NDT Level III / Quality Manager
NDT.org Member Since: 2016
Added: 8/16/2016
Last Updated: 8/16/2016
Last Updated: 8/16/2016
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State:
LA Louisiana
Country:
United States
Status:
I am willing to Travel.
Currently working but always looking.
I am willing to work overseas.
I prefer permanent jobs.
Currently working but always looking.
I am willing to work overseas.
I prefer permanent jobs.
Certifications
• Ultrasonic Inspection (ASNT NDT Level III)
• Magnetic Particle Testing (ASNT Level III)
• Liquid Penetrate Testing (Level II)
• Visual Weld Inspection (Level II)
• Radiographic Inspection (Level II)
• Previous ASNT IRRSP Certification in X-Ray
• Mark Davis 80 Hour Phased Array Class
• 36 Hour TOFD Class
• Green Belt training
• 6 Sigma and Lean Manufacturing training
• Dale Carnegie Leadership training
• Magnetic Particle Testing (ASNT Level III)
• Liquid Penetrate Testing (Level II)
• Visual Weld Inspection (Level II)
• Radiographic Inspection (Level II)
• Previous ASNT IRRSP Certification in X-Ray
• Mark Davis 80 Hour Phased Array Class
• 36 Hour TOFD Class
• Green Belt training
• 6 Sigma and Lean Manufacturing training
• Dale Carnegie Leadership training
Education
May 2008 – Graduate
National Polytechnic College of Science
National Polytechnic College of Science
Experience
May 2015 – Present
QC/NDT Manager
In this job capacity I managed a complete Quality department consisting of 3 Quality Engineers, 3 NDT Supervisors, 2 Metallurgist, & 1 Lab Manager. I was responsible for leading my team during Internal and External Audits. I was responsible for leading my team to create Quality procedures and establish the Quality Management system that met the requirements of ISO 9001, API Q1, API 5CT, & API 5L. Lead my team to ensure that all construction projects were completed by given deadlines and reached those goals ahead of schedule. Lead team in product qualifications & followed through to product realization. Helped to establish departmental budget and kept track of all consumables and material purchases for department. Work with Colleges in Germany to establish knowledge transfer for the Quality department and Quality Management system. Reviewed and approved all Supplier and Customer claims. Reviewed and approved all NCR’s, & CAPA’s.
July 2012 – May 2015
MT/UT (Level III) ASNT # 180811 EMI (Level II) NDT Manager
TMK-IPSCO (Catoosa):
In this job capacity I managed a Supervisory Team of 4 and a total of 28 hourly employees’. I trained all personnel in UT, EMI, MT methods. I managed the day to day activities of each technician and created daily goals. I practiced Lean manufacturing and 6 Sigma techniques. I personally lead a group that created our UT capability study with our Mac FD4 Automated UT unit to ensure it met API 5CT requirements. I lead my team in implementing 6 sigma and lean manufacturing practices. I have worked with my Supervisors and created action item list to help increase the quality of the products that we produce, and increase the productivity by over 35%. I have taken on the responsibility to completely re-write some of our procedures so that they were more easily understood by personnel that will be actually performing the job functions. I have also assisted in the Safety program and pride myself for having the department in which is referred often as the leaders of innovation within our safety program.
Oct 2011 – July 2012
MT / PT / UT / PAUT / TOFD (Senior Tech)
TD Williamson:
In this job capacity I have completed full Pipeline Integrity Inspections, ranging from SCC sizing and removal, Exterior & Interior Material loss, and Sleeve assessment. Performed and recorded KAPA and Rstreng information, and recorded results. Completed and recorded PH, Pipe to soil, and AC potential for all inspection sites. These inspections have been completed on ERW and DSAW in service Pipelines. I have completed Integrity Inspections on Pipelines for Kinder Morgan, Enbridge, OneOK, Enterprise and Exxon Mobile. Types of Pipelines that I have inspected range from Natural Gas, Oil, and Propane. I was a Senior Tech for Sleeve assessments and training for full integrity inspections. I have also received extensive training in Phased Array, and TOFD testing methods for OD and ID flaw sizing. As a lead I was responsible for Time tracking for techs that were present during inspection as well as final reports. I was also part of a team with my Level III for TDW’s different testing methods being presented to our customers.
