ASNT NDT Level III
Certification Date: Sep 2003 – Sep 2023 License 122016
The American Society for Nondestructive Testing

CAN/CGSB 48.9712 Level II
Certification Date: Nov 2002 – Dec 2021 License 11359
Natural Resources Canada

AWS-CWI
Certification Date: Sep 2000 – Oct 2021 License 100241
American Welding Society

CSA W178.2 Welding Inspector
Certification Date: Jan 2003 – Oct 2021 License 4273
CWB Group

NAVSEA 250-1500-1 Examiner RT, PT, VT
Certification Date: Mar 2006 – Jul 2021
Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc.

MIL-STD 2132 UT Examiner
Certification Date: Sep 2010 – Nov 2020
Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc.

OK-DEQ Radiation Safety Card
Certification Date: Oct 1995 – Oct 2020
Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality

 Extensive training and background in Non-Destructive Examination and Testing (NDE/NDT) for over 25 years.

Taylor Forge Engineered Systems, Inc., Paola, KS.
Quality Control Manager / ASNT NDT Level III / AWS CWI
Sept. 2001 - Feb 2019

 Extensive training and background in Non-Destructive Examination and Testing (NDE/NDT).
 Experience assisting in the management and implementation of the many quality control programs at TFES including Nuclear, Navy Nuclear Propulsion, ASME Codes and ISO 9001:2008/2015
 Experience in the inspection planning and coordination of quality control personnel for vessel construction in the oil, gas and power industries as well as; Nuclear and Navy Nuclear, slug catchers, pig launchers and receivers, boilers, steam drums, spool piping, valves and structural steel.
 Conducted various pre-inspection meetings, and perform quality surveillance of field contractors and vendors in the USA and worldwide. Including being the main TFES QC presence during the modularization and field assembly of slug catchers.
 Extensive travel within the USA, and have also traveled to many countries while performing QC surveillance activities for TFES (Belgium, Canada, Germany, Japan and Venezuela).
 Broad working code knowledge of ASME Sections I, II, III, V, VIII Div I & II, IX, B31.1, B31.3, B31.8, API 1104, MSS-SP-75, CSA Z245.11, CSA Z662-17, NAVSEA 250-1500-1, MIL-STD-2132.
 Review of customer standards and specifications for implementation into production plans.
 NDE procedure development and revisions to the latest codes and specifications.
 Calibration control and maintenance of inspection equipment utilizing GageTrak software.
 Supervision of 15-20 NDE Level II personnel, Inspectors and Radiographers.
 Training and examination of Level II NDE personnel to ASNT-SNT-TC-1A requirements.
 Management and control of the Radiation Safety Operation and Emergency procedures.
 Develop and implement radiation safeguards for Homeland Security to Federal and State regulations.
 Implementation of non-conformances, dispositions and corrective actions in accordance to the quality manuals.
 Internal Auditor ISO 9001:2008/2015, NAVSEA.

Chanute Manufacturing, Chanute, KS.
Quality Assurance Quality Control Inspector
December 1991 - Sept 2001

 Certified Welding Inspector in AWS D1.1 structural steel codes.
 Industrial Radiographer, Quality Control Inspector, and Level II NDE Technician.
 Chief Inspector of the night shift quality control personnel.
 Work performed in the new construction for the power industry; boilers, heat exchangers, heat recovery steam generated units, steam drums, spool piping, and structural steel.
 Working knowledge of ASME codes, Sections I, II, V, VIII, IX, B16.5 & B31.1.
 Trained new Radiographers and Inspectors in compliance to the codes and the company’s quality control program.
 Experience in a full range of quality control activities.

Now accepting contract assignments for QA/QC 3rd party supplier inspections, surveillance, overview and monitoring in the manufacturing of pressure vessels, piping, structural steel, etc. In the construction, power generation, refinery and the oil and gas industries. Centrally located in the heart of America I am within 120 miles of 4 major cities in 3 states and everything in between.