First-Class Pipe Welder Experienced Leader
Resume:
FRANCISCO G. CASTILLO
**** ********** ****., *******, ** 23434 · 571-***-****
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My Objective is to obtain a position as a First-Class Pipe Welder.
EXPERIENCE
OCT 2023-OCT 2024
WELDER III, Continental Tide Defense Systems, INC.
• Joining, fabricating, and repairing metal and other weldable material by applying appropriate welding techniques.
Interpreting blueprints, specifications, diagrams, or schematics to determine appropriate welding process.
• Select required welding filler materials, joint design, heat ranges and most effective or required welding process/procedure
to ensure quality welding operations IAW TWD.
• Fabricate and install fixtures, jigs, supports and targets to ensure proper alignment during welding processes. Clamp, hold,
tack-weld, heat-bend, grind, or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding.
• Operate manual or semiautomatic welding equipment to fuse basic metal segments, using processes such as flux-cored arc,
carbon arc, mig stainless, mig aluminum, etc.
• Inspect completed welds to determine structural soundness and adherence to NAVSEA, ABS & AWS standards.
• Educate/train personnel with proper weld techniques for SMAW, GMAW & GTAW, Ship Fitting and OXY ACC & Propane GAS
Cutting torch.
• Educate/train personnel with the use of basic and advanced specialized welder's tools.
• Weld multiple types, thicknesses & sizes of pipe, plate & bar material in horizontal, overhead and/or vertical positions.
• Lead technical project teams, maintain schedules, provide reports, and brief customers and senior management on task
progression.
• Perform duties outside of specialty to complete installation or work assignment.
• Lay out, assemble, install, and maintain pipe systems, pipe supports, and related hydraulic and pneumatic equipment for
steam, hot water, heating, cooling, lubricating, sprinkling, and industrial production, and processing systems.
• Applying knowledge of system operation and following blueprints. Select type and size of pipe, and related materials and
equipment, such as supports, hangers, and hydraulic cylinders, according to specifications. Interpret blueprints,
specifications, diagrams, or schematics to determine appropriate piping installations.
• Inspect completed piping system structural soundness and adherence to NAVSEA standards.
JUN 2023-SEPT 2023
MASTER WELDER, East Coast Repair &Fabrication, LLC
• Expert in SMAW process in all positions for CS
• Expert in SMAW process in all positions for HY, HSLA, and CRES
• Expert in GMAW process in all positions for CS, HY, HSLA,
• Expert in FCAW process in all positions for CS
• Expert in FCAW process for HY, HSLA, and CRES
• Expert mirror welding in SMAW, FCAW, GMAW processes
• Expert in Stud welding for CS and CRES
• Expert in GTAW process in all positions for CS and CRES, socket and open butt
• Expert GTAW process in all positions for CuNi to Cu & CS, socket and open butt
• Expert in GMAW process in all positions for 5XXX Al
• Expert in GMAW-P process in all positions for 6XXX Al
• Utilizes workmanship training to identify and correct weld defects prior to VT
DEC 2022 – APRIL2023
UNDERGROUND PIPELINE WELDER, webb boring, LLC
fitting 24'',32'',36'',42'',60, 64'' in diameter pipe as well as welding by blueprint as directed
MAY 2022 – NOV.2022
FIRST CLASS PIPE & STICK WELDER/ FITTER, Bay Metals & Fabrication, LLC
fitting/ welding by blueprint as directed
JAN 2021-MAY 2022
FIRST CLASS WELDER SPECIALIST, L3 HARRIS
fitting/ welding by blueprint as directed
AUG 2020-DEC 2020
FIRST CLASS WELDER SPECIALIST, MARINE HYDRAULIC INTERNATIONAL
fitting/ welding by blueprint as directed
SEP 2019- JULY 2020
FIRST CLASS SHIP BUILDER SPECIALIST/ FIRSTCLASS STRUCUTRAL WELDER SPECIALIST, DELPHINUS ENGINEERING INC.,
Ship fitting where required, pipefitting where required, Most of the time pipe welding and structural welding, aluminum structural welding. Mig stainless steel, low carbon mig, etc.
SUPERVISOR – JR 757-***-****
Dec 2018 – Sep. 2019
FIRST CLASS PIPE WELDER MASTER SPECIALIST/ SHIP FITTER FABRICATOR, STANDARD CALIBRATION INC.
