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Muhammad Ali Kalamulla Valappil, Instrumentation QA / QC Inspector

Muhammad Ali Kalamulla Valappil

Instrumentation QA / QC Inspector·Daelim Saudi Arabia

India

Bachelor's degree, Applied Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering

Work experience

Total years of experience: 10 years, 7 months

Instrumentation QA / QC Inspector

August 2018 - January 2020

Daelim Saudi Arabia

Jubail, Saudi Arabia

August 2018 - January 2020

Project : Expansion Project
 Responsible for Pre-Commissioning and Commissioning activities including the energization and operation of all kind of instruments and packages.
 Responsible for OTP of different kinds of Pumps and Motors as a part of commissioning activities.
 Completed Dry-Out activities of Thermal Reactor, TGT Heater and Incinerator as a part of Commissioning activity.
 Responsible for the Function Test for DCS, PESS, COMPLEX and SEQUENCE interlocks.
 Co-ordinate with process department for ensuring that any changes made in the Logics and P&ID should meet client requirement.
 Responsible for troubleshooting the problems occurred in the instruments during commissioning.
 Responsible for Pre-Loop Checking and Final Loop Checking of different types of instruments including transmitters, Control valves, ESVs etc.
 Responsible for replacement of Custody Transfer Flow meters in JUPC.
 Responsible for reviewing, checking and verifying the construction drawings, P&ID, ILD, and other attachments.
 Responsible for the Testing and Inspection of Transmitters, Control Valves, ON-OFF valves, Hand Valves, Speed Valves, Indicating instruments like TIs, PIs, PDIs, Pressure switches, DP switches, Level switches etc.

Company industry:
Crude Petroleum & Gas Extraction
Job role:
Quality Control

Instrumentation QA / QC Engineer

May 2015 - June 2018

Sadara Chemicals Company

Jubail, Saudi Arabia

May 2015 - June 2018

Project : Isocyanates Facilities Project (Chem II)

 Responsible for Calibration of all types of Transmitters, Control Valves, Gauges, switches etc.
 Ensuring that work is being carried out as per specification and approved drawings.
 Responsible for meggering and continuity check of the control cables from instruments to JBs and from JBs to Marshelling Panels.
 Inspection of all the connections as per the tagging of the instruments in the panel connection sheets from the panels to JBs and from JBs to the instruments.
 Co-ordinate with other discipline quality control inspectors for ensuring that all other discipline activities that require inspection within the Instrumentation construction program have been inspected and approved.
 Redlining the drawings, termination schedules, Instrument Loop Diagram (ILD), Datasheets etc., as per the modifications made on site.
 Prepare new Hook up drawings for any modifications and take the approval from the client.
 Co-ordinating with the commissioning and construction department for mechanical completion.
 Ensure that the loop folder submitted by the contractor contains all the relevant documents needed during the loop check.
 Arrange/attend meeting with contractors to discuss issues related to Engineering, Construction and Quality.
 Co-ordinate/follow up with the contractors to clear the A-punch items prior to commissioning of a system.

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Quality Control

Instrumentation QA / QC Engineer

January 2014 - March 2015

Hanwha Engineering & Construction

Yanbu, Saudi Arabia

January 2014 - March 2015

Project : Marafiq Power and Water Project, Y-2

 Responsible for inspection offield mounted Instruments, JBs etc. and their cable termination till marshalling panels.
 Responsible for installation and termination of different types of instruments including different types of transmitters, control valves etc.
 Checking and Inspection of Meggering and Continuity of Instrument cables at the Lay down yard before sending for termination jobs.
 Responsible for Material Receiving Inspection soon after the delivery, with the client.
 Inspection of the calibration of different types of transmitters and other instruments like control valves, pressure gauges etc.
 Inspection for Punch listing, Processing and Updating of QC documentation etc.
 Responsible for the various RFIs (Request for Inspection) and closing of all punches lists raised by the client.
 Co-ordinating with Planning and contractors to achieve the job done on expected time.
 Checking the daily progress report and forwarding it to management.
 Co-ordinating with all field supervisors and making plans to get job to done more efficiently.
 Co-ordinating with subcontractor for all type of construction jobs.
 Co-ordinating with sub-contractor, QC Department and client for day-to-day loop check activities.
 Organizing the instrument foreman / technician of team to rectify the punch list items and to do as built the drawings maintaining the proper records for the system turn over.
 Inspection for the installation of field mounted instruments, JBs, local panels and continuity check for instrument cables.
 Inspection for the installation of F&G Systems in the field such as Push Button, Horn & Beacon and Fire Detection Systems.
 Making progress monitoring reports and sending to client.
 Effectively co-ordinates with other related disciplines.
 Supervision of construction works like cable trays installation, cable laying, cable termination of JBs, cable glanding etc.
 Supervision of placement of all existing cables from the panels to the JBs and from the JBs to the field instruments.
 Well familiar with the level, flow, pressure and temperature measurement techniques and their methods.
 Installation of various field instruments like Transmitters, Control Valves, Shutdown Valves, Thermocouples, RTDs, GDFs, GDTs, MPSs etc.
 Preparation of different types of Technical Reports for the client after contacting the vendors and discussing with the project manager.
 Conversant with various symbols and standards.

