Masrour Samuels

A hardworking, ambitious, and highly skilled certified Welder with intensive structural and specialized piping fabrication experience across Nuclear Power Stations, oil refineries, shipyards, mining facilities, and onshore major infrastructure projects. Fully trade-tested with comprehensive expertise across diverse advanced methodologies including SMAW, GTAW, GMAW, and FCAW. Proven operational leadership capability as a Team Leader and Welding Supervisor, overseeing complex technical environments, managing teams of up to 27 welders, and ensuring strict adherence to international quality and engineering standards.

Demonstrates an excellent work ethic, strong analytical diagnostic capacity, and immediate readiness to deploy globally.

Welder / Fabricator - 3C Metal Belmet (FPU Onshore Project) - Filyos Port, Turkey

• Executed advanced precision welding utilizing SMAW, GTAW, FCAW, and copper brazing methodologies.
• Managed end-to-end component handling including fabricating, technical grinding, alignment, and structural assembly.

Structural Welder - Enelad PTY - Cape Town Harbour, South Africa

(2025-07 - 2026-12)

• Conducted heavy-duty SMAW and FCAW welding operations dedicated to the critical fabrication of the Robertson Dry Dock Caisson.
• Welded thick structural steel specifications ranging across various high-strength gauges from 10mm up to 60mm.

MIG Welder - Severfield PLC - United Kingdom

(2024-11 - 2025-03)

• Performed high-spec MIG welding on heavy load-bearing structural beams utilized for stadiums, hotels, and complex roof structures.
• Worked extensively with diverse steel plates varying from 10mm to 50mm thickness, consistently applying strict preheat preparation methodologies.

6G Specialist Pipe Welder - John Thompson (Koeberg Nuclear Power Station) - Western Cape, South Africa

(2024-03 - 2024-07)

• Deployed 6G Stick (SMAW) and high-precision TIG (GTAW) procedures on carbon steel and stainless-steel piping networks.
• Executed critical pipe replacement programs for newly upgraded nuclear reactors across pipe diameters from 2 inches up to 42 inches.

Shipyard Welder - RizikLink Engineering - Cape Town Shipyard, South Africa

(2023-02 - 2023-12)

• Carried out specialized marine structural maintenance, ship repairs, and commercial vessel shipbuilding.
• Utilized a comprehensive range of processes including Stick, MIG, TIG, and Flux-Core across varying marine plate grades and plumbing lines.

Welder Team Leader - Cinco Engineering - South Africa

(2022 - 2023)

• Contracted as an expert TIG Welder and successfully promoted into a supervisory role as a Welder Team Leader.
• Directly managed, motivated, and allocated work for a technical crew consisting of 27 structural and pipe welders.

Gold Mine Maintenance Welder - Allweld Marine - Bulyanhulu Gold Mine, Tanzania

(2022-07 - 2022-08)

• Contracted to perform heavy-duty technical repairs and structural reinforce-welding on heavy mining extraction machinery.
• Applied ruggedized stick welding methods on-site under strict extraction-safety parameters.

International Ship Building Welder - Damen Shipyards - Kenya Shipyard, Kenya

(2022-01 - 2022-06)

• Contributed to a major defense shipbuilding commission producing vessels for the Kenya Navy.
• Utilized flux-core welding combined with ceramic backings on heavy-duty structural carbon steel plates.

Marine Welder - 3C Metal Belmet Marine - South Africa

(2021-01 - 2021-12)

• Executed targeted marine vessel structural repair overhauls and high-pressure workshop operations.
• Completed highly technical 6GR position pipe welding processes on multi-size industrial slug lines using flux-core.

Refinery Welder - Efficient Trotech - Cape Town Refinery, South Africa

(2019 - 2020)

• Deployed specialized industrial stick welding and stainless steel TIG welding on complex chemical container systems.
• Assembled, joined, and fabricated large-scale refinery storage tanks sequentially from the baseline floors to the roof structures.

Welding Supervisor / Welder - MFT Engineering (Shipbuilding & Repairs, 6GR Pipe Flux-Core)

(2018-02 - 2018-12)

Piping & Structure Welder - Proimtu (Solar Energy Plant - Stick, TIG & Flux-Core Pipe Stands)

(2015 - 2017)

Marine Pipe Welder - Dormac Marine (Ship Repair, 6GR Flux-Core & Stick)

(2013 - 2015)

Welding Certificate - Trade Tested Artisan - Service Sector Education & Training Authority (Seta, South Africa)