Fabricator by the blueprint and on target, certified on (socket) copper nickel, low carbon, low carbon to copper nickel, stainless, structural, x-ray 3/8 plate
project manager-Chris gray 757-***-****
July 2018 – Dec 2018
PIPE WELDER/ PIPE FITTING ON TARGET IN SHOP, CONSOLIDATED MARINE SERVICES
Pipe welding copper nickel and low carbon
PIPE FITTER/ SHIP FITTER/ SHIP MECHANICAL (SHORT TERM HIRE ON), GLOBAL MARINE INDUSTRIAL
Feb 2018-July 2018
On ship mechanical works assembling and disassembly cooling units and replacing them
Josh Mosely –supervisor – 757-***-****
PIPE FITTER/ PIPE WELDER (TEMP POSITION), G1 MECHANICAL
Dec 2017-Jan 2018
12-inch copper nickel Pipe fitting position on fire main, ship fitting on the weld deck by the fin tail on the USS carter hall
FIRST CLASS INDUSTRIAL AND PLANT MECHANIC, SUBCONTRACTOR FOR TRILLIUM
Mid Jan. 2016-July 2017
Worked at D&L in Westminster, MD (Lee High), Camden City, NJ (cement plant), Holcim, MD (cement plant), and Miami, FL (Titan Cement). Work included but not limited to maintenance on tires, tables, doors, chutes, and liners
PROJECT MANAGER, HEAD FORMAN, & HEAD WELDER, B&F PIPEWELDING CONTRACTORS
2013-2016
Scoping jobs, bidding and estimating, ordering material, directing personnel on equipment and jobs, selecting the best equipment to perform tasks. Also performed on pump stations structural fabrication for the city of Norfolk & Suffolk contracted through TA Sheets mechanical contractors. Worked expediting the wet well brackets to install the pump & mechanical machinery also performed installations of machinery and mechanical pipe joints.
FIRST-CLASS HIGH-PRESSURE PIPE WELDER, HORIZON SERVICES
Feb. 2007- 2013
Working with pipe fitters on navy destroyers and air craft carriers, traveling for work: Hawaii, Florida, and Maryland. 4, 6, & 8 copper nickel and stainless steel, pipe welding, tig welding and structural welding. Flux core and stick welding
PIPE WELDER, CHARTER MARINE
Nov. 2006-Feb 2007
Working with pipe fitters on day-to-day basis.
STRUCTURAL WELDER, G1 MECHANICAL
Oct. 2006-Nov. 2006
Structural welding for Atlantic marine in Jacksonville, FL at Mayport navy base
PROJECT MANAGER, C&B WELDING AND REPAIR
Jan. 2006-oct. 2006
Scoping jobs, bidding and estimating, ordering material, directing personnel on equipment and jobs, selecting the best equipment to perform tasks
FIRST CLASS WELDER, TRADESMAN INTERNATIONAL
Oct. 2001-jan. 2006
Flux core, stick, and tig welding in California at NASSCO
WELDING SERVICE, VICO
Sept. 2001-Oct. 2001
Repair of heavy equipment: excavators, bull dozers, scrapers, and underground pipelines
COPPERNICKEL PIPEWELDER, CTR
May 2001-Sept. 2001
Jacksonville Mayport navy base
SERVICE WELDER, WOOLARDS WELDING
April 2001-May 2001
Welding service on highway bridges, heavy equipment, and shop work.
SERVICE WELDER, HOWDY BAYELEY YACHTS & BOATS
Feb. 2001-April 2001
Working on private yachts and boats with precision quality welding repair
LEADMAN FOR FITTING AND WELDING DEPARTMANT, EASTERN SHORE COMPOSITES
Nov 2000-Feb. 2001
Making sure all welders and fitters were completing their jobs properly and adequately.
TIG WLDER, OCEANEERING
Oct. 2000-Nov 2000
Was hired to perform submarine repair, worked performed at the USNS Scranton at the resolute submarine dry dock at NOB base Norfolk, VA
WELDING SERVICE, VICO
Dec. 1996-Oct. 2000
Repair of heavy equipment: excavators, bull dozers, scrapers, and underground pipelines
WELDING SERVICE, T H WELDING
Nov. 1996-Dec. 1996
Repair of heavy equipment: excavators, bull dozers, scrapers, and underground pipelines
FIRST CLASS PIPEWELDER, DANIS HEAVY CONSTRUCTION
July 1996-Nov. 1996
Water treatment plant construction, pipefitting and welding stainless steel up to 42-inch pipe in diameter
WELDING SERVICE, T H WELDING
Jan. 1996-July 1996
Repair of heavy equipment: excavators, bull dozers, scrapers, and underground pipelines
FIRST CLASS PIPELINE WELDER, NORSHIPCO
Jan. 1995-Jan. 1996
Govt. job as a first-class pipe welder.
