Fixed Equipment Inspector
Chevron
Total years of experience :38 years, 2 Months
• Assist peers in report writing and decision making.
• Involved in the inspection and testing of PRV’s and PSV’s.
• Internal inspections of in service pressure vessels, boilers, scrubbing towers, distillation columns, safety devices, storage tanks and pipelines.
• External inspections including CUI inspection of various equipment such as Boilers, Vessels, Columns, Heat exchangers, Heaters, pipes and risers.
• Identifying most common types of corrosion and implementing solutions to some of the problems.
• Detail Planning.
• Remaining life assessment of vessels, storage tanks and pipelines.
• Thermography on insulated piping, boiler skin walls, columns, Heaters, and pipe lines.
• Witnessing of Ultrasonic and eddy current tube testing.
• Witnessing of Ultrasonic corrosion mapping methods.
• Preparing and planning for yearly plant shutdown including reviewing of CV’s for contractor inspectors.
• Day/Night shift leader for yearly plant shutdowns.
• Report writing and record keeping using Visions.
• Develop piping group based on RBI corrosion loop concept and mark on P&ID.
• Prepare inspection weekly report for management.
• Prepare and present PowerPoint slide show to management.
• Take care of ad hoc inspections and problems.
• Assist maintenance and welding fabrication shop.
• Behavioral Based Observations (stopcards)
• Acting as Inspection Engineer when required and attending management meetings.
• Assist peers in report writing and decision making.
• Involved in the inspection and testing of PRV’s and PSV’s.
• Internal inspections of in service pressure vessels, boilers, scrubbing towers, distillation columns, safety devices, storage tanks and pipelines.
• External inspections including CUI inspection of various equipment such as Boilers, Vessels, Columns, Heat exchangers, Heaters and Pipe lines.
• Identifying most common types of corrosion and implementing solutions to some of the problems.
• Detail Planning.
• Remaining life assessment of vessels, storage tanks and pipelines.
• Thermography on insulated piping, boiler skin walls, columns, Heaters, and pipe lines.
• Witnessing of Ultrasonic and eddy current tube testing.
• Witnessing of Ultrasonic corrosion mapping methods.
• Preparing and planning for yearly plant shutdown including reviewing of CV’s for contractor inspectors.
• Day/Night shift leader for yearly plant shutdowns.
• Using TDMS to find and view drawings electronically.
• Report writing and record keeping using Meridium.
• Develop piping group based on RBI corrosion loop concept and mark on P&ID.
• Prepare inspection weekly report for management.
• Prepare and present PowerPoint slide show to management.
• Take care of ad hoc inspections and problems.
• Assist maintenance and welding fabrication shop.
• Behavioral Based Observations (stopcards)
•Witnessing and approval of newly fabricated pressure vessels,
•Review and approve quality control plans,
•Witnessing mechanical testing of materials,
•Reviewing of welding documentation such as welder qualifications, welding procedures and procedure qualifications of different welding processes.
•Review of PWHT and various NDT procedures
•Review of NDT reports,
•Issue non-conformance reports,
•Verify orientation of nozzle mark out on newly build vessels,
•Involved in PWHT activities,
•Visual inspection of welds and weld preps,
•Lead pre-fabrications meetings,
•Pressure testing of completed pressure vessel.
•Erection of new petrol-chemical plants.
•Pipeline erection and pressure vessel fabrication.
•Integrity audits of various plants.
•Involved in the inspection and testing of PRV’s, PSV’s and various product valves.
•Internal and external inspections of in service pressure vessels, boilers, gas generators, re-actors, scrubbing towers, distillation columns, synthol re-actors, safety devices, storage tanks and pipelines.
•Pre-commissioning inspections of pressure vessels, boilers, gas generators, re-actors, scrubbing towers, distillation columns, synthol re-actors, safety devices, storage tanks and pipelines.
•Identifying most common types of corrosion and implementing solutions to some of the problems.
•Planning.
•Remaining life assessment of vessels, storage tanks and pipelines.
•The application of advanced non destructive testing methods such as :Time of flight diffraction (TOFD), Internal Rotary Inspection Systems, (Ultrasonic testing) of Boiler and heat exchanger tubes.
•Infrared thermography on insulated piping, boiler skin walls and pipe line bellows.
•Witnessing of Ultrasonic and eddy current tube testing.
•Ultrasonic corrosion mapping methods.
•Involved in RBI studies.
•The implementation and application of the American National Board Inspection Code requirements for the modification and repair of boilers and pressure vessels.
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