STEVEN D. BRAND
WHITING, IN *****-1910
**************@*****.***
Ability Summary
Able to weld to exacting standards using many different welding processes.
Familiar with blueprints,schematics, and welding symbols.
Familiar with tools and equipment used in construction and shop environments.
Employment History
Welder
08/2015 - 10/2015
Aerotech
18501 Maple Creek Dr., Tinley Park, IL
Reworked and fabricated stainless steel racks for smoking meats sausage,summer at a food processing plant located in Lansing IL. Racks were fabricated and repaired using Mig, and Tig welding processes.
Assembler- Welder
01/2015 - 07/2015
Weld-Rite
6715 W 73rd St, Chicago, IL
Assembled and tack welded frames and components for conveyors.
Pipe Fitter, Pipe Welder
09/2014 - 11/2014
Cherne Contracting Corp.
9855 W78th St suite 400, Eden Prairie, MN
Welded and fit process piping systems to ASME standards using both GTAW and SMAW welding processes. Cleaned and prepped welds for visual and X-Ray inspection. Job location was at Potash Corp. Lima Ohio in the Husky Refinery complex.
Pipe Fitter / Pipe Welder
06/2012 - 06/2013
.Antarctic Mechanical Services
140 Tower Dr., Burr Ridge, IL
Welded and helped fit process piping at BP Whiting oil refinery Whiting Indiana as part
of British Patroliums clean fuils modernization project. Welded to exacting standards
set by ASME codes using GTAW (tig), and SMAW (stick) welding processes.
Pipe Fitter / Pipe Welder
11/2011 - 06/2012
BMW Constructors Inc
420 Superior Ave, Munster, IN
Welded and fit piping systems at BP petroleum refinery Whiting Indiana.
Pipe Fitter
05/2000 - 11/2011
Plumbers and Pipefitters local 162
1200 East 2nd St., Dayton, OH
Welded and fit piping systems for numerous union contractors. Certified through union
in many welding processes.I have worked on numerous construction projects through out the country. A full list of union contract employers available apon request.
Welder-Manufacture
05/1982 - 06/1993
General Dynamics Land Systems
1161 Buckeye Rd, Lima, OH
Welded on M-1 Abrams army tanks to government codes and standards using GMAW, SMAW, and GTAW welding processes. Ran overhead crane to join turret section of tank to the hull section. Was part of the team that welded the first zero defect tank.
Education and Training
Issuing Institution
Location
Qualification
Course of Study
Hobart school of welding tech.
Troy, OH
High School Diploma
General High School Curriculum
courses;
Bluprint reading
Welding; tig, mig, stick, basic through advanced.