QA/QC Inspection

• Air diving / Underwater Cutting / Welding / NDT, San Jacinto College
• Radiation Safety, National University of Singapore, Law Engineering Industrial Services, Amersham, King Fuad University (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia)
• Eddy Current / Magnetic Flux Leakage, USAir, Inspection Department, Conco Services Corporation, Master-Lee Energy Services, CITS Services Sdn. Bhd. (Johor, Malaysia), Conam Inspection Inc., and Intron Plus Ltd. (Moscow, Russia)
• Automated Ultrasonic Testing (AUT) using the TestPro RS-3, Infometrics, Division of Sonix
• Boiler Failures and Repairs, BoilerCare Sdn Bhd
• Using ISO 9000/Q 90 to Design & Implement a Total Quality System / Introduction to Quality Engineering, American Society for Quality
• Instructor Qualification Workshop, American Society for Nondestructive Testing
• Inspection of High Speed Gear Units / ISO 9000 Recommended Practice / Visual Inspection Weld Monitoring / Digital Ultrasonic Testing / Introduction to API 510 / Introduction to Coating Inspection / Introduction to Internal Quality Audits / Infra-Red Scanning Inspection, American Inspection Society
• Alloy Verification / Radiography / Coating Inspection, CITS Services Pte Ltd
• Leak Testing / Thermal Infrared Testing, Contract Quality Assurance Specialist
• Root Cause Analysis – 5 Why Methodology / Basic Contract Management (Supply Chain Management) / HSES Management of Contract, Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Limited
• Senior Welding Inspector / Practical Radiography / Comprehensive Practical Ultrasonic Weld Examination / Practical Radiographic Film Interpretation / Practical Magnetic Particle Inspection / Practical Penetrant Inspection / BGas-CSWIP Site Coating Inspector, TWI Technology (S.E. Asia) Sdn. Bhd.
• Shell Risk Based Inspection, Shell Global Solutions (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
• Rules of the arrangement and exploitation of pressure vessels, boilers, cranes, and piping, safety rules in the oil and gas prospecting and working of the continental shelf oil and gas deposits, Engineering and Consulting Center “Techincom” Limited Liability Company
• Time of Flight Diffraction (TOFD) Level II, Jubail Industrial College (JIC) & A-Star
• API 510 Pressure Vessel Inspector Certification Preparatory Course, Integrated Training Company
• Mentor Certification Program / Vendor Quality Index Inspector / Radiographic Testing Film Interp. II / API 577 Intro INE-375 Welding Inspection and Metallurgy, Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco)
• IRCA Certified ISO 9001:2015 Auditor Transition Training Course, Bureau Veritas
• IRCA Certified ISO 9001:2015 Lead Auditor Training Course, British Standard Institute

Statera Certus Sdn. Bhd. (26-Jun-17 to 10-Jul-20)

POSITION:   Senior Inspection Engineer

DUTIES:       Providing value added engineering solutions for quality assurance systems and technical inspection services.  Conduct training courses that cover a wide range of commodity inspections for metallic and non-metallic materials and equipment. Perform failure investigations on behalf of loss adjusters.  Perform project management of heavy equipment repair projects for insurance claims.

