QA/QC Inspector - Welding & Painting

MANIMARAN.N

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QA/QC INSPECTOR (WELDING & PAINTING)

Seeking career enriching assignments in Quality Control & Assurance /

Visual Inspection

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

> Offering 06 years of enriched cross-cultural experience in Quality

(QA/QC) Welding and Painting Inspection.

> Displayed excellence in handling various projects like Construction of

Petrofac Laggan Tormore project, and Saudi Aramco Jubail Export Refinery

Project.

> Deft in undertaking QC activities related to fabrication, erection and

welding of piping in accordance with ASME B31.3, ASME SEC IX, SEC VIII,

SEC V, SEC II-A, B, C, AWS D1.1 .

> Extensive experience in managing inspection activities, qualification of

welding procedures and monitoring welding jobs across projects; well

versed with conducting Welder Performance Qualification Tests and

maintaining qualification list of Welders.

> Expertise in implementation of Inspection & Test Plan (ITP), project

specific procedures and method statement for fabrication/welding/NDT

procedures/Painting procedures hydro static test procedure.

> Possess sound knowledge of various international codes, familiar with the

Construction Drawing, General Arrangement Drawing, Piping and Instrument

Diagram and Isometric Drawing.

SKILL SET

Welding Inspection

> Conducting welding procedure qualification & Welder performance

qualification tests for different kind of welds; involving in the welding

and imparting training to Welders about the processes & techniques.

> Monitoring stage wise welding jobs including Pre-heating, PWHT (Post Weld

Heat Treatment) stages; undertaking the complete preparation & review of

ITP, WPS and PQR; developing procedures on NDT and Hydro Testing and

examining the test packs and creating final documentation.

Painting Inspection

1. Conduct pre-blasting inspection of compressor, blasting pot, blasting

hose & nozzle, air receiver drum, gauges and Material inspection of

abrasive. Recording of atmospheric weather conditions. Inspection of

paint materials, to conform the batch number, manufacturing & expiry

dates.

2. Inspection of blasted surface for any damages, deep pits, presence of

oil and grease as per specification. Mixing of any paint materials, to

see they are mixed properly. Measuring WFT & DFT as per spec,

Preparation of inspection requests & reports.

CAREER RECORD

Since Mar 14 - Aug 14 with Tamimi Industrial service., Saudi Arabia as a

FAB Shop as a QA/QC Welding & Painting Inspector

Client: E-tech / SABIC

Project: SADARA Gas supply Project

Pipe line Project.

Since Jun' 12 - Aug 13' with Kharafi National (ABJ Engineering &

Contracting Co. KSC) Kuwait

FAB Shop as a QA/QC Welding & Painting Inspector (Piping & Structural)

Client: Petrofac / Total

Project: LAGGAN TORMORE PROJECT Shetland Gas Plant

Pipe Assembly Rack & Pipe Assembly Unit fabrication,

piping erection

Since Mar' 10- Mar -12' With Nasser S. Al Hajiri Corporation., Saudi Arabia

as a

QA/QC Welding & Painting Inspector

Client: Saudi Aramco Total Refining & Petrochemical Company & Daelim and

Project: Jubail Export Refinery Projects / Saudi Kayan

Phenolics Project

Since Jan' 09- Feb 10' With N.M. Engineering Industries as a

QC Inspector (Welding & Piping)

Since May' 08- Dec 08' With Anand Engineering Products Pvt. Ltd. as a

Asst. QC Inspector

As a Welding Inspector:

> Receiving inspection of Project Materials and recording the inspection

results and identification in the Quality reports in Compliance with

applicable standards and specification requirements.

> Involved in verifying and reviewing weld parameters of SMAW, GTAW, FCAW &

SAW process as specified in approved WPS during the shift and maintained

the records for CS, LTCS, SS & Duplex, Alloy and material.

> To conduct fit up and dimension inspections as per Procedure and Test

Plan (ITP) and to provide technical guidance for welding sequence and

distortion control.

> Ensured calibration of the welding machine and quivers.

> NDT Test UT, MT, PT, Leak Test, Visual Acceptance of joints to comply

with the NDT percentage requirements per line class & welders

performance.

> Performance of welder, repair weld analysis to determine the cause &

initiate preventive / corrective action.

> Hold points for Hydro, Pneumatic, PMI and Hardness Testing as per

approved quality and inspection plan.

> Managed Request for inspection (RFI) and report for the client and

coordinated with the client representatives for daily welding activities

and NDT at site like DPT, MPT and PWHT and Hardness Test and new material

approval.

> Witness WPS & WQT as per required codes and standards.

> Making of NCR and suggests the remedy to production.

> Participated in punch list preparation during line walk.

> Reviewing Piping spool release and packages.

As Painting Inspector:

> Conduct pre-blasting inspection of compressor, blasting pot, blasting

hose & nozzle, air receiver drum, gauges and Material inspection of

abrasive.

> Quality of compressor air by blotter test & nozzle pressure with needle

pressure gauge.

> Recording of atmospheric weather conditions.

> Inspection of surface profile with tex tex tape & profile gauge.

> Inspection of paint materials, to conform the batch number, manufacturing

& expiry dates.

> Inspection of blasted surface for any damages, deep pits, presence of oil

and grease as per specification conducting salt test.

> Observing & witnessing spraying applications.

> Measuring WFT & DFT as per spec.

> Preparation of inspection requests & reports, witness inspection with

client.

> Preparations of surveillance & non conformance reports & follow up of

corrective action and closure of the same.

> Updating & record keeping of all types of inspection reports, submittal

for verification as and when required by the client and final hand over

of document dossiers.

> Updating calibration of equipments & recording.

> Conducting inspections using holiday detectors for UG metallic coated

pipes/wrapped lines.

> To ensure that all coating application starts only when surface temp is

always 3 deg celcius above the dew point temp.

> Understanding project drawings, specifications, relevant coating

standards & codes.

> To ensure that safety precautions are taken before starting of blasting &

painting, from the part of equipment, personal and materials.

SCHOLASTICS

> Diploma in Mechanical Engineering

IT Forte: Well versed with MS Office (Word, Excel & PowerPoint), and

Internet Applications.

CERTIFICATIONS

> AWS - CWI (Certificate No. 08124711) (Date of expiry : 1 December 2017)

> BGAS (Certificate No. 79403) (Date of expiry : 3 October 2018)

PERSONAL DOSSIER

Date of Birth : 22nd July 1987

Nationality : Indian

Language knows : English, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam

Marital status : Married

Passport number : H1135948

Issued place : Chennai

Date of Issue : 14/10/2008

Passport Renewal : 13/10/2018

declaration

I hereby assure you that, all the above furnished details are true to

the best of my knowledge. If I am selected and given a post in your

esteemed organization I assure that I will discharge my duties to the

entire satisfactory of my superiors.

Place: India

Yours Faithfully

Date:

(MANIMARAN N)

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