May 2011 – Oct 2011
MT / UT / FastUltrasonic (Lead Tech)
PFiNDE:
In this job capacity I have completed full Pipeline Integrity Inspections, ranging from SCC sizing and removal, Exterior & Interior Material loss, and Sleeve assessment. Performed and recorded KAPA information and Full FastUltrasonic Inspection of all Long seam Welds. Completed and recorded PH, Pipe to soil, and AC potential for all inspection sites. These inspections have been completed on ERW and DSAW in service Pipelines. I have completed Integrity Inspections on Pipelines for Kinder Morgan, Enbridge, OneOK and Exxon Mobile. Types of Pipelines that I have inspected range from Natural Gas, Oil, and Propane. I was a Lead for Sleeve assessments and a Lead in training for full integrity inspections. I have also received extensive training in FastUltrasonics testing methods for OD and ID flaw sizing. As a lead I was responsible for Time tracking for techs that were present during inspection as well as final reports and being a liaison between my company and the Customer. I have a great ability to work well with customers and created a through, efficient, yet quick process to make sure that the customer was greatly satisfied in all aspects of our inspections.
Aug 2010 – Feb 2011:
RT, UT Level II / Radiation Safety Officer / UT, RT & Radiation Safety Instructor
United Spiral Pipe:
I have taken the initiative to read and interpret work instructions and procedures related to all NDT methods that are utilized at USP to insure adherence to Customer and API Specifications. I played a key role into locating vendors for obtaining necessary equipment for the NDT Department. Not only did I locate local venders for NDT equipment, but I also introduced equipment that would help to streamline NDT processes. I was responsible for securing the ability to implement In-house training of NDT personnel with the approval of USP’s contracted Level III. I am a delegated Instructor for UT Level I & UT Level II as well as RT Level I & Level II classes. As the Radiation Safety Officer I am responsible for adherence, implementation, and continual improvement of the Radiation Protection Program that assures USP’s Radiation Department meets and exceeds California State requirements. I am the Instructor in charge of the Radiographer Assistant 8 hour Safety course and pride myself with an 87% pass rate. I took a lead role in re-development of Training Requirement Forms to meet ASNT’s SNT-TC-1A guidelines for Qualification and Certification of NDT personnel.
May 2009 –July 2010:
Radiation Safety Officer/PT, VT, RT, UT Instructor
PSLNA:
Performed Manual UT Shearwave on Spiral Welded pipe following ASTM E213 standard, and API 5L. Performed RT following API 5L and API 1104. As RSO I completely re-wrote the Emergency and Operating Safety procedure for RT to meet and exceed State requirements. I also performed safety audits, equipment inventory, TLD badge collections and maintaining of all daily, quarterly, and Bi-yearly records as per State requirements. RSO duties included being a liaison for the company and the Mississippi Dept. of Radiological Health. As the RSO I was responsible for all 15 Radiographic Personnel. Those responsibilities included but were not limited to, staffing, scheduling, continual training I was a member of a team of Internal Auditors who’s over view included NDT Personnel in UT, RT, VT and PT methods to assure that all aspects of Work Instructions and Procedures were being adhered to. Made revisions to Work Instructions and Procedures that helped to not only streamline all quality testing, but improved overall communication between the Quality and Production Departments. Kept record of and maintained all NDT personnel files including but not limited to OJT, classroom hours for method training, Internal Certification Records, Vision testing, Audit Reports and Radiation Safety Training. Maintained Calibration database of all Measuring and Monitoring devises. Prepared PQR’s for Double Jointer section. I was a team member who led in establishment Work Instruction’s for Double Joint adhering to API 1104 specifications. I assisted in collecting and proof reading all data to assure that the product was in compliance with customer specifications. Prepared and Instructed PT (Level I & II), RT (Level I & II), UT (Level I & II), Radiation Safety, and Visual Level II classes per course outline of SNT-TC-1A. I maintained a pass/fail percentage above 90%. Lead a team of Engineers and Maintenance Personnel in the designing, planning and implementation of Radiographic Testing facility so PSL could become more self sufficient relying less on outside contractors. Redesigned NDT equipment. While redesigning NDT equipment, I also made contacts that not only to help reverse engineer specialty NDT products, but to cut cost of these items by a significant amount. I implemented a Min/Max system on all NDT expendable parts.
