Combo welder
Resume:
John David Knox Jr.
Kyle, TX
United States
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NCCER Trained Craftsmen with TWIC & Passport
Date of last SECRET security clearance 8/3/2011
My name is John D. Knox Jr. and I am a professional Welder, as of 7/11/2023 i was hurt during a work accident. My ball joint in my leg ejected out the pelvis. I have learned to walk again and have been released from workmans comp. I have focused this entire year on opening several companies electronics, anti ai company, a logistical company called ktech logistical we specililize in custom proto typing and electronics design. I currenlty run small team including engineers and fabricators, however most of my extensive work experience is in fabrication and repair in oil refineries, tank holding facilities, natural gas compressor stations, pipelines, drilling rigs, and science and MRAP military equipment. My experience in these fields has made me more versatile. I am currently looking for domestic and international opportunities, I am ready to travel and can easily adapt to any situation.
Skills
• SMAW (Stick) Welder: Plate and pipe in all positions.
• GTAW (Tig) Welder: Plate and pipe in all positions. Carbon & Stainless, Inconel, chrome
• GMAW Welder: Plate and pipe in all positions
• FCAW Welder: Plate and pipe in all positions
• Down Hill welding 12" Branch and bell hole (pipeline-compressor)
• Uphill welding on all size process pipe 2xx heavy and up (refinery-chemical)
• ASME boiler and pressure vessel code welder (Aeon/Halgo Pec)
• Quality control, inspection and testing welds.
Qualification Highlights
• Graduated with NCCER Combination Welder training from Craft Training Center
in Corpus Christi, Tx
• Force Protection, Middle East - Defense contract 2011-2012 (SECRET CLEARANCE)
• Piping Foreman for Dwayne Jones Welding Specialties (Rigs for Superior Drilling Service)
• Pipeline Welder/Fitter for Raytheon Polar Services in both McMurdo & South Pole Antarctica, earning the Antarctica Service Ribbon.
• I have performed work for the military and science industries, but have mostly focused on OIL & GAS processing and transportation throughout the United States and U.S installations abroad, such as:
Plains, Citgo, Exterren, Centerpoint Energy, QuickSilver, DCP Midstream,Devon Energy
Nabors Drilling, Tawanda Energy, Superior Energy, Falcon Drilling, Patterson UTI,
Valero, Marathon, Atmos Energy, National Science Foundation, and many others.
Certification & Awards
• Antarctica Achievement metal
• Visual Inspection Certified (Baseline Data)
• Visual Inspection Certified (Aeon Pec)
• Ultra Sonic thickness Certified (Aeon Pec)
• Dye Inspector Certified (Baseline Data)
• Hydraulic telescoping cranes H&E Equipment inspection, load chart and operations
Equipment Operation
Mobile Telescoping cranes 40 ton, carry deck crane,
Extended scissor lift, knuckle boom man lift, JLG man lifts,
most forklifts including Hysters High-Capacity Forklift (H550-700HD)
Professional Experience
Siemens Turbine Services. Mt Pleasant, Pa
Senior service tech, world wide. Aug 2016 - July 2023
At Siemens my job scope covers many interesting aspects and is not only limited to welding, I am required to carry a large array of certification across an array of materials and methods. A majority of work involves all upgrades to siemens, and our competitors, hp lp, generator mods, fuel piping, exhaust work, sensor installation, blade removal and installation.
Desbuild/Trison. Yokohama, Japan June - July 2016
Welder Fabricator, FSI School
As a welder for Trison, I was charged with fabrication of steel frames with less than a 2mill tolerance to fit perfectly into preexisting doorways in a facility. The location of the job made this position unique as there were no tools, no replacements, the wrong tools, no communication. And a poor working environment. Definitely an experience.
Chicago Bridge & Iron. Fort Worth, Tx
Combo Welder, Exelon Power Mar- April 2016
Tig Welding carbon on piping circuits for an acid flush line with 2-inch wall thickness, all welds were x-ray and competed in position under a time constraint.
