Project Quality
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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,
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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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