NDT Inspector / Coordinator

Rasmus Nielsen

Phone: 002***********, or 002*****-***-***

E-mail: ***************@*******.***

Fully qualified Non Destructive Professional, with over (10) years work experience and 2 Years Experience as NDT Inspections Coordinator at Bureau Veritas Group (Angola). Most of my NDT experience was gained at Solus Testing Ltd, SGS Angola and Force Technology (Denmark). I enjoy managing NDT projects in both onshore and offshore environments. Have proven results that I can deliver high quality results, thus meeting client’s requirements from different industries. After a spell in the UK to update my professional certificates, I am currently living and residing back in Angola.

SKILLS

Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams, as well as on “complex” NDT projects in challenging land and onshore conditions;

Have English as my first language, fluent in Danish, working knowledge of Portuguese;

NDT expertise in Panoramic x-ray set, Constant Potential Unit, Rigaku Directional Set, Gamma radiation equipment;

Detailed knowledge of testing on different materials, e.g. carbon steel, stainless steel and aluminium.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Company name: Period of Work

Bureau Veritas Group (Angola) June 2018 – Present

Ensuring Planned activities, including Time Keeping where executed on a daily basis,

Supervised Projects and Contracts from operations, to Invoicing, including support to cash collection, focused on HSE and Quality;

Contacting clients, follow up on outstanding project issues;

Ensuring Method: working on N.D.T Procedures for different projects, contract, as well as specific Job, verification, including close out reports;

Supervision of Personnel related to NDT Projects, and per job, pre-job, conducting briefings, on job and follow up;

Supervision of Equipment Readiness, including Yard and Storage area supervision (in relation to, RPO and Equipment Specialist), control of inventory, request for quotation and purchasing order;

Supervision of Consumables Readiness, control inventory and request for quotation and purchasing orders;

Maintain contact with NDT Equipment suppliers and consumables vendors to promote advances in NDT Technology,

Review technical papers for advances in NDT Technology.

Started working for Bureau Veritas Angola June 2018 as a NDT Inspections Coordinator, where I was responsible for several NDT projects Inspection, for Major Oil & Gas companies within Angola. The project were both Onshore and Offshore. I was in Charge of both Expats and Angolan National Inspectors, making sure they had essential equipment in order to do their Inspections jobs safely. I also had to ensure Logistics for both Expats and nationals, travels from home to work site, which would include Flight Ticket arrangements car transport for Inspectors, and accommodation reservation. Organizing Offshore Travel with Oil & gas companies in order for Inspectors to reach the Oil Platforms e.g. FPSO’s, Drill ships and stationary Oil Rigs. Working with clients and customs authorities, ensuring Expats Inspectors Visas were Up to date and also their NDT Certificates.

Major Projects I Coordinated:

Saipem Kaombo FPSO RT Campaign

This was the first project I Coordinated when I started at Bureau Veritas from start to finish. Where I had to hire 4 Expat Inspectors which 2 of them were RT Inspectors and 2 Multi – NDT Inspectors and we also had 1 Angolan National NDT Inspector who was acting as our RPS for the RT Project. We were there to do Radiographic Inspection on the welding making sure that there were no defects in the welding. The Coordination involved making sure our Radiographic Source would be safely sent Offshore via Supply boat, as it had to be put in a sealed Container which also acted as a Darkroom/Film Developing Station plus Equipment Storage. I had to make sure Logistics for the project ran smoothly. This was accomplished by being in constant contact with both Clients TOTAL, Saipem & Petromar as these were all part of this campaign. In all, the project lasted around 2-3 months. The process also included sending out invoices for the whole project.

ALNG Soyo (Angola)

This Project was first one I started to coordinate which was an Onshore Project, which was very exciting for me as this Project was Angolan LNG a Live (Liquefied Natural Gas Plant) Here I was in charge of 9 Inspectors 3 of which were Egyptian 2 RBI (Risk Based Inspection) Inspector and one was VT Inspector. There was 3 Indian Advanced NDT Inspectors and 2 Angolan Assistant NDT Inspectors. These Inspectors were doing Various Inspection Methods throughout LNG Plant, some methods Including RT (Radiographic Testing = testing for Corrosion on Parent Material) also other types of Inspection included = (ULTRASONIC THICKNESS MEASUREMENT FOR CONDENSATE TANK)

As the Coordinator of this project I would Ensure that Inspectors were being rotated after their 28 days of work. I would Insure of arranging their Travel Tickets together with our Logistics department. Which included car transport and Hotel arrangements, this was both Expats and Angolan Nationals

Throughout the year I would visit numerous occasions in order to make sure things were running smoothly, I would then join them on their activities and produce supervision reports of the activities and this I would compile together at the office, then I would then distribute to my manager and QHSE Department.

