Inspection Coordinator / Welding-Mechanical Inspector

Bobby J. Falcon

Houston, TX *****

Cell - 281-***-****

*******@*****.***

Description of positions sought: Welding Inspector.

Educational Background

American Society Mechanical Engineers / Section IX, Welding and Brazing Qualifications.

American Society Materials / Principles of Heat Treating.

American Welding Society, C.W.I Certification #96040761.

American Society Nondestructive Testing Level II certifications in RT, UT, MT, PT. VT, EMI.

ASNT-TC1A Level III company certification in (MT).

San Jacinto College API 510.

Code West API 653.

API Specialty Thread Inspection and Visual Dimensional.

Certifications in Drive Couplings, Balancing and Vibration, Vertical Pumps, Steam & Gas Turbines, Compressor Rotors, Taper Roller Bearings, Woodward / Hydraulic Governors, and Prager Gears.

Member of AWS (American Welding Society) & ASNT (American Society of Non Destructive Testing)

Computer literate (Excel, Word, Power Point, Lotus)

Work Experience

Houston, TX – March 2009 to Present

FSPO Procurement Project Quality Inspection Coordinator

Company / Client ExxonMobil / Esso Angola, Kizomba Satellite A & B / FSPO $5.2B Deepwater Development Project.

Service of Equipment Location: Block 15, northern Angola.

Ensure project deliverables and activities associated with FPSO topsides are achieved in accordance with the project milestone dates, budget, quality and technical requirements of AMEC Paragon; ExxonMobil & industry standards. Guarantee that topside designs of fabricated commodities are in compliance with safety requirements

Coordinate Equipment Inspection for Topside on ExxonMobile Kizomba Satellite A & B Floating Production Storage Offloading Deepwater Development Project. Provide quality control input for the generation of inspection matrix through review of material requisition, scope of supply, applicable industry and client specifications

Make certain and verify through supervision that all in-process, material inspections, testing requirements and production works are accomplished in accordance with the agreed Inspection Test Plan & Standing Operating Procedures.

Responsible for conducting PIM (pre-inspection meetings), reviewing & auditing contactors and vendors, assessing various inspections, testing and expediting activities and procedures, ensuring field inspection personnel operate to established standards and practices. Act as a primary point of contact for both internal and external groups in regards to inspection services as well as managing the documentation and documentation control processes associated with my projects. Plan and manage communicating process of assembly, testing, and participate in critical inspection activities to maintain consistency and ensure that inspectors are performing activities as outlined in their assignment in conjunction with AMEC Paragon and ExxonMobil project & GOP procedures.

Currently up-to-date equipment of service includes: Sand Detector; Choke, Ball, Tie-in & Control Valves; Centrifugal Pumps; Pressure Vessels, Topsides Umbilical Termination Assembly; Produced Water Pumps; Hydrocyclones; Gas Floatation Units; Level Transmitters; Chemical Storage Tanks; Pilot Operated Relief Valves & Conventional Relief Valves; Differential Pressure Gauge; Pulled Bends; Pig Detector; Piping Material; Cu-Ni fittings & flanges; On-Off Production Valves; Demulsifier Day Tank; Thermometer; Level Gauge; Oil in Water Analyzer; Rupture Pin Valves; Transmitters; Clochas Mavacola Production Cooler; Positive Displacement Meter; Scale Inhibitor Accumulator; Barred Tee; Platforms & Ladders for Gas Floatation Units; Flexible Hose; Filter Tee; Hydrotest Materials; Process Tubing; Hydraulic Tubing & Fittings.

Bechtel Corporation / Houston, TX – January 2008 to March 2009

Procurement Project Inspection Quality / Surveillance Coordinator

Company / Client Motiva Crude Expansion Project (CEP) Shell / Saudi Aramco

Service of Equipment Location: Port Arthur, TX

*Coordinate Equipment Inspection on overall $7.2B Motiva CEP.

