Objective
Seeking an international position as a Welding Inspector/Inspection Engineer where my previous skills as well as my leadership abilities will help you to obtain your company's mission.
Experience
CARRER HISTORY:
May 2007 – Present
Company : GLOBAL PETRO PROJECTS SERVICES AG, ZURICH – SWITZERLAND.
Position : QC Welding Inspector
Project : FARM (Flare And Relief Modification)
Client : Chevron Texaco
Location : SAIPEM Petromar S.A, Soyo Yard, Angola – West Africa.
Job responsibility:-
• Review of Project Specification’s, Inspection and Test Plan, welding Procedures, Conducting Welders Qualifications & Procedure Qualification.
• Carrying out inspection from initial to final stage of Offshore Piping, Structures and Platforms.
• Visual inspection of welding and monitoring welding activities.
• Offering NDT to the sub-contractors depend on priority requirements.
• Monitoring PWHT and maintain records.
• Conducting line walk to ensure conformity to the drawing and specification and witnessing hydro testing.
• Preparing final documentation.
October 2005 – April 2007
Company : RAMSIS ENGINEERING CO.W.L.L, BAHRAIN.
Position : QA/QC Engineer
Project # 1 : Al Ezzel Power Project
Client : Siemens P.G
Location : Bahrain.
Job responsibility:-
• Review of Project Specification’s, Inspection and Test Plan, welding Procedures, Conducting Welders Qualifications & Procedure Qualification.
• Carrying out inspection from initial to final stage of Fabrication and Erection of Exhaust Gas Stack.
• Visual inspection of welding and monitoring welding activities.
• Offering NDT to the sub-contractors depend on priority requirements.
• Witnessing of MPT, PT and Hydro Testing.
• Inspection of Surface Preparation and Painting.
• Preparing final documentation.
Project # 2 : Low Sulphur Diesel Production Project (LSDPP)
Owner : Bahrain Petroleum Co.Bsc (BAPCO)
Client : Consolidated Contractors (Bahrain) Company W.L.L
Location : Bahrain.
Job responsibility:-
• Review of Project Specification’s, Inspection and Test Plan, welding Procedures, Conducting Welders Qualifications & Procedure Qualification.
• Carrying out inspection from initial to final stage of Fabrication and Erection of Amine Storage Tank.
• Visual inspection of welding and monitoring welding activities.
• Offering NDT to the sub-contractors depend on priority requirements.
• Witnessing of MPT, PT and Hydro Testing.
• Inspection of Surface Preparation and Painting.
• Preparing final documentation.
Project # 3 : Pressure Vessel Manufacturing Workshop
Owner : Ramsis Engineering Co.W.L.L
Location : Bahrain.
Job responsibility:-
• Preparation of WPS, PQR, QAP and Procedures for NDT as per applicable Codes and Standards.
• Conducting Welders Qualifications & Procedure Qualification.
• Carrying out inspection from initial to final stage of Fabrication of Pressure Vessels like Deaerators, Columns, Rich DGA Flash Drums, Reactors and Strippers for Saudi Aramco, Qatar Gas, Bahrain Petroleum Company, Foster Wheeler and Gasco.
• Visual inspection of welding and monitoring welding activities.
• Maintains inspection instruments, tools and equipment in proper working conditions.
• Inspection of raw materials plates, MTC review, pipes, valves, fittings, welding consumables of vendors as per codes and client requirements.
• Monitoring welding consumable baking and welder performance continuity record.
• Radiography offering and interpretation of RT films of welds joints
• Witnessing of MPT, PT, Pneumatic Testing and Hydro Testing.
• Witnessing for PMI for materials. Final dimensional and visual inspection. External and Internal attachments dimensions check. Review of PWHT Charts.
• Inspection carried out for refurbishment of Heat Exchangers, Pressure Vessels, Column and Air Fin Cooler.
• Monitoring ambient conditions like Surface Temperatures, Relative Humidity, Dew Point, etc. Ensure adherence to quality specifications in respect to blasting, painting and coating operations.