I would also have to make sure that NDT equipment was in working order and calibrated, this I would do together with my Equipment Coordinator where we would then send Equipment to specialist companies who would then repair any equipment and also calibrate them, for example we would use GammaTech in South Africa for this. I would also have to keep their MPI/DPI Consumables fully Stocked up and the use by date had not exceeded its expiry Dates.

This also included invoicing from start to finish on project, this is a 5-year contract.

AES (Angolan Environmental Services) Luanda – Soyo

AES Project, had the responsibility of coordinating 4 Inspectors, 2 Inspectors at Sonils Base Luanda Onshore Docks and 2 Inspectors at AES Soyo Docks, these Inspectors were there to do Lifting Inspections, NDT, MPI/DPI and visual inspections on various Equipment e.g. Dynamic and static load testing, overhead cranes to assure structural integrity and NDT) of load hooks for cracks and visual inspections for distortions etc.

Visited them on different occasions, thus ensuring project was running smoothly. The main objective of the visits was to produce supervision reports of their activities making sure they were following procedures and producing decent reports and Certification. Following the reports, I would then compile my findings together. This information would then be distributed to my manager and QHSE Department for respective action and follow up.

OPS FPSO SAXI (Petrobase Group South Africa)

This was a spot Job Project, in which I was corresponding between clients in order for PEC (Pulsed Eddy Current Inspection + UT Inspection. The Client that wanted the job doing was OPS on FPSO Saxi. We had to get a Subcontractor in for this. We used a client called Petrobase Group from South Africa. I had to organize Visa in order for the Inspector to come to Angola, which was done through our B.V Visa Department. I also had to arrange the Inspectors flight into Angola together with our Travel and Logistics team, then plan his trip, offshore which had to take place from Soyo, via a surfer boat. The same process was also organized for one of our BV Angolan National Inspectors to go with the South African inspector. The Project lasted for about 2 weeks. This involved planning and organization, I also had to manage the whole process again for the return trip, once the job had finished.

This also included invoicing from start to finish on project.

Petromar Ambriz

This client involved sending our QA/QC, CSWIP Welding Inspectors to carry out welding Inspections and certification for Welders and to Qualify and Re – Qualify Welders.

This also included invoicing from start to finish on project

NDT Inspections & Pressure Test Witnessing I have been Involved in at Bureau Veritas

Saipem Kaombo FPSO RT Campaign

Visit to the FPSO, ensuring the Project got off to a good start and ran smoothly. Helped the team with some of the Radiographic Inspection and gave them a hand in developing of the films and checking defects I the welding, from the films we had shot.

Vallourec Solutions Tubes of Brazil (Sonamet Yard Lobito)

Here I went to join and Team of 3 BV Inspectors to do MPI Inspections on seamless steel tubes for Subsea7/TOTAL customers for the Zinia Phase 2 project which was at Sonamet spool base yard in Lobito. I was there doing MPI with 3 inspectors in order to speed up the project, as there were over 300 Seamless steel tubes to be Inspected.

Expro (Group) Pressure Test

DS8 Drillship (Valaris Plc) Observed Pressure Witnessing Tests that were being conducted on a Well Test Equipment. Some of the equipment included the following: Elbows, Spools the working pressure that this equipment was tested at was at 1440 PSI (Pounds per square inch). Other equipment that I also witnessed was pipes, Data Headers the Working pressure on these were significantly higher at 10,000PSI.

Skyros Drillship (Transocean) went to do Pressure Witnessing Tests that were being done on Periodic Thorough Working Examination of Air Compressor Air Manifold I witnessed 5 tests being done. The working Pressure for these Air Compressors were 200PSI.

Expro Yard Sonils Base, Pressure Witnessing Tests that was done on Well Test Equipment. Some of the equipment included the following: PW, Elbow/PW Flowline and PW Pup Joint these were being tested at various Pressure and they were the following: 1440 and 5000PSI.

