1) Radiography Level-2 by BARC, Mumbai,
2) Certified welding inspector by ISNT, Baroda,
3) Completed training in welding inspection, corrosion control in oil refinery,
4) Training on Remaining Life Assessment (RLA) of boilers and Pressure vessels
5) Design of Pressure Vessels by M/s Bharat Heavy Plates and Vessels LTD, Visakh, India
6) Cooling Water Treatment
7) Corrosion in oil refinery
8) Material Selection in oil refinery
9) Orientation course for welding inspectors

Bachelor of Technology in metallurgical Engineering

A) May 2003 to Till Data
Indian Oil Corporation Limited
Mathura Refinery
Deputy Manager (Inspection)

B) May 1999 to Apr 2003
Indian Oil Corporation Limited
Gujarat Refinery, Baroda
Sr. Inspection Engineer

C) March 1995 to April 1999
Indian Oil Corporation Limited
Gujarat Refinery, Baroda
Inspection Engineer

D) March 1994 to April 1995
Indian Oil Corporation Limited
Gujarat Refinery, Baroda
Engineer Trainee

RESPONSIBILITIES:

As the Inspection engineer, I report to Inspection Manager and was responsible for all areas of Inspection of static equipment, quality control activities, recommendations for corrective actions and inspection management system. The main functions of Inspection Engineer include On-stream inspection of process plants, Inspection of static equipment during process plant shutdowns, Quality control during welding, Corrosion Inspection, Review of specification.

My area of responsibility includes following.

1. Process Plant Inspection (On stream)

- Daily Reporting to inspection manager in the form of daily reports for process conditions of units.
- Daily monitoring of process parameters for corrosion viz. pH of overhead vessels, water quality, dosing system.
- Monitoring of static equipment operating in high temperature.
- Monitoring of heater condition for tubes, flame impingement, Bowing, sagging etc.

2. Shutdown Inspection

- Complete planning of shutdown inspection including manpower planning.
- Preparing equipment wise job lists for shutdown inspection based on the last shutdown observations and daily inspection observations.
- Selection of inspection technique based on the observations made during routine inspection. Recording all inspection observations and recommendation for corrective actions based on findings for immediate as well as future actions.
- Recommendations of up-gradation of metallurgy in areas adversely affected by corrosion, failures.

3. Corrosion Inspection

- Inspection of static equipment for corrosion.
- To identify and solve corrosion problems to increase the reliability of Plant.
- To conduct corrosion / metallurgical failure analysis based on various literatures and recommendations for corrective actions.
- To recommend corrosion control/preventive measures by selection and application of materials, paints/coating, neutralizers/inhibitors, etc

4) Inspection of Tanks During M&I

- Inspection planning for tank maintenance and inspection as per relevant codes and standards
- Periodic Inspection and Condition monitoring of tanks under operation for seal condition roof conditions etc.
- Inspection of tanks under maintenance and recommendations for corrective measures as per API 653.
- Approval of WPS, PQR, WPQ and testing as per relevant codes and practices for repair/replacement jobs.
- Inspection for corrosion and analysis and recommendations for corrective actions.
- Recommendations for suitable coating system to prevent corrosion
- Quality control of repair / maintenance jobs. Welding, Testing.

5) Piping Inspection

- Inspection of Piping of process units and offsite facilities.
- Scheduling of piping inspection as per the norms and standards.
- Preparation of sketches of ISO metric drawings as per the site.
- Visual inspection for external corrosion, Ultrasonic thickness measurements for internal corrosion
- Recommendations for corrective measures, replacement, modifications to prevent failures.

6. Welding Inspection

- To review drawings and specifications with a view to check design and material requirements related to corrosion
- Quality control of various similar / dissimilar metal welding, Like Carbon steel, Chromium ¡V Nickel and High alloy steels during fabrication as per relevant codes
- Recommendation of suitable repair procedures
- Supervising welding procedures and performance qualifications as per ASME, ANSI etc
- Tight quality control of all Jobs to ensure compliance with relevant codes of practice and standards like ANSI, ASME, API, ASTM and other Indian Standards.
- Interpretation of NDT results on accepting criteria as per relevant global code like API, ANSI, ASTM and ASME etc.
- To specify requirement of welding, Heat treatment and related activities

7. Project & Welding Inspection

- Review of design documents drawings. Recommendations of suitable materials, design of equipment based on past experiences
- Review of QAP, ITP, WPS and qualification
- Review of material certificates w.r.t. codes / engineering drawing/specification
- Positive material Identification
- Stage wise inspection of site jobs
- Approval and Preparation Welding procedures
- Tight quality control during welding jobs
- Check inspection over third party incase of LSTK jobs
- Preparation of Data Card of the static equipment

8. NDT inspection

- Selection of proper NDT technique for inspection
- Review / Approval of NDT procedure w.r.t. codes and practices
- Witnessing of NDT procedures like MPI, PT, UT & RT
- Interpretation / Review of radiographic films

9. Inspection Management

- Recording of observations and recommendations for future actions
- Preparation of Inspection Check list
- Recording of all observations and updation of history cards of equipment
- Planning for future corrective actions based on the observations made in the previous inspections

Other Information

a) Codes and Standards

Convergent with following codes and standards;

1) ASME Sec II Part A,B,C, ASME Sec V, ASME Sec VIII Div 1&2, ASME Sec IX,
2) ANSI B16.10, B31.3, B31.4
3) API codes and Recommended Practices, RP 650, 620, 510, 581
4) BS-5500
5) IS standards, Indian Boiler Regulations

b) Inspection Aids

Have become well versed in the use of modern inspection aids and instruments as given below;

1) Ultrasonic thickness gauges
2) Radiography Cameras
3) Pyrometers (infrared)
4) Alloy Analyzer
5) Magnetic Particle Inspection
6) Ultrasonic Hardness Tester
7) Knowledge of TOFD
8) Knowledge of IRIS

c) Knowledge in Computers:

1) Fully convergent in with Windows 2000/XP, MS Word, Excel, Power point and Access database.
2) Associated with Inspection Database and Inspection system.
3) Using Oracle base Inspection Management System

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