Daniel Taylor
Baytown
Summary
Versatile maintenance technician with expertise in welding, HVAC installation, and system maintenance. Proficient in diagnosing mechanical issues, executing repairs, and collaborating effectively to complete projects on time while maintaining high safety and quality standards.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Welder/Mechanical Maintenance Technician
Pathfinder Services
La Porte
11.2023 - Current
- Operated welding equipment to fabricate metal components for various projects.
- Interpreted blueprints and technical drawings to ensure precise weld placement.
- Inspected welds for quality and adherence to safety standards during production.
- Maintained welding tools and equipment for optimal performance and safety compliance.
- Responded to emergency maintenance requests to minimize downtime across facilities.
- Performed routine inspections of equipment and machinery for optimal operation.
- Installed new systems, replacement parts, and components to maintain proper operation.
- Assisted in the installation of new machinery and equipment.
- Installed new pumps, compressors, boilers and other mechanical systems.
- Repaired machines, equipment or structures using tools or equipment.
- Ordered parts, supplies or equipment from catalogs or suppliers.
- Performed routine maintenance by inspecting drives, motors or belts.
- Implemented troubleshooting techniques to resolve issues.
- Developed preventative maintenance plans for various types of machinery.
- Adjusted machine settings according to manufacturing specifications.
- Troubleshot complex electrical and mechanical issues with minimal downtime.
- Read and interpreted equipment and work orders to properly perform required maintenance services.
- Diagnosed mechanical problems using visual inspections and test instruments.
Instrumentation Helper
P2S
Deer Park
- Current
- Assists INSTRUMENT TECHNICIAN in repair and maintenance of metering instruments for electric-power generating equipment, such as boilers and turbines.
- Removes, dismantles, and assembles instruments, using mechanic's and electrician's hand tools.
Pipefitter Helper
Jacobs
La Porte
- Current
- Planned work and selected tools and equipment to ensure efficient installation.
- Transported materials, tools and machines to installation sites.
- Cleaned all construction areas to avoid hazards.
- Advanced knowledge of prepping pipe spools, fitting stainless steel and carbon pipe, socket welds, and butt welds.
- Utilized rigging to stage pipe for safe and effective assembly.
- Bolt up work.
- Reading isometric drawings and configuring coordinates.
- Reviewed support detail drawings to confirm fabrication accuracy and compliance with design specifications.
- Constructed supports to meet design specifications for stability.
Pipefitter Helper 1
S & B
Deer Park
- Current
- Measure, cut, thread, grind, and assemble new pipe placing the new pipe in hangers or other supports.
- Mount brackets, supports, and hangers in pipe racks.
- Requisition tools and equipment, select size of pipe and collect and transport materials and equipment to work site.
- Fit and bolt up in fitting valves, couplings or assemblies to tanks, pumps, or subsystems using hand tools.
- Assemble and remove damaged or worn pipe. All while complying with blue prints/schematics.
Bricklayer
Southwest Refractory of Texas
Alvin
- Current
- Lay building materials, such as brick, structural tile, and concrete cinder, glass, gypsum, and terra cotta block to construct or repair walls, partitions, arches, sewers, and other structures.
- Measure distance from reference points and mark guidelines on working surface to lay out work.
- Spread mortar bed to create stable base and binder for block using trowel.
- Apply mortar to end of block and positions block in mortar bed.
- Tap block with trowel to level, align, and embed in mortar, allowing specified thickness of joint.
- Remove excess mortar from face of block, using trowel.
- Finish mortar between brick with pointing tool or trowel.
- Break bricks to fit spaces too small for whole brick, using edge of trowel or brick hammer.
- Established vertical and horizontal alignment of courses using plumb bob, gauge line, and level.
- Fastened brick and terra cotta veneer to structures using tie wires embedded in mortar between bricks or in anchor holes.
- Weld metal parts to steel structural members.
- Apply plaster to walls and ceiling, using trowel, to complete repair work.
- Designated according to material used as Cinder-Block Mason, Concrete-Block Mason, Terra-Cotta Mason; or work performed as Bricklayer, Maintenance.
- When specializing in construction of specified structures, is designated according to specialty as Bricklayer, Sewer, Chimney Builder, Brick.
- Designated: Block Setter, Gypsum; Hollow-Tile-Partition Erector; Plaster-Block Layer; Silo Erector.
Pipefitter Helper
General Petro Chem Ind.
Deer Park
- Current
- Managed work with little supervision.
- Heated, formed and dressed metal parts with hand tools, torch and arc welding equipment.
- Laid out, positioned, aligned and secured parts and assemblies with straightedges and combination square sand calipers.
