QA/QC ENGINEER Senior welding Inspector
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Added: 11/8/2004
Last Updated: 11/8/2004
Last Updated: 11/8/2004
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Country:
Bahrain
Status:
I am on a job and will finish soon.
I prefer permanent jobs.
I prefer permanent jobs.
Certifications
Bachelor degree in MECHANICAL ENGINEERING First class 1996
Sr.Welding inspector CSWIP 3.2 (TWI) 2004 Sep.
Painting inspector NACE LEVEL II (CIP-3). 2004 Aug.
ASNT LEVEL II IN RT,RTFI,MT,PT.
Corrosion control in heat exchagers and boilers.
Sr.Welding inspector CSWIP 3.2 (TWI) 2004 Sep.
Painting inspector NACE LEVEL II (CIP-3). 2004 Aug.
ASNT LEVEL II IN RT,RTFI,MT,PT.
Corrosion control in heat exchagers and boilers.
Education
B.E MECHANICAL
Experience
More than 10 years
Dec 2005 to Present:
Employer: Bureau Veritas / Siemens AG
Designation: QA/QC Engineer.
Duties: - Employed in AL-EZZEL power plant construction as a TPIA Inspector for boiler construction, pressure piping and equipment inspection. Duties also includes review and approval of contractor quality documents like FQP, ITP, Procedures, Method statements, Welder qualifications, NDT procedures, RT Film review. Monitoring contractor’s quality aspects and conducting QA/QC weekly meeting with contractors and preparing MOM. Maintain NCR log and follow up. Monitoring contractor activities on quality and progress and weekly reporting to Siemens Site Management and Siemens AG Corporate office.
June 2005 to Nov 2005:
Employer: Japan Gas Corporation UK Ltd,
Designation: Senior Chief Inspector (Welding / Painting)
Duties: - Employed in Bahrain to monitor the prefabrication work in Shaw-Nass Middle East W.L.L. on behalf of JGC QC Inspection team.
This project integrated with Dolphin Energy Limited (TOTAL FINA) Raslaffan Gas processing plant and compression unit construction site at QATAR.
Inspect the spool fabrication work and inspection activities of vendor as per the approved ITP. Ensure the implementation of all inspection activites by contractor and client as per the ITP. Paint inspection for painted spools. Supervising the Sub ordinates and coordinate the client inspectors for inspection. Submit procedures and documents to client for approval. Ensure availability of applicable codes, standards, specifications and procedures with latest revisions. Monitor the records of each welder repair rate and project repair rate. Monitor and control the NCR log. Document the inspection reports. Review the X-RAY films and NDE reports. Ensure the approved, latest revised documents in use within Vendor premises. Attend the weekly QA/QC meeting with client and contractor. Conduct weekly QC meeting with subordinates.
Nov 2004 to May 2005:
Employer: Tekfen Saudi Arabia Ltd.
Designation: Multidiscipline Inspector (Welding/Painting),
Duties: - Employed in Saudi Aramco QUAD-1 treated water transfer pipeline project. The project includes surge tank and well head connections.
My duties include the fit up inspection Duties include the welding inspection for mainline welding, Tie-in welding inspection, welder qualification, Wps qualification, station piping welding inspection & mechanical inspection like cleaning gauge pigging and hydro testing as per the Wps, Armco standards, international standards like API 1104,1108 & ANSI B31.3 ,B31.4, B31.8, ASME SEC IX. Review radiography report films. Inspection of tank fabrication,
Actives like Witnessing the Vacuum box test, MPI, Leak oil test, and gravity test as per the requirements of API-650.
Monitoring painting inspection and application of contractor inspection team for internal and external FBE coated pipes. Witness holiday test on the coating surfaces prior to lowering activity. Inspect the Tank paint application with various epoxy systems for its compliance with requirements. Prepare reports for inspection and documentation on daily basis.
Sep 2003 to Oct2004:
Employer: TECHNIP/GAMA SAUDI ARABIA Ltd K.S.A
Designation: Welding QA/QC inspector
Duties: - employed in Saudi Aramco Berri gas plant extension project. The project includes construction of a new propane and sulphur recovery unit. My duties include the fit up and welding inspection for TIE -IN, Hot tap and field fabrications. Also package preparation for hydro test and final documentation. The project involves all sorts of alloy steels and non ferrous metals. Also inspecting the hand tool cleaning preparation and touches up painting work on steel structural work and non pressure piping works.