• Ensure that proper records of work carried out during blasting, painting and coating operations are maintained. Make sure that paint mixed, thinned, applied as per paint data sheet.
• Know how to use all inspection tools like Banana Gauge, whirling hygrometer, steel temperature gauge, WFT gauge, DFT gauge, adhesion tester, holiday detector (ring and brush types) etc.,
• Make sure that paint mixed, thinned, applied as per paint data sheet.
• Monitor the storage and handling of painting materials.
• Preparing final documentation.
• Maintaining and implementing ISO Standards and project specifications.
• Followed Codes ASME Sec.II, V, VIII, IX, B31.1, B31.3, API650 & API1104 etc.
January 2003 – October 2005
Company : HINDUSTAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LTD, MUMBAI - INDIA.
Position : QC Inspector - Mechanical
Project # 1 : Tirupur Water Supply and Sewerage Project
(120 Kms of M.S.Pipeline laying having 1.5m Diameter)
Client : State Govt. of Tamilnadu (NTADC)
Location : Tirupur, India.
Project # 2 : Godavari Lift Irrigation Project, Phase- I
(138 Kms of M.S.Pipeline laying having 2.5m Diameter)
Client : State Govt. of Andrapradesh.
Location : Warangal, India.
Job responsibility:-
• Preparation of WPS, PQR, QAP and Procedures for NDT as per applicable Codes and Standards.
• Conducting Welders Qualifications & Procedure Qualification.
• Inspection of raw materials plates, pipes, coils, valves, fittings, welding consumables of vendors as per codes and client requirements.
• Inspection of alignments and levels of static and rotary equipment.
• Inspection of excavation, bedding for laying pipeline. Inspection of cement, aggregates, sand analysis test. Witnessing compression test for concrete.
• Monitoring welding consumable baking and Welder Performance Continuity Record.
• Inspection of fit-up for fabrication joints and Visual Inspection of Welding.
• Witnessing PT, MPT, UT and Reviewing of Radiography Films.
• Inspection of Cement Mortar Internal Lining & External Coatings of pipes.
• Clearance for Mechanical Completion. Witnessing for Hydro Test for Pipeline.
• Inspection of Holiday Test and Peel Test, Wrapping & Coating Testing for Pipeline.
• Reviewing for test packages and as built drawings.
• Conducting and co-ordinating with internal ISO Auditing. Maintaining All QA/QC Documents. Maintaining and implementing ISO Standards and Project Specifications.
• Followed Codes ASME Sec.II, VIII,IX, B31.3, B31.1 , AWWA and Indian Standards
September 1999 – January 2003
Company : ONSHORE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY PVT. LTD, MUMBAI - INDIA.
Position : QA/QC Engineer
Project : Amine/Hydro Treating Unit and Solvent De-waxing & De-Oiling Unit. Assam
Client : Larsen & Toubro Limited. Consultant : Engineers India Limited
Owner : Indian Oil Corp. Limited.
Location : Digboi, Assam, India.
Job responsibility:-
• Preparation of WPS, PQR, QAP and Procedures for NDT as per applicable Codes and Standards.
• Conducting Welders Qualifications & Procedure Qualification.
• Inspection for fabrication & installation of under ground piping for oily water sewage system, gas pipeline, contaminated rain water sewage system, closed blow down system and amine blow down system.
• Inspection for fabrication & installation of above ground piping for hydrogen, amine services, caustic services, toxic & acid flare lines of carbon steel, alloy steel & stainless steels.
• Witnessing for hydro test and pneumatic test for piping. Inspection of holiday test and peel test wrapping & coating for U/G piping.
• Inspection of vacuum test for tanks
• Freezing for test loops in P&ID. Preparation for test packages and as-built drawings. Followed Codes ASME Sec.II, V, VIII, IX, B31.1, B31.3, API 650 & API 1104 and its codes.
• Maintaining all QA/QC Documents.
October 1998 – August 1999
Company : DODSAL LTD, MUMBAI - INDIA.
Position : QA/QC Engineer
Project : Pipe Spool Fabrication Workshop
Client : Reliance Petroleum Limited
Consultant : Bechtel France.