Aeon Pec. Gregory, Tx
Pipeline Welder, Field Services Division Dec - Jan 2015
Contract welding for several carbon steel tig welded piping flow gauges.
Chicago Bridge & Iron. Fort Worth, Tx
Welding Inspector, Exelon Power Oct 2015 Shutdown
Inspection for CB&I was a great experience, as sole quality control, I implemented a weld quality log and rod verification program to keep track of quality for nine welders. All repair welds had various hold points for PT and visual inspection, typically with chrome and piping circuits that undergo thermal expansion and high cycling, extra attention was paid due to stress and fatigue.
Aeon Pec. Gregory, Tx
Pipeline Welder, Field Services Division May 2014 to Sept 2015
Working for Aeon is an ongoing job, I have completed dozens of small contract jobs with them most are rerating or installing existing in-service coded vessels. Few jobs last longer than a week with exception of South Cross compressor station, I repaired an API pressure vessel. The vessel had numerous structural defects. The job entailed demo and new fabrication of a support system capable of withstanding the pressures and weight of the cracking process. I also repaired a 75 foot long 17 foot inch diameter propane tank. The tank showed excessive pitting and required all the areas to be reinforced with weld metal. This job took 2 weeks to fill and grind all the defective areas. I also installed several flanges, including a 24 inch flange for entry into the vessel.
Elite Turn Around, Billings, MT
Specialty Welder Lead, CHS Refinery Mar 2014 to Aug 2015
As A specialty for ETS I prefabbed hundreds of welds for CHS refinery in billings MT, Large and small piping circuits for their expansion project. Majority of the welders were inspected using phased array. All welds were GMAW from root to cap with extensive Qc hold points throughout there welding process.
Kanon Services, Corpus Christi, Tx
Rig Welder / Qc April 2014 to Dec 2014
Majority of Kanon’s Service work was in support of DCP Midstream and OXY-CHEM projects. I built numerous piping systems for unit expansions, in Bishop, Falfurrias, Wilcox and three-rivers plants. Piping systems were heavy wall stainless, carbon and chrome piping.
Crown Welding, South Texas
Rig Welder Jan 2014 to May 2014
Majority of my work involved field repairs working for C&J energy fracking division. Most of the repairs involved: fluid power-end repairs to piping and structural reinforcements, new brackets for high pressure piping, leak repairs in numerous manifolds on the mixing/blender units, full demo and replacement on all piping sand trucks, fuel tank repairs, and engine modification repairs. The hours were “till the job was complete,” many tickets were over 20-hours straight, in all weather conditions.
Additive Solutions Inc, Moorhead Minnesota & Geneva Nebraska
Pipeline Welder April 2013 to Nov 2013
Moorhead, Mn
Complete installation of filtration units for oil products at Nu–Star Pipeline Terminal. Welds were on
2–12-inch piping throughout the terminal and in the tank yard. All welders were 100% radiographic inspected.
Geneva, Nb
At the Nu-Star pipeline terminal, we removed old underground piping to install new 6-8 lines to tie several of their recertified tanks to feed into the load rack. Several hot taps were performed by myself on static no flow lines. Most of the piping tie ins were underground in trenches.
Elite Turnaround Services, Laurel Montana
Rig Welder April to July 2013
At CHS refinery, all the welds were Tig all the way out, Code was b31.3 multiple pipe sizes, all welds PT root and cap and prep along with UT. I preformed work on the flare line, and alchey unit at CHS. This project lasted 6 weeks.
LakeShore Toltest, York Virginia
Pipeline Welder November to April 2013
Building a pipeline Terminal for Plains Marketing Inc. Large project involving installing dual 24-inch lines throughout the facility to transfer oil from rail terminal to tank holding facilities. Majority of the welding is brother-in-lawed with another welder under API 1104 code.
Knox Fabrication, Texas
Rig Welder August to November 2012
Chasing and servicing Drilling rigs servicing Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas. Repair and general fabrication for all oil field related work.
