Victor Hernandez Jr
Brownsville,TX
Summary
I wish to further my skills & gain more experience for personal and company growth. Have a positive impact on people and things around me. To provide a better life for my family.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Welder
Performance Contractors Inc.
Brownsville, TX
03.2025 - 07.2025
- Structure Welder
- SMAW
- FCAW
- Arc Gouging
Welder
Fusion Mechanical
Brownsville, TX
01.2025 - 02.2025
- Structure Welder
- SMAW
- FCAW
- Arc Gouging
Lead Welder
Valley Elite
Brownsville, TX
09.2024 - 01.2025
- Lead Welder
- Ran a group of 30+ welders, helped with bluprints, weld symbols and inspecting welds before inspection.
- Arc gouging, fcaw and smac.
Welder
Fusion Mechanical
Brownsville, TX
07.2024 - 08.2024
- Structure Welder
- SMAW
- FCAW
- Arc Gouging
Pipe fitter Journeyman
Sti. Group
Taylor, Texas
05.2024 - 07.2024
- Used cranes, rigging equipment, and hoists to move materials safely.
- Installed piping by flying and fitting on racks.
- Fabricated segments of piping to blueprint requirements.
Boilermaker Journeyman
Sr. Trident
Ingleside, TX
03.2024 - 05.2024
- Removed blinds and installed 24” and 30” spools, torqued
- Installed valves
- Did hydro on all lines
Lead Welder
SpaceX Space Launch Facility
Brownsville, TX
09.2019 - 02.2024
- Fit and tack stainless steel plates together to fabricate rockets
- Weld using FCAW, GTAW or TIP TIG, fabricated rocket Mk1
- Lead Welder since 5/2020 for tent 2 domes, aft domes, fwd domes, common domes, header tanks, and booster domes
- Having a group up to 40 welders, fitters and support techs.
- Repaired broken parts or fabricate new components from raw materials using cutting torches and plasma cutters.
Boilermaker Journeyman
Wood Group
Chocolate Bayou, TX
03.2018 - 07.2019
- Build furnaces, stacks, hersheys by bolting, welding or torch cutting sections or tubes, plates using torch or jacks, installing new tubes, fitting welding and tacking new sections and placing lugs on bolts
- Bolt up and impacted ladders, ladder cages, platforms by man lift and crane help.
Tank Welder
Specialty Tank Services
La Porte, TX
02.2017 - 01.2018
- Welded tank bottom and body together without creating leakages
- Air gauged bottom of tanks for repairs
- Build storage tanks.
Structural Fitter
Flour Chevron Phillips Chemical
Baytown, TX
05.2016 - 11.2016
- Fabricated structural steel and pipe supports
- Cut and fitted plates according to blueprint specifications.
Structural Fitter
Flour Dow Chemical
Freeport, TX
02.2015 - 04.2016
- Build pipe racks, smoke stacks, ladders, cages and platforms.
- Fitted and prep plates for welding
- Used torch cutting, wedges, dogs for fitting.
- Read drawings and blueprints.
Tank Welder
HMT Tank
Pasadena, TX
01.2014 - 02.2015
- Fitted and welded plates together
- 100% x-rays
Welder
EXCEL Group
Deer Park, TX
03.2013 - 11.2013
- Laid out, fitted and fabricated metal components
- Read and interpreted structural blueprints.
Tank Welder
Matrix Service
Texas City, TX
01.2012 - 02.2013
- Fabricate tanks by fitting and welding plates together.
Structural Fitter
Al Loran International LLC
Brownsville, TX
05.2010 - 02.2011
- Fit and fabricate
- Blueprint reading
- Torch cutting
- Tacked and preped
Welder
Keppel AmFELS
Brownsville, TX
05.2010 - 02.2011
- Weld and fabricate
- Blueprint reading
- Gouging
- Torch cutting
- SMAW
- FCAW
- GMAW.
Skills
- Weld and Fabricate
- Blueprint Reading
- Arc Gouging
- Oxy-Acetylene Torch Cutting
- Structural 2G, 3G, 4G
- Structural 2F, 3F, 4F
- Tank Welder
- Tip Tig 2G, 3G, 4G
- GTAW
- SMAW
- FCAW
- GMAW
- Pipefitter Journeyman
- Structural Fitter
- Boilermaker Journeyman
- Communications
- Work well with others to achieve one goal, good quality professional work in a safe and timely manner
- Good Leadership Skills and Initiative
- Easy Learner
Timeline
Welder
Performance Contractors Inc.
03.2025 - 07.2025
Welder
Fusion Mechanical
01.2025 - 02.2025
Lead Welder
Valley Elite
09.2024 - 01.2025
Welder
Fusion Mechanical
07.2024 - 08.2024
Pipe fitter Journeyman
Sti. Group
05.2024 - 07.2024
Boilermaker Journeyman
Sr. Trident
03.2024 - 05.2024
Lead Welder
SpaceX Space Launch Facility
09.2019 - 02.2024
Boilermaker Journeyman
Wood Group
03.2018 - 07.2019
Tank Welder
Specialty Tank Services
02.2017 - 01.2018
Structural Fitter
Flour Chevron Phillips Chemical
05.2016 - 11.2016
Structural Fitter
Flour Dow Chemical
02.2015 - 04.2016
Tank Welder
HMT Tank
01.2014 - 02.2015
Welder
EXCEL Group
03.2013 - 11.2013
Tank Welder
Matrix Service
01.2012 - 02.2013
Structural Fitter
Al Loran International LLC
05.2010 - 02.2011
Welder
Keppel AmFELS
05.2010 - 02.2011