June 2008 – May 2009:
Radiographer Assistant:
Evraz Oregon Steel Mills (Spiral Pipe Division)
Trained in 40 hour Radiation Safety. Ultrasonic Inspection (Compressional & Shearwave). Assisted Level 2 Radiographer with Spiral Pipe End shots. Trained in film interpretation, Radiation Safety, and RTR, following API 1104 and API 5L. Over 1900 hours of training. UT Level 2 with over 1700 hours.
QC/NDT Manager
In this job capacity I managed a complete Quality department consisting of 3 Quality Engineers, 3 NDT Supervisors, 2 Metallurgist, & 1 Lab Manager. I was responsible for leading my team during Internal and External Audits. I was responsible for leading my team to create Quality procedures and establish the Quality Management system that met the requirements of ISO 9001, API Q1, API 5CT, & API 5L. Lead my team to ensure that all construction projects were completed by given deadlines and reached those goals ahead of schedule. Lead team in product qualifications & followed through to product realization. Helped to establish departmental budget and kept track of all consumables and material purchases for department. Work with Colleges in Germany to establish knowledge transfer for the Quality department and Quality Management system. Reviewed and approved all Supplier and Customer claims. Reviewed and approved all NCR’s, & CAPA’s.
July 2012 – May 2015
MT/UT (Level III) ASNT # 180811 EMI (Level II) NDT Manager
TMK-IPSCO (Catoosa):
In this job capacity I managed a Supervisory Team of 4 and a total of 28 hourly employees’. I trained all personnel in UT, EMI, MT methods. I managed the day to day activities of each technician and created daily goals. I practiced Lean manufacturing and 6 Sigma techniques. I personally lead a group that created our UT capability study with our Mac FD4 Automated UT unit to ensure it met API 5CT requirements. I lead my team in implementing 6 sigma and lean manufacturing practices. I have worked with my Supervisors and created action item list to help increase the quality of the products that we produce, and increase the productivity by over 35%. I have taken on the responsibility to completely re-write some of our procedures so that they were more easily understood by personnel that will be actually performing the job functions. I have also assisted in the Safety program and pride myself for having the department in which is referred often as the leaders of innovation within our safety program.
Oct 2011 – July 2012
MT / PT / UT / PAUT / TOFD (Senior Tech)
TD Williamson:
In this job capacity I have completed full Pipeline Integrity Inspections, ranging from SCC sizing and removal, Exterior & Interior Material loss, and Sleeve assessment. Performed and recorded KAPA and Rstreng information, and recorded results. Completed and recorded PH, Pipe to soil, and AC potential for all inspection sites. These inspections have been completed on ERW and DSAW in service Pipelines. I have completed Integrity Inspections on Pipelines for Kinder Morgan, Enbridge, OneOK, Enterprise and Exxon Mobile. Types of Pipelines that I have inspected range from Natural Gas, Oil, and Propane. I was a Senior Tech for Sleeve assessments and training for full integrity inspections. I have also received extensive training in Phased Array, and TOFD testing methods for OD and ID flaw sizing. As a lead I was responsible for Time tracking for techs that were present during inspection as well as final reports. I was also part of a team with my Level III for TDW’s different testing methods being presented to our customers.
May 2011 – Oct 2011
MT / UT / FastUltrasonic (Lead Tech)
PFiNDE:
In this job capacity I have completed full Pipeline Integrity Inspections, ranging from SCC sizing and removal, Exterior & Interior Material loss, and Sleeve assessment. Performed and recorded KAPA information and Full FastUltrasonic Inspection of all Long seam Welds. Completed and recorded PH, Pipe to soil, and AC potential for all inspection sites. These inspections have been completed on ERW and DSAW in service Pipelines. I have completed Integrity Inspections on Pipelines for Kinder Morgan, Enbridge, OneOK and Exxon Mobile. Types of Pipelines that I have inspected range from Natural Gas, Oil, and Propane. I was a Lead for Sleeve assessments and a Lead in training for full integrity inspections. I have also received extensive training in FastUltrasonics testing methods for OD and ID flaw sizing. As a lead I was responsible for Time tracking for techs that were present during inspection as well as final reports and being a liaison between my company and the Customer. I have a great ability to work well with customers and created a through, efficient, yet quick process to make sure that the customer was greatly satisfied in all aspects of our inspections.
