Senior Welding/Painting Inspector

Welding / Painting & QAQC Inspector

Exposure in QA/QC activities

• Having Bachelor degree with 15 years experience in QAQC/Welding/Painting inspection ,Material Inspection & NDT inspections for various materials such as Ferrous, Non-Ferrous, Alloys, Non-Metallic materials, Valves, Actuators, Flanges, Fasteners, Fittings, Gaskets, etc., at various onshore and offshore Projects.

• Fully knowledge with Preparing/ Reviewing of Procedure Qualification Records, Welding procedure specifications, Inspection and Test Plans, Review of radiographs for Refineries, Petrochemical projects, Pressure Vessels & storage tanks, Offshore Pipelines/Riser Installations, Cross-country pipelines and Oil & Gas projects.

• Well Experience with Interpretation of Radiographs for Off-shore and Onshore pipe lines and piping as per the approved procedures and the relevant international acceptance codes.

• Implementation/verification of ISO quality management system.

• Preparation& Witness the project welding procedures qualifications, welder performance qualifications and Mechanical and destructive tests.

• Incoming material inspection such as Raw materials , prefabricated materials and welding /Painting consumables& Review of material certificates/batch certificates to check compliance with project specifications, expiry dates and meeting the required mechanical /physical /chemical composition values.

• Experienced in Training of the welders for correct usage of welding parameters & consumables as per approved welding procedure specifications.
• Control and witnessing for the NDT tests and Maintaining the minimum weld repair rates
• Ensuring specified product delivery to suite project specifications.
• Experienced in Painting/Coating Inspection on buried pipes/surge vessels /Off-shore Riser clamps / above ground pipe spools and reviewing the painting/coating documents for the same.
• Experienced in Heat Shrink Sleeves/Joint coating Inspection and Holiday detection with SPY detector for offshore pipelines and riser connections at below splash zone.
• Conducting the internal auditing / preparing audit reports and send to clients/owners.

Education
„P B.Sc., Degree from Madras University in 1992.

Qualification(s)/ Certification(s)/ Programme(s) Attended
„P CSWIP 3.2 Senior Welding Inspector
„P CSWIP/BGAS Gr.3 Painting Inspector
„P ASNT Level II in RT, UT, MT & PT as per SNT-TC-1A
„P API 510 in-service vessel inspection ¡VCourse completed
„P ISO 9001-Seminar attended
„P Safety training for Sea Survival at OPITO (BOSIET) and holding Personnel safety passport from Brunei Shell.

• Duties & Responsibilities
• Establishment of Preliminary WPS, PQR, WPS and Inspection Test Plan to suite Project requirements.
• Qualifying of welders as per project requirements for Onshore/Off-shore facilities
• Verification of inward raw materials, prefabricated materials, Painting/coating materials &welding/Painting/coating/Field joint coating/wrapping materials
• Implementation of welding parameters check as per approved procedure specifications on production welds.
• Supervising the welding activities and co ordinates with TPI & NDT contractors.
• Interpretation of Radiography films as per project specifications.
• Preparation welding/painting/coating inspection reports.
• Preparation of hydro test final packages.
• Checking/witnessing of hydrostatic/pneumatic testing.
• Involvement in pre-commissioning activities like final reinstates/ Mechanical clearances of the Risers, Piping, Surge vessels. Storage Tanks and offshore pipe lines.
• Preparation of final dossiers for submitting to client/end users.