Aug 2002 to June 2003:
Employer: TECHNIP SAUDI ARABIA Ltd K.S.A.
Designation: Welding QC Inspector
Duties: - employed in Saudi Aramco's Gas/Condensate new pipeline construction project in between Haradh gas plant to Abqaiq Facilities &shedgum plant through UGP about 600 km length and size’s of 56” , 48’’,18’’& 24’’ O.D. Duties include the welding inspection for mainline welding, Tie-in welding inspection, welder qualification, wps qualification, station piping welding inspection & mechanical inspection like cleaning gauge pigging and hydro testing as per the wps, Armco standards, international standards like API 1104,1108 & ANSI B31.3 ,B31.4, B31.8, ASME SEC IX. Reviewing the radiography reports and films. Final documentation for the all weld joints of each pipeline.
Feb 2002 to Jul 2002:
Employer: Tamimi company construction division K.S.A.
Designation: Welding QC Inspector
Duties: - Employed in Saudi Aramco’s Haradh Oil and Crude field which is the new construction project of Haradh gas gathering & crude pipelines-II and Haradh AL crude increment -II pipelines. Duties includes the inspection activities for pipe line like fit-up checking ,essential parameters checking as per w.p.s requirement and weld visual inspection as per API 1104,ANSI 31.4,ANSI 31.8,ANSI 31.3.and applicable Saudi Armco standards. The duty includes performing the W.Q.T. Reviewing the radiography reports, films and coordinating with client for review the same. Also the inspection of shop prefabrication spools of different materials for U.G.P. The materials like c.s, Monel, s.s, duplex. Preparation of weld map and documentation. Witnessing the pneumatic test and valve testing.
Nov 2001 to JAN 2002:
Employer: AMEC/BKW, K.S.A.
Position: Welding QC Inspector
Duties: - Employed at Saudi Aramco Berri Ethane gas recovery project, construction of substation # 30. Duties include the inspection for aluminum busbar welding, steel structural welding, vendor supply material inspection and day to day mechanical activities as per the I.T.P. Moreover conduct the N.D.T. test as per the requirement. Inspection carried out as per A.W.S. D1.1 and applicable Saudi Armco standards. Review the radiography reports and films. Final documentation of welding records and supporting documents.
Mar 2001 to Nov 2001
Employer: M/S AL SUWAIDI (S.I.S) K.S.A.
Position: Welding Inspector
Duties: -Employed at the ARAMCO Refinery Rastanura dealing with the reclamation and reinstatement of damaged pipe work and poor quality welds in south refining plants, working with carbon steel and stainless steel, 1 ¼, 2 ¼, 5, 9 chrome steels and nickel based alloys like Inconel and Incolloy. Duties include welder’s management, pre weld inspection, and post weld inspection, Implementation of relevant welding procedures, consumable storage inspection and documentation. Inspection carried out as per ASME-IX, ANSI 31.3 and Armco standards. Inspecting the hand tool preparation and touch up painting on rework area. Witness the hydro test and documentation.
Jan 2001 to Feb 2001
Employer: ANABEEB CO LTD. K.S.A.
Designation: QA/QC Inspector
Duties: - Employed in IBN-ZHAR and IBN-SINA’S MTBE plant turn around work. Duties include visual inspection for vessels, Exchangers, Drums and columns. Witness the hydro test for the exchangers. Inspecting the reinstatement of tested lines and hot bolting and final documentation.
July 2000 to Dec 2000
Employer: Mideast Pipeline Projects INDIA.
Designation: QA/QC Engineer.
Duties: - Employed in New Delhi City gas projects that are the new construction project of supplying natural gas to residential buildings from refinery, worked with carbon steel on various diameters. Duties include welding procedure qualification and welder qualification as per API 1104 STD. Moreover ensure standards; weld procedures, specifications, welding qualifications and material certification conform to the client’s. Also include preweld and post weld inspection and checking the dimensions of weld.
Oct 1999 to June 2000
Employer: AL-HASSAN ENGINEERING CO. (SAOG) S.OMAN.
