Tash R. Baksh

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Name Tash R. Baksh

Title Quality Manager

Education London, BSc Building and Civil Engineering

Caribbean Union College, Trinidad, BSc Biology

Registrations American Society for Quality Manager of Quality / Organizational Excellence ASQ

CQM/OE #6651)

RABQSA International (Exemplar Global) Lead Auditor # 110788

American Society for Quality Certified Quality Auditor ASQ CQA #26227,

American Society for Quality Certified Mechanical Inspector ASQ CMI #10966

American Petroleum Institute API-570 Piping Inspector API 570 #32242

American Welding Society Certified Welding Inspector AWS CWI #04100581

Affiliations American Society for Quality

American Petroleum Institute

American Welding Society

Society of Petroleum Engineers

Project Management Institute

Awards/Honors American Society for Quality Country Counselor Pioneer Award 1997-2004

Founding member of Trinidad and Tobago Society for Quality

Pulse Safety Moment Grand Prize

Experience Twenty years of experience planning, and managing quality implementation on

complex large oil and gas, onshore and offshore projects. Successfully implemented

quality systems, quality control, and quality improvement processes. Areas of

expertise include project quality management, quality cost, six sigma, management of

change, supplier quality partnering, engineering quality implementation, design

verification audits, and construction and fabrication quality implementation.

Worked with Offshore, Subsea and Onshore systems. Diversified project experience

includes offshore spar and jackets, subsea pipelines, flowlines, subsea control

infrastructures, and refineries, pipeline, civil infrastructure, polymers (LDPE), liquefied

natural gas (LNG), ethylene, and nuclear business sectors.

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Technip USA, Inc., Houston, TX, 2011 to present

Offshore and Subsea Installation Quality Manager

BPTT Juniper Project, Trinidad, Present

Responsible for quality management for FEED and EPCI phases of the project. Includes execution of

offshore fabrication and subsea infrastructure installation, supplier quality oversight inspections, site

fabrication quality oversight, and project quality system implementation. Coordinating and resolving

issues with the Client. Facilitation of Project Improvement processes.

Onshore Project Quality Manager

BG Group, Trunkline, Lake Charles Liquefaction Project

Manage quality system implementation on this fast track project. Provide leadership, support, and

guidance for Quality activities on the project. Interact with a variety of functional groups including the

project team, Project Management Team, Shared Services support functions and Client. Including

supervision of Technical Writers on the project.

Offshore Project Quality Manager

BP Big Dog Spar, Mad Dog Field, Mad Dog Phase 2 Hull and Mooring

Provide Quality leadership, support and guidance for Offshore projects to assure execution in accordance

with Client and Technip requirements. Quality interface with functional groups within the project team,

Suppliers and Client representatives.

Plan and manage project internal and supplier audits; Hull and Mooring supplier inspection surveillance

coordination; Implementation of the project preventive and corrective action systems to facilitate

improvement. Analyze and report status of project quality metrics for project and Companywide monthly

reporting requirements. Manage Audit Program for review and evaluation of supplier processes. Review

of project documentation including technical specifications, RFQs, purchase order packages and data

books to assure quality requirements are adequately addressed. Develop process improvement program

utilizing lessons learned. Assure development and approval of project procedures; Quality training and

awareness; Perform FMECA on suppliers; Lead criticality assessment workshops; Quality risk

assessments and mitigation; Facilitate project lessons learned capture and maintain log for action status

tracking and implementation for Feedback Management Improvement System.

Bechtel Corporation, 2000 to 2011

Lead QAQC Coordinator

Abu Dhabi Polymers Company Borouge 3, United Arab Emirates

Managed implementation of QAQC activities by EPC contractors through all project phases of Project

FEED through handover of project deliverables after. Performed QAQC review of Low Density

PolyEthylene subcontractor’s work processes. Managed contractor audit program for review and

evaluation of contractor and supplier processes. Managed contractor corrective action program and

facilitated improvement programs. Oversaw implementation contractor’s quality control inspection and

test plans. Performed overview of contractor risk management program, fabrication shop monitoring, and

ASME B31.3.

Selected Contributions: Implemented Right First Time Program for Contractors.

Lead QAQC Coordinator, 04/08 to 12/10

Keystone Oil Pipeline Project, Canada and USA

Supported construction project management with quality oversight for contractors, piping, mechanical,

welding, and nondestructive testing areas. Interfaced with federal and state regulatory (PHMSA and EPA)

agencies for permitting and deliverable requirements. Participated in risk management reviews including

HAZID and HAZOP reviews. Coordinated gate review processes. Managed pipeline QC inspectors,

maintained qualified individuals list. Administered quality audit program, nonconformance control process,

Tash R. Baksh

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root cause analysis, and corrective action implementation. Evaluated and investigated engineering,

procurement, and contracts anomalies. Provided QAQC oversight at supplier fabrication shops, supplier

fabrication process and techniques.

Selected Contributions: Successful compliance reviews by Regulatory agencies. Implemented project

wide regulatory training for project compliance.

QAQC Lead, 04/06 to 03/08

Motiva Port Arthur Refinery Crude Expansion Project, Port Arthur, TX

Supported Project FEED and EPC activities. Supported HAZID and HAZOP reviews. Provided input to

procurement specification, engineering material requisitions, engineered equipment requests for bids,

evaluation and award recommendations. Monitoring project QAQC activities for contractors and suppliers.