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Quality Control

Instrumentation Engineer (Commissioning)

November 2012 - October 2013

Daelim Saudi Arabia

Jubail, Saudi Arabia

November 2012 - October 2013

Project : Jubail Export Refineries Project Pkg. #2B - SATORP

 Responsible for Pre-Commissioning and Commissioning activities including the energization and operation of all kind of instruments and packages.
 Responsible for OTP of different kinds of Pumps and Motors as a part of commissioning activities.
 Completed Dry-Out activities of Thermal Reactor, TGT Heater and Incinerator as a part of Commissioning activity.
 Responsible for the Function Test for DCS, PESS, COMPLEX and SEQUENCE interlocks.
 Co-ordinate with process department for ensuring that any changes made in the Logics and P&ID should meet client requirement.
 Responsible for troubleshooting the problems occurred in the instruments during commissioning.
 Responsible for Pre-Loop Checking and Final Loop Checking of different types of instruments including transmitters, Control valves, ESVs etc.
 Responsible for replacement of Custody Transfer Flow meters in JUPC.
 Responsible for reviewing, checking and verifying the construction drawings, P&ID, ILD, and other attachments.
 Responsible for the Testing and Inspection of Transmitters, Control Valves, ON-OFF valves, Hand Valves, Speed Valves, Indicating instruments like TIs, PIs, PDIs, Pressure switches, DP switches, Level switches etc.

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Engineering

Instrumentation Engineer

November 2011 - November 2012

Daelim Saudi Arabia, Al- Jubail, KSA

Jubail, Saudi Arabia

November 2011 - November 2012

Project : Saudi Kayan - LDPE

 Responsible for Calibration of all types of Transmitters, Control Valves, Gauges, switches etc.
 Ensuring that work is being carried out as per specification and approved drawings.
 Responsible for meggering and continuity check of the control cables from instruments to JBs and from JBs to Marshelling Panels.
 Inspection of all the connections as per the tagging of the instruments in the panel connection sheets from the panels to JBs and from JBs to the instruments.
 Co-ordinate with other discipline quality control inspectors for ensuring that all other discipline activities that require inspection within the Instrumentation construction program have been inspected and approved.
 Redlining the drawings, termination schedules, Instrument Loop Diagram (ILD), Datasheets etc., as per the modifications made on site.
 Prepare new Hook up drawings for any modifications and take the approval from the client.
 Co-ordinating with the commissioning and construction department for mechanical completion.
 Ensure that the loop folder submitted by the contractor contains all the relevant documents needed during the loop check.
 Arrange/attend meeting with contractors to discuss issues related to Engineering, Construction and Quality.
 Co-ordinate/follow up with the contractors to clear the A-punch items prior to commissioning of a system.

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Engineering

Instrumentation Engineer

December 2010 - August 2011

Saudi – German JC Eckardt Co. Ltd., Al-Khobar, KSA

Khobar, Saudi Arabia

December 2010 - August 2011

Project : JUPC- (Ethylene and U&O.)

 Responsible for inspection offield mounted Instruments, JBs etc. and their cable termination till marshalling panels.
 Responsible for installation and termination of different types of instruments including different types of transmitters, control valves etc.
 Checking and Inspection of Meggering and Continuity of Instrument cables at the Lay down yard before sending for termination jobs.
 Responsible for Material Receiving Inspection soon after the delivery, with the client.
 Inspection of the calibration of different types of transmitters and other instruments like control valves, pressure gauges etc.
 Inspection for Punch listing, Processing and Updating of QC documentation etc.
 Responsible for the various RFIs (Request for Inspection) and closing of all punches lists raised by the client.
 Co-ordinating with Planning and contractors to achieve the job done on expected time.
 Checking the daily progress report and forwarding it to management.
 Co-ordinating with all field supervisors and making plans to get job to done more efficiently.
 Co-ordinating with subcontractor for all type of construction jobs.
 Co-ordinating with sub-contractor, QC Department and client for day-to-day loop check activities.
 Organizing the instrument foreman / technician of team to rectify the punch list items and to do as built the drawings maintaining the proper records for the system turn over.
 Inspection for the installation of field mounted instruments, JBs, local panels and continuity check for instrument cables.
 Inspection for the installation of F&G Systems in the field such as Push Button, Horn & Beacon and Fire Detection Systems.
 Making progress monitoring reports and sending to client.
 Effectively co-ordinates with other related disciplines.
 Supervision of construction works like cable trays installation, cable laying, cable termination of JBs, cable glanding etc.
 Supervision of placement of all existing cables from the panels to the JBs and from the JBs to the field instruments.
 Well familiar with the level, flow, pressure and temperature measurement techniques and their methods.
 Installation of various field instruments like Transmitters, Control Valves, Shutdown Valves, Thermocouples, RTDs, GDFs, GDTs, MPSs etc.
 Preparation of different types of Technical Reports for the client after contacting the vendors and discussing with the project manager.
 Conversant with various symbols and standards.

