Christopher Vance Salinas
Phone: 281-***-**** Email: ******************@*****.***
Seeking full time employment within a company that will utilize my current skills while allowing me to grow. I am a fast learner and team oriented. I am also hard working, motivated, organized, punctual and reliable. Work History
Custom Valve Solutions Valve Technician Vallejo, CA 2016
● Worked in Bay Area refineries and Power Plants in California and Nevada (ex: Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Shell, Ethos Power Plant, etc.
● Performed preventive maintenance on industrial valves, held and attended daily safety meetings.
● Spec torque bolting, repacking valves, overhauling valves, installing, hydro testing, safety valve testing and diagnostics and documentation of valves.
Reserve Drilling Floor hand Big, Spring TX 2012
● Made drill pipe connections, rigged the platform up and down/ from well site to well site.
● Tripped pipe, worked lead tongs, performed maintenance on rig motors and pumps, greased rig parts.
● Kept rig clean and painted while drilling, worked air hoist. Performed drill pipe inspections and prepared drill pipe for next use.
Lewis Goetz Oilfield Mechanic Hobbs, New Mexico 2012
● Completed the re hose and re design of valves on Frac pumps, Chem ads and blenders.
● Brake lines, coolant lines, crimping, precision measurements when making hoses, mic, pressure testing hoses.
● Made Frac, Chemical, Water suction and discharge, Oil suction and discharge, 8 inch and 10 inch, high pressure, heat resistant, and low pressure.
Waste Management Mechanic Apprentice Hobbs, New Mexico 2011 2012
● DOT inspections, slack adjusters, welder’s helper, torch cutting, oil changes, changing fluid line, (DDIR) registration, pre maintenance (PM), hotshot.
● Worked with all tools.
Halliburton Frac Tool Technician Hobbs, New Mexico 2011
● Worked in the Frac department rigging up and rigging down.
● Worked on the backside of the Frac trucks doing repacking, overhauling, and rebuilding fluids ends.
● Made all of my own work orders.
Duratherm Centrifuge Operator Dickinson, Texas 2011
● Refining and cleaned out oil ready for sale.
● Spinout testing, strapping tanks, tank transfers, loading and unloading product.
● Kept track of all work orders.
L K Industries Centrifuge Assembly Houston Texas 2010 2011
● Fabricated centrifuges, color code wiring, electric wiring. Upon completion would test centrifuges before shipping out to oil companies.
MacDermid Batch Operator Pasadena, Texas 2007 2008
● Made large batches of product 78,000 pounds for hydraulic drills offshore drumming, bladders, quality control samples and quality assurance.
Education / Certifications
Completed my G.E.D in 2002 at Kingwood College in Kingwood, Texas.
Completed 1,343 hours and I am 157 hours away from completing my associate’s degree.
TWIC Card, OSCA training, forklift certified, BasicPlus Certified and RSO Trained