QA/QC Inspector ( welding, painting and NDT)

Curriculum Vitae

Mr. D.Sukanthan,

NO: **, Kailasapuram, 4th Street,

Mylapore,

Chennai-600004,

Tamil Nadu, India.

Tel. Mobile: +91-984******* (INDIA)

Email – *********@*****.**.**

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Personal Details:

Date of Birth : 27 October 1977

Nationality : Indian

Passport Number : H2099557

Place of Issue : CHENNAI

Date of Issue : 26. 11. 2008

Date of Expiry : 25. 11. 2018

Personal Profile

Quality Assurance (QA) Welding Inspector and Nondestructive Testing (NDT) Technician with more than Thirteen years of international inspection and testing experience in a variety of industries relating to steel fabrication and welding, in addition to in-service maintenance inspection activities in oil, gas, chemical plants, refineries, and Thermal power plants. Knowledge and understanding of NDT has been influential in the Inspection of bridge, pressure vessel, piping and pipelining fabrication. Reviewing of radiographic films and reviewing of WPS, PQR and Qualifying welders as per relevant codes and specifications. Experience includes fabrication inspection and testing of bridge components and in-service evaluations of petrochemical plant equipment to include pressure vessels, and pressure equipment. Previous clients include the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Saudi Aramco, Yemen Liquefied Natural Gas (YLNG), Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), Sidem, Bureau Veritas, Branden-Europe, Ragas, Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC), Madras Fertilizer limited (MFL), Chennai Petroleum Corporation ltd (CPCL), Barath Petroleum Corporation ldt (BPCL). Language skills include being fluent English, Tamil and Hindi.

Certifications and Qualifications:

AWS Certified Welding Inspector (#06042181)

CSWIP 3.1 Welding Inspector (#36904)

BGas Painting Inspector Grade – 2 (# 62731)

ASNT SNT-TC-1A Level II in UT, RT, MT and PT

Code and Standard Familiarity:

AWS D1.1 and D1.5

API 1104

ASME B31.1, B31.3, B31.4, and B31.8

ASME Sections V, VIII, and IX

Education:

Chennai University – Bachelor of Science in Mathematics

Work Experience:

CALTRANS (C/O CALTROP Corporation) Shanghai, China (December 2008 to till date)

Lead Quality Assurance Welding Inspector and Nondestructive Technician - Responsible for the supervision, direction, guidance, and monitoring of junior multinational inspectors performing QA activities as third party client inspectors in a San Francisco oak land bay bridge Steel fabrication facility. Duties included review of radiography film and confirming contractor’s QC personnel properly performed contract required inspections and test in accordance with the approved inspection and test plans (ITPs). Lead teams of Nondestructive testing technicians while performing critical examinations of flaws to characterize, evaluate, and size indications in welded structural joints.

AL-HAMMAM Company, Rahima, Saudi Arabia (March 2008 to December 2008)

Quality Control Welding Inspector and Nondestructive Testing Inspector- Yanbu gas plant expansion project (LNG) SAP No: 70009233. Review of project specification’s inspection test plan, welding procedures, conducting welders Qualifications and procedure Qualification. Performing weld inspection of internal and external piping of Boiler, Gas Duct, Air Duct, Compressor, Pumps and Turbine piping’s. Offering NDT to the sub-Contractors depend on priority requirements. Conducting ensures conformity to the drawing specification and hydro testing package review and witnessing. Preparing weld status report, weld summary, weekly weld rejection rate and final documentation.

AMEC SPIE HAWK INTERNATIONAL –JV, Yemen (January 2007 to January 2008)

Quality Assurance Welding Inspector - Responsibility for the cross country pipeline welding inspection of automatic welding and manual welding. Duties included confirming contractor’s QC personnel properly performed contract required inspections and test in accordance with the approved inspection and test plans (ITPs). Offering NDT to the sub-contractors depend on priority requirements. Conducting line walk to ensure conformity to the drawing and specification and witnessing hydro testing. Prepare final documentation.

NASS Mechanical Contracting Company, Bahrain (November 2006 to January 2007)

Quality Control Welding Inspector and Nondestructive Testing Inspector- Responsibility for the welding visual inspection, initial to final stage inspection of high pressure vessels. Non Destructive Testing of piping, Structural Items, Pressure vessels by using various techniques and methods. Review of radiographs films as per acceptance standards. All stages of inspection from initial to final stage of pressure vessels, dish ends, storage tank and ship loader. Issuing final release notes.

THE BAHRAIN PETROLEUM COMPANY (C/0 International Inspection Service), Bahrain (March 2004 to November 2006)

Nondestructive Testing Technician - Responsible for the NDT inspection of oil and gas facility, as a client technician. Performing all NDT inspection of high pressure Gas Piping, gas equipment like Column, Heat exchanger, Boiler and Storage tank. Also Holiday testing and hardness testing.

WENS NDT Services, Chennai, India (June 2003 to March 2004)

Nondestructive Testing Coordinator – Responsible for the supervision, direction, guidance, and monitoring of junior NDT technician performing NDT activities. Performing Ultrasonic testing of weld joints, Radiography testing, Magnetic particle Testing and Dye penetrant test in various sites and various clients. Review Radiographs films as per acceptance standards.

ALKHAJA PIH Ltd., Doha, Qatar. (March 2002 to November 2003)

Nondestructive Testing Inspector – Performing Ultrasonic testing of weld joints, radiography testing, magnetic particle testing and dye penetrant test in various sites and various clients. Review Radiographs films as per acceptance standards.

WENS NDT Services, Chennai, India (October 1997 to March 2002)

Nondestructive Technician – Performing Ultrasonic testing of weld joints, radiography testing, magnetic particle testing and dye penetrant test in various sites and various clients. Review Radiographs films as per acceptance standards.

Computer Skills:

MS Word and MS Excel

The above information’s furnished are true up to my knowledge & belief.

D.Sukanthan

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