Ramiro Perales
Corpus Christi,Tx
Summary
Accomplished and energetic Pipe Welder with a solid history of achievement in power plant/shipyard/mining/industrial and reneral welding experience. Motivated leader with strong organizational and prioritization abilities. Areas of expertise SMAW, FCAW, 6GR, and 6G welding.
Overview
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1
Certification
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Mobile Rig Welding Contractor
Service Welding & Repair
Corpus Christi, Th
09.2019 - Current
- Subcontractor with wide experience in rig welding, fitting activities, and contract bid work.
- Currently certified as structural/pipe welder. Vast knowledge of safety practices in plants, pipelines, and facilities.Service Welding & Repair
Rig Welder
Bay Ltd
Corpus Christi, Tx
02.2016 - 09.2019
- Fused numerous tubes and structures in various sizes and positions including carbon steel, mild steel, and stainless using SMAW and GTAW.
- Accountable for performing good quality work under constant ultrasonic testing and Xray.
- Welded pipe by using GTAW (root and hot pass) and SMAW (fill and cover pass - 7018 electrode) or SMAW all the way out.
- Performed job duties in elevated areas supported by scaffolding or by operating man lifts and scissor lifts.
- Prepared and operated rigging equipment to lift structures for fitting and welding.
- Followed blueprints in means to assemble pipe by cleaning, cutting, beveling and fitting it.
- Supported the business mission by providing personal equipment to allow effective performance in carrying out the job tasks.
Pipe Welder/Combo
Turner Industries Group
Corpus Christi, Tx
01.2014 - 07.2016
- Examined work pieces for defects and measure work pieces with straight edges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
- Recognized, set up, and operated hand and power tools common to welding trade, such as shielded metal arc and gars metal arc welding equipment.
- Prepared all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter.
- Cut and beveled piping using cutting torches, saws and threading machines.
- Performed welds involving a high degree of precision independently.
- Layed-out, and assembled pipes accurately and according to production standards, quality requirements, safety requirements, code, design, and specifications.
- Assisted with coordination of any Pre-Fabrication layout or installation.
Combo Welder
LeTourneau Ind.
Longview, Tx
10.2009 - 01.2014
- Fabricate and weld high performance electrical front end loaders and dozers for mining companies.
- Extensive Fcaw and Smaw procedures
- Extensive air arc gouging
- Extensive grinding and cutting
- 100% Ut weld
- Maintained safety and quality work maintaining production
1st Class Structural Welder
Minserco/ Bucyrus
Kilgore, Tx
12.2005 - 10.2009
- Clamping, held, tack-welded, heat-bent, ground and bolted component parts to achieve required configurations and positions.
- Setting up and operating hand and power tools, including shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
- Bolting, clamping and tack-welding parts to secure components prior to welding.
- Blew out machines, checked welding leads and wiring and changed filters for preventative maintenance.
- Repairing manufactured products by dismantling, straitening, reshaping and reassembling parts.
- Interpreting verbal and written instructions from work orders and welding blueprints.
- Fabricate and Weld dragline and mining yard buckets for mining services.
- Weld to code specification such as .045, .035, flux core wire, extensive air arc back gauging. Extensive hard surfacing as well as Mig procedure for boom welds in which all consisted of 100% or UT welds.
- Track torch and torch cutting.
- Gathering of material by iso blue print
- Lay out, prepping cutting and grinding
- Pressure testing and Industrial painting
Structural/ Combo Welder
Ohmstede Ltd
Corpus Christi
06.2002 - 11.2005
- Vessels that were built with 100% x-ray welds with also visual inspection prior to pressure test.
- Observing hydrostatic and dimension tolerance tests to evaluate weld quality and conformance to specifications.
- Removing rough spots from workpieces with portable grinders, hand files, and scrapers.Minserco/ Bucyrus
Welder Helper
Bay Ltd
Corpus Christi
01.1998 - 06.2002
- Join or sever metals in beams, girders, vessels, piping and other metal components
- Develop patterns for projects or follow directions given in layouts, blueprints and work orders; clean, check for defects and shape component parts, sometimes using a cutting torch weld parts together
- Assist welders in setting up equipment, preparing tools
- Performing any combination of duties to assist workers in welding, brazing, and plasma, arc or torch cutting
- May assist in lifting, positioning and securing of materials and work pieces during installation
- Make metal parts used in construction and manufacturing plants, and assist to weld parts, tools, machines and equipment
- Good at establishing clear directions and lays out work in a well-planned and organized manner. Monitors process, progress and results
Education
High School Graduate -
WB Ray High School -
WB Ray High School
Skills
- Pipe and structural fabrication
- Carbon steel and stainless steel fabrication
- Reading alignment sheets
- Skid layout
- Rig repairs
- Maintenance activities
- Attaching and detaching metal parts
- Measuring workpieces with straight edges
- Welding in flat, vertical, and overhead positions
- Welding procedures
- Reading blueprints
- Problem-solving
- Repairing pipe and structural components
- Assessing equipment damage
- Estimating material, consumables, and labor costs
- Safety and quality assurance
- Various welding methods and procedures
- Lifting and rigging
- Grinding
- Material preparation
- Fitting
- SMAW welding
- FCAW welding
- GTAW welding
- GMAW welding
- Hoisting and rigging
- Electrical and power tool usage
- Welding machine troubleshooting
- Blueprint reading
- Torch use
- Track torch use
- Bevel machine operation
- Plasma cutting
- Safety orientation
- Leadership
- Tape measure reading
- Lockout and tagout (LOTO)
- OSHA guidelines
- Electrical & power tool usage
- Cultural awareness
Certification
Combination Welding Certificate
Raw Text Notes
- Some job entries in the resume appear interleaved (company names listed without clear separation). Dates were applied to the closest matching location/date blocks as written.
- The resume contains 'Corpus Christi,Th' and 'Corpus Christi, Tx' variants; state normalized to TX.
- Dates were converted to MM/DD/YY format where possible; month/year-only dates were represented as 'MM/YYYY/00' to preserve missing day information.
Timeline
Mobile Rig Welding Contractor
Service Welding & Repair
09.2019 - Current
Rig Welder
Bay Ltd
02.2016 - 09.2019
Pipe Welder/Combo
Turner Industries Group
01.2014 - 07.2016
Combo Welder
LeTourneau Ind.
10.2009 - 01.2014
1st Class Structural Welder
Minserco/ Bucyrus
12.2005 - 10.2009
Structural/ Combo Welder
Ohmstede Ltd
06.2002 - 11.2005
Welder Helper
Bay Ltd
01.1998 - 06.2002
High School Graduate -
WB Ray High School -
WB Ray High School