Chetan Chitta, Sr. QA/QC Engineer

Chetan Chitta

Sr. QA/QC Engineer

Petrofac International Ltd

Location
United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
Education
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
Experience
27 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :27 years, 11 Months

Sr. QA/QC Engineer at Petrofac International Ltd
  • United Arab Emirates
  • My current job since August 2014

Qualified ISO 9001-2008-Lead Auditor ( IRCA CERTIFICATION No. 01191300 )
2. Qualified ISO 14001-2004-Qualified Lead Auditor
3. Qualified BS/OHSAS 18001-2007-Qualified Lead Auditor
4. ASNT Level II for UT, RT, MPT, LPT and VT
SUMMARY:
* QA/QC activities for Oil & Gas and Infrastructure EPC projects
* Third party certification audits as per management system requirements of QMS, EMS, OHSAS & IMS
and tutor/trainer for auditing courses on behalf of third party certification body.
* CE marking product audits as per machinery directive, EMC and LVD, IVDP, MDD directive.
Technical file documentation and product risk analysis.
* Third party inspection, corrosion survey of offshore oil platforms. Recommend surface preparation and
painting technical requirements. Inspection of surface preparation and painting works. Review MTCs
and prepare the inspection report

Petrofac International Ltd at Petrofac International Ltd
  • United Arab Emirates - Sharjah
  • My current job since August 2014

Ensure compliance to ISO-9001 requirements. Preparation of Project quality plan and quality procedures Plan and Conduct internal quality audits. Conduct management reviews provide necessary quality system trainings.
• Conduct Supplier Capability Assessment. Plan, conduct supplier assessment audits w.r.t. project requirements and supplier’s quality management system
• Document control and NCR management. Customer feedback and corrective actions.
• Co-ordination with Client and site Quality team for QA/QC related activities.
• Review of vendor quality plans and inspection procedures as per material requisition and approved drawing.
• Review inspection release note and test certificates of every item before giving the dispatch clearance to site.
• Resolve any quality related issues raised at site or vendor shop. Co-ordinate compilation and review of final documentation.
• Handling Piping & Pipeline Items POs. Quality Review of Material requisition, datasheets, TBEs.

Lead Auditor at Bureau Veritas Certifications Ltd
  • India
  • March 2008 to July 2014

Total of 1200+ mandays third party audit experience.
Tutor for QMS, EMS, OHSAS & IMS internal audit courses.
* For QMS, EMS & OHSAS third party audits
Clients includes engineering, infrastructure, construction,
manufacturing companies like BHEL, L&T, Jindal SAW,
Siemens India, Crompton greaves, Maharashtra Seamless Pipes,
Essar Constructions, Essar Offshore, Afcons Infrastructure,
Shapoorji Pallonji & Co., BE Billimoria, Mahindra Lifespaces.
Petrochem companies like Reliance Industries, Deepak
Fertilizers and Bombay Dyeing PFY, Gharda Chemicals, Kansai
Nerolac Paints, Omya India.
Overseas Audits carried out at Singapore-Jurong Island for
Tankages & multi disciplinary construction Project for aromatics
complex, at Jordon Sulphur Jetty project,
at Gambia (Africa) for civil & mechanical project of civil
buildings and services for Govt. of Gambia, at Bahrain, Afcons
Infrastructure for Civil flyover project.
Coated pipe manufacturing companies like Maharashtra
Seamless and PSL, Jindal Pipes
Mining Companies like Sesa Goa and Lafarge Mines .Cement
plants of Lafarge and Wonder Cements Audited for QHSE
system.
* Pipe certification done for Jindal Saw- Bhuj plant for DI pipes as
per EN-545, EN-598 for exports to Europe for BV product
marking
Audits of oil and gas related cross country piping works -
a) Site Details and activities :
The project is Bharuch Jamnagar pipeline project. The total
length of the pipeline is 82 kms. Client is GSPL

Qatar Sr.QA/QC Engineer at Bemco Contracting Co
  • January 2007 to January 2008

New International Airport project PMC- BACHTEL &
Main client as Govt. of Qatar
Ensure compliance with contractual requirements for quality.
Co-ordinate with third party Inspection bodies for factory
acceptance tests for major equipment like switchgears,
transformers, chillers, generators. Review FATs reports.
Inspection planning and ensure stage wise inspection for
Project scope of civil construction of substation buildings, waste
water tank construction, utility building structural work, chiller
plant, HVAC system, piping, plumbing and mechanical work,
Interiors works including electrical work. Substation transformers
and cabling work. Installation of switchgears, generators, control
panels, HDPE & underground piping works

Deputy Manager at International Certification Services
  • India
  • October 2004 to January 2006

Third party inspection of various industrial products like Fire
detectors, pipes, fabricated items as per inspection & test plan.
Painting and Coating Inspection of offshore installations.
Offshore experience includes conducting corrosion survey,
recommend surface preparation and painting schemes for new and
maintenance painting jobs at ONGC offshore process platforms
(MH ASSET (WIN/MNW/NQO), N&H ASSET (NEELAM
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/HEERA).Review of paint MTC. Site Inspection and supervision
of surface preparation & paint application.
Conducting third party certification & surveillance audits as per
requirement of ISO-9001, ISO-14001 & OHSAS-18001
( Total of 80+ manday audits carried out )
Conducting CE Marking product audits on behalf of EU notifying
bodies as per machinery directive, EMC and LVD. IVD and
MDD directives. Witness the EMC tests at Approved test Lab.
Risk assessment as per EN-1050, EN-292 and ISO 14971.
(Approved by NEMCO Norway- & PCBC -Poland European
Notifying body

