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Ronaldo De La Garza

Galveston,TX

Summary

NCCER Certified Pipefitter with over 10+ years of experience laying out, installing, and fabricating pipe systems while adhering to all applicable codes. Performance oriented to planning layouts, operating appropriate tools, interpreting blueprints, modifying worn components, and assembling worksites for structural inefficiencies, among other things. Eager to undertake the challenging aspects of the pipefitting role and fulfill them with the utmost precision and quality.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Pipefitter

Turner Industries Group LLC
02.2023 - Current
  • Performed pipe fabrication, installation, and fitting according to proper specifications.
  • Identified and located required tools prior to starting each project.
  • Followed relevant codes, regulations, and safety techniques.
  • Hoisted loads using chokers, slings, shackles, cables, and other rigging equipment.
  • Cut, prepared, and beveled piping using cutting torches, saws, and threading machines.
  • Maintained tools and equipment to keep them working optimally.

Pipefitter

Turner Industries LLC
03.2016 - 03.2020
  • Performed pipe fabrication, installation, and fitting according to proper specifications.
  • Identified and located required tools prior to starting each project.
  • Followed relevant codes, regulations, and safety techniques.
  • Hoisted loads using chokers, slings, shackles, cables, and other rigging equipment.
  • Cut, prepared, and beveled piping using cutting torches, saws, and threading machines.
  • Maintained tools and equipment to keep them working optimally.

Pipefitter

Blanchard Industrial
11.2021 - 03.2022
  • Interpreted blueprints and P+ID drawings to identify pipe spools, materials, and coordinate locations to set pipe in field and pipe rack.
  • Performed pipe fabrication, installations and fitting according to proper specifications.
  • Cut, prep, and beveled piping using cutting torch, saws, grinder, and band saws, among other equipment.
  • Identified and located required tools prior to starting each project.
  • Maintained tools and equipment in order to keep them working optimally.
  • Eliminated risks by correctly identifying potential safety hazards.
  • Operated forklift to move and locate pipe materials.
  • Used rigging skills and techniques to lift pipe spools and piping materials.


Pile Driver

Albert's Piling Co. - Self-employed
03.2020 - 04.2021
  • Interpreted blueprints to lay out and determine specific location of wooden pilling installed.
  • Drove wood, stakes, and pull-string line along property lines while following property blueprint dimensions in order to lay out exact piling foundation square.
  • Drilled pilings into ground while using auger boom crane.
  • Drove pilings down to grade by using a 1-ton double actions hammer, prioritizing straightness and quality of each pile row.
  • Managing work environment by cleaning and organizing work area.

Pipefitter

Jacobs Field Services
01.2011 - 01.2016
  • Demolish and removal of existing piping structures.
  • Operated forklift or carry deck crane to dispose of demo waste materials.
  • Interpreted blueprints to determine location of new piping materials to be installed.
  • Prepare, grind, and bevel pipe for subsequent welding.
  • Performed hydrostatic test on installed pipelines.
  • Eliminated risks by correctly identifying potential safety hazards.

Education

High School Diploma -

Ball High School
Galveston, TX

No Degree - Welding

College of The Mainland
Texas City, TX

Skills

  • Work Order Management
  • Burning Torch
  • Pipefitting
  • Carry deck crane operation
  • Rigging experience
  • Forklift operation
  • Manual arc welding
  • JLG Boom lift operation
  • Pipe Measuring and Cutting
  • Blueprints Analysis
  • Project Planning

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Pipefitter

Turner Industries Group LLC
02.2023 - Current

Pipefitter

Blanchard Industrial
11.2021 - 03.2022

Pile Driver

Albert's Piling Co. - Self-employed
03.2020 - 04.2021

Pipefitter

Turner Industries LLC
03.2016 - 03.2020

Pipefitter

Jacobs Field Services
01.2011 - 01.2016

High School Diploma -

Ball High School

No Degree - Welding

College of The Mainland

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