Lee Gerrard Abrahams
Secret harbour
Summary
Qualified Boilermaker and welder with extensive experience in fabricating and welding stainless steel, aluminum, and mild steel to exceptional standards, complemented by on-site expertise. Proficient in navigating critical, fast-paced environments with shifting priorities, ensuring smooth operations and efficiency. A strong enthusiasm for continuous improvement drives the pursuit of new opportunities that challenge technical knowledge and foster professional growth while contributing as a valued team member. Proven ability to lead construction and maintenance crews to achieve success safely. Seeking a full-time leading hand or supervisory role to leverage skills for mutual success and a positive workplace culture.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Maintenace Boilermaker Leading Hand
Enap - Engineering Applications
02.2023 - 08.2025
- Walked lines and punched listed during test pack and reinstatement process for client sign offs
- Scoped and supported riggers with installation of prefabricated pipe spools for tie-ins and hook up points between modules
- Flange Management, assembly and bolt torquing pipe work and valves to site specifications (HYDRA tight course API) through the line testing and reinstatement process.
- Experienced in hydro testing & commissioning of pipe modules
Lead Project Boilermaker/Pipe Fitter
Primero
01.2021 - 01.2023
- Responsible for installation of cable ladder and brackets
- Welding and preparing unistrut for the conduit installation
- Welding light
- Brackets for Electricians
- Provide assistance to electricians with routine repairs and maintenance jobs
- Performing all OH and S responsibilities such as JHA’s and take 5’s
- Working within teams in a safe and responsible manner
- Fabricating and installing sun cover for cable ladders
- Working on EWP and scissor lifts in a responsible manner
- Fabrication and welding frames for junction boxes
- Running and cable tying in cable of all sizes
- General Electrical TA responsibilities when needed
- Willing to go out of comfort zone if need be by assisting all electricians
Lead Pipe fitter / Fill in SMP Supervisor
Rio Tinto
06.2021 - 01.2023
- . ..Recently finished a 2 year maintence role at Rio Tinto Gove Operations for Engineering applications. I was the Lead for the wharf remediation works reporting directly to Rio Tinto. Executing client expectations in a zero harm enviroment. Safe work practices along good team oriented environments Calibre Engineering as a Project Boilermaker welder with extensive poly welding & fitting experience & working with poly piping from small nominal bore piping too about 900mm OD piping. Previously employed by UGL Limited as a Lead Pipe fitter / Fill in SMP Supervisor on Construction at Roy Hill ROM 3 Crusher. Been employed since June 2020 and Scheduled to finish in End of Jan 2021. Attended the TAR Barrow Island Shutdown as a Piping/SMP supervisor for the duration of the works ( 4 months ).
- Project Boilermaker/Welder & Poly Welder Butt & Electrofusion specialist. October 2023 to date.
- Working competently to IIF (incident, injury free) cultured project
- Fabricated and installed pipe spools (stainless steel and carbon steel), including pipe supports.
- Scoped and fabricated all site run piping, stainless steel and carbon steel screwed piping with supports using P&ID drawings as per plant process requirements
- Flange manage all bolt up joints as per site specific requirements
- Being able to pass a 3G/4G 309 GTAW
Piping Supervisor / Workshop Checker
Civmec Construction and Engineering
01.2019 - 01.2020
- Mild steel & stainless steel spooling (All sizes)
- Shell’s Prelude , Subsea Jumper Spools
- Work to tight tolerances
- Pipe Manifold assembly
- Heat treatments
- Mechanical Cutting
- Gorgon Spooling (Carbon, Stainless, Duplex, Super Duplex & Copper Nickel)
- Fabrication of reclaimers
- MSCL (mild steel concrete line)
- Chute and Truss work
- Perform Engineering measuring
Pipe Fitter / 6G welder
Monadelphous
01.2017 - 01.2018
- Pipe work
- Oxy cutting oxy gauging
- Filling in for fitters if necessary
- Screen house change outs
- Prepping and fabricating heavy plate
- Stig and flux welding
- Fabricating structural work
- Shutdown works
- Parent metal repairs
- General house keeping
Boilermaker/Welder Apprentice to Tradesman
Allspec Engineering
01.2013 - 01.2017
- Fabricating and welding Jobs to a high standard
- Being one of the main Tig welders in the Factory
- Being flexible to do both fabrication and pipe fitting works
- Being flexible to both fabricate, Weld and fit if needed
- Having welding experience before obtaining apprenticeship
- Learning to work to standard off Highly skilled tradesmen
- Working as a TA for 6-8 months before securing a apprenticeship
Education
Cert 3 Heavy Structral Fabrication - Trade
South Metropolitan TAFE
Perth, WA09-2017
Skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Self-motivated in order to achieve results and meet deadlines
- Willingness to function as a team member and being a good team leader
- Commitment to professionalism as characterised through ethics, accountability and integrity
- Working to a high personal standard
- Fast learner
- Well organised
- Quick thinking and improvising
- Conscientious, reliable and punctual
Certification
- Certificate III – Fabrication Trade (Heavy/welding)
- Completed Electrofusion & Butt poly welds
- Welding Qualifications
- Basic First Aid
- Intermediate Stig welding certificate
- EWP
- Working Safely at Heights
- Gas Test atmospheres
- Section 44
- Industrial Radiography Assistant
- Basic Dogging
- Confine small workplace emergencies
- Basic Fire Training
- BHP Supervisor WAIO safety leadership for supervisors
- Work safely in the Construction industry
- PMBWELD309E
- PMBWELD301E
- PMBWELD302E
Timeline
Maintenace Boilermaker Leading Hand
Enap - Engineering Applications
02.2023 - 08.2025
Lead Pipe fitter / Fill in SMP Supervisor
Rio Tinto
06.2021 - 01.2023
Lead Project Boilermaker/Pipe Fitter
Primero
01.2021 - 01.2023
Piping Supervisor / Workshop Checker
Civmec Construction and Engineering
01.2019 - 01.2020
Pipe Fitter / 6G welder
Monadelphous
01.2017 - 01.2018
Boilermaker/Welder Apprentice to Tradesman
Allspec Engineering
01.2013 - 01.2017
Cert 3 Heavy Structral Fabrication - Trade
South Metropolitan TAFE
Site Inducted
- Rio Tinto
- BAE Systems
- Barrow island (Chevron)
- Wodgina Lithium plant
- Alcoa
- Coogee Chemicals
- Roy Hill
- BHP Nickel West