David Freeman
Summary
Meticulous and reliable, with 8+ years of industrial background and familiarity in the industrial system. An adept problem solver that enjoys a challenge and sees every job through to its completion. Takes pride in mastering any and all skills necessary for the job with a need for cleanliness and systemization and can be called a "jack of all trades". Four years of hard work as a 91B(wheeled vehicle mechanic) as well as many years of self-taught mechanical experience with the necessary strength and dedicated athleticism to get any job done.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Boilermaker
Specialty Welding and Turnaround (S.W.A.T.)
03.2025 - Current
- Work involving regular service of heat exchangers, replacing valves, servicing of finfans, torquing equipment, hydro-static testing as well as nitrogen pressure testing, servicing pressure vessels such as towers and tanks.
- Ensuring all work was done with properly inspected tools and equipment as well as any and all safety measures in place needed to prevent anything from small injury to catastrophe.
Lead Boilermaker
Specialty Welding and Turnaround (S.W.A.T.)
11.2024 - 02.2025
- Work involving regular service of heat exchangers, replacing valves, servicing of finfans, torquing equipment, hydro-static testing as well as nitrogen pressure testing, servicing pressure vessels such as towers and tanks.
- Ensuring all work was done with properly inspected tools and equipment as well as any and all safety measures in place needed to prevent anything from small injury to catastrophe.
Material Coordinator
Specialty Welding and Turnaround (S.W.A.T.)
08.2024 - 10.2024
- Coordinating material recieved and documented.
- Delivering to job site.
- Handling equipment rental negotiations and deliveries as well as outgoing tool repairs and returns.
- Organizing material warehouse and ensuring everything is kept to a standard of order and ease of access.
- Communicating with job site supervision or everything recieved and full documentation of all material used what it was used for to ensure a smooth process.
Material Coordinator
Specialty Welding and Turnaround (S.W.A.T.)
06.2024 - 08.2024
- Coordinating material recieved and documented.
- Delivering to job site.
- Handling equipment rental negotiations and deliveries as well as outgoing tool repairs and returns.
- Organizing material warehouse and ensuring everything is kept to a standard of order and ease of access.
- Communicating with job site supervision or everything recieved and full documentation of all material used what it was used for to ensure a smooth process.
Material Coordinator
Specialty Welding and Turnaround(S.W.A.T.)
01.2024 - 03.2024
- Coordinating material recieved and documented.
- Delivering to job site.
- Handling equipment rental negotiations and deliveries as well as outgoing tool repairs and returns.
- Organizing material warehouse and ensuring everything is kept to a standard of order and ease of access.
- Communicating with job site supervision or everything recieved and full documentation of all material used what it was used for to ensure a smooth process.
Material Coordinator
Specialty Welding and Turnaround(S.W.A.T.)
07.2023 - 10.2023
- Coordinating material recieved and documented.
- Delivering to job site.
- Handling equipment rental negotiations and deliveries as well as outgoing tool repairs and returns.
- Organizing material warehouse and ensuring everything is kept to a standard of order and ease of access.
- Communicating with job site supervision or everything recieved and full documentation of all material used what it was used for to ensure a smooth process.
Boilermaker Lead
Specialty Welding and Turnaround(S.W.A.T.)
02.2023 - 05.2023
- Work involving regular service of heat exchangers, replacing valves, servicing of finfans, torquing equipment, hydro-static testing as well as nitrogen pressure testing, servicing pressure vessels such as towers and tanks.
- Ensuring all work was done with properly inspected tools and equipment as well as any and all safety measures in place needed to prevent anything from small injury to catastrophe.
Lead Boilermaker/Foreman
Specialty Welding and Turnaround(S.W.A.T.)
11.2022 - 02.2023
- Took part in pre-down, shutdown, and turnaround of units in a refinery.
- Responsible for walking down job scope to verify material, equipment, manpower, and anything else needed to complete the job given.
- Ensured any safety measures needed were to be put in place to prevent accident or injury.
- Worked with process operations to begin the shutdown process for the unit to be worked on and familarize with the unit itself.
- Took part in the manual labor involved with tearing down equipment for cleaning/repair/replacement.
- Ensured that work area was kept orderly and, when all work is completed, took part in a sweep to clean entire unit before final checks and startup to commence.
Boilermaker Lead
Ohmstede Industrial Services
02.2022 - 08.2022
- Performed regular maintenance work around multiple units, plant-wide, at Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery.
- This work included maintenance on heat exchangers(blinding, removing components, pulling/installing bundle, hydro-static testing), removing/replacing control and block valves, regular maintenance on fin-fans, and many other miscellaneous work.
Boilermaker Lead
Wyatt Field Services
12.2021 - 02.2022
- Took part in a short turnaround involving large control valves and full break-down and replacing of fin-fan banks.
- This involved blinding process lines and rigging valves and banks to be flown out by crane for scrapping or repair.
- Actively carrying out proper safety procedures needed for critical lifts as well.
Boilermaker Lead
Ohmstede Industrial Services
01.2021 - 11.2021
- Participated in emergency services due to the freeze that caused damages plant-wide, after repairs were completed began pre-down for a turnaround, participated in the turnaround involving heat exchangers, valves, heaters, towers, vessels, and fin-fans, and once turnaround was complete was turned over to plant-wide maintenance for heat exchangers and other maintenance services.
Boilermaker Lead
Ohmstede Industrial Services
10.2020 - 11.2020
- Took part in turnaround work involving servicing all systems on a compressor deck and changing filters from filter parts, as well as control and block valves.
Boilermaker Lead
Ohmstede Industrial Services
09.2019 - 03.2020
- Spent time as a maintenance worker involved with strictly heat exchangers around the entire refinery.
