Quality Assurance Engineer
Resume:
DEEPINDER S. MAHAL
Manteca, CA 95337
****.****@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
To become an integral part of progressive growth oriented corporation where
I can use my Engineering and Inspection skills to contribute solutions to
engineering challenges.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATION
. 1 year plus experience conducting inspection and monitoring tests and
fabrication of steel pipes, flanges, dish head, couplings and outlets in
compliance with the AWWA C200, ASTM A36, ISO 9001, AWS D1.1 and ASME
codes and specifications, at vendor's shop facility/work site.
. 2 year plus experience conducting VT, MPI and UT inspection on railroad
wheels and axles in transport industry.
. 2 year plus experience in inspection of static equipment of refinery like
furnace, pressure vessels, storage tanks, heat exchanger, safety valves,
boiler and refinery piping during service, project jobs and turn around.
. Experience of project jobs like construction/commissioning of new process
units, power station, storage tanks & piping. I was involved in
Inspection/Quality Assurance activities during construction
/commissioning of $800 million Panipat refinery of Indian Oil Corporation
Ltd.
. Awareness of relevant codes/standards like API, ASTM, NACE, ASME, ANSI
and Inspection Procedures & Practices.
. Establishing and maintaining ISO-9001-2000 (Quality Management System),
ISO-14001 (Environment Management System) & ISO-18001 (Safety Management
System) in Inspection & Corrosion function, updating and coordination for
periodic audits.
. Inspection planning & scheduling for on-stream / shutdowns / statutory
inspection, forecasting of repair / replacements, coordination with legal
authorities.
. Hands-on experience of various instruments and gauges like vernier
calipers, micrometers, dial calipers, surface comparators, outside
calipers, vernier height gauge, dial gauge, go-no-go gauges and
coordinate measuring machine (CMM).
. Knowledge of using AutoCAD and have generated spreadsheet for tracking
various processes and tests conducted.
. Blue print reading. Can define, identify, interpret and draw engineering
drawings.
. Qualified NDT level II (PT, MPI and UT) as per SNT- TC-1A from CINDE,
Ontario, Canada.
. Graduate Diploma in Information System Management (GDISM) from Central
Queensland University Sydney, Australia.
. 4 years bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Gulbarga
University Gulbarga India.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
HURLEY TECHNICAL SERVICES (HTS)
QC Inspector/Auditor (lead)
2009 - Current
. Represents third party Inspector for San Francisco Public Utility
commission (Client/Owner) to observe fabrication, testing activities and
record verification at Ameron, water transmission group Tracy CA (Vendor).
. Verifying the test or activity by witnessing the key components of the
test to the degree that acceptance can be granted or denied (accept or
reject) in accordance with contract specifications and AWWA C200, ISO9001,
AWS and ASME codes and standards.
. Audit physical testing parameters like ultimate tensile strength, yield
strength, hardness, %age elongation, stress test, falling Weight test etc
conducted at manufacturer's premises/outside agency.
. Audit sub contractor's / supplier's Quality Assurance & Control related
documents and carry out QC inspections.
. Recommend test methods for workers qualification, observing destructive
and non destructive (NDT) tests.
. Interpret engineering drawings rendered by vendor and to ensure that
fabrication and modification of straight run pipes/specials is according
to the drawings.
. Issued and resolved Non conformance report (NCR) by implementing root
cause analysis.
. Conduct QA surveillance for the paint coating and lining operations of
straight run/special pipes and monitoring inspection and tests (anchor
profile test, chloride ion test, ratio check test, mil thickness test
etc.) performed by NACE Inspector.
. Update checklist, tracking sheet and submit weekly reports to SFPUC
(Client/Owner), describing fabrication process observed in that period,
addressing to the issues (non-compliance, no record etc.) related to
fabrication and testing.
RITES INDIA LTD. (Govt. Of India Enterprise)
Inspection Engineer
2005 - 2007
. Non-Destructive Testing (Level II) - Conducted Ultrasonic tests for
Railroads wheels and axles (100%) ensuring to customer specifications by
calibrating Automated Ultrasonic Machine and setting maximum defect level
echo. Witness Magnetic Particle Tests for Axles ensuring to purchaser's
specification.
. Represented Third Party Inspector (for a company with turnover of $131
million) for inspection of wagon and diesel locomotive components supplied
to Indian Railways both visually and dimensionally with hands-on
experience of various instruments and gauges like vernier calipers,
micrometers, dial calipers, surface comparators, outside calipers, vernier
height gauge, dial gauge, go-no-go gauges.
. Working experience with contract review, interpreting engineering
drawings and specifications for quality requirement flow down on Purchase
Orders.
. Maintained and calibrated the NDT equipment as per as the given reference
standards and writing instructions and procedures for level I to carry out
inspection.
. Maintained and calibrated precision measuring instruments such as dial
indicators, fixed gauges, height gauges and other measuring devices, while
maintaining inspection reports and billing records issued and submitted in
time for billing.
. Audit Physical testing parameters like Ultimate Tensile Strength, Yield
strength, Hardness, Metallographic, Residual Stress test, Falling Weight
test etc conducted at manufacturer's premises.
. Development of Quality Assurance Plans for wheels and axles as per RDSO
(Research Development and Scientific Organization/Lucknow/India) laid
specifications.
. Customize purchase specification, taken under consideration to enhance
customer satisfaction
while Auditing Quality Systems to ensure standardization of Quality
Assurance Policy.
INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD. PANIPAT REFINERY (INDIA)
Inspection Engineer
2001 - 2003
. Process Plant Inspection (On stream) - 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.
. 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.
. 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.
. 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.
. 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.
. 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.
. Witnessing of NDT procedures like MPI, PT, UT and RT.
Interpretation/Review/auditing of NDT inspection reports. Planning for
future corrective actions based on the observations made in the previous
inspections.
EDUCATION
Training completed In: July 6 - Aug
21, 2009
Liquid Penetrant (Level I & II)
Magnetic Particle (Level I & II)
Ultrasonics (Level I & II)
Canadian Institute Of NDE, Ontario, Canada
Graduate Diploma in Information System Management (GDISM)
2003 - 2005
Central Queensland University Sydney, Australia
Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical)
1996 - 2000
Gulbarga University Gulbarga, India
COMPUTER SKILLS
. Proficient in MS -DOS, Window XP, 2000
. Proficient in MS(Project, Office), MS Excel, MS word, MS PowerPoint
. Proficient in Sequenced Query Language (SQL) to manage database
. Internet Technologies
MEMBERSHIP
CINDE (Canadian Institute of NDE), Canada.
ASNT (American Society of Non Destructive Testing), United States.
PASSPORT AND DRIVING LICENSE READY.
TWIC CARD HOLDER.
U.S. GREEN CARD HOLDER.
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