CURRICULUM VITAE
A. Personal Details
Full Name: MANOJ M VERNEKAR
Date of birth: 30th NOV. 1968,
Nationality: INDIAN
Passport details: Z 1333007, Issued on 24-03-2003 & Expiry on 23-03-2013
Contact Nos.: +912*********, +918********,+919*********;
Email: *************@*****.***, *********@**********.***
B. Professional Qualifications
• Bachelor of Engineering - MECHANICAL
• Piping Engineering (Piping cell, CAD Center IIT BOMBAY)
• Diploma of International Welding Technologist (IN/IWT/51000390)
• Auditor /Lead Auditor ( A18021/823/2011)
• CWI (ADOR Institute of Welding Technology, Bombay)
• CAWI AWS (to be renewed)
• ASNT Level – II, RT (Interpretation), MT, PT
• ASNT UT Level III (112068)
• API 510.(38571)
• AUT Interpretation Certification
C. Career summery
19 years of experience in inspection of Green, Brown field shut down & revamping jobs in OIL and GAS field
• Preparing QCP’s, ITP’s, MS, WPS, Internal Auditing.
• Coordinate and oversee activities of 3rd party and/or company/Contractor source 30 to 40 inspectors from all discipline.
• Inspection of material at vendor (pipe, fittings, valves, structural steel, etc) and procurement quality coordination.
• Process piping (spool fabrication, field inspection), test packs.
• Installation of onshore & offshore pipe line (rigid & flexible)
• Fabrication & installation of offshore jacket, riser, PLEM, I, J tubes, well & process platform.
• Fabrication of offshore module.
• Inspection of static equipments, tank (fixed. floating roof, LPG, LNG) and in house shop.
• Steel structure (pipe rack).
• Furnace, flare stack, painting, coating.
• Welding, bonding of HDPE, GRE, NDT, shut down & revamping jobs.
• Pre start up verification, ITR A, B signed off and closed out of punch list, preservation verification.
• Training in NDT, welding.
• AUT interpretation.
Major CONTRACTOR worked with: Technip; Chiyoda Corporation; Kellog Brown & Root; Snamprogetti; Bechtel; JGC; Stolt Offshore; ADAMAC Group Nigeria; Hyundai; L&T; Global Offshore; Enterpose (France); DBN.
Major CLIENTS worked with: NLNG Nigeria; Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC); ONGC India; Sohar Refinery Company, Oman; AGIP KCO, Kazakhstan; AGIP KPO B.V., Kazakhstan; Q-Chem Company, Qatar; Atheer (ADNOC Group), Abu Dhabi; PDO, Oman; Equate Kuwait; Qatar Gas Ltd; QAPCO Qatar
D. Work Experiences
Duration: April 2010- April 2012
Company / Employer: VELOSI LLC Oman
Designation: Senior Inspection Engineer
Project: Qarn Alam Steam Project Oman/PDO Service Contract
• Review of Contractor’s Project Specific Quality System including Contract Quality Plan, Project specific QA/QC procedures, quality control plans and documents related to all phases of Contract.
• Coordination for QA/QC issues with all disciplines and with Contractor, related to Engineering, Procurement, Inspection, Testing for Qarn Alam Steam project.
• Coordination with Contractor, TPI, and Company personnel for Various Inspection and review of Inspection reports, Inspection records for compliance to Company requirements.
• Implementation of Surveillance Program on purchase orders originated by EPC Contractor
• Conducts initial system assessments of the Contractors Purchasing QC Procedures.
• Represents Quality at discretionary Kick-Off Meetings, Pre-Inspection Meetings etc. as directed by equipment criticality, emerging Vendor issues and guidance from QAC.
• Ensures the completion of Purchasing Inspection Forms (PI's) & Purchasing Assessment Checklists (PA's)by attendees.
• Feeds back to QAC and Contractor, those practitioner surveillance reports/PI's/PA's reference quality issues whilst at vendors.
• Inspector assignments commensurate with the criticality of the equipment and assures surveillance cover/visitation per approved ITP's.
• Reviews and approves Vendor Equipment and Material ITP's.
• Acts as PMT focal point for communication to Company package engineers on receipt of quality issues/concerns from shop inspectors.
• Conducts periodic purchasing system assessments of Contractors Purchasing Plans to ensure compliance with company's Specifications, Material Requisitions, Inspection & Test Plans and approved Contractor Purchasing procedures.