• 31-Aug-17 to 18-Jan-18: Indonesia Sarulla GPP Project Vertical Pre-Heater (N1BR2-228) Tube Removal Project for Forensic Services (M) Sdn Bhd (Job No. M118058).
• 09-Oct-17 to 21-Dec-17: (Service Order 4400001764 Carigali-PTTEPI Operating Company Sdn Bhd Provision, Development & Production Division) In-situ inspection for cracks using phased array ultrasonic testing of 20” VW-72XN Butterfly Valves.
• 22-Nov-17 to 10-Jul-20: Quality Assurance consulting services for New Horizon Offshore Services Sdn Bhd, which included internal and vendor audits, recommendations for procedure revisions, developing new procedures on change management and risk assessment. Participated in the Pre-Assessment Stage-1 conducted by British Standards Institute as the quality consultant conducted on 27-Jul-18 and Stage 2 Certification Assessment conducted on 19-Sep-18.  The client received ISO-9001:2015 Certification on 07-Dec-18.
• 20-Jun-18 to 16-Jul-18: Failure Consulting Services of the Vacuum Heater Bonnet Crack for Forensic Services (M) Sdn Bhd (Job No. M118085).
• 29-Oct-18 to 30-Oct-18: MS Time Sdn Bhd Destructive Test Requirements for Steel Wire Rope in Johor Port consultation for Forensic Services (M) Sdn Bhd.
• 23-Nov-18 to 30-Nov-18: Energy Solutions Management Company Limited K1650L SN. 2280 Crane Boom Repair and Certification Project consultation for Forensic Services (M) Sdn Bhd.
• 29-Jul-19 to 10-Feb-20: Changi Airport Fuel Hydrant Installation Pte Ltd Tank No. 11 Fuel Tank Implosion repair project consultation for Forensic Services Asia Pte. Ltd.
• 19-Nov-19 to 17-Jan-20: Consultation for spreader arm damage repair for Hyster diesel container stacker. Customer: MSM International Adjusters (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.

Saudi Arabia Oil Company (31-Dec-08 to 15-Jun-17)

POSITION:   Field Supervisor

DUTIES:       Supervise and provide support to inspection engineers for vendor and project inspections.

• 31-Dec-08 to 01-Sep-13: Vendor Inspection Division – Quality Control Unit – Inspection Representative – Implement personnel development program for national inspectors and mature the mechanical inspection group.
• Supervise inspection personnel.
• Develop personnel development progress monitoring system for all the personnel in the Quality Control Unit.
• Write inspection instructions for pressure vessel, piping, and tank inspection. In addition, write safety procedures directly related to vendor inspection.
• Support inspection personnel with field inspection.
• Work with the vendors to improve their quality system and safety practices.
• Perform static and rotating equipment inspections and participate in quality audits.
• Support Operations Inspection Division/Conventional NDT-Project Support Unit with assessing advance NDT service providers, review, approve, and validate advance NDT procedures and assess the NDT results. This is currently for Ultrasonic Phased Array Testing and Time-of-Flight Diffraction.
• Developed and implemented a comprehensive third party and GIS inspector qualification approval program.
• 01-Sep-13 to 10-Mar-14: Vendor Inspection Division – Quality Management Support Group (QMSG) – Administrate and coordinate vendor inspection coverage through General Inspection Service (GIS) agencies.
• Responsible for co-sourcing commodities like static and rotating equipment, steel structures, skid packages, and non-metallic static equipment.
• Conduct inspector qualifications, new inspector sourcing based on business needs and creating and updating inspector profiles in SAP.
• Statistical reports/business intelligence:
• Monitoring work orders expiration and NETV usage.
• Monthly statistics on agencies utilization and number of new work orders and value per agency.
• 10-Mar-14 to 28-Feb-15: Project Inspection Division – Arabia/Hasbah Project Inspection Unit (AHPIU) – Coordinate quality activities between the Fabrication Project Inspection Unit (FPIU), Onshore Project Inspection Unit (OPIU), Installation Project Inspection Unit (IPIU), and report directly to the Offshore Project Inspection Section (OPIS) section supervisor for the construction of the Arabia/Hasbah onshore and offshore facilities.  This is the first ever upstream gas project in Saudi Arabia.
• 01-Mar-15 to 15-Jun-17: Project Inspection Division – Hawiyah Maintain Potential Project Inspection Unit (HMPPIU): Supervise twenty-eight (28) General Inspection Service engineering inspectors for maintain potential oil and gas well projects spanning from Uthmania, Hawiyah, Haradh, Haradh Satellite and Hawtah.  Inspection disciplines include mechanical, welding, coating, civil, electrical and communication.