After having witnessed all these Pressure test on the different jobs I would then receive all necessary documentation from client to produce Certificate saying that the equipment was tested to satisfactory standard and it complied with laws and regulations in order this equipment was still fit for use.

Schlumberger Yard Sonils Base Luanda

Went to do Pressure Witnessing Tests that were being done on Various Equipment, which included the following equipment: Grease Module and also Hydraulic Tool Trap the Pressure that these were tested at were: 15,000PSI.

After having witnessed all these Pressure test on the different jobs I would then receive all necessary documentation from client to produce Certificate saying that the equipment was tested to satisfactory standard and it complied with laws and regulations in order this equipment was still fit for use.

Company name: Period of Work

Solus Testing UK Limited May 2015 – May 2016

As a result of the downsizing in the Angolan oil sector, resumed my work with Solus testing, responsible for conducting tests on radiographic non-destructive metals. As previously, the work at Solus has provided me with the best international quality assured welding techniques, inspection methods, and compliance with the industry’s Health and Safety requirements. Whilst there, I worked for the following clients: National Grid, Southern Gas Network, and Rayden Engineering.

Unaoil, Angola July 2014 to August 2014

Working on Chevron Platforms, South Nemba and South Nemba Auxiliary. Working in a multicultural working group, with professional from India, USA, Angola, Canada, UK, and Denmark. Working with such a multicultural team meant focused on the job at hand, as well as learning a number of other new on job testing tecnics. Working on those platforms, we primarily used Gamma Radiation inspection, utilising Iridium 192 to X-ray the welds on the new pipelines going via a bridge from South Nemba to South Auxiliary. Effectively we were x-raying on both platforms. The job involved x-raying a number of different size pepes’s 2”, 4”, 8”, 16”, 20”, 22”, 24” and 26”. Some of the pipes where very thick walled thus requiring longer exposure times.

Force Technology, Denmark July 2013 to Oct 2013

Working as an NDT Tec. Short term contract, managed central heating pipeline welding inspections for a public sector renewable energy programme, responsible for pipe inspections of a Central Waste Burning Plant boiler, gamma radiation inspection using digital image plate on unsafe railway and car bridge.

Routine Radiographic and Magnetic Testing of a Swedish oil refinery pipes. Experience of using Vacuum testing on several inspections.

SGS, Angola/Switzerland Feb 2010 to Aug 2012

Employed by SGS-Angola, working as NDT Rig Engineer, providing testing services for client platforms including Total Girassol and Dalia Floating Production Supply Offload (FPSO). During the execution process used various testing methods including Iridium 192 Gamma Source with the aim of checking for corrosion and defects in the welding on the platforms. Additionally, managed testing on BP, Esso and PSVM contracts, checking for welding defects in Heat Affected Zone (HAZ) areas using an ICM 160kv CP X-ray set.

Solus Testing UK Limited Jan 2009 to Feb 2011

Started my career as an NDT Technician at Solus, under the strict supervision of the General Manager, was responsible for conducting tests on radiographic non-destructive metals, consequently giving me a very solid grounding in welding techniques, inspection methods, and compliance with the industry’s Health and Safety requirements. Whilst there, I worked for the following clients: National Grid, Southern Gas Network, and Rayden Engineering.

Working at Solus testing mean the start of a career as an NDT Technician, learning all the testing methods under the strictest eye of QA qualified UK specialists in the industry. Most of our work was on site, or on clients’ yard, requiring accurate inspection results thus consolidating our position in the inspection industry.

PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIAL

PCN Level 2 Radiographer;

PCN Level 2 MPI (Magnetic Particle Testing);

ASTN Level 2 DPI (Dye Penetrant Testing);

HUET (Helicopter Underwater Escape training);

BST (Basic Safety Training);

CCNSG Safety Passport;

Utility SHEA (Gas) Passport;

NARS First Aid At Work certificate;

NVQ Level 2 Team leaders Course;

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND INTERPRETATION SKILLS

DW/SI (Double wall single image)

DW/DI (Elliptical & Perpendicular)

SW/SI (Single wall Single image)

Worked with both ASME & BS Specs plus P2 National Grid Specs

REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.

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