Force Protection, Middle East July 2011 to June 2012 FSR II Hull Welder
Secret Clearance Job *** Working on Military equipment ***
Secret Clearance Job *** Working on Military equipment ***
Secret Clearance Job *** Working on Military equipment ***
Secret Clearance Job *** Working on Military equipment ***
Knox Fabrication, Texas
Rig Welder March to July 2011
Chasing drilling servicing, including Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas. Majority of the service calls were field repairs to mud tanks, slides, conductors, well heads, cut offs, steps and hand rails. Chasing rigs requires working long hours, up to 30 hours on a service call. You don’t leave until the job is complete.
Derik extension for Patterson UTI in Spring Town, Texas, modified a derrick so a top drive could be added, welders working around the clock. All welds were Mag-particle tested.
Repcon, Marathon Oil, Canton, Ohio
Rig Welder March 2011
Marathon Oil Shut down, tig and stick on process piping up to 14 inch, majority of the work was replacing all process piped identified by the company API 570 inspector. Some work was in the fab shop, but most were field welds in the Alchy unit on HF pipe, all welds were 100 percent Ultra stonily tested. I worked night shifts, working 7 x 12.
Pipeline Welder, Field Services Division April to March 2011
Complete installation and modification of equipment for Natural Gas, Oil, and Petrochemical Industries, doing vessel code work, fuel lines, towers, pipeline, compressor rerating, glycol reboilers, doing work for Atmos, Centerpoint Energy, Crosstex, Exterren, Energy Transfer, XTO Energy. As a rig welder, I serviced dozens of compressors and such plants in Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas.
Knox Fabrication, Towanda, Pennsylvania
Rig welder March to April 2010
Chased rigs for Nomac, Stallion, Nabors on the marcel shall. Work involved fabricating new tank systems to modify slides and piping cut and installed casings, conductors and heads.
Raytheon Polar Services, Geographic South Pole/ Mcmurdo Station, Antarctica
Pipe Fitter/Welder December to March 2010
Complete installation and fabrication of 4-inch fuel line, which is essential to all future operations at South Pole Station. Currently 100’s of temporary flex hoses are being used to off load valuable fuel from the dozens of daily c-130 flights. This line travels under the station, deep within the underground fuel storage tanks. Working for Raytheon Polar Services has been one of the highlights of my welding career, interesting people, science and weather, which ranged from -0 to -60 during the summer and all work was done outside with basic gear. I was handpicked for this because of my previous work on Mcmurdos Mo-gas project.
Gulf Copper (sterling personal), Corpus Christi, Texas
Ship Welder November to December 2009
Installation of an experimental door for the U.S.S. Sodderman. The new door required extensive rework to the ship, installing new inserts to support the massive door to offload equipment while underway. All welds were UT to insure proper welding to ABS shipping codes as well as to meet Navy standards.
Overland contractors, College station, Texas
Pipe Fitter September to October 2009
Installation of General Electric power generator at BTU Dansby power plant in Bryan, TX. Scope of work includes stainless and carbon steel piping systems for various parts of the unit. Installation of valves, check valves, pressure relief valves, etc.
Knox Fabrication, Corpus Christi, Texas July to September 2009
Welder/Fitter
Fabrication of piping residential and commercial natural gas system. Refrigeration lines for commercial refrigeration units.
Sun Coast Services, IMTT. Bayonne, New Jersey April to July 2009
Welder/Fitter
Fabrication of piping system for a liquid holding facility,1” to 60”. Involved piping 2000+ft from the ocean pier to a complex set of headers, which flowed to several, very large holding tanks. Installed 100s of feet of steam tracing lines, supervised, and fit for several foreign welders.
H & S Constructors, Valero Acid/hoc unit Turnaround, Corpus Christi, Texas
Rigwelder January to February 2009
Fabrication of 2’’ acid lines and secondary 6’’ piping for a water line project, as well as installing valves and supports. We worked in full alkaline gear while doing demo and installation contaminated lines. Welding of spool pieces in the lay down yard for various projects in addition to alkaline unit.
