Name : edgarreamous
Industry Type : Design Build Firms
City & State : Elk Falls, KS
Job Title Journeyman Pipefitter
Relocation Preferences : Anywhere
Objective : Industrial Process Pipefitter (Journeyman)
Resume :  
Resume of:

Thomas W Keast


SUMMARY:

At least thirty-plus years experience of fabrication, construction, installation, and maintenance of process piping and process equipment in the petrochemical, biochemical and refining industries. As a pipefitter, able to read, perform layout and fabricate from isometric drawings and blueprints as well as manually produce drawings suitable for fabrication by others. Possess proficient torch skills. Experience with carbon steel pipe with up to seventy-two inch diameter, excavated and buried as well as various schedules, bore sizes and alloys including high-pressure heavy-wall. Experience with construction and maintenance of coal fired and gas fired boilers for co-generation. Experience in shop fabrication of pressure vessels, process towers, and components. As a company field service rep for Koch, able to coordinate and supervise on-site activities of team members to assemble and install process equipment in process vessels and towers while ensuring owner's expectations of build schedule, manpower productivity, budget and that quality specifications are met and in compliance with company's safety program. Provide on-site communication link between customer and design engineering to ensure installation by others to be warranty compatible, detect mechanical problems in existing installations, and implement revisions or other solutions per design engineering. Able to conduct pre-shipment QA/QC inspections of process vessels/equipment sub contract fabricated in others' facility.

EXPERIENCE:
12/08 Journeyman Pipefitter PCE Constructors Archer Daniels Midland - Columbus, NE
New Construction: Ethanol Plant Mash Prep Unit Perform rework per design engineerings revision drawings and specific instructions to mostly Schedule 10 304L and 316L stainless steel process piping of various bore sizes with minimal supervision including layout of uncommon intersections on large bore piping.
04/08 05/08 Journeyman Pipefitter - Reimer Welding Inc. Hankinson, ND
New Construction: Bio diesel Plant Evaporation Unit Fabricated and installed mostly schedule 10 stainless steel process piping from blueprints and ISOs. Determined and located floor penetration points for structural clearances not allowed for in design drawings.
10/07 - 11/07 Journeyman Pipefitter CB&I - Frontier Refining - El Dorado, KS
New Construction: Crude Vacuum Unit - Mostly large bore carbon steel piping of critical high-pressure pumps.
08/07 - 10/07 Journeyman Pipefitter PCE Constructors - Coffeyville Resources Refining
New Construction: - Fabrication of High-pressure carbon piping for new furnace boiler and plant service piping of various bore sizes and material types.
11/06 - 08/07 Journeyman Pipefitter - Layout Man - Blackburn Constr. - Frontier Refining - El Dorado, KS
Responsible for field measurements taken in hazardous locations, then fabrication of piping in shop for installation in these locations for new construction and maintenance. As designated Fab Shop Lead Fitter, responsible for new fabrication as well as reworked and repaired piping and equipment of various material types and sizes for Maintenance and Operations. Hand produced drawings and ISOs for others to fabricate from in the shop as well as in the field and ensure correct fabrication and assembly.
06/06 - 08/06 Journeyman Pipefitter Turner Constr. - Coffeyville Resources - KS
New Construction: Fabrication of small and large bore piping (stainless & carbon steel) for heat exchanger system and stripper column.
03/06 - 04/06 Journeyman Pipefitter Shaw Constr. - Conoco Phillips - Ponca City OK
New Construction: Pre-start up installation of control valves, instrumentation, startup screens, hydro-test & blow down for new construction piping.
12/05 - 03/06 Journeyman Pipefitter CBI - Frontier Refinery - El Dorado, KS
New Construction: Fabrication of high-pressure piping to steam drums of new Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel Unit.
09/89 - 09/01 Journeyman Pipefitter, Welder, Lead and Supervisor All Tri-R Constr. Archer Daniels Midland - Decatur, IL
Worked on construction of three Bioprocessing plants from ground up - Piping and Structural. Experience in maintenance of process piping and equipment. Experience in assembly/fabrication and erection of storage type tanks. Experience in assembly, fabrication and erection of coal fired and gas fired boilers for co-generation and maintenance thereof. Experience with pneumatic powered hot tap of high-pressure steam and process piping. Experience in pre-job time, material, and labor estimating. Supervised installation, removal, and modification of tower packing, trays, internals; as well as modifications to towers and pressure vessels themselves.
08/88 - 07/89 Pipefitter - Welder A-Lert Constr. Archer Daniels MIdland - Decatur, IL
Fabrication and welding of process piping as well as fabrication and welding of structural steel in new construction and maintenance of Bioprocess facility. Performed some pre-job time, material, and manpower estimating.
01/77 - 08/85 Field Service/ Company Representative Koch Engineering - Wichita, KS
Started as production welder in manufacture of internal components of petro-chemical process equipment, then to vessel shop to fabricate pressure vessels and process towers, then to QA/QC Dept. as pre-requisite to joining Field Service Team. Traveled extensively to chemical plants and refineries throughout US and Canada, as well as Alaska's North Slope to work on Production Field Gathering System supplying the Alaska Pipeline. Duties included supervision of tower crews in the installation of Koch supplied processing internals and equipment; the removal and/or modification of existing internals and modifications/revisions to existing towers and pressure vessels.
01/76 - 09/76 Structural Welder Christopher Steel - Wichita, KS
First job was operating track and multiple torch cutting system. Then as structural welder certified with State of Kansas to weld on bridge steel for U.S. Interstate Highway System.

EDUCATION:
Richland Community College - Decatur, IL
Curriculum for pre-requisite of Degree in Project Management to transfer to Illinois State University
Degree: None
Butler County Community College - El Dorado, KS
Welding Technologies
Degree: Associates Degree
West Elk High School - Howard, KS
Diploma: Graduate






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