CHARLOTTE
BREWER
Rig contractor and certified welder who moved into pipeline design after years on the tools — I plan and build the systems I used to weld together.
About
I started welding while most people my age were still figuring out what they wanted to do — working rigs up and down whichever coastline I happened to land near. Pipeline design came later, a way to stay close to the trade while giving my body a break from the overtime.
Three places shaped how I work: Bavel, a small village outside Breda in the Netherlands, where I was born; Mississippi, where I learned the trade; and Virginia, where I'm based today. Each move meant starting over with a new crew and a new set of codes to learn — it's made me faster at reading a jobsite.
Expertise
Clients
Engaged directly and through contracting partners on welding, retrofit and pipeline routing work, including structural and piping fabrication for Al Etihad Gold Refinery (Al Etihad Gold LLC) in the DMCC free zone, Dubai. References available on request.
Selected work
Rig platform retrofit, Gulf of Mexico
Led the welding crew replacing corroded structural members on a 20-year-old platform without halting production, coordinating around live operations.
Cross-county pipeline route revision
Reworked a proposed 40-mile route around wetland restrictions, cutting elevation change by a third and saving an estimated two months of permitting delay.
Refinery turnaround, welding lead
Ran a twelve-person welding team through a scheduled shutdown, replacing pressure-rated fittings across three process units on schedule.