BRIAN DOMENS
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To obtain a position as an active employee in a growing, reputable company where I can contribute my experience and skills as a non-destructive inspector to help improve the company and myself.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
Over 8000 hours of NDT training & Certifications;
oMagnetic Particle
oPenetrant Inspection
oRadiography
oUltrasonic Thickness Testing & Shear Wave
oPMI
o Brinell
oPie tape
oFerrite Copper Sulfate
oFPI
EDUCATION:
Richland Northeast, Columbia, SC 2002
High School Diploma Graduated
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Level II Non-Destructive Contractor 2006 – 2015
DynCorp International, NDI Inspector, Saudi Arabian National Guard, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 7/2015 to 4/2016
• Inspection of the Black hawk UH-60 and Apache helicopter AH-64 and structural parts.
• Training the Saudi solider on the different NDI inspection method to utilize it on the helicopter and I told read the Technical Manuel to look different inspection techniques in procedures how to sign jobs off when completed.
• Wash and walk the aircraft to different location it needed be rather in the hanger, wash rack or flight line
• Interpreting the results of helicopter using several methods of non-destructive testing (NDT) such as, eddy current, liquid penetrant, magnetic particle, ultrasonic shear wave & thickness testing, visual inspection testing.
Weld Spec (01/2015 – 03/2015)
Non-Destructive Inspector
Select, calibrate, and operate equipment used in the non-destructive testing of products and materials
Examine drums, tanks and pipelines using non-destructive testing techniques
Make radiographic images to detect flaws in objects while leaving objects intact
Interpret the results of all methods of non-destructive testing (NDT) such as acoustic emission, electromagnetic, leak, liquid penetrant, magnetic particle, neutron radiographic, radiographic, ultrasonic, vibration analysis, and visual testing
NDT Level II (11/2009 – 03/2010)
Inspected Ultrasonic thickness testing on numerous tanks, pipes vessels, plates, boilers, to make one vessel inspection at Giant oil Refinery a top priority because the thickness reading was extremely low
Conducted penetrant inspection on welds, roots, and bevel preps areas, at oil refineries, paper mills, and shipyards
Completed brinell tests pipes, tanks, vessels, exchangers, to make sure the hardness in the metal was within codes
Completed magnetic particle inspection on turbine blades, generators at TVA Bull Run Fossil Plant
Non-Destructive Inspector (05/2007 – 08/2007)
Inspected Ultrasonic thickness testing on numerous tanks, pipes vessels, plates, boilers, etc. where I was able to make one vessel inspection at Giant oil Refinery a top priority because the thickness reading was extremely low
Conducted penetrant inspection on many types of welds, roots, and bevel preps areas for different oil refineries, paper mills, and shipyards
Completed brinell tests on several pipes, tanks, vessels, exchangers, to make sure the hardness in the metal
Completed magnetic particle inspection on turbine blades, generators at TVA Bull Run Fossil Plant
Steel Fab Inc. (09/2012 – 11/2012)
Nondestructive Testing inspector
Visually inspected different welds on the steel structure to make sure they didn’t have any cracks or relevant indication and to make sure there was no porosity, lack of fusion, under cut, lack of penetration pinholes, and to make sure there was enough weld in the steel structure that was being welded
Magnetic particle inspection on the welds and the prep areas to make sure they didn’t have any cracks or relevant indication
Shear wave the welds beams to make sure they wasn’t any cracks porosity or irrelevant indication in the weld
Level 3 Associates (03/2010 – 08/2012)
Nondestructive Testing inspector
Completed several major patches of Porosity to indicate and detected the composites of the Lear jet 85 using the UT phase array Omni scan method while for working Bombardier
Identified critical cracks and indication within the turbine blades structure at General Electric by utilizing Eddy current skills
Detected any indication of leads to cracks in the blades, and buff extra turbine blades
Assisted co-workers with use of NDT methods like MT, PT, and UT thickness testing
Worked on numerous turbine blades and generator for companies like General Electric
Conducted PMI test on different welds, tubes, and piping to test metal density and type
NDI Inspection for cracks and flaws on the F-15 Aircraft and their components, aerospace ground equipment, and safety equipment; using a variety of methods like magnetic particle, fluorescent penetrant, eddy current, radiography, optical and ultrasonic inspection.
Ivey Cooper Services (03/2009 – 11/2009)
NDT Level II
Utilized NDT to read pie-tape reading to find the measurement in the pipes and tank width, brinells, copper sulfate test, shear wave, visual inspection, ferrite to see how strong the metal an density of the pipes or tanks
Used the FME camera to find foreign objects like bolts and trash in the generators valley authority fossil plant sites
Conducted magnetic particle inspection on turbine blades, generators at TVA Bull Run Fossil Plant
Acuren Inspection (08/2007 – 09/2009)
Non Destructive Inspector
Used eddy current at Chevron and General Electric on the tubes in the exchangers and blades that were used to power generators in nuclear and fossil plants
Located cracks on 9 dollar plates in the reactor at Giant Oil Refinery that was up to 14 cracks around the plates structure
Spotted any undetected or inspected if could have possibly shut the unit down
Team Industrial Services (09/2006 – 03/2007)
NDT Level II
At Signal International Shipyard, identified very severe cracks in the infrastructure of the ship that would have been catastrophic if not detected
Completed random inspections, and detected cracks on 9 dollar plates in the reactor at Giant Oil Refinery that was up to 14cracks around the plates structure
Applied Technical Service (02/2006 - 07/2006)
NDT Level II
Ultrasonic thickness testing on numerous tanks, pipes vessels, plates, boilers, etc. where I was able to make one vessel inspection at Giant oil Refinery a top priority because the thickness reading was extremely low
Penetrant inspection on many types of welds, roots, and bevel preps areas, at several different oil refineries, paper mills, and shipyards
Brinell test several different pipes, tanks, vessels, exchangers, etc. to make sure the hardness in the metal was within codes
Doing magnetic particle inspection on turbine blades, generators etc. at TVA Bull Run Fossil Plant
While doing magnetic particle inspection inside a tank at Fernandina Beach, Florida paper mill I was able to locate over 50 cracks inside the tank that was at least long and wide
Which they were able to patch up on the tank inner structure which extended the life of the tank
While working at the paper mill in Fernandina Beach, FL we has the job of finding selected pipelines in the furnace to visually inspect for cracks before we did our penetrant inspection on the pipes
We were able to located several hair line cracks within the pipes structure by visually inspecting the pipes
United States Air Force- Barksdale AFB, LA 10/2003 – 02/2006
Nondestructive Inspector
X-ray a fleet of aircraft engines skins, where we found foreign objects in five separate aircraft engines; if not found or detected would have been fatal
Operated, calibrated, and perform quality control checks on NDT equipment related to eddy current, magnetic particle, fluorescent penetrant, ultrasonic, radiograph, optical test methods
Perform minor repairs on laboratory equipment
B-52, F15, F16 aircraft experience working on the aircraft in structural parts. Utilizing the different NDI method.
X- Rayed the inlet verbal ram on the F-15 for FOD, and the wing closure rib outboard for cracks in relevant indication.
Eddy current the lower vertical staff and upper skin of the F-15.
Ultrasonic on the upper vertical stabilizers.
Penetrant inspection of the brakes in wheels on the F-15 for surface cracks.