Ironworker / Leadman / Structural Welder
Resume:
Jimmie Lee Williams Jr.
Ironworker / Structural Welder
Biloxi, Mississippi 39532
******.***********@*****.***
Employment History:
Turner Industries Group LLC, Baton Rouge, LA.
634 Delmas Ave. Pascagoula, MS 39567 Telephone 228-***-****
Employed: December 2008 - July 2009
Leadman / Ironworker / Structural Welder
Project:
Chevron's ETP (Effluent Treatment Project) Pascagoula, Mississippi Refinery
• As a Structural Welder on the job, I used SMAW to make UT quality butt welds on column splices. Welded new connection clips, base plates on top of existing columns and other structural members.
• Worked as a connector erecting pipe rack bents and fill in iron on top of an existing structure. Most members were erected using a crane, but at times had to use bull rigging methods using chain falls and come-a-longs.
• Rigged on several hydraulic cranes. The rigs varied from 15 ton Gallion neck-breaker type cranes up to a 200 ton Demag truck crane.
• Erected miscellaneous iron such as pipe supports, access platforms, fin-fan structures, transformer pads and stairways. Also laid grating and welded, fitted and fabricated hand rails.
• As leadman on this project I worked with my fellow Ironworkers to ensure all tasks were performed safely, correctly and completed in a timely manner. My crew finished this project without a single first aid incident.
• Prepared job safety analysis' (JSA) and obtained general and hot work permits through plant protection.
Bracken Construction Company (AISC Advanced Certified Steel Erector), Jackson, MS.
100 Peach Place Jackson, MS 39209 Telephone 601-***-****
Employed: October 2006 - December 2008
Ironworker / Structural Welder / Rigger
Projects:
Northrup Grumman Ship Systems deck house unit assembly and erection building. Gulfport, MS.
Northrup Grumman Ship Systems panel line assembly building. Pascagoula, MS.
Hard Rock Casino. Biloxi, Ms.
Hancock Bank Corporate Headquarters Hurricane Katrina rebuild. Gulfport, MS.
Silver Slipper Casino. Lakeshore, Ms.
Island View Casino Hurricane Katrina rebuild. Gulfport, MS.
Caterpillar manufacturing plant. Oxford, Ms
Duties on the above mentioned jobs included but were not limited to the following:
• Connected structural members using bolt-up and welding methods.
• Erected cranes being used for erection. Examples include Manitowoc 888, 999, and 4100 models.
• Erected pre-cast concrete panels.
• Performed duties as a structural welder using SMAW, and FCAW. ( all flux core welding was done using NR 212 self shielding wire)
• Installed miscellaneous iron such as cat-walks, overhead crane girders and rail, handrails and stairs, access platforms and ladders, laid floor and roof decking, shot nelson studs.
• Performed rigging duties during steel erection, pre-cast concrete erection, demolition, and machinery placement.
• Worked as a structural fitter. Fabricated and modified structural members. Performed lay-out .
Continental Construction Company, Belle Chase, LA.
101 WPA Rd. Belle Chase, LA 70037 Telephone 504-***-****
Employed: September 05 - October 06
Ironworker / Structural Welder / Rigger
Projects:
Mississippi State Port Hurricane Katrina rebuild. Gulfport, MS.
Ash Grove Cement Storage Facility. Houston, TX.
• Demolished and re-erected storage warehouse at Mississippi State Docks.
• Erected a BMG Marine ship unloader. During this erection my co-workers and I successfully completed two 300 ton lifts.
• Operated 50 ton Terex picker and all-terrain forklifts with up to a 12,000 pound capacity rate.
• Erected a network of conveyor belt structures, a bucket elevator structure, and a distribution center on top of six 300' concrete slip form tanks.
• Assisted in installing conveyor belts, air-slide conveyors, rollers, impact beds and other machinery at this facility.
• Made quality welds using SMAW on structural members.
• Rigged for an American 9310 model crane equipped with the Sky-horse attachment.
Keith Mosley Construction (AISC Certified Steel Erector), Saraland, AL.
520 Saraland South Saraland, AL 36571 Telephone 251-***-****
Ironworker / Structural Welder / Rigger
Projects:
Austal Shipbuilding assembly and erection building. Mobile, AL.
Vanity Fair warehouse expansion. Monroeville, Al.
Peanut storage facility. Wilmer, AL.
• Erected structural steel members using bolt-up and welding methods. Also erected metal building parts such as roof purlins and wall girts. Sheeted roofs and walls using R-panel sheeting.
• Installed overhead cranes and their components such as crane girders, crane rails and crane stops. Used rotating laser levels as well as distance finding lasers to align them properly.
• Set concrete tilt-up walls, pre-cast concrete panels and beams. At times more than one crane was necessary to complete the lift.
• Welded structural members such as K-braces, moment conections, column splices, bar joists and other miscellaneous items such as handrails, bridging, roof and floor decking.
• Operated machinery such as all terrain fork lifts with a 10,000 pound rated capacity, aerial lifts up to 135' in reach and small carry- deck style cranes.
• Worked in lay-down yard keeping inventory of material that was on site. Delivered this material to the working radius of a crane as needed to assure there was no down time during erection.
• Pushed small crew of 8 entry level Ironworkers. This crew and I were assigned by our foreman to bolt-up and impact structural members.
L & A Contracting Company. Hattiesburg, MS.
100 Sims Rd. Hattiesburg, MS 39401 Telephone 601-***-****
Ironworker / Rigger
Projects:
I-10 Jourdan River Bridge. Bay St. Louis, MS.
MS. Hwy 98 Leaf River Bridge. McClain, MS.
• Rigged on American 9299 and 9310 model cranes that drove concrete and sheet pilings. Hooked up pile driving hammer, vibratory hammer and leads, as well as new pilings.
• Set pre-cast concrete bridge girders as well as steel bridge girders up to 63 tons. Connected all necessary fill in iron and bracing using A 325 structural grade bolts.
• Worked on push boat moving material barges, and crane barges to locations that were within the crane's safe working radius.
• Assisted in the demolition of the existing bridges after completion of the new structure.
• Tied reinforcing steel for concrete pours on bridge deck as well as on pile caps and bridge footings.
• Erected all cranes prior to starting this project as well as dismantled them after completion. Assisted in all necessary maintenance to these cranes.
Safety Training:
• Completed OSHA ten hour safety class
• Association of Reciprocal Safety Councils
• Certified welder in 2, 3, 4g positions
• Successfully completed the the steel erection training program for safe erection procedures in accordance with 1926.761
Educational History:
I attended University of South Alabama for three years. While attending USA I maintained a 3.5gpa for which I made the President's list.
Professional References:
Bill Thorpe - 228-***-****
Justin Gates - 662-***-****
Dwayne Porter - 601-***-****
Personal References:
Will Hunter - 228-***-****
Hugo Farve - 228-***-****
George Boulding - 334-***-****
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