Power Plant Mechanical Engineer

VINITH SAGALA DISSANAYAKE BOGODA (Vinnie)

*** *********** *****, # **, *** Ramon, CA-94583

Cell: 925-***-****

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MECHANICAL ENGINEER/ AWS CWI WELDING INSPECTOR, PIPING AND MECHANICAL

INSPECTOR

OBJECTIVE: Looking for a position that would allow me to utilize my skills and that would allow me to

continue my further education, which would be useful for the organizational activities.

EXPERIENCE

1. May, 2014 to Feb. 2015: Senior Welding Inspector at BRINDERSON LP (An AGEION company)

at TESORO- GOLDEN EAGAL REFINERY (GER) at Martinez, California, USA.

My responsibilities are as follows:

a. All QA/QC activities on maintenance and turnaround jobs assigned to BRINDERSON

b. All welding inspection works on piping mostly as per ASME B31.3, B31.1, Storage Tanks

mostly as per API 653 and 650, Pressure vessels per ASME Section VIII D.1, Structures

per ASME D1.1

c. Responsible for all code jobs, dealing with A.I.s and preparation of code job packages.

d. Preparation of Inspection Test Plan (ITP) for all CODE jobs.

e. QC works on refinery turnaround jobs and preparation of turnaround packages.

f. Responsible for all Hydro, Pneumatic and service tests.

g. Updating of weld logs for each job

h. Package preparation for each job.

i. Welder qualifications as per ASME section IX

j. Inspection of all shop and field welding.

k. Request for RT, UT, PT, MT and PMI as per the relevant TESORO Travelers

l. Reviewing all NDE reports and RT films before forward to TESORO inspection.

m. Attending for TESORO kick off meetings.

n. Monitoring all welder performances and issuing of NCRs if necessary.

o. Attending for weekly/monthly BRINDERSON construction, QA/AC and safety meetings.

2. Oct. 2010 to May 2014: MECHANICAL QC ENGINEER/ WELDING INSPECTOR /SENIOR

BUILDING INSPECTOR

West Coast Code Consultants, Inc. 2400, Camino Ramon, Suite 240, San Ramon, CA 94583.

Responsible to occupied as a certified welding inspector, piping and mechanical inspector representing

California Energy Commission as Chief Building Official (CBO), in company assigned energy

construction projects in California.

Worked as a CBO Welding, Mechanical and safety Inspector in following energy projects:

a. Blythe Solar Power project, Blythe California

b. Calpine Grimes Natural Gas Pipeline project, Sutter County, Yuba City, California.

c. Calpine Gilroy Energy Center SCR boiler upgrading project, Gilroy, California

3. March 2006 – Sep. 2010 - MECHANICAL ENGINEER/CSWIP- UK CERTIFIED WELDING

INSPECTOR, PIPING AND MECHANICAL INSPECTOR

Al Suwaiket Support Services, P.O.Box 4228,

Al-Khobar 31952, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Tel. 03 859 1088, Email: ***************@**********.***

Worked in several Saudi Aramco Oil & Gas projects and several chemical plant projects, such as the

Hawiya Khuff Oil & Gas Project, Kurshaniya Gas Plant Project, Kuraish & Gavahr water injection

piping project, Rabigh Refinery Utility Offset Umbrella expansion project, Saudi Kayan PP & PH

Chemical Plant project etc…

4. April 1988 – Feb. 2006 - MECHANICAL SUPERINTENDENTS

Ceylon Electricity Board, 50, Sir Chittampalam A. Gardiner Rd, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Tel. 112324471-8

Power plant Maintenance including, maintenance of power generation equipment, Superheated Steam

Boilers, Steam Turbines, Gas Turbines and their auxiliaries etc. Worked in several power plant projects

and power plants in Sri Lanka

My main responsibilities were:

• Preparation of preventive maintenance schedules for all mechanical machineries

and equipment of power plants

• Carryout and monitoring of all mechanical maintenance and repair works

• Designing of piping systems, structures and other equipment as per power plant

local requirements.

• Controlling of mechanical maintenance working staff, including supervisors,

artificers, foramens, welders, fitters and other skill and non-skill labors etc..

• Attending weekly and monthly progress meetings for the preparation of required

reports.

• Scheduling and conducting of major overhauls of the power plant machines and

their auxiliaries.

5. 03/1982 - 03/1988 - ASSISTANT MECHANICAL ENGINEER

M/s Heavy Fab Ltd, (Electro-mechanical Engineers, Contractors & Welding Inspectors)

Flat No. 15A-25, Station Road, Colombo-04, Sri Lanka Tel. 2503556.

This was my first job in my carrier and gained a very vast experience in heavy steel fabrication such

as irrigation headwork radial, fixed wheel and sluice gates, fabrication of above ground petroleum

and chemical storage tanks – according to API 650 code. Piping works as per ASME B 31 series,

structures as per AWS D1.1, Machine installations (static & rotating equipment) and handling of a

fully equipped mechanical workshop etc.

SUMMARY OF ADVANCED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Carry out welding inspection on pipelines, structures and preparing of daily reports

• Offering selected welds for NDE inspections as per quality procedures

• Preparation of weld maps

• Preparation of as-built drawings, weld maps etc. as per field requirements

• Preparation of red line drawings as per field modifications

• Communicate with project engineering about field modifications

• Heavy steel fabrication and piping- AWS D1.1and ASME B31 series

• Fabrication of above ground petroleum and chemical storage tanks (API 650 code)

• Piping and related mechanical inspection as per API 1104 and ASME B31 Series

• Coordinate with NDE technicians as an ASNT NDE Inspector, ASNT – Level-2 in RT, UT, MT,

LT and VT

• Pipeline punching activities.

• Preparation of pipeline test packages for hydro, pneumatic, service and visual testing of

pipelines.

• Preparation and conducting of welder qualification tests (according to API 1104 and ASME

Section 1X.

• Maintenance of hydro, steam and gas turbines and their auxiliaries.

• Maintenance of superheated steam boilers.

• Maintenance of diesel generators and I.C. engine automobiles of gas and diesel

• Machine installation (static and rotating equipment )

• Building plan reviews on mechanical, electrical and plumbing and fire protection system

plans as per CMC, CEC (NEC2008), CPC and CFC (NAFC 13, 13D and 72)

• Computer literacy in MS Office, MS Word, Excel, Auto Cad 2000.

• Good written and spoken skills in English.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Graduate ship in Mechanical Engineering from City & Guilds of London, UK- 2007

• Diploma in Technology in Mechanical Engineering from University of Moratuwa of Sri Lanka -

1981.

CERTIFICATIONS:

• Certified Welding Inspector (AWS-CWI) Certification # 130*****-****

• OSHA- 10 and 30 Construction Industry Regulations (29 CFR 1926) 2012

• CSWIP-3.2(TWI-UK) Certified Welding Inspector, Certificate # 27177 2007

• ANST/NDE Level-2 in UT, RT, MT, PT and VT

• Saudi Aramco certified Welding and Piping Inspector 2006

• Commercial Plumbing Inspector- International Code Council 2010

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:

• American Welding Society, Certified Welding Inspector (AWS CWI )

• TWI of UK- Certified Welding Inspector- CSWIP -3.2

• ALSTOM France on operation and maintenance of Fr-09 gas turbines under Kelani- Tissa

combine-cycle power plant project in Sri Lanka in 2002.

MEMBERSHIPS

• Member- American Society for Nondestructive Testing- ASNT-2013

• Member- American Welding Society # 2024964

• Member- Institution of Incorporated Engineers of Sri Lanka ( IIESL)

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