Aug 2010 – Feb 2011:
RT, UT Level II / Radiation Safety Officer / UT, RT & Radiation Safety Instructor
United Spiral Pipe:
I have taken the initiative to read and interpret work instructions and procedures related to all NDT methods that are utilized at USP to insure adherence to Customer and API Specifications. I played a key role into locating vendors for obtaining necessary equipment for the NDT Department. Not only did I locate local venders for NDT equipment, but I also introduced equipment that would help to streamline NDT processes. I was responsible for securing the ability to implement In-house training of NDT personnel with the approval of USP’s contracted Level III. I am a delegated Instructor for UT Level I & UT Level II as well as RT Level I & Level II classes. As the Radiation Safety Officer I am responsible for adherence, implementation, and continual improvement of the Radiation Protection Program that assures USP’s Radiation Department meets and exceeds California State requirements. I am the Instructor in charge of the Radiographer Assistant 8 hour Safety course and pride myself with an 87% pass rate. I took a lead role in re-development of Training Requirement Forms to meet ASNT’s SNT-TC-1A guidelines for Qualification and Certification of NDT personnel.
May 2009 –July 2010:
Radiation Safety Officer/PT, VT, RT, UT Instructor
PSLNA:
Performed Manual UT Shearwave on Spiral Welded pipe following ASTM E213 standard, and API 5L. Performed RT following API 5L and API 1104. As RSO I completely re-wrote the Emergency and Operating Safety procedure for RT to meet and exceed State requirements. I also performed safety audits, equipment inventory, TLD badge collections and maintaining of all daily, quarterly, and Bi-yearly records as per State requirements. RSO duties included being a liaison for the company and the Mississippi Dept. of Radiological Health. As the RSO I was responsible for all 15 Radiographic Personnel. Those responsibilities included but were not limited to, staffing, scheduling, continual training I was a member of a team of Internal Auditors who’s over view included NDT Personnel in UT, RT, VT and PT methods to assure that all aspects of Work Instructions and Procedures were being adhered to. Made revisions to Work Instructions and Procedures that helped to not only streamline all quality testing, but improved overall communication between the Quality and Production Departments. Kept record of and maintained all NDT personnel files including but not limited to OJT, classroom hours for method training, Internal Certification Records, Vision testing, Audit Reports and Radiation Safety Training. Maintained Calibration database of all Measuring and Monitoring devises. Prepared PQR’s for Double Jointer section. I was a team member who led in establishment Work Instruction’s for Double Joint adhering to API 1104 specifications. I assisted in collecting and proof reading all data to assure that the product was in compliance with customer specifications. Prepared and Instructed PT (Level I & II), RT (Level I & II), UT (Level I & II), Radiation Safety, and Visual Level II classes per course outline of SNT-TC-1A. I maintained a pass/fail percentage above 90%. Lead a team of Engineers and Maintenance Personnel in the designing, planning and implementation of Radiographic Testing facility so PSL could become more self sufficient relying less on outside contractors. Redesigned NDT equipment. While redesigning NDT equipment, I also made contacts that not only to help reverse engineer specialty NDT products, but to cut cost of these items by a significant amount. I implemented a Min/Max system on all NDT expendable parts.
June 2008 – May 2009:
Radiographer Assistant:
Evraz Oregon Steel Mills (Spiral Pipe Division)
Trained in 40 hour Radiation Safety. Ultrasonic Inspection (Compressional & Shearwave). Assisted Level 2 Radiographer with Spiral Pipe End shots. Trained in film interpretation, Radiation Safety, and RTR, following API 1104 and API 5L. Over 1900 hours of training. UT Level 2 with over 1700 hours.