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Quality Control

Instrumentation QA/QC Inspector

February 2009 - July 2010

Daelim Saudi Arabia, Al- Jubail, KSA

Jubail, Saudi Arabia

February 2009 - July 2010

Project : Saudi Kayan - Phenolics Facilities

 Responsible for Calibration of all types of Transmitters, Control Valves, Gauges, switches etc.
 Ensuring that work is being carried out as per specification and approved drawings.
 Responsible for meggering and continuity check of the control cables from instruments to JBs and from JBs to Marshelling Panels.
 Inspection of all the connections as per the tagging of the instruments in the panel connection sheets from the panels to JBs and from JBs to the instruments.
 Co-ordinate with other discipline quality control inspectors for ensuring that all other discipline activities that require inspection within the Instrumentation construction program have been inspected and approved.
 Redlining the drawings, termination schedules, Instrument Loop Diagram (ILD), Datasheets etc., as per the modifications made on site.
 Prepare new Hook up drawings for any modifications and take the approval from the client.
 Co-ordinating with the commissioning and construction department for mechanical completion.
 Ensure that the loop folder submitted by the contractor contains all the relevant documents needed during the loop check.
 Arrange/attend meeting with contractors to discuss issues related to Engineering, Construction and Quality.
 Co-ordinate/follow up with the contractors to clear the A-punch items prior to commissioning of a system.

Company industry:
General Engineering Consultancy
Job role:
Quality Control

Instrument Supervisor

September 2008 - February 2009

Hyundai, Al-Jubail, KSA

Jubail, Saudi Arabia

September 2008 - February 2009

Project : Marafiq Power and Water Project (Expansion)

 Supervision of construction works like cable trays installation, cable laying, cable termination of JBs, cable glanding etc.
 Supervision of placement of all existing cables from the panels to the JBs and from the JBs to the field instruments.
 Well familiar with the level, flow, pressure and temperature measurement techniques and their methods.
 Installation of various field instruments like Transmitters, Control Valves, Shutdown Valves, Thermocouples, RTDs, GDFs, GDTs, MPSs etc.
 Preparation of different types of Technical Reports for the client after contacting the vendors and discussing with the project manager.
 Conversant with various symbols and standards.

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Engineering

Education

University of Calicut

January 2007

January 2007

Bachelor's degree, Applied Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering

India

GPA (percentage): 65%

GPA (percentage): 65%

FOUR Year Degree Course in Engineering. Branch:Applied Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering from a famous University in Kerala, India. PASSED the course with First Class.

Higher Secondary Examinations Board, Kerala

January 2002

January 2002

High school or equivalent, Science

India

GPA (percentage): 65%

GPA (percentage): 65%

Plus Two Course. Two Year Course after Matriculation. PASSED the course with First Class

Board of Public Examinations, Kerala

January 2000

January 2000

High school or equivalent, Science, Mathematics, English, Regional Language etc.

India

GPA (percentage): 75%

GPA (percentage): 75%

Matriculation PASSED with First Class

Skills

Control System Design
Expert
Control System Design
Expert
Engineering
Expert
Engineering
Expert
QC
Expert
QC
Expert
Instrumentation
Expert
Instrumentation
Expert
Commissioning
Expert
Commissioning
Expert
C
Beginner
C
Beginner
C++
Beginner
C++
Beginner
CALIBRATION
Expert
CALIBRATION
Expert
DOCUMENTATION
Beginner
DOCUMENTATION
Beginner
Instrument Trouble shooting
Expert
Instrument Trouble shooting
Expert
Loop Checking
Expert
Loop Checking
Expert
Instrument Installation
Expert
Instrument Installation
Expert
C++
Beginner
C++
Beginner
Control System Design
Expert
Control System Design
Expert
Engineering
Expert
Engineering
Expert
QC
Expert
QC
Expert
Instrumentation
Expert
Instrumentation
Expert
Commissioning
Expert
Commissioning
Expert

Languages

Arabic

Expert

English

Expert

Hindi

Expert

Malayalam

Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

Certifications
Industrial Automation & PLC Programming.
Oct 2007

Training
FOUNDATION fieldbus with FIELDVUE Digital Valve Controllers
Saudifal Training Centre, Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia
Feb 2016
Valve Maintenance with FIELDVUETM Digital Valve Controller
Saudifal Training Centre, Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia
Jan 2016

Hobbies and interests

Reading