Target Engineering Construction Lead QA/QC Engineer
  • August 2003 to April 2004

Main contractor as Technip Coflexip & PMC- Parsons.
Review of tender stage documents for technical submission, civil
substations, HVAC work, piping and transformer installations,
painting and waterproofing works.
Monitoring of civil work Inspection like installation of rebar’s,
concreting works. Lab test co-ordination and witness cube
crushing. Inspection of HVAC works including ducting
installation and associated electrical works.
Responsible for preparation of Project quality plan and Inspection
and test plans, quality check sheets, conducting internal quality
audits, assisting in management review, provide quality system
trainings.
Inspection planning, ensure drawings and specifications for site
quality problems during civil and mechanical construction. are
adhered to on the site, co-ordination with client.
Prepare project handover documentation, project close out
reports

Oman QA/QC Engineer at Oman Abrasives- Sohar
  • January 1997 to April 2003

Raw material, final product physical and chemical analysis of the
raw Copper slag abrasive (ISO-11126-3).
Responsible for operation and maintenance of process plant
comprising of bucket elevators and belt conveyors, screening
sizers, palletizer and bagging plant. ISO-9001 based quality
management system implementation, conduct internal audits.
Blasting and coating- carry out customer equipment/ job
Inspection /corrosion survey, recommend the surface preparation.
Supervision and inspection of surface preparation and painting
process at client site.
R Khandelwal Group, QA/QC Coordinator
Mumbai- India Manufacturer of Luminaries, Synthetic resin & enamelled copper

Engineer
  • March 1994 to April 1995

wires.
Prepare inspection standards. Inspection of machined parts,
fittings and fabricated items at Sub-contractor’s premises,
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ISO-9000 compliance and conduct internal quality audits report
audit findings in the Management review meeting.
Inspection of seven tank process and surface coating inspection.
Periodic inspection of rotating equipment by vibration analysis &
noise monitoring. Ensure inspection/ testing of lifting equipment
and NDE testing of pressure vessels for thickness testing.
Arihant machine builders & Jr.

  • India
  • October 1992 to October 1993

Supervising inspection of tractor parts i.e. machined parts,
fabricated items, welded, castings, engine parts, using various
inspection equipment’s and test machines such as hardness
test and crack test machine, dial height gauges, micrometres etc.
Investigation and analysis of assembly line and field failure of
vendor supplied parts and suggest solutions.

at Gujarat State Petronet Limited
  • India
  • to

The pipelines are to be used for
transportation of natural gas.
Activities include mainline (Grading of ROW, Stringing,
Welding, jointing) civil (excavation / trenching & lowering of
pipelines, back filling and restoration).
b) Gas Pipeline Project called VDPL. Stretching from Vijaypur to
Burbha of 48" 3LPE pipeline with internal epoxy coating. Total
of 170 kms scope. Main client is GAIL and PMC- EIL India.
Site activities involved- Welding, radiography, soil excavation,
pipe lowering, tie in, joint coating, hydro testing.
Audit of Steel Plant Construction at Hazira (India) Site:
Integrated steel plant construction Project. Activities at sites -
a) Plate Mill- Civil, structural, piping and erection work
b) SMP- Steel Melting Plant- Electrical work, equipment and
structural erection and civil works.
c) Air Separation Unit- Piping and associated works
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Audit of Power Plants:
e) For Vadinar Power Co. Ltd. - (Project No. IR4-8001)
Construction of 220 MW co-generation gas based project.
Complete civil scope, erection of plant, electrical equipment,
power cabling, testing and distribution of elect power. Marine
jetty work at vadinar, construction of birth, foundation piling,
mooring dolphin’s for Essar Constructions.
Steel tank fabrication & welding works, Grit blasting & painting.
Civil foundation for tanks- rebar installation and concreting
works. Hydrogen generation plant- welding, piping work &
equipment installation .
Main Building brick work & Plastering work. HRSG (Heat
Recovery steam generation unit) side panel Installation, Erection
of BTG, Structural welding etc.
Marine Jetty- Civil precast work, marine foundation piling work
Salaya Power Plant- Gujrat project
a) Coal bunkers fabrication and coating works
b) ESP-Electrostatic Precipitator- Ash collector from TG deck
c) Structural work for turbine and related piping
d) Underground piping work for cooling tower including pumps
installation
Audit at Heera Offshore- ONGC- India
Brownfield Project - ONGC Heera Complex revamp with the
help of Scaney-1 barge
Includes revamping of separators, conversion of separators into
search tanks, degasser and dehydrators, demolition of header
pipelines and open deck drain lines. Demolition of HVAC
system and one to one replacement of heat recovery system,
diesel transfer line, demolition of new pipeline installation.
Demolition, removal and installation of flare line

Education

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at Kalinga University
  • August 2016

Specialties & Skills

CUSTOMER RELATIONS
DOCUMENTATION
ISO 9000
MECHANICAL
MICROSOFT WORKS
OIL PAINTING
QUALITY
QUALITY CONTROL
SUPERVISORY SKILLS

Hobbies

  • Reading and Music