Octavio Elizondo
Edinburg
Summary
Accomplished Boilermaker with extensive experience at Universal Plant Services, skilled in welding techniques and safety compliance. Proven track record in mentoring apprentices and ensuring quality inspections, enhancing team collaboration and project management. Adept at blueprint interpretation and structural assembly, consistently delivering high-quality results in high-pressure environments.
Reliable professional with superior work ethic and exceptional attention to detail. Offering in-depth knowledge of power and hand tool operations. Assists maintenance crew in routine maintenance and boilermaker basic repair activities.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Boilermaker
Universal plant services
Deer Park
04.2021 - 12.2024
- Used welding and soldering equipment to join sheet metal components following blueprints and job specifications.
- Managed movement of materials and equipment to different job sites.
- Followed safety procedures when working around high-pressure systems.
- Used hoist to load structural parts of boilers, pressure vessels, and tanks on pallets.
- Conducted tests on welds to ensure strength requirements were met.
- Mentored apprentices and inspected finished work to verify compliance with established requirements.
- Constructed steel structures according to blueprints provided by engineers.
- Repaired worn or damaged parts of boilers, tanks, and vats by cutting out defective areas and replacing them with new plates or sections.
- Worked with team to lift heavy sections into place using rigging and signals.
- Cut, formed and welded steel to make and repair metal components.
- Studied blueprints to determine locations, relationships, and dimensions of parts.
- Opened, cleaned and repaired pressure vessels.
- Followed safety procedures and protocols to minimize equipment mishaps.
Boilermaker
REPCON
Corpus Christi
03.2016 - 05.2020
- Used welding and soldering equipment to join sheet metal components following blueprints and job specifications.
- Managed movement of materials and equipment to different job sites.
- Followed safety procedures when working around high-pressure systems.
- Used hoist to load structural parts of boilers, pressure vessels, and tanks on pallets.
- Mentored apprentices and inspected finished work to verify compliance with established requirements.
- Conducted tests on welds to ensure strength requirements were met.
- Repaired worn or damaged parts of boilers, tanks, and vats by cutting out defective areas and replacing them with new plates or sections.
- Constructed steel structures according to blueprints provided by engineers.
- Worked with team to lift heavy sections into place using rigging and signals.
- Cut, formed and welded steel to make and repair metal components.
Scaffold Builder
BrandSafway
Clute
03.2013 - 12.2018
- Ensured that workers were trained in proper safety procedures before being allowed access to any elevated worksite utilizing a scaf.
- Transported tools, supplies, and materials needed for erecting or dismantling scaffolds using hand trucks or forklifts.
- Erected scaffolding to assemble above-ground structures.
- Tied off all loose ends when constructing or deconstructing a scaffold structure with rope, wire ropes, chains to ensure stability.
- Worked independently on projects and tasks within carpentry team.
Education
GED -
GED
Weslaco, TX06-2006
Skills
- Welding techniques
- Blueprint interpretation
- Equipment maintenance
- Safety compliance
- Material handling
- Rigging procedures
- Structural assembly
- Quality inspection
- Team collaboration
- Problem solving
- Attention to detail
- Effective communication
- Project management
- Heavy lifting
- Material prepping
- Cutting and threading
- Self motivation
- Structural steelwork
- Component installation
- Leak detection
- Rigging
- Professionalism
Timeline
Boilermaker
Universal plant services
04.2021 - 12.2024
Boilermaker
REPCON
03.2016 - 05.2020
Scaffold Builder
BrandSafway
03.2013 - 12.2018
GED -
GED