• Participates in purchasing quality audits of Vendor activities as required in consultation with the PQL.
• Inputs to performance metrics in conjunction with QAC to measure the effectiveness of Contractors procurement performance in procuring quality products
• Inspection and coordination of site installation activities like piping, welding, NDT, steel structures, static equipments, Tanks, Rotating equipment’s, till pre commissioning.
• Attending weekly/ Monthly meetings with Contractor to sort out QA/QC aspects on the Contract and monitoring compliance
• Monitoring Contractor quality system in view of Project policy and objectives, Identification and resolution of gaps observed, follow up on close out action on NCR and deviations related to QA/QC for Contractor and their Vendors.
• Conducting construction audits on contractor, monitoring close out action on construction phase NCR, CAR, CONCESSION requests, Technical queries.
• Review and approve of contractor’s QA/QC Documentation/Dossiers/Mechanical completion book/ITR’s for structure handover to commissioning team.
• Pre start up verification, ITR A, B signed off and closed out of punch list, preservation verification. And prestart up audit.
Duration: October 2008 to October 2009
Company / Employer: AGIP KCO/ Bolashak, Kazakhstan
Designation: QA/QC Engineer
Project: Kashagan Develpoment Experimental Program
• Support the senior QA/QC Engineer at inshore yard performing duties as described.
• Review and execution of QCP, ITP’s, Method Statements, and to verify if they comply with execution contractors contractual obligations.
• Review records of internal and external audits performed by contractor.
• Review of inspection reports and records of quality control has been carried out as per QCP, ITP’s. and P.O.
• Implementation of Surveillance Program on purchase orders originated by EPC Contractor
• Conducts initial system assessments of the Contractors Purchasing QC Procedures.
• Ensures the completion of Purchasing Inspection Forms (PI's) by attendees.
• Ensures the completion of Purchasing Assessment Checklists (PA's) by attendees.
• Issues practitioner/inspector assignments commensurate with the criticality of the equipment and assures surveillance cover/visitation per approved I&TP's.
• Reviews and approves Vendor Equipment and Material I&TP's
• Verifying contractors personal are qualified related to the function performed.
• Review company inspector’s deliverables, analyse and resolve issues and problems during the quality control activity. Ensure all inspection and tests are witnessed by company inspectors are recorded and documented and all NDT reports are reviewed and signed.
• Review and approve of contractor’s QA/QC Documentation/Dossiers/Mechanical completion book/ITR’s for structure handover to commissioning team.
• Verification, ITR A,signed off and closed out of punch list, preservation verification..
• Closed out of NCR, CAR, concession requests, Technical queries.
Duration: April 2008 to October 2008
Company / Employer: VELOSI LLC Oman
Designation: Senior Inspection Engineer
Project: PDO Service Contract
• Revamping and installation jobs of flow lines, Hook up spools, gathering stations (static equipments, pumps, steel structure)
• Assist project engineers CRS’s construction supervisors & static equipment inspectors in all construction activities, i.e. mainly in welding, NDT, testing, coating & painting, welding procedure and welder qualification, independently quality integrity verification and documentation (test packs and quality plans) review and approval.
• Liaise with project engineers, discipline engineer, vendors and company technical focal point on purchase details to plan inspection visits
• Review detailed quality and manufacturing plan for each order and confirm key quality control items and hold points including NDT and fabrication procedures.
• Monitor implementation of contractors quality plans, inspection plans, procedures and work instruction. Verifying contractor’s records of calibration, inspection and test equipment.
• Ensuring all welding activities carried out by construction and maintenance contractor are performed to the companies standard, specification and PO requirements.
• Conducting routine surveillance/witnessing inspection on all activities involving, welding, NDT, painting, coating, material, bends including hydro, pigging, dimensional inspection, review test packs & quality plans. Produce inspection report.
• Maintaining data base of audits, Corrective action s and feedback on contractor performance. Providing monthly report with NRC statistics up date.
• Pre start up verification, ITR A, B signed off and closed out of punch list, preservation verification. And prestart up audit.
• Closed out of NCR, CAR, concession requests, Technical queries.
Duration: July 2007 to February 2008
Company / Employer: RTD Quality Services Nig Ltd
Designation: UT Trainer/ Supervisor
Project: NLNG Six Project, Nigeria
• Reviewing UT QCP, ITP, MS for LNG TANK 9% Ni steel.
• Training UT technicians on 9% Ni steel. With creep wave probe and RTT technique.
