Dave Chase 30+ Year Mechanical Fitter and Welder Resume
1. DAVE CHASE
Resume
A 5 Rosemary Street, Kelso Q 4815
M 0408 812 227
E d.chase970@gmail.com
Profile
I am a trade qualified mechanical fitter and welder with over 30 years international experience across civil,
commercial, automotive and marine industries; and the resource sector.
With a strong track record of delivering the highest quality workmanship, I also possess a solid reputation for
completing high risk, at heights projects, often requiring rope access - safely and successfully.
With well developed communicaton skills and a strong engineering aptitude, I have been responsible for the
design, fabrication, installation and welding – either directly or as a supervisor, for of a diverse range of works
and am reguarly called on to develop customised solutions for pre and post-fab issues arising from specification,
environmental and/ or structural related engineering issues.
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Key Competencies
Project supervision, planning and reporting
Civil, residential, commercial structures pipe work
Automotive and marine steel fabrication
Custom solution rework, fabrication and installs
High risk civil and commercial project experience
- Management and operation of cranes
- Rigging and dogging
- Rope access welding
Qualifications Certifications
Engineering Tradesperson: Mechanical Fitter and
Welder
Standard: ASME IX American Standards Metal X-Ray
(current): eg: Dissimilar Metals, Pressure
Vessels, Structural, Pipe, Hazardous Chemicals
Process: ARC, TIG, MIG, Stick
Exotic Class Welder: eg: Carbon Steel, Chrome-molybdenum,
Chrome Alloy, Aluminum, Duplex
Construction Induction Card( White)
NZQA Industrial Rope Access
Working at Heights
Working at Heights Rescue
Confined Space
Confined Space Rescue
Emergency Rescue Training (ERT)
CPR and First Aid
Advanced 4WD Competency
Snake Handling Ticket
Career Summary
Jan 13 – current Fitter/ Welder: Thiess QCLNG Upstream Project, Woleebee Queensland
2000 – 2013 Owner/ Operator: Chase Engineering Limited. National Projects, New Zealand
1986 – 2000 Contract Fitter/ Welder: Various, United Kingdom and New Zealand
1983 – 1986 Apprentice Fitter Welder (contract): Various, United Kingdom
2. DAVE CHASE
Referees available on request
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Career History
Jan 13 – current Fitter/ Welder: Thiess QCLNG Upstream Project, Woleebee Queensland
Reporting to Project Supervisor
Overview The Woleebee Creek to Glebe Weir Pipeline Project is one of three major
projects underway as a part of the development of Queensland’s coal seam
gas (CSG) sector; and once completed, will transport up to 36,500 megalitres of
treated CSG water from QGC’s Woleebee Creek water treatment plant to the
Dawson Valley.
Accountabilities
Read and work to supplied isometric drawings
Boilermaking – planning, cutting and fabrication
Fit pipes and weld to ASME standards
Shoot rise levels and gridding
Erect structural framing and install pipe work to rise levels
Troubleshooting, cutting and re-fabrication
Job (and task specific) Safety Evaluations
Demonstrate a strong commitment to OHS practices
2000 – 2013 Owner/ Operator: Chase Engineering Limited. National Projects New Zealand
Turnover NZ$95,000 per annum
Overview Chase Engineering provided contracted support services to a range of Prime
Contractors and clients across New Zealand for civil, commercial and residential
works; employing and supervising up to 12 direct contractors – and was the
preferred contractor for many high risk and critical projects.
Projects Please refer to the Project Snapshot on the following page, which outlines just
some of the projects undertaken over a thirteen year period.
