Wajid Hussain, Corrosion & Inspection Engineer

Wajid Hussain

Corrosion & Inspection Engineer

Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited

Location
Pakistan - Karachi
Education
Bachelor's degree, Metallurgy & Materials Engineering
Experience
14 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 8 Months

Corrosion & Inspection Engineer at Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited
  • Pakistan - Lahore
  • My current job since May 2010

• Experienced in Corrosion integrity management, ILI, ICDA, ECDA, IC-CDA, EC-CDA, SC-CDA. Performed ECDA and ICDA of enamel, asphalt coated, 3-LPE oil and gas pipelines from 8” to 42” Dia.
• Very good understanding and practical knowledge of 49CFR 192 and 195. ASME B31.8S, API 580 & 581, API 1169, API 571, NACE SP 0169/ SP0102/ SP0204/ SP0206/ SP0502/ SP0775.
• Installing, Designing, Upgrading & monitoring of CPS for pipeline network, fire water lines & plant piping with ICCP & Sacrificial CP system.
• Managing corrosion, material selection, coating, cathodic protection, environmental control, and assessment of time related corrosion issues, time dependent and stable defects. Corrosion Coupon, ER Probes, LPR Probes, Galvanic Probes and Hydrogen Probes.
• Risk assessment and minimizing through corrosion control. Data integrity and verification remediation and repair. Inspection and assessment intervals with post integrity assessment risk analysis.
• Conducted CIPs, DCVG, Coating resistivity/conductivity survey, current drain/ requirement survey, bell-hole inspection, PCM surveys of up to 42″ dia carbon steel pipeline to identify and witness the pipeline coating integrity. Identify coating disbonded areas.
• Identify coating dis-bonded areas well before any corrosion occurrence/ seepage & manage/ supervise coating refurbishment activities on pipeline network with Coal-tar, enamel coating & warping band tape coatings.
• Analysis & implement AC /DC mitigation for new pipelines, with diagnostic testing and remedial action, installation services for deep well, semi-deep well or distributed ground beds.
• Monitoring and testing CPS, coating, Testing of PFIJs, Integrity of cased crossings, Current drain tests, Depth of cover, Line location etc.
Other Skills
• DPT and Magnetic Particle Inspection, Thickness Test - Stick test - Hardness Test - Roughness Test
• Radiographic Film Interpretation

Internee at Mcc Resources Development Company (Pvt) Limited
  • Pakistan - Quetta
  • June 2009 to July 2009

Inspection and testing of ore.
Extraction of valuable material through extraction process

Internee at PIA
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • December 2008 to January 2009

Inspection & Testing of Equipments.

Internee at Pakistan Machine Tool Factory
  • Pakistan - Karachi
  • June 2008 to July 2008

Melting and Casting.
Inspection and testing.

Internee at BHP Petroleum
  • Pakistan
  • June 2006 to July 2006

Corrosion Engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree, Metallurgy & Materials Engineering
  • at Mehran UET Jamshoro
  • December 2009

Specialties & Skills

Cathodic Protection
Coatings
Corrosion
Integrity
MS-office
Networking
Auto CAD - 2D & 3D
Engineering Soft wares related to Metallurgy & Corrosion
Metallography
Heat Treatment and Micro structure study

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Hindi
Intermediate

Memberships

Material Advantage
  • Student member
  • January 2008
Pakistan Engineering Council
  • Registered Engineer
  • April 2011
ASME
  • Student member
  • January 2006
Canadian Welding Association
  • Individual
  • August 2011
Institute of Corrosion Organization
  • Professional Member
  • January 2012
World Corrosion Organization
  • Professional
  • January 2010
NACE INTERNATIONAL
  • Individual Member
  • January 2014
SPE
  • Individual Member
  • February 2010

Training and Certifications

(Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2010
Valid Until:
December 2010
(Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2011
Valid Until:
February 2011
(Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2012
Valid Until:
July 2012
ASNT level II in Dye Penetrant Test (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2012
Valid Until:
May 2012
ASNT Level II in RT (Interp) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2012
Valid Until:
May 2012
ASNT Level II in MPI (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2012
Valid Until:
May 2012

Hobbies

  • Chess, Reading Blogs