Brent Payne
Rockport,TX
Summary
Talented Fabrication Welder Skilled in Reading and Applying Technical Drawings and Consistently Delivered High Quality Welding Products. Excellent Attention to Detail Reduced Waste and Resulted in Increased Efficiency. Operated Machinery to Fabricate Items and Comply With AWS Guidelines.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Rig Welder
TFW Construction
Corpus Christi, TX
01.2025 - 03.2025
- Fabricated cages for TFW
- Utilized personal tools and welding equipment to complete job tasks.
- Pulled measurements to cut tubing to the correct size, leveled the post to assure a quality product.
- NDA signed.
Combo Welder
Turner Construction
Corpus Christi, TX
07.2024 - 12.2024
- Combo Welder
- Prefabbed spools for Tesla, Austin.
- Prefabbed and welded spools for Flint Hills Refining.
- Various materials, including hexavalent chromium (B91), stainless steel, Inconel, and carbon steel.
- All hexavalent chrome was 100% X-ray.
- Transferred to Flint Hills Refining to install and make final tie-ins on prefabricated spools.
Combo Welder
State Service Company
Ingleside, TX
06.2024 - 08.2024
- Combo Welder.
- Building modules for KZJV, Plaquemines.
- Field work, including welding in various weather conditions.
- Confined space welding with supplied air.
- Conducted regular maintenance checks on welding equipment.
- Followed safety protocols at all times while performing job duties.
- Welded components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
Combo Welder
Bay Ltd.
Corpus Christi, TX
02.2024 - 06.2024
- KZJV Stainless Job.
- Sch 10 - Sch 20.
- 2-inch to 20-inch spools.
- Prepared workpiece edges by grinding, cutting, buffing or bending to verify snug fit.
- Connected and turned regulator valves to activate and adjust gas flow and pressure, and obtain the desired argon flow following WPS parameters.
- Marked or tagged material with job number, piece marks and other identifying marks.
- Read blueprints, drawings related to projects in order to determine proper dimensions of components being fabricated, welded together.
TIG Welder
Syestem Plant Services
Blytheville, AR
09.2023 - 02.2024
- Nucor Fall Shutdown
- Completed repairs with frequent work in different welding positions and environments.
- Installed, welded and repaired stainless Oxygen lines
- repaired and welded hydraulic lines
Combo Welder
Bay Ltd.
Corpus Christi, TX
01.2023 - 08.2023
- Combo welder 100% X-Ray KZJV project
- Conducted x-ray, hydrostatic and tolerance tests on welded parts to verify weld quality and conformance to specification.
- Prepared workpiece edges by grinding, cutting, buffing or bending to verify snug fit.
- Cut, contoured and beveled metal and structural shapes to achieve accurate dimensions.
- Marked or tagged material with job number, piece marks and other identifying marks.
Combo Welder
Turner Construction
Aransas Pass, TX
01.2022 - 12.2022
- Exxonmobil job 100% X-Ray
- Measured workpieces with straightedges or templates to conform with specifications.
- Prepared material surfaces for welding by removing scale, rust or other foreign matter.
- Read and followed blueprints and weld diagrams.
- Welded components in flat, vertical or overhead positions.
- Cut, contoured and beveled metal and structural shapes to achieve accurate dimensions.
Farm Hand
Mark Bryan.
Poteet, TX
02.2021 - 07.2022
- Maintained and repaired farming equipment to provide consistent usability, prime operational condition and alleviate downtime.
- Drove trucks, tractors and other equipment to distribute feed to animals.
- Repaired buildings, fences and other pertinent structures to keep animals properly contained.
- Attached plows, sprayers or harvesters to tractors with bolts or hand tools.
Structural Welder
Darrell Frye.
Poteet, TX
06.2019 - 11.2020
- Prevented distortion of parts by monitoring fitting, burning and welding processes.
- Fabricated steel frames, columns, beams and girders according to blueprints or instructions from supervisors.
- Used correct techniques for particular metal types, including aluminum and steel.
- Studied blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine layout of work.
- Determined welding strategies using metallurgy knowledge, geometry and welding techniques.
- Worked on structural supports using techniques such as MIG and TIG welding.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Welding Technology
Texas State Technical College - Waco
Waco, TX12.2022
High School Diploma -
Rockport-Fulton High School
Rockport, TX06.2019
Skills
- Time management
- Edge joining
- Welding Techniques
- Cast iron metal welding
- Vertical welding
- GTAW (Aluminum Metal Welding) (year and a half)
- Micrometers and calipers
- Specification conformance
- Defective material identification
- Attention to detail
- Surface material preparation
- Gas flow adjustments
- Stainless Steel TIG Welding (4 years)
- GTAW TIG welding (4 1/2 years)
- MIG welding (four years)
- Flux Core Arc Welding (three years)
- Precision measurement
- Post-welding treatment
- Gas Metal Arc Welding
- SMAW (Shielded Metal Arc Welding) (45 years)
- Shop Drawings
- Defect repair
- Fabrication
- Weld inspection
- Blueprint reading
References
- Joshua Wilma, Welding Instructor: 972-310-2321
- Lance Haltom, Welding Instructor: 254-749-5734
- Travis Semmel, Welding Instructor: 254-206-0999
- Darrell Frye: 210-912-8501
- James Paine: 210-854-7930
- John Payne: 361-205-0152
- Mark Bryan: 210-897-2854
Timeline
Rig Welder
TFW Construction
01.2025 - 03.2025
Combo Welder
Turner Construction
07.2024 - 12.2024
Combo Welder
State Service Company
06.2024 - 08.2024
Combo Welder
Bay Ltd.
02.2024 - 06.2024
TIG Welder
Syestem Plant Services
09.2023 - 02.2024
Combo Welder
Bay Ltd.
01.2023 - 08.2023
Combo Welder
Turner Construction
01.2022 - 12.2022
Farm Hand
Mark Bryan.
02.2021 - 07.2022
Structural Welder
Darrell Frye.
06.2019 - 11.2020
Associate of Applied Science - Welding Technology
Texas State Technical College - Waco
High School Diploma -
Rockport-Fulton High School
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