Fabrication Shop Manager

Kris Jowers, 318-***-****, Pos. PipeFitter

Current Position

Millwright: Sulzer Turbo Field Services, New Orleans Division

Areas worked; United Refining Company: Warren, Penn.

Dow Chemical: Plaquemine, LA.

Other Positions

PipeFitter, Piping Supervisor, Piping Foreman, Rigging Foreman

Field QA/QC inspector, Lead inspector, Site QA/QC Inspector

Civil survey, Civil QC, Civil Carpenter, Heavy equip. operator. Millwright

Technology Sectors

Petrochemical Plants, Oil & Gas Refineries, Paper Mills, Power Generation Plants, Water/Sewer Treatment Plants, Olefins Plants, Fertilizer Plants, Polyethylene Plants. Carbon Black Facility, Co2 Pumping Plant. Rubber Plants.

Acquired Certificate

NCCER Industrial Pipe Fitter, NCCER Rigging Plus. Over 100 hrs. (AWS) training. VT Certified By/for Turner Industries Group, L.L.C. & (MEI) Maintenance Enterprises Inc.

Skills

Pipe Fitting/Fabrication, Isometric & P&ID, Knowledge of Piping Codes,

Boiler & Pressure Vessel Codes, Coded Vessel Repairs, Exchangers,

Boilers, Build Code Book for (AI) State Inspectors, NDE/NDT Coordination with inspection groups and 3rd Party Inspections. Mechanical Inspections, Build Mechanical Completion Packages for Turnover,

Excel & Word Computer.

Career History

High School Graduate 1993:

1993-1994 : Royce Winn Job Title: Carpenter

Duties: Build Residential Homes & Commercial Projects

1994-1998 : Roy O. Martin Lumber Co.

Job Title: Laborer, Duties: Land and Timber Maintenance.

Maintain property lines, cruise timber, marked timber, removed

Beaver dams, oversee logging operations, oversee reforestation,

Mark timber for manufacturing of telephone poles. oversee building of roads for timber removal. Oversee land erosion control.

1998-2002 : H.B. Zachery Job Title: Carpenter

Duties: Construct forms for concrete foundation pours,

Moved into surveying dept. as a Rodman later moved to

Instrument Tech.

Duties: Shoot Elevations, Set working points for Civil Group

Heavy Equip. operations, Lay out of underground piping, Electrical Duct Banks. Sight in structures etc. Verify foundation construction before concrete pours inspection.

2002-2005 : Turner Industries Job Title: Pipe Fitter Helper, Duties: Assisted Journeyman fitter run piping, make fits for welding. Hydro completed piping systems. Later

Moved up to Journeyman Level Fitter.

2005- Tested and received NCCER Industrial Pipe fitter

Later tested and received NCCER Rigging plus.

2005-2013 : (MEI) Maintenance Enterprises LLC.

Job Title: Pipe Fitter, Duties: Installed Piping & Valves, Fabrication piping systems, Re-tube Heaters & Boilers, Vessel Repairs etc.

Moved into QA/QC Dept. Duties: Piping Inspections of completed piping systems, weld tracking, weld inspections, NDE, Mechanical Bolt-up Inspections.

Coordination with inspection groups, work with 3rd party groups

Sign off of hydrostatic tests. Including other inspections of pressure vessel repairs & boilers, exchangers, towers, tanks.

Build Mechanical Completion Packages.

2013-2014 : Turner Industries Group

Job Title: Pipe Fitter, Duties: Field fit/Fabrication

Moved to Rigging foreman

Moved to QA/QC Dept. Mechanical Completion inspection, Weld Mapping, Weld Tracking, Weld inspection. Hydrostatic Testing inspection. NDE Coordinating.

2014-2015 : (MEI) Maintenance Enterprises LLC.

Job Title: PipeFitter/ Field QA/QC Inspector, Duties: Inspect

Piping systems for completion turnover to 3rd party inspections for final acceptance. Lead on several Projects.

Mechanical Completion Turnover. Static Equipment Insp.

Build Turnover Packages. Supervise Hydrostatic testing.

Supervise/Oversee Hot Tapping Projects.

2015: Two Rivers Pipeline & Const.

Job Title: Site Lead QA/QC Inspector,

Job Duties: Weld inspections,

Weld tracking, coordinate NDE/NDT group, turnover piping systems to Client for job acceptance. Accept/oversee hydrostatic test. Oversee mechanical static equipment completion.

Mechanical Completion Turnover & Build Completion Packages.

2015-2016 : Turner Industries Group

Job Title: PipeFitter / QA/QC inspector Duties: Pipefitter and Fabrication. Weld inspection,

Weld tracking, coordination with NDE/NDT inspection groups,

Turn over completed piping systems to operations

And/or 3rd party inspections groups. Accept hydrostatic test.

2016-2019: Turner Industries Group, L.L.C.

LCCP Sasol Chemical Plant Mega Project

Job Title: Preservation QA/QC Inspector

Duties: Verify Storage & Preservation of Equipment prior to Client

Turnover. Maintain records of inspections. Review Vendor IOM’s

Comply with storage requirements prior to service aligned with

(API) Recommended Practice 686.

Review Purchase Orders, Requirements of the Client Specifications.

Performed QA/QC Inspections of completed piping & mechanical systems for client turnover.

2020-2021 : Brown & Root, Koch Nitrogen Methanol Terminal, St. James

Job Title: PipeFitter / Foreman / General Foreman

Responsibilities: Hydrostatic Testing all of site piping systems

Restored systems for mechanical completion for service.

Responsible for obtaining direction on assigned task on existing And capital work overseeing 3 foremen crews. Piping & Mech.

2019-2021- Brown & Root Industrial Services, W.R. Grace

Job Title: Piping & Mechanical Capital Projects Superintendent

Job Duties: Oversee field crews on designated projects

Receive project scopes from site PM’s perform field job walks with Client PM’s & Client Estimators. Assisted home office estimating department assigning Manpower/Materials to projects.

2022- Present: Sulzer Turbo Services, New Orleans Division

Job Title: Field Service Millwright

Job Duties: Perform Mechanical Repairs and Maintenance

on Reciprocating, Rotating Compressors & Turbines.

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