Accountabilities
Business management and commercial forecasting
Contract negotiation and management
Job and workforce planning, project and progress reporting
Provide recommendations for variation to works
Client and Prime Contractor Liaison
Engagement and supervision of specialist trades and labour, including but not limited to
mechanical fitters, pipe layers, riggers, doggers, crane drivers and boilermakers
On job training, monitoring of theory studies and supervision of three apprentices
Design, fabrication, installation and welding of custom pipe work and trouble shooting
Solution development and implementation
Fabrication and erection of main and sub-structural framing for residential and commercial builds
High risk maintenance, erection and installations
Demonstrate and advocate safe working practices and procedures including JSEA’s
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Chase Engineering - Project Snapshot
CLIENT/ PRIME CONTRACTOR SCOPE OF WORKS
PIPE FABRICATION AND WELDING
1. PFS Engineering 6 week contract to fabricate from drawings schd 10 ASME IX Stainless steel pipe spools
2. Simon Stainless Steel Ltd 4703 tube spooling for Fonterra expansion, Maungaratoto Dairy. Image follows.
3. Affco Imlay - Repair tanks and install all pipework: 200 Ø4703 Stainless steel. 75 Ø threaded galvanized pipe and
22bar Steam Reducing Station – ASME IX coding required
- Various other projects inclduing strutural to conveyor system mainteannce and upgrades, ammonia
lines upgrades and call backs for plant maintenance , improvements and upgrades. Image follows.
4. Loaders Engineering
(under Masterton District
Council )
Replace existing mains water line to pump stations. Mild steel concrete lined pipe with exterior welded
to to spec and internal E’par finish
5. JNL Limited 8 week contract to remove existing radiators and pipework , fabricate jigs renew rads and install.
Inspected and tested at 15br – ASME IX carbon steel. Fabrication and installatin of pressure steam
pipe to wood steamers/ kilns – ASME IX carbon steel. Image follows.
6. Energyworks Ltd Welding to ASME IX Stainless Steel specifications from 20nb schd 80 up to 800nb schd 100 fuly
welded, purged tig root, mag fill and cap on manipulator
7. Extol Engineering (under
Mars Petcare)
Fabricate and install all services on extension including carbon steel steam and condensate lines,
stainless steel lines for hot water, hot water return and soft water and electrical conduit line
8. Command Services Limited Contracted to supervise installation of hot water flow and returns and chilled water flow and return,
control of all lift plans, work permits and JSA’s. Included custom design and fabrication
SHEETMETAL
9. Skilled Engineering for
Huntley Power Station
Develop, fabricate and install aluminium cladding over calcium silicate lagging in turbine power plant.
Valve boxes, Tee’s and lobster back pattern
10. Extol Limited under
Riversity Beef
Construction of benches and chutes with internal benches incroporating integrated fetal chute
11.Alloy Boat Building
- Construct and fabricate kit set 5.5m Seat Jet Boat Hull from laser cut alloy
- One of three light craft alloy boat hull projects
12.Pipe and Tuubing Welding
Services (In conjuction with
another sole contractor)
Repair and extension (400mm height added) of 40 tanks
STRUCTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL ROPE ACCESS WELDING
13. JNL Limited Fabrication of Stainless Steel Sock to eliminate duct leak on in-feed to silo 20# 316stainless steel
14. MJH Engineering Access clean and resurface 3 canopies on the 20th floor of a commercial high rise
15. Loader Engineering
Erection of ‘The Cube’ A nine story apartment block in central Wellington. Welding of vertical columns
to ASME standard, erection of main structure and substructures to breezeway roof and lift house.
Image follows.
16. Eastbridge Construction
Ltd
Wellington Hospital; extension. Installation of boiler house structure, erection of east facing façade and
installation of all internal stairways
17. Osweld Ltd Fabricate and install steel structure for new house build, on steep embankment and weld all beams into
position
18. Steel Fab Ltd
Contracted to supervise (Site Foreman) the erection of 3 buldings at Ontrack Depot, Thornton Quay
Wellington. Shooting all RL’s and grid lines, with the lagest of the three building 115m x 31m x 10m.
Image follows.
Career Highlights:
Erection of the biggest duplex tank in the southern hemisphere, located in Kawarua NZ which
has a 47m circumference. One key element of my work on this project was to run the dual crane
lift to place the top section onto the bottom section once in position.
Major structural steel maintenance project for the heritage listed Harrods Building in Knightsbridge,
London
Precision pressing of aluminium body panels for Aston Martin, Rolls Royce, Arrow Racing Team
and Jaguar for Worley Engineering, Blatchley Milton Keynes UK
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