Position: Welding supervisor
Duties: - Employed in mukhaizana oil field south Oman on various projects like cross country pipeline, flow line and process facilities for crude oil. Duties include welder’s management, implementation of correct procedures for quality job. Also the preweld and post weld inspection of daily production welds and documentation. Worked on carbon steels for mainline welding and stainless steel, duplex steel, GRE pipes for process facilities under specification of ERD43.01, ERD43.02. & API 1104. Also include the coordination of tie-in and repair jobs. Also it includes to co ordinate the coating team for field joint coating to all the pipelines with Fusion Boned Epoxy system and conducting holiday testing prior to lowering the pipes in trench.
Dec 1998 to July 1999.
Employer: ABAN Construction Ltd. INDIA.
Position: Assistant Engineer (QA/QC)
Duties: - Employed in Jamnagar Reliance refinery that deals with construction of new P.R.U. and XYLENE-3 unit. Duties include W.P.S preparation and qualification, welder’s qualification monitoring the quality of the job for each welder through the statistical methods. Offering for NDT and reviewing the x-ray films. Guiding to the welding foreman to use the correct procedures. Welding consumable storage inspection at regular interval. Preweld and post weld inspection for daily production welds. Qualifying the sand blasters and painting technicians. Coordinating with painting foremen for the correct paint system to the intended service. Measuring the surface profile and checking the cleanliness on regular interval. Measuring the atmospheric parameters on regular interval for better output of the paint system. Also coordination of repair, pwht and documentation. Witnessing the hydro test and final documentation.
Aug 1997 to Dec 1998
Employer: Mideast Pipeline Projects. INDIA.
Position: Site Engineer - Quality control.
Duties: - Employed in various projects like construction of the new cross country pipelines for natural gas supply to thermal power stations and construction of launching station, receiver stations. Duties include Welding Procedure qualification and Welder qualification as per the given code STD API-1104. Moreover ensuring standards, weld procedures, specifications, welding qualifications and material certification conform to the clients. Also include the preweld and postweld inspection and checking the dimension of weld. Inspection for field cold bends pipes. Qualifying the sand blaster and coating technicians. Measuring the weather condition for suitability to precede the work. Inspection of 3 layer P.E system field joint coating application and final inspection. Conducting peel test on every day's production regularly and holiday testing prior to lowering. Witnessing gauge pigging and hydro test.
July 1996 to July 1997
Employer: K.B. Constructions Ltd. INDIA
Position: Mechanical Engineer,
Duties: - Employed in various projects like Panipat refinery maintenance work and H.D.D. projects for river crossings in India. Duties include the co-ordination of all mechanical activities like piping reworks and welding, testing, sandblasting and painting, coating and tie-in welding activities. Supervising NDT crew and coordinating on job. Prepare the reports for inspected items with respect to international standards. Preparing the hydro test package and witnessing the test. Prepare re-instatement for total project. As built drawing preparation and final documentation.
P.RAGURAMAN
Dec 2005 to Present:
Employer: Bureau Veritas / Siemens AG
Designation: QA/QC Engineer.
Duties: - Employed in AL-EZZEL power plant construction as a TPIA Inspector for boiler construction, pressure piping and equipment inspection. Duties also includes review and approval of contractor quality documents like FQP, ITP, Procedures, Method statements, Welder qualifications, NDT procedures, RT Film review. Monitoring contractor’s quality aspects and conducting QA/QC weekly meeting with contractors and preparing MOM. Maintain NCR log and follow up. Monitoring contractor activities on quality and progress and weekly reporting to Siemens Site Management and Siemens AG Corporate office.
June 2005 to Nov 2005:
Employer: Japan Gas Corporation UK Ltd,
Designation: Senior Chief Inspector (Welding / Painting)
Duties: - Employed in Bahrain to monitor the prefabrication work in Shaw-Nass Middle East W.L.L. on behalf of JGC QC Inspection team.
This project integrated with Dolphin Energy Limited (TOTAL FINA) Raslaffan Gas processing plant and compression unit construction site at QATAR.
Inspect the spool fabrication work and inspection activities of vendor as per the approved ITP. Ensure the implementation of all inspection activites by contractor and client as per the ITP. Paint inspection for painted spools. Supervising the Sub ordinates and coordinate the client inspectors for inspection. Submit procedures and documents to client for approval. Ensure availability of applicable codes, standards, specifications and procedures with latest revisions. Monitor the records of each welder repair rate and project repair rate. Monitor and control the NCR log. Document the inspection reports. Review the X-RAY films and NDE reports. Ensure the approved, latest revised documents in use within Vendor premises. Attend the weekly QA/QC meeting with client and contractor. Conduct weekly QC meeting with subordinates.
