Stephen Mckinnie

Mostly maintenance work in portsmouth dockyard. Removing and jigging of old pipes to be renewed.

Installation of ductile iron pipe for the water industrys

• Assembled and installed variety of valves, ensuring effective control flow within pipes systems.
• Ensured safety by meticulously following health and safety protocols.
• Achieved leak-free installations by adhering to technical drawings.

• Major refit of alan sugars superyacht LADY a, working on hydraulics, cni, s/s pipework. Working, using my own initiative and knowledge

• Fabrication and installation of 3" carbon steel fuel lines on barge workboats.

• Fabrication and installation of pipework in a new build chemical plant. Mainly polished stainless and 1"-4" carbon steel
• Skills Used
• All pipefitting skills and tack welding

• Glaxosmithkline new build, installation of victualic pipework for the fire mains.

• Another super yacht refurbishment, here I joined a team from my previous job as the only Pipefitterl working alongside platers welders and mechanical fitters
• Accomplishments
• Worked 3 weeks ahead of schedule resulting in having to have some "time off"

• Refurbishment of super yachts with mainly small 2-3" pipe work and copper systems
• Accomplishments
• Made up to night shift foreman

• Installation of pre-fabricated hydraulic pipe for lifting rigs on the "Pioneering spirit" which is an oil rig relocation ship.
• Installation of pre-fabricated hydraulic pipe for lifting rigs on the "Pioneering spirit" which is an oil rig relocation shi
• Completed work in Italy to be shipped to Holland.
• Previous fitting skills and reading of ISO p&id drawings

• Working as part of a small team primarily fitting high purity cat red 1 (nuclear pipework) pre-fabricated pipework onto pre assembled sections of the astute class submarines
• Accomplishments
• To have progressed the job to a respectable standard during my short spell at barrow.
• Skills Used
• Pipefitting, problem solving, understand of very detailed drawings.

• Originally started on the 1st of 3 opv's for Royal Navy of Oman. Over my Time in the yard I had numerous spells in the fabrication shop the longest being 9 months. Materials used included mainly CNI(cuni) carbon and stainless steel as well as plastics and copper for sanitary and domestic use. Tasks include cutting (with burning gear) and silver soldering of cuni fittings as well as many others on a day to day basis.
• Accomplishments
• To be involved in the completion of all 3 Oman vessels and to be part of the team on both new aircraft carrier sections built in Portsmouth.
• Skills Used
• Pipefitting, marking out, cutting, bending, reading drawings, problem solving, liaise with managing and team leaders and working as a part of a successful team.

• Having been employed at a nuclear facility it has provided me with valuable knowledge and experience. During my employment at BAE I was part of a team that worked on systems such as main hydraulics, Reactor level pipe (Cat red1 ), ballast systems and various fire fighting systems. Having worked at such a high degree of pipefitting I believe it will provide me with confidence in future job applications in the pipefitting industry.

• My position as service technician taught me many new skills such as planning and coordinating with local water authorities to plan isolations and dealing with plumbing issues should any properties become blocked with their water supply. I was later trained in Butt fusion welding of blue poly pipe sizing from 2" - 36" for water mains.

• Welder I was responsible for the design, fabrication, and installation of heavy-duty electronic security gates and fencing.

• Fabricating a/c units. I then moved onto the fitting side as a MIG Welder working with a Dutch workforce in Holland.

• Competed my 4 yr apprenticeship and 3 yr college course with this company who also put me through my welding certificates. the work mainly consisted of high purity pipe fabrication and orbital welding procedures for newcastle breweries, guiness breweries, nestle, cadburys as well as many working pharmaceuticals like boots. we also done chemical and gas plant work.