Ronald Smith
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Katy, TX 77450
Cell – 832-***-****
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QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS
Inspection: PT, MT, & UT Level II Inspector, Hydrostatic Pressure Testing, PMI, Visual Weld Inspection, UT Thickness Reading , Structural Weld & Pipe Shear-wave, UT Plate Scanning, UT Straight Beam, Mechanical Testing ( Tensile testing, V-Notch Charpys, Hardness testing-Rockwell C & B – King Brinell – Pin Ball ) 260hrs of Eddy Current, Gage room Attendant.
Machining: Manual lathe, Index Mill, Surface Grinder, Drill Press, Chop Saw, Piranha, Vertical Mill, Drill & Tap Press, Punch Press, All Thread Machine, Bending Machine, measuring tool knowledge and calibrations.
*Strong organization skills and a team player
*Flexible, willing learner & responsible
*Willing to travel (Passport Expires in 2018)
EDUCATION
The Ocean Corp.
Houston, TX
NDT Level 1 & 2 Course in UT, MT, & PT 1997
*(OJT for all testing knowledge)
Frank Malek & Associates
Houston, TX
Industrial X-Ray 1997
S.P. Waltrip HS
Houston, TX
GED 1992
SAFETY TRAINING COURSES
Exxon-Mobile Refinery in Joliet, IL., Lyondell-Citgo Refinery, Fina Gas Refinery in McAllen, TX., Crown Oil, various nuclear power plants.
EMPLOYMENT & RELATED SKILLS
1993-1997 Sumner Mfg.
Machine Operator ( see skills & qualification – machining )
Houston, TX.
Sonic System International
NDT – (Level I) Nuclear job at South Texas Project ( ET, PT, MT, UT-T & F.A.C )
Houston, TX
DPM X-Ray
NDT – ( X-ray Trainee ) Pipeline X-ray on the border of Southeast Texas
Houston, TX
Atlantic Group
NDT – ( Level I ) Nuclear job Stream Generator Inspection with the Rosa System at Tennessee Valley Authority
Green Bay, WI
Omsco Shaw
NDT – ( Level II ) Experience in QA/QC on drill collar pipe using MT, UT shear wave, Pin Brinell Hardness
Houston, TX
1998 Edward L. Haile & Associates
NDT-( Level II ) Experience in QA/QC of material and processes used in the oil, gas, petrochemical, and pipeline industries. Experience in field and in house requires running a full service NDE lab. Machining Tensile, V- notch Charpies and welders qualification testing and survey plus Customer Service Representive, and some metallurgy work.
Houston, TX
1998 Conam Inspection
NDT-( Level II ) Performed various inspections MT, PT, UT-T at Exxon-Mobile Joliet and performed FMT, on Giant Concave- Convex fans at Springfield Power.
Glendale Heights, IL.
1999 M & G Inspection
X-ray ( level I ) Experienced in shooting and developing X-ray film at Fina Gas Plant in McAllen, TX
Houston, TX.
Spec Group
NDT-( Level II ) Nuclear Power Drywall Inspection using UT robotic Automation on Flanges and
Weld necks and nozzle to wall connections.
Charlotte, NC.
Quality Concepts
NDT-( Level II) Performed PT, MT, and UT on oilfield products also pick up and delivered test
Samples.
Houston, TX.
2000 Petroleum Industry Inspectors
NDT-(Level II) Performed inspections on tanks, vessels, towers, and line welds at Lydell
CITGO Refinery
Houston, TX.
Conam Inspection
NDT-(Level II) Performed PT, MT, and VT on all 4 drums in Catalyst Unit, also performed
UT-T on weld lines and flanges some PMI on various lines and Hydro test on numerous
Vessels Exxon- Mobile Joliet, IL.
Glendale Heights, IL. 2000-2001 Accu - Test Labs
NDT-(Level II) Experience in inspecting oilfield equipment and many various other projects,
bar, plate, pipe, casting and forgoing utilizing PT, MT, UT straight beam and shear wave plus
brinell hardness test any scale; all field work and generated reports and shipping and receiving
and customer service representative and third party witness handling.
Houston, Tx.
US Inspections
NDT-(Level I) Trained in UT Immersion tank aircraft products
Houston, Tx.
Test Master Inc.
NDT-(Level II) Preformed testing on oilfield material, HISD Jr. High School, Conroe Dam, weld
Joints and light poles using PT, MT, UT straight beam and shear wave using AWS D1.1 ASME
Structural welds and evaluations.
Houston, Tx.
2001-2002 MCS Inc.
Sr. Q.A. Specialist) Performed third party witness surveillance for Exxon-Mobile on engineered
Equipment and Source Inspection for ABB Vetco Gray at their satellite shops around town
Reviewing documentation, dimensional, NDE, weld start ups, coating certificates review, and
Hardness check on oilfield related equipment. Some pipeline experience at Five Star and
Hydrostatics testing at FMC with security clearance card.
Houston, TX
2002-2003 Teamwork USA
NDT-(Level II) Performed FPT and FMT testing on aerospace products and working in the gage
Room closely with the Metrologist to create a calibration quality system on computer for the gage
Room and managed to control all calibrations on all precision gages and measuring devices. Also
worked QC dept. on polishing mounts and reading Vickers hardness.
Baltimore, MD
2003-2004 An Tech Labs
NDT-( Level II ) Performed NDT Examination on plate and forgoing using UT, PT, and MT spec SA
578, 577, 435, 388 ASME Section 9 & 5 helping in the shop and lab.
Houston, TX
2004-2006 Coiling Tech Inc.
NDT- (Level II) Perform direct contact MT on Springs and Coils also collected surface mounting samples and
perform Load Test for customers reports.
Houston, TX
2007-2009 Sulzer Pumps Houston
NDT-(Level II) Performed MT / PT on various parts, welds and materials, checking dimensional, MTR documentation, hardness reporting (Rockwell B &C – King Brinell Tester) Non Conformance Report writing and holding NCR Meetings problem solving working closely with Engineering, working with third party witness, paint coating thickness surveying, traveling to different shops for part surveillance, PMI and lining up x-ray crews with drawings prior to X-ray start up