Lance Phillips
Bay City,TX
Summary
Safety-focused boilermaker with experience in boiler maintenance, pressure vessel repair, and metal fabrication. Strong background in cutting, fitting, rigging, and inspection work. Committed to restoring critical equipment and supporting efficient plant operations.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Boilermaker
Kelly's contracting
Sweeny, Texas
09.2025 - 10.2026
- Built metal structures to specifications, supporting structural integrity and quality standards.
- Facilitated shutdown repairs by removing damaged boiler parts, enabling maintenance crews to restore equipment efficiently.
- Directed placement of heavy materials with hoists, rigging equipment, and hand tools for safe handling.
- Measured and cut metal sections to exact job specifications for accurate fit-up.
- Applied safety procedures and protocols to limit equipment mishaps and maintain jobsite control.
- Restored boilers, tanks, and vats by removing defective areas and fitting replacement plates or sections.
- Prepared material sizes for fabrication by using torches and hand tools. with torches and hand tools for fabrication and repair work.
- Replaced gaskets, valves, piping connections, and related components to keep systems operating.
- Verified weld strength through testing to confirm compliance with required standards.
- Conducted inspections of boilers, pressure vessels, tanks, and vats to identify leaks and weak spots, contributing to safe operational standards.
- Mentored apprentices and evaluated finished work for adherence to established compliance standards, ensuring quality outcomes.
- Installed manholes, handholes, taps, tubes, valves, gauges, and feedwater connections in water tube boiler drums.
Laborer
Zachry Inc . Chevron Philips
Sweeny, Texas
03.2024 - 09.2025
- Maintained safe work areas on Chevron Phillips industrial site
- Set up barricades, cones, and warning signs
- Communicated with supervisors and crew on daily assignments
- Performed physical activities requiring heavy lifting, walking and standing for long periods of time.
- Completed variety of physical labor tasks.
- Worked with team members to ensure efficient workflow throughout the day.
- Assisted with basic maintenance tasks such as sweeping, mopping, painting, and cleaning.
- Loaded and unloaded daily material shipments, keeping products organized and secure to prevent damage and optimize handling.
- Transported heavy items from one location to another using hand trucks or carts.
Education
Welding Tachnology - Welding
Wharton County Junior College
Wharton, TX06-2022
Skills
- Boiler repair
- Metal fabrication
- Rigging operations
- Welding inspection
- Pressure vessel repair
- Industrial maintenance
- Rigging
- Gas tungsten arc welding
- Cutting and threading
- Blueprint interpretation
- Pipe fabrication
- Carbon arc gouging
- Shielded metal arc welding
- Repair work
- Material prepping
- Grinding techniques
- Installation and inspection
- Plasma cutting
- Oxy-fuel cutting
- Pipefitting
- Welding
- Tube installation
- Boiler equipment
- Hand and power tools
- Boiler installation
- Boiler maintenance
Timeline
Boilermaker
Kelly's contracting
09.2025 - 10.2026
Laborer
Zachry Inc . Chevron Philips
03.2024 - 09.2025
Welding Tachnology - Welding
Wharton County Junior College