Supervise and coordinate inspection activities for Motiva CEP Crude Expansion Project (Shell / Saudi Aramco Joint Venture). Responsible for guarantee that inspection duty are adequately staffed for the type and volume of work for particular assignments, projects; where possible coordinate sharing of resources, and coordinate site inspector activities.

Provide supervision and technical guidance to Motiva project and inspection personnel.

Coordinate project inspection activities, develop and track inspection budgets for assignments associated to the Motiva CEP.

Review project purchase order requirements and assign inspectors to satisfy inspection needs and meet the schedule requirements.

Coordinate the assignment of inspectors to ensure that their availability, qualifications, and skill levels are adequate as per Shell / Saudi Aramco joint venture (Motiva) requirements in reference to equipment.

Ensure periodically that inspectors have the latest fabrication drawings, specifications, etc. pertaining to the work assigned and to be inspected. Attend when applicable pre-award meetings and pre-fabrication meetings as to ensure that vendors and inspectors are familiar with the project and purchase order requirements.

Coordinated the daily activities of inspectors and review and distribute inspection reports on approximately 125 assignments. Review and provide input to inspection related vendor data such as welding procedures, ITP (Inspection Test Plans), NDE procedures, test procedures, etc. Participate in critical inspection activities to maintain consistency and ensure that inspectors are performing activities as outlined in their assignment in conjunction Bechtel and Motiva procedures.

Ensure that all non-conformances are properly routed through the Project Inspection Engineer, the Requisitioner, and/or the Project Manager, as appropriate, for resolution. Participate in the resolution and corrective action necessary to resolve a non-conformance.

Types of equipment consist of: Platformer Heater, Incinerator, Coker Furnace, Compressors, Steam Turbines, Titanium Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers, Vaporizers, Double Pipe & Multi-Tube Hairpin Exchangers; In-Line Static Mixers, Coke Crushers, API Centrifugal Pumps, API 650 shop fabricated tanks, Converters, Carbon Steel Pressure Vessels, Pressure Vessel Filters & Strainers, Fuel Gas Coalescers, Sulfur Pit Vane Packs, Process Column Internals, Crude DeSalter Vessels, Pipe Spool Fabrication and Structural Steel.

Technip USA Corporation / Technip Abu Dhabi / Technip SURF - Houston, TX – September 2005 to January 2008

Procurement Quality Inspection Coordinator, Senior Welding, Structural & Mechanical Inspector, Spoolbase Lead Inspector

Company / Client ConocoPhillips – ExxonMobil – Total Exploration & Production Yemen

Service of Equipment Location: Freeport LNG Receiving Storage & Regasification Terminal, Quintana Island Freeport, TX

ExxonMobil Beaumont FCC NOX Reduction Project – Beaumont, TX

Total Exploration & Production – Yemen

Technip – Spoolbase, Theodore, AL

*Coordinate Equipment Inspection on overall $4.2B ConocoPhillips FLNG.

Responsible for conducting PIM (pre-inspection meetings), reviewing contactors and vendors, assessing various inspections, testing and expediting activities and procedures ensuring field inspection personnel operate to established standards and practices. Act as a primary point of contact for both internal and external groups in regards to inspection services as well as managing the documentation and documentation control processes associated with my projects. Plan and manage communicating process of assembly, testing, and packaging: vacuum insulated above & underground piping B31.3, subsea pipeline end manifolds, intermediate tube & shell heat exchangers, hot water boilers, water glycol heaters, vaporizers, vent stacks, HP – LP flare systems, control skids, windbox burners, compressor units, centrifugal pumps; steam turbines, foam dry chemical skids, expansion joints, air compressor package, ultrasonic flowmeters, carbon and stainless steel pressure vessels: plan for upcoming inspection projects. QA/QC Lead inspector for Technip pipeline spool base weld line and barge reeling, qualify welders as per API 1104 & customer specifications, pipeline riser, pipe-in-pipe flowline, end manifolds, insulation systems and spar interfaces>