Nov 2004 to May 2005:
Employer: Tekfen Saudi Arabia Ltd.
Designation: Multidiscipline Inspector (Welding/Painting),
Duties: - Employed in Saudi Aramco QUAD-1 treated water transfer pipeline project. The project includes surge tank and well head connections.
My duties include the fit up inspection Duties include the welding inspection for mainline welding, Tie-in welding inspection, welder qualification, Wps qualification, station piping welding inspection & mechanical inspection like cleaning gauge pigging and hydro testing as per the Wps, Armco standards, international standards like API 1104,1108 & ANSI B31.3 ,B31.4, B31.8, ASME SEC IX. Review radiography report films. Inspection of tank fabrication,
Actives like Witnessing the Vacuum box test, MPI, Leak oil test, and gravity test as per the requirements of API-650.
Monitoring painting inspection and application of contractor inspection team for internal and external FBE coated pipes. Witness holiday test on the coating surfaces prior to lowering activity. Inspect the Tank paint application with various epoxy systems for its compliance with requirements. Prepare reports for inspection and documentation on daily basis.
Sep 2003 to Oct2004:
Employer: TECHNIP/GAMA SAUDI ARABIA Ltd K.S.A
Designation: Welding QA/QC inspector
Duties: - employed in Saudi Aramco Berri gas plant extension project. The project includes construction of a new propane and sulphur recovery unit. My duties include the fit up and welding inspection for TIE -IN, Hot tap and field fabrications. Also package preparation for hydro test and final documentation. The project involves all sorts of alloy steels and non ferrous metals. Also inspecting the hand tool cleaning preparation and touches up painting work on steel structural work and non pressure piping works.
Aug 2002 to June 2003:
Employer: TECHNIP SAUDI ARABIA Ltd K.S.A.
Designation: Welding QC Inspector
Duties: - employed in Saudi Aramco's Gas/Condensate new pipeline construction project in between Haradh gas plant to Abqaiq Facilities &shedgum plant through UGP about 600 km length and size’s of 56” , 48’’,18’’& 24’’ O.D. Duties include the welding inspection for mainline welding, Tie-in welding inspection, welder qualification, wps qualification, station piping welding inspection & mechanical inspection like cleaning gauge pigging and hydro testing as per the wps, Armco standards, international standards like API 1104,1108 & ANSI B31.3 ,B31.4, B31.8, ASME SEC IX. Reviewing the radiography reports and films. Final documentation for the all weld joints of each pipeline.
Feb 2002 to Jul 2002:
Employer: Tamimi company construction division K.S.A.
Designation: Welding QC Inspector
Duties: - Employed in Saudi Aramco’s Haradh Oil and Crude field which is the new construction project of Haradh gas gathering & crude pipelines-II and Haradh AL crude increment -II pipelines. Duties includes the inspection activities for pipe line like fit-up checking ,essential parameters checking as per w.p.s requirement and weld visual inspection as per API 1104,ANSI 31.4,ANSI 31.8,ANSI 31.3.and applicable Saudi Armco standards. The duty includes performing the W.Q.T. Reviewing the radiography reports, films and coordinating with client for review the same. Also the inspection of shop prefabrication spools of different materials for U.G.P. The materials like c.s, Monel, s.s, duplex. Preparation of weld map and documentation. Witnessing the pneumatic test and valve testing.
Nov 2001 to JAN 2002:
Employer: AMEC/BKW, K.S.A.
Position: Welding QC Inspector
Duties: - Employed at Saudi Aramco Berri Ethane gas recovery project, construction of substation # 30. Duties include the inspection for aluminum busbar welding, steel structural welding, vendor supply material inspection and day to day mechanical activities as per the I.T.P. Moreover conduct the N.D.T. test as per the requirement. Inspection carried out as per A.W.S. D1.1 and applicable Saudi Armco standards. Review the radiography reports and films. Final documentation of welding records and supporting documents.
Mar 2001 to Nov 2001
Employer: M/S AL SUWAIDI (S.I.S) K.S.A.