Sakhalin Energy Investment Company LTD (17-Dec-05 to 20-Dec-08)

Position:   Senior Inspection Engineer for Integrity Assurance Department

Duties:       Grow the inspection section of the Maintenance and Integrity Department by recruiting national personnel, plan their career path, manage their daily activities, enroll them into necessary training courses, and mentoring.

• A pioneer member for the first Shell Risk Based Inspection methodology to be accepted by the Russian Federal authorities “Rostekhnadzor” for use on pressure retaining equipment for onshore and offshore facilities.

• Collected equipment data and inspection history (for operating assets) into an MS Excel spreadsheet. Uploaded the data into the Shell Risk and Reliability Management software suit. Identified equipment requiring statutory inspections and tests.
• Defined Production Loss Equation for calculating the economic consequences of failure.
• Created corrosion loops in the RBI software. This was done with the assistance of a corrosion engineer.
• Assigned failure modes to the respective corrosion loops.
• Defined the operating window with the assistance of the asset lead operator and/or production technologist.
• Conduct a short S-RBI Overview Training course to Study members prior to conducting a workshop.
• Facilitate the RBI Study workshop comprised of the corrosion engineer, production technologist, maintenance engineer, inspection engineer, and Russian certifying authority representative.
• The safety, environmental and economic consequences were assessed for each failure mode assigned to the equipment.
• Post workshop exercise including assigning inspection/test methods, specifying corrosion monitoring locations in the work packs.
  • Inspection Database Management System (IDMS)
• Super user responsible for implementing IDMS for all SEIC’s upstream and downstream assets.
• Compile equipment hierarchy and schedule data from CMMS (SAP Blueprint) and RBI inspection tasks, and intervals into an MS Excel spreadsheet for uploading to IDMS.
• Organizing the data in Excel included writing macros to automate the process and reduce errors.
• Test the data quality and the interface between IDMS and RBI software.
• Train inspection engineers in the use of IDMS.
• Maintain the IDMS database integrity.
• Develop pan-asset inspection strategies for each type of equipment. These strategies included statutory requirements, industry standards, Shell’s Design Engineering Procedures, and, when applicable, certifying authority requirements.
• Procedures were written to define the execution requirements specified in the strategies.
• Work instructions were written when for more detailed requirements identified in the procedures. This usually applied to a specific type of test or inspection for a given piece of equipment.
• Develop contract strategies for baseline NDT survey, third party inspection services, underwater maintenance and inspection services, American Bureau of Shipping survey services and industrial safety technical expertise services.
• Introduce new technology nondestructive testing methods like automated ultrasonic testing (teach local nationals how to use the NDT Systems PortaScan 007), eddy current testing, remote visual testing using Everest systems and radiographic techniques.
• Contract holder for;
• American Bureau of Shipping – Survey Services
• Germanischer Lloyd – Survey Services
• Third Party Inspection – Multi-discipline
• Industrial Safety Technical Expertise Services – Multi-discipline
• Responsible for all static equipment inspection activities for the Oil Production Facility located in Nogliki and Booster Station 2. This includes, but not limited to, keeping the Shell Risk Based Inspection (S-RBI) database current, the inspection database management system current, raise notifications and/or work orders in SAP when required, supervise inspection and nondestructive testing contactors.
• Listed as the company focal point for all American Bureau of Shipping and Germanischer Lloyd activities, issues related to international codes and standards, NDT techniques/technology, radiation safety, welding engineering, welding inspection, IDMS super user, S-RBI facilitator, Root Cause Analysis facilitator (Apollo and 5-Why methods), and underwater inspection operations support.

TWI Training & Certification (S.E. Asia) Sdn. Bhd. (05-Nov-02 to 15-Dec-05)

POSITION:   NDE Instructor/Welder Examiner

DUTIES:       Conduct magnetic particle, liquid penetrant, radiography, radiographic film interpretation, and ultrasonic training for the CSWIP and PCN Level II certification program and ultrasonic level three-refresher training for ASNT.

