Upendra Jeeru

Cut, formed and welded steel to make and repair metal components.

• Inspected and assembled tubes, fittings, valves, controls and auxiliary mechanisms to locate defects.
• Studied blueprints to determine locations, relationships and dimensions of parts.
• Used welding and soldering equipment to join sheet metal components following blueprints and job specifications.
• Interpreted blueprints, sketches, and specifications for each job.

• Auckland Airport: Extensive experience in various welding and fabrication projects.
• Watercare GMAW/FCAW Heavy Piping Project, Army Bay (McConnell Dowell Outfall Pipe Site): Specialized in heavy piping and structural welding.
• AB Foods: Boilermaker and welder, focused on structural and piping projects.
• Babcock Shipyard: Expertise in structural and copper-nickel piping welding.
• Auckland Port: Structural and piping welding, including crane boom repair, hatch cover, water cooling pipe (17-degree welding), aluminium gangway stairs/platform, and boiler tube pipe repairs.
• Tauranga Port: Skilled in boiler tube pipe welding, hatch cover, and bottom/top plate welding.
• Whangarei Port: Piping projects.
• Napier Port: Structural and piping welding, including hatch cover repairs.
• McDonald's Lincoln Road: Structural welding projects.
• CLL Site Jobs: Piping and structural welding.
• Auckland City Wynyard Stanford: Structural and piping welding.
• McMullen & Wing: Manufacturing new ships with aluminium welding and new aluminium boat welding.
• SIKA Cement: Platform cutting, installation, and welding.
• Asteria Boat: Inside plate repairing, cutting, fitting, grinding, engine room piping replacement and modification, and crane repair (700-grade welding).
• Davenport, Babcock Tunnel Works: Diesel tanks repair jobs.
• AIMECS Site Jobs: Various welding and fabrication projects.
• Kauri Point: New stair fabrication, including a 43m aluminium gangway (MIG & TIG welding).
• Inspected equipment and tools used for safe operation.

• Experience: Worked as part of a 20-welder team on large commercial construction projects for 7 years.
• Key Projects: Kopu Bridge, Thames
  Jacob's Ladder Structural Work
  Westgate Pedestrian Over-Bridge
  Kilmore Medical Building Structural Work
  Manukau Institute of Technology (MIT Building)
  AUT Building Structural Work
  ASB Building Structural Work
  Auckland Car Park Structural Work
  Extension of Auckland International Airport
• Qualifications: SAW (121) Plate and Pipe Welding
  700-Grade Railway Track Welding
• Standards and Compliance: Coded welding under AS/NZS 2980 (Structural Standard)
  Met AS/NZS 1554 Part 1 and Part 5 (Fatigue Standard) requirements
• Special Recognition: Selected for high-profile welding projects to ensure NDT requirements were met, based on technical specifications by design engineers.

All Metals Welding: 7 years as a 4G and 6G coded welder.

• Specialised in TIG and Arc welding for stainless steel, super duplex stainless steel, 347 stainless steel, mild steel, and SAW vessel welding.
• Extensive experience in pipe and vessel welding, adhering to the highest quality standards and NDT requirements.
• Proficient in plate welding in all positions, with expanded expertise in pipe welding.
• Conducted safety training and education to employees to increase awareness of safety hazards and empower employees to work safely.
• Offered staff coaching on observed at-risk work habits to minimize accidents and increase workplace safety.