.

Cobb Mechanical

Omaha, Ne 6/14-8/14

Pipe welder/pipe fitter

Prevailing wage-worked the beginning of a project for the new strategic air command facility. The majority of the work was mechanical.

Matrix Service

Morenci, AZ 2/14-5/14

Lead-man/ Pipe Welder

This project involved assisting the previous contractor with their punch list, pre-commissioning and re-routing pipe, making socket welds. Used previous piping and structural experience to help complete the project.

Midlands Mechanical

Denver, CO 11/13-12/13

Pipe welder

Worked on the University of Colorado Denver campus running cooling and hot water lines for construction of a new building. Welding and fitting schedule 40 small diameter piping for pumps and air handlers.

Young/Love corp.

Waverly, IA 10/13-11/13

Structural Welder

New construction of a feed-mill for Zimpro foods. Worked re-fabricating, rigging, installing and welding hoppers for structural connections. Confined space work. Welding completed ahead of schedule. My actual weld deposition rates completed the job in half the time.

Certified Welding

Las Vegas, NV 1/13-10/13

Rig Welder with linemen

Prevailing wage-Worked on a 500 KV power line from Vegas to Ely NV with the “on-line” project. Began the job welding 8018 joining 3/16” thick weathering steel to ” thick 580 steel collar plates. The polls were under pressure and inspected under extremely stringent specifications. To increase production qualified running FCAW T-1 Ni wire. Next, we began making repairs to already standing vertical towers. Repairs were completed out of man-lifts and man basket cranes. Current JLG and GENIE 135’ man lift operator’s card.

Cobb Mechanical

Phoenix, AZ 8/12-1/13

Pipe Welder

Flew and racked pipe on the roof top of Fab 46 Cleanroom for Intel. Fit and Welded out 20” waterlines without repairs or cutouts. After began work on supply and return lines to tie in the system to the pumps. Fit and welded pump room and installed pumps.

Repcon

Corpus Christi, TX 2011-2012

QA/QC

Worked on the West Rack Replacement Project running 36” flare piping. All 36” piping welds were in lieu of hydro welds (100% X-Ray). All branch and outlet piping were hydrostatic tested and 10% X-ray. Finished with a repair rate under 2%. Also preformed inspection for structural corrosion replacing and installing strong-backs and new steel as per D1.1. Organized all NDE reports and MTRs for traceability and final acceptance. Proficient with MS office and Excel spreadsheet for weld tracking. Inspected all work to plant standards and applicable codes (D1.1, ASME Sec VIII, B31.3, API 510, API 570). Oversaw third-party inspection of PT, MT, UT, UTSW, and RT. Worked the Ortho and Parex 2012 turnarounds, and Hydrocracker outage. Organized all coded vessel packages and piping packages and managed all hold points to streamline quality and production. One-time start-up of the units.

Repcon

Corpus Christi, TX 2008-2011

Pipefitting/Boilermaker

Worked fabricating pipe spools in the shop. Removed and installed pipe as a maintenance hand in the field. Also preforming in-service repairs (hot-tapping) as well as line plugging (carber testing and pigging). As a Boilermaker I worked on heat exchanger, boilers, towers and pressure vessels this involved rigging and heavy lifting. In addition, I preformed valve replacement work and bolt-up. First Line Break (breathing air and chemical suit) work. In addition, I worked numerous turnarounds/shutdown projects at the Flinthills Refinery.

Welder

Worked with material coordination in fab shop. Effectively Preformed material take-offs and had the correct materials on site. Next worked as Fitter in a fabrication environment for the project. Passed X-ray and worked as Welder with stainless steels.

Matrix Service

Based out of Orange, CA 2007-2008

Welder

Worked as a welder in the BP and Shell Refineries on various tank farm projects throughout the southwestern United States. As a welder we replaced replacing floating roofs, heating coils, wall/shell sections, tank bottoms, nozzles, re-pads etc. In addition, I also worked at the Kinder Morgan and Swissport terminals. Maintained a perfect attendance and on time record, also certified through Matrix's shop as SMAW and Dual Shield MIG Welder.

Fullerton College and Technical Education

CA/TX 2005-2006

Student

Maintained a 3.7 grade average in 45 units worth of college classes also took 14 months’ worth of welding coursework and gained certification. During my time in school I worked on an advisory committee that evaluated program certificates, job placement, proposals and new curriculum. Attended welding classes at the through NCCER in Corpus Christi. Also studied AWS D1.1 and API 1104 and passed CWI. Trained to operate scissor-lift, and man-lift.

Professional References

Allan Karr -Retired– Construction Management – Phone: 361-***-****

Darren Peavler-Project Superintendent for Certified Welding 702-***-****

Eric Shannon-Quality Control for Qualspec- 361-***-****

Ben Butler-General Dynamic-469-***-****

Tyler Ledford-Foreman for Certified Welding-702-***-****

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