• 05-Nov-02 to 09-Nov-02: Examiner for the CSWIP Master Welder Trainer Programme Selection process at ILP in Malacca, Malaysia.
• 05-Jun-05 to 09-Jun-05: CSWIP MT Level II Training for Hong Kong Aerospace Engine Services Limited in Hong Kong.
• 13-Jun-05 to 17-Jun-05: CSWIP PT Level II Training for Hong Kong Aerospace Engine Services Limited in Hong Kong.
• 07-Nov-05 to 10-Nov-05: CSWIP MT Level II Training at The Welding Institute in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• 12-Nov-05 to 15-Nov-05: ASNT Level III UT Refresher Training at The Welding Institute in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

EARLIER ROLES
Quality Assurance Consultant, The Industrial Company (Front Range Power project), 2001 to 2002Contract NDE Specialist, Natchiq Sakhalin LLC (Erosion/corrosion mapping), 2003 to 2004

In-plant Coordinator, Qualcon Inc. (ExxonMobil Ras Gas project), 2001 to 2004

Quality Assurance Advisor/Site Manager, NDE Quality Systems, Inc. (Chad pipeline project), 2001 to 2001

Construction Supervisor, Selas Fluids Processing Company (thermal oxidizer systems construction), 2000 to 2000

Third Party Inspector, NDE Technical Services GmbH (projects in Italy, Malaysia, and Singapore), 1999 to 2005

QA/QC Consultant, Contract Quality Assurance Specialist (NDE support services), 1999 to 2005

Operations Manager, Vetco Saudi Arabia Ltd. (Manage personnel and QA activities), 1997 to 1999

Operations Director, CITS Services Sdn. Bhd. (NDE operations conducted in Malaysia and Taiwan), 1995 to 2000

Quality Assurance Manager, Moody-Tottrup International (Manage the project quality management system), 1993 to 1995

Manager of Inspection Document Control, Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (CITGO plant expansion project), 1992 to 1993

Senior Quality Assurance Specialist, EBASCO Services Inc. (Manage the quality assurance system), 1991 to 1992

Site Supervisor, ABB Amdata Inc. (Colonial Pipeline above ground storage tank erosion/corrosion surveys), 1991 to 1991

Lead Inspector, Quality Control Services Inc. (Chevron offshore platform projects in Ambriz, Angola), 1989 to 1991

Eddy Current Testing Data Analyst, CONAM Inspection Inc. (Commonwealth Edison nuclear power facilities), 1989                                                                                                              to 1999

Senior Metals Technician, Law Engineering Industrial Services Inc. (non-destructive testing and welding inspection), 1988 to 1989

NDT Technician, Owensby & Kritikos Inc. (erosion/corrosion surveys of offshore facilities), 1988 to 1988

Infantry (0311) and Special Weapons Security (0358), United States Marine Corps, 1983 to 1985 (Honorable Discharge)

Supervisor, CITS Services Pte. Ltd. (Perform diving operations, NDT and supervise NDT personnel), 1981 to 1988

NOTE: There are date overlaps. Request a circum vitae for detailed work experience.

• Working knowledge of Data Management Applications:
• • Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung (Systems Applications & Products Data Processing) “SAP”
• • Shell’s Inspection Data Management System (IDMS), and Shell Risk Based Inspection (Shell-RBI).
• Procedure or Technical Writing: Written and implemented for assigned projects;
• • quality manuals
• • procedures
• • work instructions
• Training and Development: Conducted training for;
• • non-destructive testing
• • industrial radiation safety
• • root cause analysis
• • risk assessments
• • risk-based inspection

Collaboration, communication, Conducting Training Programs, Critical Thinking, Customer Service, Innovation, Inspection Strategies, Operations Leadership, Problem Solving, Project Supervision, Public Speaking, Quality Assurance, Quality Control, risk management, Teamwork

American Society for Quality 00564714, American Welding Society 919880, ASM International 128086, NACE International 171463-00, The American Inspection Society 57226, The American Society for Non-Destructive Testing 57226, The Welding Institute 506727

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