Quality Management

Vincent E. Nweke

Houston, TX ********@*****.*** +1-713-***-****

Lead Auditor (ISO 9001 :2015) ; ASNT Level II (UT, RT, VT, PT & MT)

Quality/HSSEQ Lead/Manager/Director (US Citizen)

• Lead Auditing • Market Assessment . Total Quality & HSE Development & Management • Supply Chain Management • Greenfield/Brownfield Development • Energy, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing & Engineering Businesses . Continual Improvement

Enhancing Development for Competitiveness…Enhancing Corporate Revenue

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

A reliable, innovative Quality/QHSE & Business Development director/manager with extensive industry and academic experience in greenfield and brownfield development, and continual improvement of the oil and gas, energy, manufacturing and engineering businesses. Extensively experienced in business support operations including auditing, quality control and quality assurance, engineering non-destructive and destructive testing, lean six and sigma. A reliable business partner with innate diplomacy, trustworthiness and diligence.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Leadership • Strategic proposal and quotation support • Re-Engineering • Project Management • Personnel & Equipment Assessment • Training • Quality Management • Health, Safety & Environmental Management • Resource Allocation • Market Assessment • Decision Strategist • Change Management • Research • NDE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

QUALITY MANAGER 2014-Present

MARK’S MACHINE COMPANY INCORPORATED El Campo, TX

Oil and gas service company involved in machining and refurbishing equipment. Developed the company’s quality management system and led ISO 9001 certification. Responsible for enhancing quality, health, safety and environmental awareness of employees and suppliers.

Realized an increase in the volume of work and revenue by enhancing the ability to deliver quality products and services after receiving ISO certification.

Introduced a culture of change management and documentation.

Achieved a commitment from top management to hold regular management review meetings for continuous improvement and to sustain customer satisfaction.

Facilitated daily meetings with sectional leads to ascertain status of each job order to manage loopholes, achieve target delivery dates and ensure return on investment.

Developed new strategies for products packaging and delivery information for customer satisfaction, continual improvement and competition.

QUALITY ENGINEER (CONTRACT) 2013-2014

PENTAIR VALVES & CONTROLS / AEROTEK USA INCORPORATED Houston, TX

A manufacturer of valves and flow controls for the oil and gas, hydro, engineering and automotive industries. Led quality management activities, updated quality management procedures, conducted internal audits, tracked nonconformities, created corrective and preventative actions, participated in external re-certification audits and reviewed pre-shipment documentation. Managed two direct reports.

Saved thousands of dollars and improved integrity by engaging in hands-on pre-shipment documentation review that caused delays in shipping and additional cost for hiring third party pre-shipment inspectors.

Tracked a backlog of more than 400 non-conformance reports to close out on the company database.

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AXALTA POWDER COATINGS 2012-2013

QUALITY CONTROL / QUALITY ASSURANCE SUPERVISOR Houston, TX

A manufacturing company producing coating products for the oil and gas, automotive, real estate and engineering industries. Managed testing of samples and products for quality assurance, specification standards, tracking non-conformance and preparation of test certificates, quality reports and internal auditing. Responsible for ten indirect reports.

Ensured accident and incident free operations to enhance return on investment of thousands of dollars and adherence to customer scheduling demands.

Provided quality assurance and control reports on tested raw materials and products for an ROI of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Classified hazardous raw materials to prevent misuse and injury saving the company thousands of dollars.

EXTERNAL RESOURCE LEAD AUDITOR (CONTRACT) 2012

BSI AMERICA Reston, VA

A business development consulting organization specializing auditing of firms for continual improvement and development through auditing, and certification to international quality standards.

Provided audit reports for certification of six engineering and manufacturing companies.

Facilitated training on quality management systems through the audit process to gain ISO certification.

QUALITY CONTROL & QUALITY ASSURANCE COORDINATOR 2011-2012

ADDAX PETROLEUM LIMITED (CONTRACT) Lagos, Nigeria

A major oil and gas exploration and production company. Created and reviewed project specific quality plans, inspection and test plans and work procedures. Assisted third party contractors in development of quality management systems. Supervised third party field inspectors, engineers and QHSE service providers. Monitored non-conformities and managed the internal audit program. Managed 25 direct and 15 indirect reports.

$100+ million onshore and offshore projects and multidisciplinary quality and safety teams managed.

Prevented a major pipeline spill to avoid fatalities, environmental degradation, integrity and financial loss.

Delivered training to field engineers on nondestructive examination techniques.

Participated in technical pre-bid and post-bid evaluations of contractors for minor, medium and major onshore and offshore projects.

Participated in reviewing of FEED reviews, and products design reviews for small, medium and major projects awards.

Collected reports from field personnel for management decision-making to ensure smooth operations and a sustained return on investment and continual improvement.