FIRST CLASS PIPELINE WELDER, WACO INC.
May 1994-Dec 1994
Major repairs of turbines and pipe lines at Virginia Power Plant.
FOREMAN, WOLF WELDING
Mar. 1994- May 1994
Crew of 18 welders, responsible for repair of coal bunkers.
FOREMAN, ALCO WELDING & MACHINE CO, INC.
Feb. 1994-Mar. 1994
Crew of 18 welders, responsible for fabrication & layout personnel.
FOREMAN, HARBOR PARK BASEBALL PARK
Dec. 1992-Jan. 1994
Crew of 60 responsible for constructing elevator shaft mechanisms.
SHOP FOREMAN, NORTHWEST WELDING ASSOC, INC
Jan. 1991- Dec. 1992
Heavy equipment repairs, pipe welder, and also ship fitting.
SUPERINTENDENT FOREMAN, ALCO WELDING & MACHINE CO, INC.
Aug. 1990- Dec. 1991
Forman for the Pipe welders and also Ship fitters.
FIRST CLASS PIPE WELDER, NORSHIPCO
Jun. 1990-Aug. 1990
Pipe welder on base in Norfolk, VA
FIRST CLASS WELDER/ FITTER, PHILLYSHIP OF NORFOLK
Feb. 1990-Jun. 1990
Pipe welder and fitter on base in Norfolk, VA (also Forklift operator)
WELDER/MECHANIC, PLESSER AMERICAN CO.
Sept. 1989- Jun. 1990
Welder, mechanic, service representative also forklift operator.
FIRST CLASS WELDER, AMERICAN GFM CO.
Jan1988-Sept.1989
First Class Welder & forklift operator.
WELDER, DYNAMIC INTERNATIONAL
Aug. 1987- Jan. 1988
Welder in charge of fabrication of truck beds
WELDER/FITTER, PRIME CONSTRUCTION CO.
Apr. 1986- Aug. 1987
Welder, fitter, fork lift operator, and iron worker
WELDER/FITTER, ROBERT R MARQUIS CONSTRUCTION CO.
Aug 1982- Apr 1986
Welder, fitter, and iron worker
EDUCATION
SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO ELEMENTARY
Completion up to the 8th grade.
ODU
German Blueprint Reading.
AMERICAN GFM
German Blueprint Reading for textile installation.
SKILLS
first class welder/pipe welder
read/write/translate Spanish>English—English>Spanish
certified nuclear power welder
first class textile hydraulic floor mechanic
knowledge on operating small truck booms(cranes)
licensed forklift
German blueprint reading
INDUSTRIAL & FACTORY PRODUCTION SYSTEMS EXPERIENCE
GFM: while working at GFM I performed fabrication and assembling of industrial and factory machines. Also, while there I installed milling machines, parts for turbines, longitudinal slides, and shaving equipment with thick wall low carbon steel 2” hydraulic pipe lines, socket welds and butt weld joints with backup rings.
T.H. WELDING: was directed by T.H. Welding to finish some structural additions to YUPO buildings and machine base foundations for hydraulic and liquefied chemicals pertaining to paper. Function equipment and welding on pipe components for the function of it.
All First: Was sent by All First to SPSA power steam plant in Portsmouth to repair burning boiler floors, roofs, and skirts. Also x-ray heavy wall 3” low carbon steam tubes (“pipe”) at wheelabrator section.
Was sent by All First to install HVAC funnels for draining systems at HILTI Factory. Also installed ac and heating systems above production line tables at VA Beach plant.
Also was sent to DTA Coal Plant in Newport News, VA on coal bunker repairs which included repairing hoppers, shakers, and heavy screen boxes for train wagons to dump often. 1 “stainless steel hydraulic pipe lines for cylinders to close and open. (Tig welding).
B&F: While performing for B&F as a working project manager repaired and rebuilt sections of sand conveyer with roller bases and electrical motors. Installation and alignment of conveyers to a hopper into shaker boxes to separate rocks, trash, and sand. Replacement of 6” and 8” vertical, 30- and 40-foot pipe sections with flanges and gaskets at sand plant.
Also fabricated the cooling side walls for a shingle production machine made with 2” channel by 3/8 thick laying on ” plate 8’X10’ with cooling chemical passages built with it.
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