Ken Rutherford

Vendor Surveillance

Ken Rutherford has 34 years’ experience with quality assurance and quality control in petrochemicals; engineering, construction and maintenance. He has eight years of non-destructive examination experience, three years’ on-stream inspection experience and 22 years in vendor surveillance and QA department management.

CERTIFICATIONS HELD: AWS/CWI; API 510.

Professional Experience

Inspection Specialist II-Olson Engineering 5/2021 to Present

Responsibilities- Oversight of field welding and materials verification for hot tapping of in-service piping. Verification of contractor welding procedure approval, weld testing, personnel qualifications and material certifications.

QA Coordinator-Jacobs Engineering Group and B and E Resources 10/2012 To 2/2020

Responsibilities – Source Quality Surveillance Coordination, Equipment Purchase Inquiry/Requisition Review, Construction QA Inspector Staffing, Engineering Man-hour Estimation, Department Staff Planning

Representative Projects

Capital Projects, Exxon Mobil Complex, Beaumont, TX.

QA Inspection Specialist-Foster Wheeler Engineering 10/2008 To 10/2012

Responsibilities – Project management team responsible for QA oversight involving all disciplines.

Representative Projects

Deep Conversion Project, TOTAL Petrochemicals, Port Arthur, TX. New construction

Goodyear Expansion Project, Goodyear Chemicals, Beaumont, TX. New Construction

Reficar Expansion Project, CB&I Island Park, Beaumont, TX. – Piping Module Fabrication

QA Manager-Englobal Engineering 11/2001 To 10/2008

Responsibilities – EPC contract, capital projects, responsible for development and implementation of construction quality assurance and quality control procedures. Vendor surveillance inspection mechanical, structural, piping, coatings, civil, instrumentation and electrical. Piping and Pressure Vessel Fabrication Quality Control. Quality department staffing, budgeting, personnel forecasting and resource development.

Representative Projects

Capital Projects, Exxon Mobil Chemicals/Refining, Beaumont, TX.

Vendor Surveillance – Fixed Equipment i.e., pressure vessels, piping, pumps, skid package

Mechanical Integrity Inspection Project Superintendent-Dunn Inspection Group 6/1995 To 11/2001

Responsibilities – Implementation of on-stream inspection program.

Representative Projects

Mechanical Integrity Inspection, Chevron Chemical, Orange, TX. On-Stream

Mechanical Integrity Inspection, Chevron Chemical, Port Arthur, TX. On-Stream

Senior Non-Destructive Testing Technician-Baytown Industrial X-Ray 2/1887 To 6/1995

Responsibilities – Positive Material Identification Testing of on-stream piping.

Representative Projects

Exxon Mobil Refining, Baytown, TX.

Citizen: USA

Education:

High School Diploma

Global University

Lamar University

Qualifications:

RT Film Interpretation

NDE level II

AWS/CWI (former)

API 510 (former)

Languages:

English

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