Patrick has 10 plus years in welding and metal fabrication. Patrick started welding in high school at the Alabama Industrial Development Training center. After graduating high school, he went and served in the U.S. Army as an Engineer, using welding from time to time while in service. After an honorable discharge from the Army, Patrick went on to work for a contractor where he used his welding skills and learned fabrication.
He then attended Bishop State Community College for his Structural Welding Certification and Arc Pro Pipe Welding School for pipe certifications. After graduating from welding school, he honed his skills at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi. While working at the shipyard, Patrick fabricated custom orders and conducted weld repairs on the side. As times got hard after COVID struck, Patrick left Ingalls to pursue Mobile Bay Metalworks. His passion is to fabricate custom furniture, but can weld and fabricate to meet any customer’s needs.