Steven Tiki
Toowoomba,QLD
Summary
Experienced boilermaker welder with a proven track record in supervising teams and ensuring safety compliance. Known for problem-solving abilities and maintaining clean work environments, leading to successful project completions and high-quality welding standards. Reliable professional with superior work ethic and exceptional attention to detail. Offering in-depth knowledge of power and hand tool operations. Assists maintenance crew in routine maintenance and boilermaker basic repair activities. Detailed boilermaker skilled in reading blueprints and specifications. Great troubleshooting skills and a strong willingness to learn. Trained in welding equipment use and safety protocols. Skilled boilermaker welder with expertise in oxyacetylene welding, blueprint interpretation, and structural fabrication. Committed to safety compliance and effective communication, contributing to high-quality project outcomes. Skilled in the field of metal joining and fabrication, known for productivity and efficiency in completing tasks. Specialize in precision welding, advanced cutting techniques, and sophisticated brazing and soldering processes. Excel in critical thinking, problem-solving, and teamwork, ensuring successful project completion through collaborative efforts.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
7
7
Certifications
Work History
Boilermaker welder
CIVMEC Construction Engineering Pty Ltd
Gladstone , Queensland
03.2025 - 07.2025
- Followed safety procedures and protocols to minimize equipment mishaps.
- Maintained cleanliness and organization of work area during projects.
- Used oxyacetylene torch to cut through steel plate for fabrication purposes.
- Welded components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
- Repaired worn or damaged parts of boilers, tanks, and vats by cutting out defective areas and replacing them with new plates or sections.
- 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.
- Constructed steel structures according to blueprints provided by engineers.
- Measured and marked cutting lines on material using a ruler or scribe.
- Tested equipment for proper operation following repairs or maintenance activities.
- Installed and repaired boilers, pressure vessels, tanks, and other heavy metal fabrications.
- Inspected welds visually for defects such as cracks or porosity.
- Read and understood drawings and used mathematical calculations for accurate results.
- Cut, formed and welded steel to make and repair metal components.
- Read blueprints, drawings related to projects in order to determine proper dimensions of components being fabricated, welded together.
Boilermaker welder
Finch Engineering
Dalby , Queensland
08.2023 - 02.2025
- Followed safety procedures and protocols to minimize equipment mishaps.
- Used oxyacetylene torch to cut through steel plate for fabrication purposes.
- Repaired worn or damaged parts of boilers, tanks, and vats by cutting out defective areas and replacing them with new plates or sections.
- Studied blueprints to determine locations, relationships, and dimensions of parts.
- Tested equipment for proper operation following repairs or maintenance activities.
- Located and marked reference points for columns or plates on boiler foundations using blueprints and measuring instruments.
- Shaped seams, joints, and irregular edges of pressure vessel sections and structural parts to attain specified fit of parts.
- Maintained a clean working environment by removing scrap metal from work areas.
- Read blueprints, drawings related to projects in order to determine proper dimensions of components being fabricated, welded together.
- Fabricated and welded components to assemble structural forms, such as machinery frames, tanks, pressure vessels, and furnace shells.
- Operated manual and semi-automatic welding equipment in vertical, horizontal and overhead positions.
- Troubleshot problems related to welds including porosity issues caused by improper shielding gas flow rates.
- Selected and installed torches, filler rods and flux according to welding chart specifications.
Boilermaker welder
Sun Engineering
Carole Park , Queensland
03.2023 - 06.2023
- Assembled boiler components according to specifications and safety standards.
- Interpreted blueprints and technical drawings for project execution.
- Maintained cleanliness and organization of work area during projects.
- Used oxyacetylene torch to cut through steel plate for fabrication purposes.
- Cut, formed and welded steel to make and repair metal components.
- Located and marked reference points for columns or plates on boiler foundations using blueprints and measuring instruments.
- Shaped seams, joints, and irregular edges of pressure vessel sections and structural parts to attain specified fit of parts.
- Maintained a clean working environment by removing scrap metal from work areas.
- Utilized oxyacetylene torches for preheating metals prior to welding or bending them into desired shapes.
- Prepared workpiece edges by grinding, cutting, buffing or bending to verify snug fit.
- Marked or tagged material with job number, piece marks and other identifying marks.
- Selected and installed torches, filler rods and flux according to welding chart specifications.
- Recognized, set up, and operated shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
Boilermaker welder
OK TEDI MINE
OK Tedi , Papua new Guinea
10.2017 - 11.2022
- .Followed safety procedures and protocols to minimize equipment mishaps.
- Used oxyacetylene torch to cut through steel plate for fabrication purposes.
- Repaired worn or damaged parts of boilers, tanks, and vats by cutting out defective areas and replacing them with new plates or sections.
- Studied blueprints to determine locations, relationships, and dimensions of parts.
- Conducted structural fabrication welding and repair refurbishing on heavy machinery components like O&K buckets lips, Hitachi buckets lips, Cat Caterpillar buckets lips, Komatsu buckets lips and track-frames repairs on cracks and body damage rebuilding repair.
- Carried out heavy welding using mig,flux cores, stick welding processes and diagnosed structural damage and implement effective repairs solutions.
- Perform welding repairs on D10 D11 dozzers blades push arms body's damage repairs on 992 loader buckets repairs cracks.
- ..Response to field breakdown and shut-down maintenance repairs and executed on site fabrication welding in workshop.
