DEEPINDER S. MAHAL

****. W. Center Street #***

Manteca, CA 95337

408-***-****

abg1ny@r.postjobfree.com

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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