Quality Control Welding Inspector

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Objective

To Continually Gain Knowledge in Quality Assurance/Quality Control

Functions & Operations and to strive for continuous improvement for my

employer.

2008 to Present Duron Systems Houston, Texas

Quality Control Manager / Subsea Metal Fabricator

. Assisted company in getting American Welding Society (AWS) Certified

Welding Fabricator certification and this certification is the first to be

issued to a fabricator in Houston, Texas.

. Assisted company in getting ISO 9001 certification

. Oversee Shipping and receiving operations, Ship prep operations, Quality

Control documentation.

. Review all out going documentation packages in accordance with customer

specifications.

. Visually inspect out going product for compliance to engineered drawings.

. Witness all in house customer witness load/pull testing and compile all

documentation for sign off.

2008 Integrated Flow Solutions (IFS) of Tyler & Houston, Texas

Contract Senior Quality Technician/ NACE Level III Coating Inspector and

American Welding Society CWI Welding Inspector

. Perform NACE coating inspections on skid packages, structural and piping

fabrications

. Perform Quality System audits at Coating and Fabrication suppliers

. Perform Technical specification and procedural reviews for project

specific applications.

2007 to 2008 Quality Consultants of Texas Houston Texas

Contract Senior Quality Technician: Coating, Welding and Surveillance

Inspection

. Perform vessel inspections in various locations in United States for in

process and final acceptance

. Perform Nace Coating Inspections

. Perform CWI weld inspections

. Perform final document reviews and issue Inspection Release Certificates

2007 to 2008 Materials Consulting Services of Houston, Texas

Contract Senior Quality Representative, Q.A./NACE Cert. Coating Inspector /

AWS Welding Inspector

. Performed material surveillance inspections on down hole SCSSV equipment

(Surface Controlled Subsea Safety Valves).

. Performed surveillance inspections on gate valve assemblies, fittings at

various locations for end users.

. Quality representative for NACE Level III coating inspections on

electrical equipment rooms for the Exxon Golden Pass Pipeline project.

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1996 to 2007 FMC Corporation 1777 Gears Road Houston, Tx.

Senior Quality Technician/MOBIL,Shell,Exxon, BP, ect. Projects/FMC

Q.A./NACE Cert. Coating Inspector / AWS Welding Inspector/ Subsea Thermal

Insulation Inspector

. Quality representative for Offsite Subsea Production projects with

fabrication, coating and thermal insulation on Manifolds and tie-in

systems consisting of PLETS, Jumpers and Mud mats

0. Perform Pre-assembly setout verification operations on Oil Production

Tree / Manifold Equip.

1. Perform Dimensional inspections and MFG Record Data Book creation and

Reviews

2. Witness Inspection Operations and Factory Acceptance Testing as a FMC

Rep.@ Off site locations

3. Completed NACE Coating Inspector Training and Certification Program and

Peer Review

4. Received Certification as a NACE International Certified Coating

Inspector on 6/26/98 [#5603]

5. Received 5year re-certification as a NACE International Certified

Coating Inspector June 2003

6. Received Certification as a NACE Corrosion Technologist March 2003

7. QA on ORYX,EXXON,AMERADA HESS, Texaco, Terra Nova, BP, Phillips, SHELL

Projects

8. Received Certification as an Internal Auditor for FMC Corp. by Lloyd's

Register Q. A., LTD

9. Created a Thread Inspection Local Work Instruction training module for

ACME, UN, Buttress, Extreme Line, Line Pipe, Modified Buttress and Round

Threads.

10. Perform Audits on FMC's Coating Suppliers, Sub-Contract Machine Shops

& Heat Treat Shops

11. Perform Audits for FMC Qualified Supplier Steering Committee on weld

shops

12. Perform Coatings inspection / Specifications review / created in house

coating inspection reports for air dry and Thermoset coatings & Subsea

thermal insulation applications

. Perform inspections and created inspection reports and guidelines on 1st

production of FMC proprietary thermal insulation for immersion use of

Novolastic and Textron Ty-Mar 10k insulation in 1998

. Perform weld inspections on GTAW Orbital Welding of high pressure control

tubing and created Quality Control report forms for dimensional, visual, x-

ray inspections and acceptance

. Perform review on all coating reports for in-house coating contractor

for air dry coatings

. Assisted NACE International in revising and creation of new and existing

exam questions for the C.I.P. {Coating Inspector Program} and also the

Program for Thermal Spray Aluminum, Marine and Bridge Courses. This was

done on 7/2003 and again invited to assist in 7/2004 and again in 7/2005

for pipeline operator assessments. 2/2006 also assisted with new class

exam question creation and review "Coatings in Conjunction with CP"

1991 - 1996 MEI Engineering and Quality Services Houston, Tx.