Dwayne Jones Welding Specialties, Load Craft, Brady,Texas Summer to December 2009
Rig Welder/ Piping Foreman/ QC
Working as Piping Foreman, I managed an outstanding team of rig welders in fabrication of all mud tanks, including piping, in de-sanders/de-silter, shakers and slides.
Fabrication for Tenaska Energy work over rig complete with mud tanks. Fabrication for 1500/hp drilling rig for Superior Drilling complete package. All project welds were held to d1.1 structural steel and b31.3 severe on high pressure lines, many were 4” xxx.
Daily duties included: material verification, safety meeting pertaining to heavy or critical lifts and plan of attack, assigning crew prints and ISO for daily tasks. I, personally, had to fit much of the piping for the mud tank and inspect all welds, structural and piping as well as post inspection of subbed out units. Worked with engineers to design piping schematics and revisions to meet client’s needs. This position was a challenging and a enjoyable experience.
Halgo Power, Nationwide 2007 to 2008
Pipe Welder
Installed Babcock & Willcox boilers in several refineries throughout Texas. Complete fabrication of piping system and installation of all the separate units. Job required working out man lifts, scaffolding, hanging iron, fabrication, rigging.
Raytheon Polar Services, Mcmurdo Station, Antarctica Contract 2007 to 2007
Rig Welder
Complete installation and fabrication of 5000ft 6inch pipeline as well as piping for a Mo-gas storage unit and a gas line. This was by far the most challenging job I have ever taken. The weather ranged from -0 to -60 in complete darkness with a high wind gust. I also did work for their new power house as well as heli-pad gas line.
Air Control Science, Washingtonville, Pennsylvania 2006 to 2006
Combo Welder
Installed conveyors and shouts in several, Mid-America coal powered power plants.
CCC Group, Sea Drift, Texas 2006 to 2006
Pipe Welder
Maintenance for Sea Drift Coker Facility. Installed numerous piping systems for different units within the facility.
H&S Constructor, Corpus Christi, Texas 2006 to 2006
Welder’s Helper
Welder’s Helper for 2006 Coker turnaround at Citgo. I helped the welder and fitter prep all joints to be welded. I worked from various heights and in confined spaces.
John Bull Worth Shipyard, Corpus Christi, Texas 2005 to 2006
Ship Welder
Welded inside ship compartments with jet rod for tugboat construction.
CCC Group, Corpus Christi, Texas 2005 to 2006
Pipe Welder
Pipe Welder for CITGO’s new construction project. Welding 24-inch water lines for deluge system in the new unit. Most of the work was performed in excavations in all positions.
Toms Marine Service, Corpus Christi, Texas 2003 to 2005
Welder/ Helper
Built hand rails, canopies and repaired engine parts for water craft.
Education
American Petroleum 570 Inspectors Preparatory Course CWI (Baseline Data)
Certified Welding Inspection Preparatory Course CWI (Baseline Data)
NCCER Welder Program Craft Training Center, Corpus Christi, Tx 2003
Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Tx
Mary Carroll High School, Corpus Christi, Tx H.S. Diploma
REFERENCES
Brett lead ford ( Siemens engineer )
John David ( Siemens contractor) 1-417-***-****
Greg Bertrand (Project Manager fossil Division – CB&I 337-***-****)
Tommy Ward (QC Manager- Kanon Services) 361-***-****
Cactus Dwayne Jones (CEO- Cactus Field Services) 903-***-****
Kendal Jackson (Piping Superintendent- ASI) 918-***-****
Brian Anderson (Piping Superintendent- Halgo, Aeon PEC) 318-***-****
Mark Bryson (Piping Superintendent- Aeon PEC) 318-***-****
John Flyn (Forman and Subcontractor- Flynn Welding) 817-***-****
Danial Jaso (Forman and Subcontractor- Jaso Welding) 649-***-****
Jessie Ramires (Subcontractor- Cactus Field Services) 530-***-****
Joe Crane (Site Manager- Antarctica Raytheon Polar Services) 720-***-****
Jerry Alverado (Piping Forman and Subcontractor – Crown Welding) 361-***-****
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