Location : Jamnagar, India.
Job responsibility:-
• Conducting Welders Qualifications & Procedure Qualification.
• Inspection of Raw material, pipes, fittings and welding consumables. Monitoring welding consumable backing. Monitoring preheat and inter pass temperature.
• Monitoring welder performance continuity record.
• Inspection of set of Pipe joints as per isometric drawings. Visual inspection of welds.
• Knowledge of welding process like SMAW, GTAW, GMAW, FCAW and SAW.
• Interpretation of RT films. Conducting LPT and MPT Testing.
• Clearance for Mechanical Completion of loops.
• Witnessing of Hydro Testing and Pneumatic Testing.
• Reviewing PWHT charts. Preparation for test packages and as-built drawings.
• Maintaining QA/QC Documents.
• Followed Codes ASME Sec.II, V, IX, B31.1, B31.3 and its codes.
July 1994 – September 1998
Company : NEO STRUCTO CONSTRUCTION LIMITED, GUJARAT - INDIA.
Position : QA/QC Engineer
Project # 1 : Air Separation Unit & Poly propylene Terminal Facilities
Client : Larsen & Toubro Group II Projects.
Location : Reliance Industries Limited, Surat, India.
Project # 2 : Carbon Monoxide Plant (EPC)
Client : Larsen & Toubro Group II Projects.
Location : Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers, Mumbai, India.
Project # 3 : Amine and Waste Water Treatment Plant (EPC)
Client : Reliance Petroleum Limited
Location : Jamnagar, India.
Job responsibility:-
• Preparation for WPS, PQR, QAP and Procedure Of NDT for RT, UT, MPT, VT & PT as per applicable codes and standards.
• Conducting Welders Qualifications & Procedure Qualification.
• Inspection of set of piping, structural, tankages and equipment. Inspection of raw materials plates, pipes, valves, fittings, welding consumables of vendors as per codes and client requirements.
• Inspection for fabrication & installation of under ground piping for oily water sewage system, gas pipeline, contaminated rain water sewage system, closed blow down system and amine blow down system
• Inspection for fabrication & installation of above ground piping for amine services, flare line, LTCS piping and small bore piping of carbon steel, alloy steel & stainless steels.
• Monitoring welding consumable baking. Inspection of fit-up for fabrication joints. Monitoring preheating and inter pass temperature. Monitoring welder performance continuity record.
• Inspects plant static equipment by entering into vessels, boilers and towers, during shutdowns, to check condition of equipment that Includes observations of cracks, pits, thinning and any other pattern of erosion, corrosion and other interior failure.
• Visual inspection of weld joints. Monitoring PWHT and Reviewing Charts.
• Conducting LPT & MPT Testing. Radiography offering and interpretation of RT films of welds joints. Witnessing for hydro test and pneumatic test for piping.
• Inspection of holiday test and peel test wrapping & coating for U/G piping. Inspection of vacuum test for tanks. Clearance for mechanical completion. Freezing for test loops in P&ID. Preparation for test packages and as-built drawings.
• Maintaining all QA/QC documents. Followed Codes ASME Sec.II, V, VIII, IX, B31.1, B31.3, API 650 & API 1104 and its codes.
Education
DIPLOMA IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING from the Board of Technical Education Tamilnadu, INDIA. Passed with First Class in April 1994.
Certification
1. CSWIP 3.1 Certified Welding Inspector
By The Welding Institute, UK. CERT. NO.27578.
2. AWS-CWI Certified Welding Inspector
By American Welding Society, USA. CERT. NO. 02101351.
3. ASNT Level II
• Ultrasonic Testing
• Radiography Testing
• Magnetic Particle Testing
• Penetrant Testing
Skils
COMPUTER SKILLS:
MS Word and MS Excel, Internet, MS Outlook etc.
HOBBIES AND INTERESTS:
Playing Tennis, carom, chess and reading books which will develop my knowledge and career skills. Browsing the Web for useful information’s especially to work in Offshore.