Darren Genge

Red Seal Journeyman Welder with 15+ years of experience across oil and gas, industrial construction, field welding, structural steel, piping, tanks, modules and fabrication. Experienced contract rig welder with welding-truck experience, including one-ton welding trucks, a one-ton knuckle-boom picker truck, and welding equipment such as a Red-D-Arc 3+3 and Miller 12VS suitcase welder. Skilled in field repairs, pile cutting and capping, structural installation, pipe and valve work, rigging, bolt-up and working alongside multiple trades.

Brings practical lead-hand and foreman experience, a strong safety focus, and an emphasis on quality workmanship and dependable field execution.

CONTRACT RIG WELDER - GENGE Metal Worx

(2022-06)

Contract rig welding and field fabrication for Inked Energy projects.

• Completed pile cutting and capping, platforms, yard supports, structural fabrication and module construction.
• Fabricated and installed stairs, barrel docks and other field components.
• Performed field welding and supported welding coordination, work assignments, milestone tracking and weld quality.

WELDER - Worley Cord - Fort McMurray, AB

(2022-01 - 2023-03)

• Worked on the Imperial Oil ITA1 project and Keyera South Cheecham Sulphur Facility.
• Cut and capped 24-inch and 30-inch piles; welded anchor stations and guides for 24-, 30- and 36-inch tailings pipelines.
• Fabricated modified structural-steel supports and welded MCCs, pump builds and assorted skids.
• Built components for electrical trades, installed ice lugs on side booms, and welded 40-inch and 52-inch pipe for road crossings.

WELDER - Modular Construction Project

(2021-10 - 2022-01)

• Laid out modular blocks and set modules onto blocks.
• Inspected and rigged modules and connection beams; completed bolt-up, torqueing and marking of connection beams and lifting lugs.
• Set, tacked and welded structural-steel components and assisted pipefitters with installation of 2- to 32-inch spools.

WELDER - Industrial Metal Worx - Grande Prairie, AB

(2021-01 - 2021-12)

• Completed fabrication and field work for the Ontario East/West transmission line and ARC Resources projects.
• Cut and capped 16-, 20-, 24- and 30-inch piles; fabricated tower-section shoes, guides and anchors, and completed pile slicing and pipe modifications.
• Built platforms, stairs, handrails and ladders; positioned, aligned and secured parts for assembly.
• Operated an equipped welding truck with Red-D-Arc 3+3 and Miller 12VS suitcase welder; original resume listed up to $5 million liability coverage and WCB.

WELDER / PIPEFITTER - Storage Tank Project

(2021-05 - 2021-10)

• Laid out, tacked and welded floor plate, corner welds, shell plate, roof components, rafters, vents and nozzles.
• Installed internal heat-coil heaters and connecting coils; fabricated and installed coil stands.
• Installed and welded door sheets, completed testing, and installed wind girders and girder lugs.
• Supported tank installation and bolt-up work, including ControTrace and sulphur tanks; worked at heights.

EQUIPMENT OPERATOR - Worley Cord

(2020-01 - 2020-12)

• Worked as an equipment operator in an industrial construction environment.

WELDER / LEAD HAND - North Weld

(2019-07 - 2020-02)

• Fabricated helical screw piles in a range of sizes and contributed to fabrication and erection of a RONA building in Fort McMurray.
• Installed ice lugs on excavators and dozers; repaired excavator buckets and trailers; cut and capped piles.
• Operated Zoom Boom and skid steer and assisted with snow removal.

WELDER - Phoenix Tank

(2018-08 - 2019-05)

• Welded and constructed LGP tanks, welding plate in all positions using FCAW and SMAW with 8018 electrodes.
• Fabricated structural-steel components and cable-tray brackets; repaired buckets.
• Assisted pipefitters with bolt-up, torqueing and hydrotesting and supported ironworkers with tower-crane rigging.

WELDER - Kaynic Construction

(2018-02 - 2018-08)

• Fabricated components for pipe modules, frac-sand plants and agricultural plants.
• Performed field welding from a one-ton welding truck, including ice lugging, pile cutting and capping, and structural-steel installation.
• Operated a Zoom Boom.

WELDER - Paramount Metal Works

(2017-11 - 2018-02)

• Fabricated and assembled lattice towers, ladders, platforms, sand chutes and conveyor-belt frames.
• Installed ladders and platforms and operated a Zoom Boom.

WELDER / FABRICATOR - Field Fabrication

(2017-07 - 2017-10)

• Operated a one-ton welding truck and one-ton knuckle-boom picker truck.
• Fabricated and installed structural steel; installed pipe and valves using a knuckle boom; fabricated a spiral staircase.
• Built and installed decks on one-ton trucks and operated a Zoom Boom.

WELDER - Evergreen Energy

(2014-10 - 2016-05)

• Fabricated module components, platforms, ladders, cages, stairs and handrails.
• Operated one-ton welding and knuckle-boom trucks, Zoom Boom and skid steer.

PIPEFITTER / FOREMAN - Asphalt Plant

(2010-01 - 2011-01)

• Organized daily crew duties, set structural steel, and installed piping and valves throughout the plant.
• Threaded and installed 1-inch, 1½-inch and 2-inch piping; operated a skid steer.

WELDER - Matrix Service Canada

(2008-01 - 2010-02)

• Welded carbon-steel plate in all positions using FCAW and SMAW across a range of plate thicknesses.
• Rigged and helped set plates, completed tack welding, and laid out floor plate and nozzle locations.
• Operated Zoom Boom and skid steer.

Red Seal Journeyman Welder - Welding (2017)