OBJECTIVE:
I would like to progress my career through a Welding Inspector
position, after a 31-year career as a welder on many different types of assignments. With my education, skill set and years of experience, I have accumulated in-depth and hands-on knowledge to include piping systems, structural supports for piping and pipeline equipment. I have furthered my personal growth in this industry as a welding instructor for Tulsa Technology Center, a prominent vocational/technical school for adult students. PROFILE:
Certified AWS, CWI and various other certifications in diverse types of welding, such as GMAW, GTAW, SAW, SMAW and all alloys. High school graduate and life-long trade student.
Oklahoma State Mechanical Process Piping Journeyman and Oklahoma State Welding Certifications.
Employed many years as a journeyman pipefitter/welder on pipelines, refineries, new construction hospitals, commercial business complexes, as well as fabrication shops progressively throughout my career,.
Supervisory experience for up to 30 employees of all skill levels.
Taught company in-house welding schools and separately instruct at Tulsa Technology Center.
Operate and perform light to heavy maintenance/repair on various types of industrial machinery, equipment and industrial mechanical piping systems.
Lifetime commitment to personal and team growth in the welding industry for the benefit of employee/employer and
student/instructor relationships.
21-year member of Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 430. SKILL SET:
Through 31 years of experience, I have gained invaluable knowledge from piping construction and fabrication and grew both personally and professionally. Below is a snapshot of my skill set versus listing them repetitively.
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Foreman – all responsibilities associated with ensuring the safe installation of piping systems and equipment. To include, overseeing time management of
employees, job progression from start to completion to customer’s satisfaction.
Instruction of fitting and welding processes from structural to piping with classroom interaction and practical hands-on lessons. Including: Trade-related mathematics, drawing interpretation, layout and finally fabrication
Welding and Fabrication
o Apprentice – both piping and structural.
Beginning my career initially tacking for
pipefitters, pipe and fittings clean up and
assisting in fabrication.
o Welding - Pipeline and Hydronic Piping Systems
to x-ray quality in various API and ASME codes.
o Fitting – according to blueprints and isometric
drawings, fabrication
EXPERIENCE:
2020 – Present
Tucker Mechanical – Kiefer, OK 918-***-****
In-Field Mechanical Piping Foreman
2011 - 2020
McIntosh Services - Tulsa, OK 918-***-****
Progressed from pipefitter/welder to Field Mechanical Piping Foreman – Attention to Quality Craftsmanship
2015 - 2021
Tulsa Technology Center - Tulsa, OK 918-***-**** Adjunct instructor for adult vocational welding/pipefitting training, to include proctoring welder qualification testing in AWS testing facility. In addition, teaching and testing of trade-related mathematics. 2001 - 2011
Palmer Mechanical – Tulsa, OK 918-***-****
Fabrication shop and field pipefitter/welder.
1991 – 2001
Sagebrush Pipeline/Word Industries, Tulsa Area
Introduction to the industry/Graduate of in-house welding school. REFERENCES: Supplied upon request.