Michael Mills

***** ******** *****

Eastpointe, Mi 48021

Cell 1-586-***-****

Specializes In :

● NACE Certified Coating Inspector II, Cert # 24411

● API 936 Refractory Certified, Cert # 70437

● Fireproofing Cementitious and Intumescent

● American Welding Society Standards & Codes

● Corrosion Under Insulation Root

Causes

● Insulation both Hot & Cryogenic

● Cathodic protection Usage and Monitoring

Practices

EXPERIENCE

United States Coast Guard Mobile Alabama

Title: Government Construction Inspector May 2022 to present

● Ensure all safety rules are being followed by contractors

● Write weekly progress reports and submit them to the Coast Guard with photos

● Verify that the contractor is following all specifications for the project

● Verify that the Quality Standards as written by the Coast Guard are being followed daily

● Inform the Coast Guard immediately, any work conditions that could impact the project’s completion date

● Perform audits to ensure all materials for the project have arrived on site

● Review certified payroll from all sub-contractors, if accepted submit it to the Coast Guard for payment

● Perform two Davis - Bacon interviews with different craft workers on site to ensure they are being paid properly according the Davis - Bacon Act

● Review all of the contractor’s monthly pay vouchers, if accepted submit it to the Coast Guard for payment

●Oversite the complete build of a flight simulator building and involved with all disciplines of the building trades

Trans Canada Various sites across the USA

Coatings Quality Control Inspector.

June 2020 to Nov.2021

● Witnessed abrasive blasting activities for above and below ground coatings.

● Verified all Ambient Conditions were met daily.

● Documented all test equipment certified and in good condition.

● Documented all coatings were within shelf life and stored properly.

● Approved contractor’s daily reports for all coating and blasting activities.

● Reported corrosion Anomalies to Trans Canada engineering dept.for path forward.

● Ensured the environment was always protected as API 1169 requires.

● Reviewed and approved contractor's Quality Control personnel.

● Resoled any field basting or coating issues

Freeport LNG Freeport, Texas

QA/QC Manager Sept. 2018 -- June 2019

● Attended Quality meetings conducted by the Client.

● Generated NCR and CAR reports and provided the client with prompt resolve.

● Approved all QC personnel for the site.

● Conducted Quality audits on contractor's Quality program.

● Addressed all insulation and fireproofing application design issues with client's engineering personnel.

● Generated all ITP;s for insulation and fireproofing applications and submitted for approval from the client.

● Provided leadership through mentoring and coaching for all quality control inspectors.

● Verified all QC managers were generating daily quality reports and submitting them to the client daily.

● Ensured all work being performed was to the latest engineering revision.

Coating Specialist June 2015 -- July 2018

ExxonMobil Ethanol Cracker

● Approved coating, insulation, fireproofing and refractory materials for the project site.

● Generated and closed both NCR and CAR in coatings, insulation, fireproofing and refractory.

● Experienced in both hot and cryogenic insulation applications, both ASTM and CINI Specifications.

● Reviewed and approved, Quality Plans submitted by Contractors and their sub-contractors.

● Attended all Coatings, Insulation, Fireproofing and Refractory kick off meetings.

● Performed audit on all laydown areas for proper storage of equipment, furnaces, insulation, coatings and fireproofing materials.

● Visited all off-site vendor locations where coatings were applied.

● Reviewed ITP’s for coatings, insulation and personal protection fireproofing.

● Conducted weekly meetings for coatings, insulation, fireproofing and refractory with contractors and sub-contractors.

● Experienced reading both ISO and red line drawings.

● Reviewed all engineered design drawings for insulation and fireproofing.

● Witnessed all testing of all refractory materials installed in ExxonMobil' furnaces.

● Performed Quality Audits on contractors and subcontractors performing work for ExxonMobil.

● Reviewed all refractory reports from the approved testing lab, for refractory materials.

● Inspected the furnaces for any storage damage and submitted a report to ExxonMobil if any damage was discovered.

● Reviewed and approved all coatings,insulation,fireproofing and refractory Quality Control Personnel.

● Ensure all work performed by contractors and craft meet ExxonMobil Quality specifications

. ● Ensured all work was performed only once, re-work wasn’t an opinion.

