Heavy Equipment Pipe Fitter

Sergii Kovalchuk, ********@*****.***

WELDER-PIPE FITTER

Talented and precision-focused with more than 10 years’ experience in welding, tool and machine fabrication, inspection, and supervision. Excel at improving productivity and maintaining exceptional safety standards. Success conducting thorough inspections and ensuring adherence to superior quality controls. Outstanding design, blueprint reading, and mathematical abilities. Continually follow advances in the welding industry to maximize efficiency.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• Structural & Steel Welding Capability

• Rotational Capacity Testing

• AASHTO/FHWA Specifications

• Team Training & Competence Building

• Team Collaboration Expertise

• Qualification Testing

• Quarterly Machine Calibration

• Bolt Pretension Testing

CAREER EXPERIENCE

July 2012 to May 2017 Certified Welding Supervisor Oversee and coordinate efforts of eight welders engaged in fabrication of heavy metal products and mechanical tools and machinery. Participate in design of customized tools and interpret blueprints to effectively instruct welders in advanced fabrication techniques. Perform welding of critical and high- value components. Inspect all fabricated materials after assembly for adherence to blueprint specifications and quality standards. Contribute to staff management to include hiring, shift scheduling, training, and team building.

• Substantially improved existing procedures and enhanced the QA process while establishing open lines of communication with management. Inspected welded steel parts for large-scale tool and machine organization, performing visual (VT) and liquid penetrant (PT) inspections to assess quality of fabrications; ensured compliance with customer specifications and internal QA guidelines. Checked parts against blueprints and inspection reports to determine accuracy. Discussed modifications with welders and addressed schedule variances with the shipping department. Repaired and welded machine parts and plant equipment; performed sheet metal fabrications. Key Contributions:

• Developed specialized tracking methods to monitor and improve welding department accuracy and productivity.

• Identified and corrected quality issues with major welding projects, preventing potentially thousands of dollars in future repair and damage costs. Applied expertise with MIG / TIG / Stick / MAG and Fluxcore welding to assemble fabricated metal products. Operated plasma cutter and acetylene torches. Fabricated tools in accordance with blueprints; installed, dismantled, and moved machinery / heavy equipment according to written plans

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and drawings. Set up, assemble, and tack welded parts. Provided maintenance and repair of welding equipment. Maintained welding station to include changing wire reels, feeders, guns, tips, cups and sleeves. Key Contributions:

• Proactively assisted team members, interacting positively to ensure timely, quality completion of critical projects within deadline.

Assumed shop supervisor responsibilities in absence of manager. October 2012- May 2014, Welder Zaporogye, Ukraine.

July 2014 - January 2016, Poland, Eirplast, welder.

Welding of road structures, poles, bridges.

January 2015 – April 2016, Pessa Manufactory, Poland,

Certified welder MAG-135, Manufacture of trams and trains

April 2016 – March 2017, Body shop Phoenix Auto Body, Los Angeles, USA

Car body repair.

March 2017 – May 2017, Body shop, Hawaii, USA

Car body repair.

June 2017-November 2018 welder in KWL services (Waipahu HI US) Construction.

December 17, 2018 to January 1, 2021, he worked at Pacific Shipyard International (Honolulu HI US ) as a welder, pipe fitter. MIG flux cored wire for ceramic. Certified for TIG welding, cupronickel and stainless steel pipes. Silver brazing. Pearl Harbor

March 2021 pipe fitter at C&S services. TIG, silver brazing cupro nickel pipe ( Ewa Beach HI US) Pearl Harbor

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