Construction Technical Services, Inc. Houston, TX - May 2002 to September 2005.>

Senior Welding - Mechanical Inspector, Document Control, Materials & Logistics Management

Company: Marathon Oil Company / Conoco Phillips / Shell Oil / Chevron Texaco / Dominion Production & Exploration /

Petrobras / BP – British Petroleum, Global Industries

Service of Equipment Location: Equatorial Guinea, Malabo, Africa / Indonesia / Brazil / Angola, Africa / Gulf of Mexico

Materials Management, Logistics, Design, materials, procurement, fabrication, assembly, testing, and packaging: <electric motor, driven submersible pump units, drilling risers, dual raw water strainer, API-6D-full port ball, check & control valves, Offshore pedestal cranes, sodium hypochlorite generator unit, MCC/control buildings, Meter prover, generator sets, liner hangers, landing nipples, rotating equipment (vertical & horizontal pumps, steam, gas turbines, compressor units), pressure vessels, AST, gas incinerator units, fuel gas & oil sump skids, fiber glass fabrication, QA/QC supervisor for pipeline spool base weld line and barge reeling, qualify welders as per API 1104, pipeline riser, pipe-in-pipe flowline, end manifolds, insulation systems and spar interfaces> *Managed over $35M plus logistics delivery; utilized MEPAW software; Materials, Export, Packing, & Warehousing.

Projects Associated With {Marathon Oil Company Alba project-Africa / Conoco Belenak Indonesia / Shell Bijupira & Salema Development Brazil / Chevron-Texaco Takula Area, Angola, Africa / Dominion, Triton & Goldfinger Gulf of Mexico / Petrobras PRA-1 Platform Brazil / BP British Petroleum ThunderHorse project / Global Industries Petroquest Energy, pipeline & umbilical installation}

Revak Turbomachinery Services / La Porte, TX - May 1987 to May 2002

Quality Control Manager, AWS Certified Weld Inspector

General source inspection, including the review of purchase orders, specifications, drawings, blue prints, and data books and code material to insure compliance of the finished product to the job requirements. Writing and revising of shop procedures based on (API 611, 612, 613, 614, 617, 618, & 673) on an outgoing practice.

Condition monitoring on in-service rotating equipment: gas and steam turbines, centrifugal compressors, high speed pumps, gear drivers, generator sets, reciprocating compressors, compressor packages, large horizontal high pressure pumps, vertical turbine pumps, fire pump packages for oil & gas processing/petroleum industry.

Assist in performing root-cause failure analysis and verifies corrective actions. Defines appropriate preventive and corrective maintenance repair scopes for rotating equipment, for both daily and turnaround maintenance. Evaluates discontinuities on all components and recommends repair procedures. Certifies welding and non-destructive testing personnel.

Recommends appropriate spare part items and levels. Evaluation of claims/requests for contract variations and maintenance. Perform follow-up communication until close of contact. Provide customers with technical documentation package and instruction manuals when applicable.

Equipment Experience

Major O.E.M. (Original Equipment Manufacture) Steam Turbines: Elliott, Brown Bovaeri, KKK, AEG Kanis, Coppus, Terry, Worthington, Turbodyne, Moore, Dean Hill, Skinner, Dresser-Rand, Murray, De Laval, Westinghouse, and General Electric. Gas Turbines: Solar, Westinghouse and General Electric. Compressors: Allis Chalmers, Atlas Copco, Beloit, Chicago Pneumatic, Clark, Dresser-Rand, Elliott, Fairbanks Morse, Ingersoll Rand, Joy, and Solar.

Pumps: Afton, Bingham, Byron Jackson, Goulds, IMO, Johnston, Milton Roy, Pacific, Roper, Sundyne, Tuthill, United, Viking, Sulzer, and Worthington. Gearboxes: Amarillo, Bird, De Maag, Elliott, General Electric, Lufkin, Marley, Philadelphia, Sharples

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