• Supervision of UT scanning, reviewing reports
• Crossing UT scanning results.
• Reporting to client and contractor.
Duration: February 2007 to July 2007
Company / Employer: BVIL (AGIPKCO), Kazakhstan (Client representative)
Designation: QC Inspector
Project: Kashagan Experimental Project
• Review of EPC contractor’s QCPs/ Method Statements, ITPs, WPS.
• Inspection of EPC contractor supply materials like Pipes, plates, Fittings, Valves, Equipments, Electrodes, Studs & Bolts, Gaskets, and stage wise inspection as per ITP.
• Witnessing Welding Procedure qualification Test. Mechanical tests at lab, Welder qualification and Inspection of Material Inspection, Welding,
• Witnessing Bonding Procedure qualification and bonder qualification and mechanical tests.
• Studying Isometric Drawing, General Arrangement Drawing with P & ID of erected spools and line mounted instruments for conformance, verifying the materials used for spool fabrication and supports as per service class, Bill of material and piping specification, punching, reviewing the test pack, ITPs and reports related, piping welding NDT, steel structure, static equipment.
• Visual inspection, NDT- RT Interpretation, UT check, MPI, PT, PMI.
• Monitor the performance to each welder in terms of extent and quality of welding. Ensure the satisfactory operation of the system for stage and distribution of welding consumables.
Duration: August 2006 to January 2007
Company / Employer: RTD Quality Services Nig Ltd/Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nig Ltd. (Contract Staff,)
Designation: UT Trainer
Project: Training for Local Staff
• Preparing UT course material for training purpose SPDC staff.
• UT Training SPDC inspector.
• NDT awareness program for SPDC staff.
Duration: February 2005 to July 2006
Company / Employer: Bureau Veritas Inspection Limited (India)
Designation: Surveyor (Third Party Inspector)
Project: MUT project; PRP project Mumbai High, India.; Vendor Inspection;
• Review of EPC contractor’s QCPs/ Method Statements, ITPs, WPS and Auditing contractor Quality system and documents.
• Vendor Inspection materials like Pipes, Fittings, plate, Valves, Equipments, Electrodes, Studs & Bolts, Gaskets, etc.
• Witnessing Welding Procedure qualification Test. Mechanical tests at lab, Welder qualification
• Station piping fabrication, Erection & Hydrostatic testing,
• Pipeline onshore and offshore. Pipe coating, Cross checking with pipe line alignment sheet, Pipe Book checking & Clearance, Pipe line crossings, PLEM installation, Riser,I, J tube installation, ROV survey, Anode installation and relocation, Tightening Riser clamps, Pigging, Gauging & Hydrostatic testing.
• Studying Isometric Drawing, General Arrangement Drawing with P & ID of erected spools and line mounted instruments for conformance, verifying the materials used for spool fabrication and supports as per service class, Bill of material and piping specification, reviewing, punching the test pack, ITPs and reports related, piping welding NDT, steel structure, static equipment.
• Monitor the performance to each welder in terms of extent and quality of welding. Ensure the satisfactory operation of the system for stage and distribution of welding consumables, Painting& coating inspection.
Duration: May 2003 to February 2005 and September 1995 to October 2001
Company / Employer: CCIC
Designation: QC Engineer
Project: Sohar Refinery Project, Oman
Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B.V.(Process Piping & Pipeline) Kazakhstan
Off Site Utilities Project, Q-Chem Company, Qatar
OGD II (Process Piping and Pipeline) ADNOC, Abu Dhabi
LNG Upstream Facilities Project Shell PDO, Oman
Equate Ethylene Plant Project, Kuwait.
QGL LNG Project, Ras Laffan, Qatar.
Ethylene Expansion Project QAPCO, Qatar
• Preparing QCP’s, Method Statements, ITPs, WPS
• In coming material inspection. Conducting/Witnessing Welding Procedure qualification Test (CS, SS, duplex SS,). Mechanical tests at lab, Welder qualification.
• Studying Isometric Drawing, General Arrangement Drawing with P & ID of erected spools and line mounted instruments for conformance, verifying the materials as per service class, Bill of material and piping specification, Spooling of isometric and punching, reviewing the test pack, ITPs and reports related, piping welding NDT, steel structure, static equipment, preparing hand over documents.
• Coordinate and oversee activities of company/Contractor source 20 to 30 inspectors from all discipline.
• GRE Bonder qualification and reviewing bonding records.