Position: Welding Inspector
Duties: -Employed at the ARAMCO Refinery Rastanura dealing with the reclamation and reinstatement of damaged pipe work and poor quality welds in south refining plants, working with carbon steel and stainless steel, 1 ¼, 2 ¼, 5, 9 chrome steels and nickel based alloys like Inconel and Incolloy. Duties include welder’s management, pre weld inspection, and post weld inspection, Implementation of relevant welding procedures, consumable storage inspection and documentation. Inspection carried out as per ASME-IX, ANSI 31.3 and Armco standards. Inspecting the hand tool preparation and touch up painting on rework area. Witness the hydro test and documentation.
Jan 2001 to Feb 2001
Employer: ANABEEB CO LTD. K.S.A.
Designation: QA/QC Inspector
Duties: - Employed in IBN-ZHAR and IBN-SINA’S MTBE plant turn around work. Duties include visual inspection for vessels, Exchangers, Drums and columns. Witness the hydro test for the exchangers. Inspecting the reinstatement of tested lines and hot bolting and final documentation.
July 2000 to Dec 2000
Employer: Mideast Pipeline Projects INDIA.
Designation: QA/QC Engineer.
Duties: - Employed in New Delhi City gas projects that are the new construction project of supplying natural gas to residential buildings from refinery, worked with carbon steel on various diameters. Duties include welding procedure qualification and welder qualification as per API 1104 STD. Moreover ensure standards; weld procedures, specifications, welding qualifications and material certification conform to the client’s. Also include preweld and post weld inspection and checking the dimensions of weld.
Oct 1999 to June 2000
Employer: AL-HASSAN ENGINEERING CO. (SAOG) S.OMAN.
Position: Welding supervisor
Duties: - Employed in mukhaizana oil field south Oman on various projects like cross country pipeline, flow line and process facilities for crude oil. Duties include welder’s management, implementation of correct procedures for quality job. Also the preweld and post weld inspection of daily production welds and documentation. Worked on carbon steels for mainline welding and stainless steel, duplex steel, GRE pipes for process facilities under specification of ERD43.01, ERD43.02. & API 1104. Also include the coordination of tie-in and repair jobs. Also it includes to co ordinate the coating team for field joint coating to all the pipelines with Fusion Boned Epoxy system and conducting holiday testing prior to lowering the pipes in trench.
Dec 1998 to July 1999.
Employer: ABAN Construction Ltd. INDIA.
Position: Assistant Engineer (QA/QC)
Duties: - Employed in Jamnagar Reliance refinery that deals with construction of new P.R.U. and XYLENE-3 unit. Duties include W.P.S preparation and qualification, welder’s qualification monitoring the quality of the job for each welder through the statistical methods. Offering for NDT and reviewing the x-ray films. Guiding to the welding foreman to use the correct procedures. Welding consumable storage inspection at regular interval. Preweld and post weld inspection for daily production welds. Qualifying the sand blasters and painting technicians. Coordinating with painting foremen for the correct paint system to the intended service. Measuring the surface profile and checking the cleanliness on regular interval. Measuring the atmospheric parameters on regular interval for better output of the paint system. Also coordination of repair, pwht and documentation. Witnessing the hydro test and final documentation.
Aug 1997 to Dec 1998
Employer: Mideast Pipeline Projects. INDIA.
Position: Site Engineer - Quality control.
Duties: - Employed in various projects like construction of the new cross country pipelines for natural gas supply to thermal power stations and construction of launching station, receiver stations. Duties include Welding Procedure qualification and Welder qualification as per the given code STD API-1104. Moreover ensuring standards, weld procedures, specifications, welding qualifications and material certification conform to the clients. Also include the preweld and postweld inspection and checking the dimension of weld. Inspection for field cold bends pipes. Qualifying the sand blaster and coating technicians. Measuring the weather condition for suitability to precede the work. Inspection of 3 layer P.E system field joint coating application and final inspection. Conducting peel test on every day's production regularly and holiday testing prior to lowering. Witnessing gauge pigging and hydro test.
July 1996 to July 1997
Employer: K.B. Constructions Ltd. INDIA
Position: Mechanical Engineer,
Duties: - Employed in various projects like Panipat refinery maintenance work and H.D.D. projects for river crossings in India. Duties include the co-ordination of all mechanical activities like piping reworks and welding, testing, sandblasting and painting, coating and tie-in welding activities. Supervising NDT crew and coordinating on job. Prepare the reports for inspected items with respect to international standards. Preparing the hydro test package and witnessing the test. Prepare re-instatement for total project. As built drawing preparation and final documentation.
P.RAGURAMAN
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