Boilermaker welder Supervisor
CBI CLOUGH JV PNG LNG GAS PROJECT
EPC4 Hides Condition Plant project , Papua new Guinea
10.2011 - 04.2014
- Conducted inspections on welds to ensure structural integrity and safety compliance.
- Maintained a safe work environment by adhering to safety protocols and regulations.
- Trained junior boilermakers on best practices in welding and metal fabrication techniques.
- Studied blueprints to determine locations, relationships, and dimensions of parts.
- Measured and marked cutting lines on material using a ruler or scribe.
- Tested equipment for proper operation following repairs or maintenance activities.
- Installed and repaired boilers, pressure vessels, tanks, and other heavy metal fabrications.
- Read and understood drawings and used mathematical calculations for accurate results.
- Supervised welding operations to ensure compliance with project specifications.
- Implemented safety measures to minimize hazards in the work environment.
- Attended weekly staff meetings with management team members to discuss upcoming projects or changes in policy.
- Maintained a clean, organized workspace and ensured all tools were in proper working condition.
- Supervised day-to-day activities of welders to ensure compliance with safety regulations, quality standards and production goals.
- Assisted in the selection process of new welders and provided orientation sessions when necessary.
- Created daily reports detailing the progress made on each project and submitted them to management team members.
- Implemented onsite safety protocols and procedures and properly trained team members on prevention measures.
Boilermaker welder
Ok Tedi mining
OK Tedi Mine , Papua new Guinea
06.2008 - 05.2010
- Conducted quality inspections on fabricated parts before installation.
- Followed safety procedures and protocols to minimize equipment mishaps.
- Cut materials to size with torches and hand tools.
- Welded components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
- Studied blueprints to determine locations, relationships, and dimensions of parts.
- Carried out tasks fabrication welding on Kenworth pacific prime movers, Vovol trucks chassis and 4500L tieman fuel tankers undercarriage and modified repair heavy trailers as LustlyAlison and Vovol haul trucks chassis trays, units.
- Completed repairs refurbishing on heavy machinery components and maintenance repairs on trays, body's damage repairs and including O&K shovels buckets lips, Cat Caterpillar buckets lips, Hitachi buckets lips, Komatsu buckets lips.
- Attended the
Apprentices boilermaker welder
Porgera Join Venture PJV MINE
Porgera , Papua new Guinea
04.1998 - 10.2007
- Followed safety protocols to ensure a secure work environment.
- Participated in training sessions to enhance skills and knowledge.
- Maintained organization, cleanliness, and safety in work areas.
- Completed semi-skilled and skilled work under supervision of fully qualified professionals.
- Operated hand and power tools and diagnostic equipment to complete various aspects of jobs.
- Completed daily administrative tasks such as filing documents, recording data and processing paperwork.
- Maintained accurate records of all apprentice activities including training sessions, assessments and evaluations.
- Performed routine tasks such as measuring, cutting, and assembling materials.
- Troubleshot and maintained auxiliary equipment.
- Interpreted blueprints and technical drawings for precise fabrication work.
- Installed manholes, handholes, taps, tubes, valves, gauges and feedwater connections in drums of water tube boilers.
- Completed semi-skilled and fabrication welding apprenticeships in the mine Maintenance workshop and work on heavy machinery components like O&K buckets lips, Cat Caterpillar buckets lips, Hitachi buckets lips and 777trays, 789&793 trays repairs cracks refurbishing body's damage.
- Underground maintenance repairs refurbishing on heavy machinery components repairs refurbishing on loader buckets lips, truck trays repairs cracks and body damage rebuilding.
- Attended shut-down maintenance tasks on mill processes plant shut-down, Sag mill, Crusher shut-down, conver rolls, and other fabrication welding jobs in all mine Maintenance sites.
Education
Certificate III in Engineering Fabrication Trade
Qeensland Tape
East Coast 03-2016
Fabrication Welding Course
Lae Technical Collage
Papua New Guinea 02-1997
Grade Ten
Koroba Secondary School
Papua New Guinea 02-1995
Skills
- Oxyacetylene welding
- Blueprint interpretation
- Equipment maintenance
- Structural fabrication
- Weld inspection
- Safety compliance
- Problem solving
- Effective communication
- Time management
- Team supervision
- Quality control
- Attention to detail
- Project management
Certification
Certificate III in Engineering Fabrication welding
Languages
English
Professional
REFERENCE
Peter Hagua
OK Tedi Mine
Maintenance workshop supervisor
Email. peterhagua@gmail.com
Phone. 0467185941
Jeremy Gleeson
CIVMEC Construction Engineering Pty Ltd
Civil Mechanical Supervisor
Phone. 0409920049
Leroy
Finch Engineering
Director General Manager
Phone. 0428634192
Timeline
Boilermaker welder
CIVMEC Construction Engineering Pty Ltd
03.2025 - 07.2025
Boilermaker welder
Finch Engineering
08.2023 - 02.2025
Boilermaker welder
Sun Engineering
03.2023 - 06.2023
Boilermaker welder
OK TEDI MINE
10.2017 - 11.2022
Boilermaker welder Supervisor
CBI CLOUGH JV PNG LNG GAS PROJECT
10.2011 - 04.2014
Boilermaker welder
Ok Tedi mining
06.2008 - 05.2010
Apprentices boilermaker welder
Porgera Join Venture PJV MINE
04.1998 - 10.2007
Certificate III in Engineering Fabrication Trade
Qeensland Tape
Fabrication Welding Course
Lae Technical Collage
Grade Ten
Koroba Secondary School