• Station piping fabrication, Erection & Hydrostatic testing,
• Pipeline onshore. Pipe coating, Cross checking with pipe line alignment sheet, Pipe Book checking & Clearance, Pipe line, Pigging, Gauging & Hydrostatic testing.
• Stage wise inspection of Steel structure pipe racks. Tanks (condensate, firewater, portable water,LNG)
• Reviewing inspection report of Static equipment, erection, internals, and final box up.
• Monitor the performance to each welder in terms of extent and quality of welding. Ensure the satisfactory operation of the system for stage and distribution of welding consumables, Painting& coating inspection
• Supervision, motivation and controlling team of workman functioning in fabrication shop.
• Audits (internal and subcontractor)
• Coordinating with QC inspectors, engineering Dept, field engineer and client.
Duration: November 2002 to May 2003
Company / Employer: ALCON Nig Ltd (Contract staff of SPDC(Shell Nigeria))
Designation: Quality Surveillance Engineer
Project: OGGS Project, Nigeria Pipeline (Onshore & Offshore), Risers & Slug Catcher
• Review of EPC contractor’s QCPs/ Method Statements, ITPs Auditing contractor Quality system and documents,
• Reviewing materials TC’s
• Witnessing Welding Procedure qualification Test and WQT.
• Reviewing reports. Slug catcher piping fabrication, Erection & Hydrostatic testing,
• Pipeline onshore and offshore. Pipe coating, Cross checking with pipe line alignment sheet, Pipe Book checking & Clearance, Pipe line crossings, Riser, ROV survey, Anode installation and relocation, Tightening Riser clamps, Pigging, Gauging & Hydrostatic testing.
• Steel structure (pipe racks, offshore jackets and Deck.)
• Stage wise inspection of Fabrication & Installation of Offshore process and well platform, Jackets, Pile, Hook up.
• Monitor the performance to each welder in terms of extent and quality of welding. Ensure the satisfactory operation of the system for stage and distribution of welding consumables, Painting& coating inspection.
• Coordinate and oversee activities of 3rd party and/or company/Contractor source 30 to 40 inspectors from all discipline.
Duration: November 2001 to November 2002
Company / Employer: Techint Cimi Montubi Nig Ltd
Designation: QA/QC Engineer
Project: NLNG Expansion Project, Nigeria
• Preparing QCPs/ Method Statements, ITPs, WPS.
• Inspection of EPC contractor supply materials like Pipes, plates, Fittings, Valves, Equipments, Electrodes, Studs & Bolts, Gaskets, CP material, Paints, Sleeves etc.
• Conducting/Witnessing Welding Procedure qualification Test,Welder qualification
• Reviewing inspection reports such as NDT-RT Interpretation, UT check, MPI, PT,VT, PMI. Holiday testing,
• Stage wise inspection piping fabrication, Erection & Hydrostatic testing,
• Shut down job (tie-ins, hot tapping),Tanks (LNG, LPG)
• Studying Isometric Drawing, General Arrangement Drawing with P & ID of erected spools and line mounted instruments for conformance, verifying the materials as per service class, Bill of material and piping specification, Spooling of isometric and punching, reviewing the test pack, ITPs and reports related, piping welding NDT, steel structure, static equipment, preparing hand over documents
• Monitor the performance to each welder in terms of extent and quality of welding. Ensure the satisfactory operation of the system for stage and distribution of welding consumables, Painting& coating inspection.
• Coordinating with engineering Dept, field engineer and client.
• Coordinate and oversee activities of company/Contractor source 20 inspectors from all discipline.
Duration: August 1992 to September 1995
Company / Employer: Hiralal Dished Ends Works Pvt Ltd. Pune, India
Project: Shop Fabrication for Various Clients under TPI Supervision.
Designation: QC Engineer
• Preparing QCP’s, ITPs, WPS
• Conducting/Witnessing Welding Procedure qualification Test. Mechanical tests at lab, Welder qualification and Inspection of Material Inspection, Welding.
• Inspection dished ends, cones, expiation bellows.
• Stage wise inspection of coded pressure vessels, LPG bullets, storage tanks, deareator, spool fabrication, to the final hydro test.
• Monitor the performance to each welder in terms of extent and quality of welding. Ensure the satisfactory operation of the system for stage and distribution of welding consumables, Painting& coating inspection
• Supervision, motivation and controlling team of workman functioning in fabrication shop.
• Audits (internal), coordinating with TPI and client.