CONSULTANT LEAD AUDITOR 2008-2009

SUFFIX ENERGY / CHESTERMEAD NIGERIA LIMITED (CONTRACT) Port Harcourt, Nigeria

An oil and gas exploration and production service company. Audited Nigerian indigenous oil and gas fabrication yards and provided reports on quality (ISO 9001:2008) based on quality and capability.

Authored an audit report on fabrication capacity and capability of oil and gas fabrication yards in Nigeria by major oil and gas producers.

Eliminated cost and schedule delays associated with the ad hoc bid processes involved in the selection of and mobilization of construction firms on oil and gas projects in Nigeria by providing a fabrication capacity report to the major oil conglomerates.

Offered quality management awareness training to indigenous firms via the supplier audit process for continual improvement and development.

SENIOR QA/QC (QHSE) SUPERVISOR/ENGINEER (CONTRACT) 1991 - 2009

SHELL (Nigeria – SPDC & SNG) – On Various Agencies Contracts Port Harcourt Nigeria

A major oil and gas exploration and production company. Created and reviewed project specific quality plans, inspection and test plans and work procedures. Assisted third party contractors in development of quality management systems. Supervised third party field inspectors, engineers and QHSE service providers. Monitored non-conformities and managed the internal audit program. Managed 30 direct and 45 indirect contract reports from three QHSE providers and numerous field construction and development companies on Shell Nigeria (SPDC & SNG) projects onshore and offshore.

$200+ million onshore and offshore projects and multidisciplinary quality and safety teams managed.

Authored business development templates for indigenous companies, as a public relations strategy, for development of company profile, organizational plan, quality and HSE manuals, technical and financial quotation/bidding, inspection and testing, personnel evaluation and reporting.

Participated in technical pre-bid and post-bid evaluations of contractors for minor, medium and major onshore and offshore projects.

Delivered training to project engineers, field engineers, and inspectors on quality awareness and nondestructive examination techniques.

Participated in reviewing of FEED reviews, and products design reviews for small, medium and major projects awards

Led personnel and equipment premobilization assessment.

Collected reports from field personnel for management decision-making to ensure smooth operations and a sustained return on investment and continual improvement.

Successfully participated in and led greenfield and brownfield development operations audits.

Supervised new products development, refurbishment and construction including platforms, buoys, storage tanks, pipelines, valves, flow stations, fittings and related.

QHSE SUPERVISOR/INSPECTOR (CONTRACT) 1990 - 1991

SGS (NIGERIA) LTD Port Harcourt Nigeria

Provided quality, health, safety and environmental management services for a greenfield development drilling project at a Schlumberger location for Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited.

• Saved $100+ millions in revenue by ensuring delivery of a quality and incident free project.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION

PhD in Management of Engineering & Technology, with a Major in Business Administration (Passed Comprehensive Exam – Awaiting award) at Northcentral University AZ USA; USA Master of Science in Technology in Environmental Management Technology (awarded by Spantran USA), obtained at Federal University of Technology Owerri Nigeria; USA Double Major Bachelor of Science in Industrial Health & Safety, & Agricultural Engineering - Mechanical option (awarded by Spantran USA), obtained at Federal Polytechnic/University of Technology Owerri Nigeria.

CERTIFICATION

(1) ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor, International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA),

(2) ASNT SN-TC-1A Levels 1 & 2 in Ultrasonic Testing (UT – Shear and longitudinal waves), and Level 2 in Penetrant Testing (PT), Magnetic Testing (MT), Visual & Optical Testing (VT) and Radiographic Testing Film Interpretation (RTFI)

(3) BOSIET (Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training (4) Enhanced Contract Management (1&2)

(4) Fraud Risk Management (5) Scaffolding Inspection (6) Nigerian Institute of Safety Professionals (NISP) level 3

(5) Metallurgical Failure Analysis (6) Welding Technology for Supervisory Staff (7) Construction Site Safety.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: (1) ISO 9001: 2015 Transition Training (2) Enhanced Contract/Business Management (1 & 2) (3 ) Fraud Risk Management (4) Series Auditor / Lead Auditor (Quality Management System) (5) Lean Six Sigma/EMS (6) HAZOP, HAZID, PTW System.

Projects Experience

• Pipeline construction, refurbishment and replacement, including wellheads.

• Flow station construction and maintenance.

• Brownfield and greenfield drilling locations preparation including HSE Management.

• Platforms construction, refurbishment and installation.

• Storage facilities (including FPSOs, PSUs, buoys) construction, refurbishment and installation.

• Crude loading platforms construction and maintenance.

• Coating raw materials and products inspection, testing, manufacturing and application.

• Valves and flow controls manufacturing and refurbishment.

• Community projects execution (including roads, bridges and electrification).

• Products development, manufacturing, installation and commissioning.

• Research including feasibility studies, data generation, analyses, and application.

• Failure and accident investigation and analyses.

• Flares and injection systems construction, refurbishment and installation • Machining & assembly of products

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