- Responded to service calls quickly and professionally.
- Followed all safety guidelines, including proper machine guarding and lockout and tagout procedures.
- Cleaned and degreased weld joints and workpieces efficiently.
- Inspected tools for damage or wear to prevent injuries and accidents.
Bolt Up Fitter? Iron Worker/ Pipefitter
Diamondbacks Works LP
La Porte
- Current
- Cut, thread, and hammer pipe to specifications, using tools such as saws, cutting torches, and pipe threaders and benders.
- Assemble and secure pipes, tubes, fittings, and related equipment, according to specifications, by welding, brazing, cementing, soldering, and threading joints.
- Remove and replace worn components.
- Assemble hoisting equipment and rigging, such as cables, pulleys, and hooks, to move heavy equipment and materials.
- Fabricate metal parts such as steel frames, columns, beams, and girders, according to blueprints or instructions from supervisors.
- Read specifications and blueprints to determine the locations, quantities, and sizes of materials required.
Boiler/chiller/glycol installer/HVAC/mechanical/welder/fitter/foreman
Loftin
Houston
08.2017 - 10.2021
- I have been a welder/ fitter/Foreman/boiler technician/HVAC technician/supervisor/ I have been with LMS for some time now. We are a mechanical contractor company we install commercial boilers, commercial chillers, commercial glycol, pumps tanks you name we do it. Every job is engineering on the go. I'm a very skilled, hard working person. I'm able to take an empty building and build a whole entire steam plant. With or without Prints I've been doing this a long time.
Mechanical Pipefitter
Raven Mechanicals
Houston
- Fabricated and installed piping systems in residential and commercial buildings.
- Interpreted blueprints and technical drawings for accurate pipe layout.
- Assembled pipe fittings and valves with hand tools and power tools.
- Cut and beveled pipes to specified length using power saws, cutting torches, threading machines and other hand tools.
- Conducted routine inspections to ensure system integrity and safety compliance.
- Ensure that projects are completed according to safety standards.
- Provided support during equipment installation to ensure proper setup.
- Collaborated with team members to troubleshoot and resolve piping issues.
- Proficiency in relevant tools and equipment to assist pipefitter.
- Maintain clean and safe work environment.
- Loading/unloading, transporting materials and tools necessary for project.
- Ensured timely completion of projects while adhering to quality standards.
- Read and understand project plans, specifications, blueprints and drawings.
Pipefitter Helper
Chemstation
Lima
- Planned work and determined appropriate tools and equipment.
- Transported materials, tools and machines to installation sites.
- Cleaned all construction areas to avoid hazards.
- Advanced knowledge of prepping pipe spools, fitting stainless steel and carbon pipe, socket welds, and butt welds.
- Utilized rigging for staging pipe.
- Bolt up work.
- Reading isometric drawings and configuring coordinates.
- Reading support details.
- Fabricating supports.
Education
High School Diploma -
La Porte High School
La Porte, TX03-2022
Skills
- Maintenance planning
- Metal fabrication
- Flat welding
- Pipe fitting
- Equipment maintenance
- Preventative maintenance
- Preventive maintenance
- Equipment repair
- Mechanical troubleshooting
- Equipment troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting systems
- Diagnostics
- Equipment inspection
- Quality control
- Calibration techniques
- Equipment testing
- Field equipment proficiency
- Air compressor use
- Hydraulic systems
- Blueprint reading
- CNC operation
- Wiring diagrams
- Mechanical assembly
- Lockout/tagout procedures
- Safety compliance
- OSHA compliance
- Maintenance planning
- Work order management
- Time management
- Facility maintenance
- Facility repairs
- Hand and power tools
- Team collaboration
- Problem resolution
- Dimensional inspection
- Wiring diagrams
- Equipment troubleshooting
Certification
- Valid Drivers License
- Valid TWIC
- Current Houston Area Safety Council
Timeline
Welder/Mechanical Maintenance Technician
Pathfinder Services
11.2023 - Current
Boiler/chiller/glycol installer/HVAC/mechanical/welder/fitter/foreman
Loftin
08.2017 - 10.2021
Instrumentation Helper
P2S
- Current
Pipefitter Helper
Jacobs
- Current
Pipefitter Helper 1
S & B
- Current
Bricklayer
Southwest Refractory of Texas
- Current
Pipefitter Helper
General Petro Chem Ind.
- Current
Bolt Up Fitter? Iron Worker/ Pipefitter
Diamondbacks Works LP
- Current
Mechanical Pipefitter
Raven Mechanicals
Pipefitter Helper
Chemstation
High School Diploma -
La Porte High School