● Worked closely with ExxonMobil’s engineering dept.to address any engineering design changes, when contractors requested work order changes.

● Performed inspections of coatings activities, and insulation application, and fireproofing applications as often as allowed in my daily activities.

● Allows paying attention that all safety rules were being followed by all contractor’s craft members.

Coatings Specialist May 2013 – June 2015

Chevron Ethanol Cracker Unit Mont-Bellevue Texas

● Witnessed coatings, insulation, fireproofing and refractory activities.

● Attended Quality meetings for coatings, insulation, fireproofing and refractory application. ● Verified all coating, insulation, fireproofing, and refractory materials were properly stored. ● Conducted quality field audits on contractors to ensure all work was properly documented. ● Witnessed all underground holiday detection and voltage was set correctly.

● All coatings were mixed and applied according to the manufacturer's data sheet.

● Verified all work performed was according to Chevron quality plan.

● Ensured safety was job number one on site.

Coating, Insulation, Fireproofing, Refractory Advisor July 2012 -- April 2013

British Petroleum Refinery

● Ensured all coating, fireproofing, and refractory performed by contractors and subcontractors met all BP specifications.

● Witnessed all underground pipe coating and underground pipe wrap systems applications. ● Performed field quality audits on coatings, fireproofing and refractory applications.

● Conducted all quality meetings with contractors and subcontractors.

● Performed quality control daily reports on contractors and subcontractors.

● Reviewed and approved all quality control documents presented for acceptance by contractors. ● Generated all NCR’s and closed them when the contractor addressed them to BP specifications. ● Performed off site visits to laydown yards, inspected incoming galvanized coated steel members. ● Made random warehouse inspections for coating and equipment storage.

● Ensured BP that all contractors were following BP’s safety program.

Bureau of Reclamation Quality Control June 2010 -- June 2012

Quality Control Manager Carter Lake Colorado

● Managed all Quality Control Inspectors and assigned all inspection activities to the interior and exterior of the penstocks at Carter Lake.

● Attended all Quality Control with Client’ Rep’s.

● Verified all abrasive blasting and coating activities performed by contractor.

● Notified the Bureau’s Rep’s anytime quality control inspectors were to perform inspections.

● Reviewed all quality control reports and were properly filled out.

● Ensured all quality personnel were Nace trained and experienced with all testing equipment.

● Witnessed with the bureau’s Rep’s, that all testing equipment was calibrated prior to any inspection.

● Informed the Bureau of any non – conforming work, documented it and submitted documents to the Bureau for dispositioning.

● Informed the bureau of all repair work and waited for the bureau’s Rep. Bureau’s before and during any repair area was started.

● Verified all property of the Bureau was protected from lead paint removal, all contaminated abrasive blast media was disposed of properly, according to the Bureau's specifications.

● Verified all coatings material was stored in climate control buildings.

● Verified all personnel were trained in safety and OSHA 10 training.

● Verified all chemicals on site, were on the approved chemical list, prior to use.

● Maintained with the contractor’s superintendent that all safety rules were being followed, by the crew, while work was being performed on the Bureau's property.

Third Party Coating Inspector

Kiewit RetroFit, La Cygne KS March 2009 -- May 2010

● Prepare Daily Quality Reports on Contractors daily coating and blasting Activities.

● Verified all the contractor's quality control personnel were Nace certified. And that they were fully competent and understood the coating and blasting specification before any work was started.

● Witnessed all Coating and Blasting Activities Performed by Contractor's crew members.

● Verified all inspections prior to abrasive blasting the substrate on the tanks was completed and documented both by quality reports and photographically.

● Verify All Coatings Systems, and record Batch numbers of each coating system.

● Verify All Holiday and Adhesion Testing is performed to site specifications and Nace standards

. ● Verified all inspections and testing were done in the correct manner and in the correct order.

● Provide Mentoring to Contractor as needed to ensure all work met site specifications.

● Notified the Owner's rep. When any coating or blasting activities are about to commence.

● Notified the Owner's rep. Immediately of any non-conformity issues committed by the coating contractor. An NCR report was then generated to address this concern.

● Ensure all safety and environmental rules were always followed, while the coating contractor was on site.

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