Third Party Surveillance Inspector

. Primary Inspector/EXXON Zinc Project/Gulf of Mexico

. Various British Gas and UNOCAL, Amoco Production, Projects,

surveillance inspections witnessed on assemblies, pressure testing and in-

process and final documentation package reviews and approvals.

. Various 3rd Party Operations for FMC Corporation [in shop operations and

for the KOS Controls Group]

. Performed Welding and Coating inspections on Sub Sea Controls Equipment

and Umbilical Hose Reel Equipment at FMC's suppliers as an FMC

representative

. FMC's Representative for Mobil Equatorial Guinea 8-well control skid

during fabrication, assembly and final verification testing for Mobil

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1988 - 1991 Dril-Quip Houston, TX.

Quality Control Inspector / Level II Ultrasonic Tech.

. Performed Level 2 Ultrasonic Inspections on forgings and semi-finished

goods

. Performed 300+ Local Stress Relief operations with Manual and computer

Cooper Heat Equip.

. Performed Operations in : QA / Q.C., Shipping / Receiving and Pipe

fabrication Shop

. Performed Coating inspections and weld inspections on Subsea structural

mud mat Weldments

. Performed Dimensional inspections on raw material, semi-finished and

finished goods

Education

. 1978 High School Graduate of Arthur Campbell High Plainfield, Indiana

. 1989 San Jacinto Junior College,132 Hour Ultrasonic Course {weld # 1528}

. 1992 American Welding Society Welding Inspector Certification Cert. #

92060053

. Received 2nd 9-year (18 years) CWI certification with AWS D1.1 code

endorsement 6/2010

. Completed NACE Session's I, II,& III International Coating Inspector

Training & Certification Program

. Completed and Passed the NACE International CITCP Peer Review 6/1998

. Received Certification as a " Certified NACE International Coating

Inspector {# 5603} on 6/98

. Received 1st Recertification as a "Certified NACE International Coatings

Inspector on 6/2003

. Received 2nd Recertification as a "Certified NACE International Coatings

Inspector on 6/2008

. Received Certification as a FMC Internal Auditor from Lloyd's Register

4/1997

. Received Certification as a NACE Corrosion Technologist {# 7977} on

3/2003

. Received Recertification as a NACE Corrosion Technologist (#7977) on

2/2008

. Completed NACE International "Basic Corrosion" course

. Completed NACE International "Cathodic Protection-An Introduction" course

. Completed NACE International "Protective Coatings and Linings" Basic

course

. Completed NACE International "Protective Coatings and Linings" Advanced

course

. Completed NACE Cathodic Protection Tester 1 (CP1) course

. Completed ASQC Certified Quality Inspector (CQI) course

O EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

Over nineteen years of experience in welding & coatings inspection, mfg

processes of sub-sea production and structural equipment fabrications to

AWS D1.1, ASME sect. VIII & XI, API 6A, 17D. Experience in welding

processes such as SMAW, GTAW, SAW, FCAW and visual weld inspection.

Coatings inspections to NACE and SSPC joint standard practices.

Experienced in Technical auditing of coating suppliers and sub sea

thermal insulation. Experienced in NDE material testing in UT, PT, MT,

VT. Previous certification in as Level II UT per ASNT SNT-TC-1A.

Experience in project QA/QC for fabrication and coatings inspection.

Previous experience in performing P.W.H.T.(post weld heat treat)

operations. Experience in orbital welding of high pressure stainless

control line tubing, experienced in report documentation for the orbital

welding process for QC recording documentation. Strong in coating

inspection and report creations and review of coating specifications as

part of contractual reviews.

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