Participated in risk assessments and monitored risk management implementation. Monitored engineering

contractor design deliverable and outputs. ASME BPVC compliance monitoring. Supported regulatory

work permitting requirements. Managed supplier QAQC work package for fabrication, and performed ITP

audits.

Civil / Structural Field Engineer, 12/05 to 04/06

FEMA TAC Hurricane Katrina Relief Project, MS

Project Scope: Clean up and recovery effort executed immediately after major US catastrophe; Set up

temporary housing units in Pearl River and Pass Christian, Mississippi for displaced persons of Hurricane

Katrina.

Generated field material requisitions and tracked material to delivery locations to support temporary

housing. Performed procurement database system support. Close out of purchase orders and contracts

with local contractors. Administered field installation inspections and nonconformance close out.

Interfaced with PMT, suppliers, and subcontractors to support close out of construction issues.

Field Engineer, 04/04 to 12/05

Waste Treatment Plant Project (WTP), Hanford, WA

Project Scope: Designed, built, and start up the world's largest complex of nuclear waste treatment

facilities. (12 billion)

Performed QAQC compliance of ASME NQA 1 -Quality Assurance Requirements for Nuclear Facility

Applications. QAQC audit of installation of equipment and materials to verify compliance with drawings

and specifications. Supported Department of Energy (DOE) oversight reviews. Applied ACI, ANSI/ASTM,

ASME, API, AISC, ASCE, SSPC, and NEC industry codes.

Selected contributions: Successfully implemented quality improvement processes to complete civil,

structural, and architectural completion of Low Activity Waste Building.

Lead QAQC, 08/02 to 04/04

Waste Treatment Plant Project, Bechtel National, Inc. WA

Responsible for leading QAQC activities for Low Activity Waste facility, supported QAQC activities for Pre-

treatment facility and High Level Waste construction. Supported constructability reviews, construction

quality management, and system turnover project plans and procedures. Supported As Low As

Reasonably Allowed (ALARA) approach. Responsible for the oversight of QAQC issues during

inspections in welding and fabrication. Supported field engineering work package activities for

Pretreatment and High Level Waste Buildings. Utilized databases for work package inspection tracking,

nonconformance control, reporting metrics, document control, and records management. Successfully

supported compliance audits with Department of Energy (DOE) regulatory personnel. Performed

oversight to verify technical compliance to project drawings, specifications, specific industry codes and

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standards of the following organizations: American Institute of Steel Constructors (AISC); American

Welding Society (AWS), American Concrete Institute (ACI), American Society for Testing and Materials

(ASTM), American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME), American Petroleum Institute (API),

Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) ASME NQA

1 -Quality Assurance Requirements for Nuclear Facility Applications.

Selected contributions: Construction team of the year 2003.

Lead QAQC, 09/00 to 08/02

Atlantic Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)

Bechtel International Inc. Oil, Gas and Chemicals Project, Trinidad, West Indies

Provided quality oversight at the construction site. Supported and led QAQC activities on LNG tanks, LNG

offshore terminal, jetty, and subsea pile installation. Supervised and coordinated the implementation of

Quality Management Systems (QMS) scaled for local small to medium size construction contractors.

Provided QAQC oversight of fabrication activities for: steel structures, mechanical equipment, vessels,

electrical, instrumentation, control systems, equipment insulation, cathodic protection system for tanks,

straight run pipe, and piping spool fabrication. QAQC oversight for welding, post weld heat treatment,

positive material identification and nondestructive testing. Day-to-day working knowledge of specific

industry codes and standards of the following organizations: ACI, ASME, API, NACE, AWS, AISC, SSPC,

NEC, and OSHA. Provided support for HAZOPS and change management. Provided QAQC support for

permitting with local regulatory agencies. Provided feedback to lessons learned process.

Selected contributions: Project returned over a million dollars in quality cost and improvement savings to

the client through company's (lean and six sigma) continuous improvement initiatives during construction.

JUSAMCO (Junior Sammy Group), Trinidad, West Indies, 08/95 to 09/00

Project Engineer

Coordinated and performed civil and structural fabrication and construction QAQC activities for the

following projects: Farmland MissChem Ammonia $200 Million; Cliffs Direct Reduced Iron Plant Project

$50 Million; Titan Methanol 5 Project $100 Million; Ispat Direct Reduced Iron $100 Million; PCS Nitrogen

Upgrade $50 Million; Inncogen Power Plant Project $150 Million. This role led to managing local quality

teams for on Civil and Infrastructure phase of these Projects.

Selected and supervised field personnel including quality control inspectors, provided estimates to

proposals, provided technical expertise for job execution. Established Jusamco Civil Testing Lab team.

Devised and implemented continuous improvement strategies for effective asphalt and concrete mix

designs to meet customer's expectation. Provided input to improve work practices for safer job execution.

CARONI LTD, Trinidad, West Indies, 08/90 to 08/95

Quality Technician

State Owned Company - performed Quality Control activities including material control, inspection,

testing, and acceptance testing, metrology, problem solving, quality improvement, and statistical process

control for Caroni's diversification project.

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