- Blinding, removing components, extracting exchanger bundle, cleaning, installing all components, torquing, leak testing before putting back into service.
Boilermaker Lead
Repcon
04.2019 - 06.2019
- Performed regular maintenance work around the entire Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery.
- Work involving regular service of heat exchangers, replacing valves, servicing of fin-fans, replacing entire systems of screw pipe, torquing equipment, hydro-static testing as well as nitrogen pressure testing, servicing pressure vessels such as towers and tanks.
- Ensuring all work was done with properly inspected tools and equipment as well as any and all safety measures in place needed to prevent anything from small injury to catastrophe.
Boilermaker Lead
Ohmstede Industrial Services
09.2018 - 11.2018
- Performed turnaround work specifically for heat exchangers and towers.
- Blinding, pulling components, extracting exchanger bundle for replacement/cleaning/repair, the reinstalling, pressure testing and de-blinding to put back into regular service.
- Tower work involving blinding process lines, opening entry manways, making entry to remove tunneling trays, enacting any repairs needed after inspection or any hardware replacement needed and finally closing towers and de-blinding for service.
Boilermaker Lead
Ohmstede Industrial Services
03.2018 - 05.2018
- Participated in a turnaround involving heat exchangers, block valves, towers, and vessels.
- Battery limit blinding, equipment blinding, proper cleaning, working on scaffolding off structures, rigging, vessel entry, use of supplied breathing air, torquing, and many other things involving a regular turnaround work scope.
Boilermaker Lead
Ohmstede Industrial Services
01.2018 - 02.2018
- Participated in a turnaround involving work on heat exchangers, reactors, incinerator repair and compressor maintenance.
Boilermaker Lead
Ohmstede Industrial Services
10.2017 - 11.2017
- Participated in a turnaround involving heat exchangers, block valves, towers, and vessels.
- Battery limit blinding, equipment blinding, proper cleaning, working on scaffolding off structures, rigging, vessel entry, use of supplied breathing air, torquing, and many other things involving a regular turnaround work scope.
Boilermaker Lead
Ohmstede Industrial Services
05.2017 - 09.2017
- Work involving regular service of heat exchangers, replacing valves, servicing of finfans, torquing equipment, hydro-static testing as well as nitrogen pressure testing, servicing pressure vessels such as towers and tanks.
- Ensuring all work was done with properly inspected tools and equipment as well as any and all safety measures in place needed to prevent anything from small injury to catastrophe.
Boilermaker Lead
Ohmstede Industrial Services
01.2017 - 03.2017
- Performed work on a regular turnaround of a single unit that involved servicing heat exchangers, servicing and entry of towers, and pulled off turnaround to take part in a smaller unit turnaround involving sump tanks and drum repair along with fin-fans.
- Final time was spent doing emergency work post disaster on a flare line requiring the use of bunker gear and other high safety measures.
Boilermaker Lead
Ohmstede Industrial Services
08.2016 - 12.2016
- Participated in a turnaround involving heat exchangers, reactors, incinerator repair and compressor maintenance.
Education
G.E.D. -
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Gulfport, MS01.2012
in Mechanical Maintenance - undefined
United States Army
Fort Lee, VA01.2014
Skills
- Mechanically inclined
- Highly organizational
- Problem solving skills
- Highly athletic
- Sociable
- Interpersonal Communication
- Detail Oriented
- Critical Thinking
- Computer Savvy
- Resourceful
- Receptive to new skills
- Punctual
Timeline
Lead Boilermaker
Specialty Welding and Turnaround (S.W.A.T.)
03.2025 - Current
Lead Boilermaker
Specialty Welding and Turnaround (S.W.A.T.)
11.2024 - 02.2025
Material Coordinator
Specialty Welding and Turnaround (S.W.A.T.)
08.2024 - 10.2024
Material Coordinator
Specialty Welding and Turnaround (S.W.A.T.)
06.2024 - 08.2024
Material Coordinator
Specialty Welding and Turnaround(S.W.A.T.)
01.2024 - 03.2024
Material Coordinator
Specialty Welding and Turnaround(S.W.A.T.)
07.2023 - 10.2023
Boilermaker Lead
Specialty Welding and Turnaround(S.W.A.T.)
02.2023 - 05.2023
Lead Boilermaker/Foreman
Specialty Welding and Turnaround(S.W.A.T.)
11.2022 - 02.2023
Boilermaker Lead
Ohmstede Industrial Services
02.2022 - 08.2022
Boilermaker Lead
Wyatt Field Services
12.2021 - 02.2022
Boilermaker Lead
Ohmstede Industrial Services
01.2021 - 11.2021
Boilermaker Lead
Ohmstede Industrial Services
10.2020 - 11.2020
Boilermaker Lead
Ohmstede Industrial Services
09.2019 - 03.2020
Boilermaker Lead
Repcon
04.2019 - 06.2019
Boilermaker Lead
Ohmstede Industrial Services
09.2018 - 11.2018
Boilermaker Lead
Ohmstede Industrial Services
03.2018 - 05.2018
Boilermaker Lead
Ohmstede Industrial Services
01.2018 - 02.2018
Boilermaker Lead
Ohmstede Industrial Services
10.2017 - 11.2017
Boilermaker Lead
Ohmstede Industrial Services
05.2017 - 09.2017
Boilermaker Lead
Ohmstede Industrial Services
01.2017 - 03.2017
Boilermaker Lead
Ohmstede Industrial Services
08.2016 - 12.2016
in Mechanical Maintenance - undefined
United States Army
G.E.D. -
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
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