David Sa

Experience

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  Marinha Portuguesa - Fuzileiros

  Sept 2005 - Mar 2008

  Militar

  Intensive Marine course for 10 months(2º Marine)Passage by the following departments: - Posting to the basis of Marines in support of Fireworks Company (AFC), Platoon Recognition (Recon). - Personnel Battalion (BE): Support the maintenance and repair of the basis of Marines in all kinds of general services;

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  Autônomo

  Sept 2009 - Jun 2017

  TIG Welder
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  Saipem

  Sept 2009 - Jun 2010

  Welder

  Welder On & Off-Shore Welding processes: Stick / TIG / MIG-MAG / Arc-Air / PWS (Passo Welding System) / SWS (Saipem Welding System).- Installing new platforms at Tunisia sea, boarded in "Crawler"​ vessel where me and other crew welded 3 pipes of 46'​'​ by Stick procedure. Ultrasound and magnetic tests, without charging any kind of problem. - Off-shore in "Castoro 10"​ vessel on an pipe assembly line to put into water. Pipes where 48'​'​ and welded by SWS (Saipem Welding System) and PWS (Passo welding System) process. - Netherland ship yard, repairing "Castoro 10" vessel, from plates, angles bars, pipes and other welding service repairs. Show less

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  Portucel, Setubal (Portugal)

  Sept 2010 - Oct 2010

  Welder

  Repair Break in paper manufacture Portucel in Setubal.- Welding Stainless steel 316L in 4mm plates for a pressing paper mechanism, rods and support structures, "U" bars. - Welding Carbon Steel links of the chains carrying the wood for manufactures, bolts and flanges changeded and welded. - Other minor services repairs where needed

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  Actimetal

  Nov 2010 - May 2011

  Welder

  - Began by TIG welding 2'​'​ streamers in November and in January joint the project of Sines in Petrogal Refinery, building and installing the same streamers in place.- After worked at Faro Airport, placing 1.5 km 16'' pipes and welding it by 15m each other to replace older pipes. 2 pipes were welded out of the ditch, Tig (first step) and then stick (remaining steps). And after putting 2 sets of pipes in the ditch, the remaining welds were made on site.

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  Transocean

  Jul 2011 - Sept 2011

  Rig Welder

  Transocean SEDCO Energy 5th Gen Drilling Rig, (Trip from Las Palmas to Ghana) All kind of work since: - Blacksmithing, - Pipefiter. - Cutting with Oxygen / Acetylene, - Designing and building structures and supports, - Manufacturing Original Parts, - Weld Handrails Stairs.Welding procedures: Stick / TIG / Mig Mag

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  Maersk Drilling

  Dec 2011 - Jan 2012

  Rig Welder

  Maersk Resolute Drilling Rig (North Sea), North Sea (Netherlands) - Perform precision cuts of 35 ° with a specific machine- Welding a 36'' pipe compliance with 15m and 30mm thick. - Welding stainless steel 304L tubes and plates

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  Sanofi

  Aug 2012 - Feb 2013

  TIG Welder

  Sub-contracted by LTM Industries- Welding Stainless Steel 304L / 309L / 316L- Pipes of varying diameters: 1,5'​'​ / 2'​'​ / 2.5'​'​ / 3'​'​ / 4'​'​ / 10''- Manufacture of supports and subsequently mounting it to support the pipelines.

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  NFB International Relocations AS

  Sept 2013 - Mar 2014

  Hand Packer

  - Packing all kinds of personal items, furniture, artefacts, clothing, etc. (When it comes to export to another country) - Delivery to owners house and unpacking if necessary when it's imported packages.

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  L2M Tuyouterie & Chaudronnerie

  Jul 2014 - Aug 2014

  Tig Welder

  Working as Tig Welder.Welded different sizes of pipes, from: 4"​, 8"​, 16"​ and 24"Also welded different materials, Steel and Stainless Steel.

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  Spefinox

  Mar 2015 - Apr 2015

  Tig Welder

  Spefinox - Building new Distillery in Reunion Island (Africa)- Weld and fabricate new pipes / flanges in 304L and 316L stainless grade on vary diameters: from 1’’ to 16’’.- Also helping Pipe fitters mounting valves, supports and others requests.

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  Brazão & Amaral

  Jul 2015 - Sept 2015

  Welder (TIG)

  In this work (for Cofely AG Switzerland) we made a new pipeline to deliver hot water to population in Winterthur City (Switzerland).

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  Corinox

  Nov 2015 - Oct 2016

  Bench Stainless Steel Tig Welding

  - Making any type of work in stainless steel from 1mm / 1.2mm / 2mm / 3mm / 5mm sheets. - Fuel Tanks for old school cars - Kitchen sinks - Hospital hand washing sinks (316L sterilized)

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  Atlantic Pacific Marine

  Nov 2016 - Dec 2017

  Welder
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  Dornan Engineering Ltd.

  Mar 2018 - Aug 2018

  TIG Welder

  Tig welder working in Odense DataCenter for a Social Media Company. Work consists mainly TIG welding Carbon Steel pipes off different measurements (from 1” to 8”).

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  Mesab

  Sept 2018 - Jun 2021

  TIG / STICK - Welder / Senior technician

  - Maintenance, installation and modification in Cruise Ships.- Responsible for TIG welding SCRUBBER systems made from SMO material and Stainless Steal.- Team Leader installing new Fuel Treatment systems.- Worked with a lot of materials (Carbon steal, Stainless Steal, SMO) and different pipe sizes and thickness and also sheet metals.

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  Bolas-Máquinas e Ferramentas de Qualidade, SA

  Sept 2021 - Mar 2022

  Demonstrador/Apoio ao Cliente
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  Semco Maritime

  May 2022 - May 2024

  Rig Welder

  Fitting spools, welding pipes, bolt torque, change gaskets.Different kind of materials, carbon steel, stainless steel, duplex, superduplex, etc.

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  Aurora Energy Services

  Jul 2024 - Nov 2024

  Offshore Welder

  Have done different scopes for them, such as structural welding tie-downs of subsea components that were being loaded quayside in Haugesund and transported by vessel offshore to the field where they were off loaded. Also done all of the beginning of Cormorant Alpha scope that is still on going, prep and weld leg supports to separate main deck from legs.

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  Noble Corporation

  Jan 2025 - now

  Offshore Welder

  Offshore Welder at Noble Tom Madden Drilling Ship