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Theo Graves

Greensboro,NC

Summary

My goal is to work with a well-established company, which offers career advancement where I can enhance my trade skills as well as grow within that company.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Pipe Welder

Atlantic Constructors
Suffolk, VA
03.2025 - 05.2025

Demo pipe and install new 1”-16” carbon pipe .. pump and valve swaps

1st Class Shipfitter

Colonas Shipyard
Norfolk, VA
04.2024 - 03.2025

Install weldments on AMR deck for Columbia Class submarine

Fluxcore GMAW

1st Class Shipfitter

Huntington Ingalls Industries
Newport News, VA
01.2023 - 02.2024
  • Duties included, clean layout area, prep weld area by torch, cutting grinding sanding
  • Install weldment secured by tacking SMAW 7018 / 107018
  • Use of torch and arc gouging
  • Maintained a safe working environment by adhering to safety regulations.
  • Read blueprints and technical drawings to determine layout of structural metalwork.
  • Fabricated, assembled and installed new components such as bulkheads, decks, hatches, ladders and stairs.

Pipe Welder

Brassfield & Gorrie
Lilesville, NC
07.2022 - 01.2023
  • Duties include fabrication, install piping systems, SMAW
  • Welded components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
  • Aligned and clamped workpieces using rules, squares or hand tools.
  • Cleaned and inspected parts and assemblies at each production stage and documented production defects.
  • Measured workpieces with straightedges or templates to conform with specifications.

Pipe Welder/ Copper Fitter

MSS Solutions
Charlotte, North Carolina
08.2021 - 07.2022
  • Duties include fabrication, install piping systems, SMAW
  • Fabricated pipes, fittings, valves, and related equipment in accordance with specifications.
  • Performed pipe welding activities according to blueprints and technical drawings.
  • Installed piping systems for med gas delivery lines utilizing appropriate techniques for safe installation.
  • Copper layout and braising for VAV box installation

Pipe Welder

MCI mechanical
Charlotte, NC
05.2020 - 08.2021
  • Performed pipe welding activities according to blueprints and technical drawings.
  • Daily X-ray of welds
  • Fabricate and install pipe hangers and riser clamps
  • Torch cut material, grinding and pipe layout
  • SMAW

Pipe Welder

Professional Air Systems
Rural Hall, NC
07.2018 - 05.2020
  • Repair, remove and install various piping components within HVAC mechanical rooms air handlers, pumps, valves etc.
  • Copper fitting of VAV boxes, air handlers and MED gas lines
  • Structural welding and fabrication of pipe racks, stands and hangers

Combo Pipe Welder

Spc Mechanical
Winston-Salem, NC
03.2017 - 07.2018
  • Weld pipe using GMAW pulse and flux core
  • Set up and operation of robotic welder
  • Build prefabricated piping iso /Systems for future installs
  • Operation of burn table and plasma cutting table
  • SMAW position welding

Shipfitter

Maritime applied physics
Baltimore, MD
09.2016 - 03.2017
  • Prototype fabrication
  • Aluminum and carbon steel
  • Fabricate aluminum and steel weldments for military contracts, Baltimore water, taxi/ ferry project
  • Fabricate first piece/prototype for customer review before production
  • Use of router, CNC programming, and operations Of plasma table, punch and shear
  • Fabricate and build marine vessels and marine vessel upgrades
  • GMAW pulse,TIG

Combo Welder

Environmental Air Systems Inc
Greensboro, NC
01.2016 - 09.2016
  • Join sections of HVAC pipe for pre-fabricated installs
  • Set up and operation of robotic welder
  • Hand weld using GMAW pulse ,TIG
  • Forklift and shop crane certified
  • Daily X-ray of joints
  • Inspected finished products for accuracy of welds and conformance to specifications.

Structural/Pipe Welder

Tri City Mechanical Contractors
Greensboro, NC
05.2015 - 01.2016
  • Demolition and installation of process piping systems
  • Millwright work installing control valves, heat jackets and repair on pressure vessels
  • Fabrication of pipe hangers, racks, and structural upgrades for future equipment installation
  • SMAW

Education

Some College (No Degree) - Welding Technology

Guilford Technical Community College
Jamestown, NC

Combination Welding technology

Apex Technical Career Center
NY, NY

Basic plumbing, Plumbing and pipefitting

Burlington County Vocational School
Burlington, NJ

Skills

  • Overhead Crane Operation
  • Non-Destructive Testing
  • Safety Procedures
  • Layout Planning
  • Blueprint Interpretation
  • CNC setup and operation
  • Certifications held D11 GMAW carbon / aluminum 5000/6000 series
  • 6G SMAW / GMAW
  • Construction forklift and scissor lift qualified

Timeline

Pipe Welder

Atlantic Constructors
03.2025 - 05.2025

1st Class Shipfitter

Colonas Shipyard
04.2024 - 03.2025

1st Class Shipfitter

Huntington Ingalls Industries
01.2023 - 02.2024

Pipe Welder

Brassfield & Gorrie
07.2022 - 01.2023

Pipe Welder/ Copper Fitter

MSS Solutions
08.2021 - 07.2022

Pipe Welder

MCI mechanical
05.2020 - 08.2021

Pipe Welder

Professional Air Systems
07.2018 - 05.2020

Combo Pipe Welder

Spc Mechanical
03.2017 - 07.2018

Shipfitter

Maritime applied physics
09.2016 - 03.2017

Combo Welder

Environmental Air Systems Inc
01.2016 - 09.2016

Structural/Pipe Welder

Tri City Mechanical Contractors
05.2015 - 01.2016

Some College (No Degree) - Welding Technology

Guilford Technical Community College

Combination Welding technology

Apex Technical Career Center

Basic plumbing, Plumbing and pipefitting

Burlington County Vocational School
Theo Graves