Patrick Abbott
Savannah ,GA
Summary
Expert welder with 11 years of experience and strong fabrication and welding abilities. Diligent about protecting parts from warping while maintaining high productivity and safety targets. Reliable, organized and focused on meeting tight schedules. Always grinding to learn new trades and skills. Taking the utmost pride in quality of work and making sure things are always done to a standard.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Welder/Fabricator/machining
Release Marine
11.2021 - 08.2026
- Fabricated stainless and aluminum marine components to exact blueprint specifications.
- Performed TIG welding on custom boat parts and structural assemblies.
- Interpreted technical drawings to measure, cut, and fit materials accurately.
- Finished welds by grinding, polishing, and correcting surface defects for clean results.
Welder/Machinist Helper
Contractor 1099
12.2019 - 11.2021
- Performed on-site welding services to meet customer specifications.
- Have outfitted trailer to make field calls including cutting, fitting, welding, per the customer's request.
- communicated with customers to clarify scope of work and executed projects according to their needs.
- set up and indicated parts on machines per established processes, ensuring accuracy for production.
- set up and indicate parts on machine per machine process.
Welder/Fabricator
K Machine industrial services
08.2014 - 11.2019
- Led Welding department for three years, ensuring adherence to safety and quality standards.
- Organized and delegated tasks while overseeing work of 5 employees to maintain workflow efficiency.
- Highly skilled in all welding processes. MIG, SMAW, GTAW, SAW.
- Can pass weld test in all positions.
- Reading prints and coming up with a list of materials, to then prep, cut, fit, and weld.
- Set up equipment and welded parts according to welding chart specifications and type.
- Operated manual and semi-automatic welding equipment to fuse metal segments together.
- Have a strong knowledge of metallurgy.
- can precisely measure, fit, and weld materials to machining standards and specifications.
- worked side by side with shop and field machinists in several scenarios, allowing me to better understand the entire scope of work.
- spent 4-6 months per year on welding jobs in powerplants, papermills etc. Working on critical welding machining jobs.
- can run several different remote operated welding machines such as bore welders, Sub arc welders, and plasma welders.
- Executed various cutting processes using oxyfuel torches, plasma cutters, arc gougers, and saws.s
Education
Master Welder - Welding
Tulsa Welding School
Jacksonville, Fl07.2014
Skills
- TIG welding expert
- Sub-arc Welding
- Pipe welding
- Flux core (FCAW) welding
- Stick Welding
- Sheet metal fabrication
- Design Interpretation
- Grinding skills
- PPE use
- Attention to detail
- Problem-solving
- Time management
- Multitasking
- Reliability
- Proactive approach
- Collaborative mindset
- People skills
- Grinding techniques
- Collaborative skills
- Analytical problem-solving
- always thinking ahead
- can work with anyone
- Analytical skills
- Multitasking
- Consistent performance
Education and Training
other
Timeline
Welder/Fabricator/machining
Release Marine
11.2021 - 08.2026
Welder/Machinist Helper
Contractor 1099
12.2019 - 11.2021
Welder/Fabricator
K Machine industrial services
08.2014 - 11.2019
Master Welder - Welding
Tulsa Welding School