NIDHARSHAN SELVARAJ

PLANT INSPECTOR

Date of Birth: Mar 1982

M: 0091-8098084958
E:nitharsun55555@yahoo.com

PLANT INSPECTOR (ARAMCO and SABIC APPROVED) (Welding, Painting/Coating, NDT -

Pressure Vessels, Piping, Pipeline, Valves, Storage Tanks)

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

Have Bachelor of Engineering with 15 years of direct Experience in the field ofOil & Gas Upstream
Productions & Exploration facilities – Greenfield & Brownfield in Raw Material, NDT, Welding,
Painting/Coating, Cathodic Protection, Testing, Inspection - (static and packaged equipment-Shop
& Site), Shutdowns,DocumentationandAuditin the below categories,

 Pressure Vessels – Refinery Vessels/Columns, Heat Exchanger, Power Boilers

 Storage Tanks – Crude Oil Storage Tank, Diesel Storage Tank, Water Storage Tank(Roof-
Fixed & Floating)
 Piping – Central Processing Facility(CPF), Initial Production Facility(IPF), Gas Turbine
Power Plant(GTPP), Desalination Plant
 Pipeline – Cross Country Gas Pipeline, Crude Oil Export Pipeline, Gathering Pipeline
 Painting/Coating – Pressure Vessels, Piping, Pipeline, Oil Storage Tanks, Steel Structure
& Mill Coating Power & Liquid Coating (both inside, outside) - Fusion Bonded Epoxy
Coating, 3 LPE coating, Galvanizing.
 Valves – Gate valve, Globe Valve, Check Valve.
 Structural Steels – Columns, Flare Derrick structure, Jackets & Platforms

ACADEMIC EDUCATION

Bachelor of Engineering – Mechanical.

CERTIFICATIONS

 International Welding Engineer. from EWF & IIW

 CSWIP-BGAS Painting Inspector: from cswip Cert. No 99430.
 API 510 pressure vessel Inspector: from API Cert. No 57372
 API 570 piping Inspector: from API Cert. No 557787
 API 653 Above storage Tank Inspector: from API Cert. No 67420
  API 580 risk based Inspector: from API Cert. No 65735
 PCN UT Level II: Ultrasound Inspection from BINDT United Kingdom Cert. No M016S62425833
 PCN PAUT Level II: Phased array Inspection from BINDT United Kingdom Cert. No M013S3325019
 PCN TOFDT Level II: Time of flight diffraction Inspection from BINDT United Kingdom Cert. No
M013S3324432

 PCN ET Level II: Eddy current Inspection from BINDT United Kingdom Cert. No M015S3128747

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

IRATA LEVEL 2 (ROPE ACCESS)

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft office: Word – Excel – Power Point –MS Project.

LANGUAGE Tamil - English

CODE FAMILIARITIES

ASME SEC I, ASME SEC II – Part A & C, ASME SEC V, ASME SEC VIII, DIV 1 & 2, ASME SEC IX, ASME
B31.1, ASME B31.3, API 1104, API 510, API 570,API 650, API 653,BS 1113:1999.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

 To review the Inspection and Test Plan, Welding procedures, Procedure Qualification Records,
Welder Qualification certificates, NDT Procedures andDestructive testing procedures, PWHT
etc. as per the code requirements.
 Attend pre-inspection meetings / progress meetings.
 Participate in project management visits / Sub-contractors internal and external audit
processes and quality contractors / subcontractor’s toolbox meeting.
 Responsible for inspection requirements of static and packaged equipment material receipt,
preservation, installation and testing at site during construction phase.
 Provide inspection requirements to contractor and subcontractors at all stages of the projects
for the specific discipline.
 Review inspection & test plan, procedures, method statements, vendor requirement and
monitor their implementation at site.
 Participate/Perform stage wise and final inspections of installed equipment.
 Ensure that any non-conformities (NCRs) identified are effectively addressed and closed.
 Ensure that the Corrective action reports issued are followed up and closed-out.
 Review/comment on technical queries / concessions / deviations related to project.
 Liaise with on-site Certification Authorities, Notified Body and other third parties
 Witnessing and Review WPS & PQR as per codes and project specification.
 Witnessing and Review qualifying contractor, Welder Qualification Test to various approved
WPS.
 Witnessing and verifying inspection as required / as per approved ITP. (NDT-PT,MT,UT,
mechanical test (destructive tests), hardness test, PMI test, PAUT, hydro test, pneumatic/leak
test/penetrant oil test, vacuum box test)
 Material inspection of plates, pipes, fittings and welding consumables.
 Materials experienced in the Welding Inspector - Carbon steel, Stainless Steel Type 304, 316L
and DSS, Low alloy steel – P4, P5A&P5B, high alloy steel - CuNi/Weld Overlay
 Witness and Review NDT Test PAUT, UT, RT, MT, PT & visually accepted joints to cope up with
the NDT percentage requirements.
 Functionally supervise contractor and subcontractor QA/QC Inspectors and ensure compliance
with requirements of the contract and applicable codes.
 Monitoring of all welding activities prior, during and after, which include material check,
qualified welders in right job and welding equipment’s.
 Witnessing Painting procedure and applicator qualification test as per project specification.
 Witness of the coating integrity of mainline and field joint coating before lowering the
pipelines to the trench.
 Witness of Surface Profile, Salt Test, Dry Film Thickness, Adhesive Test, Peel Test & Holiday
Test.
 Monitoring and witnessing field joint coating for both aboveground and underground Pipeline.
 Review blasting & coating material Batch certificates (like coal slag, Garnet & Natural
Abrasive) & pot life.
 Assessing pre-blast and post blast condition of substrate prior to painting application.
 Review the contractor documents for environmental conditions like Relative humidity, Dew
point and Steel surface temperature.
 Witness Laboratory Qualification Tests of External & Internal Coating system (Adhesion Test,
Catholic disbandment Test, Thermal Analysis Test (DSC) and Elongation Test).
 Inspection of validity for all measuring devices and daily log for weather condition.
 Review of contractor QC documentation like, QC Dossier, Test Packages for Pipeline, and
Piping&Tanks construction as per ITP.
 Witness &Review of Final Inspection Release Note (IRN/IRC), Mechanical Completion
Certificate (MCC) - Punch list for Test packages like Piping, Equipment, and Tanks& Pipeline.
 Ensure and support production of completion dossiers for handover to Pre-
Commissioning/Commissioning/operation and Maintenance.
 Familiar with health, safety and environment (HSE) activities and policies. (Basic Safety
Regulations, working at height, H2S, Confined space, live/runningplant safety)

EXPERIENCE IN ABROAD

Client: SAUDI ARAMCO MOBILE REFINERY (SAMREF), KSA

Inspected Items: all pressure vessels ,pipes and valves
Period: from FEB 26 TO TILL NOW
Position : Plant Inspector
Client: QATAR GAS (RASGAS) , Qatar
Inspected Items: all pressure vessels ,pipes and valves
Period: from 18 2017 to NOV 2017
Position : Plant Inspector
Client: OMAN REFINERY COMPANY, (ORPIC) , Oman
Inspected Items: all pressure vessels ,pipes and valves
Period: from FEB 18 2016 TO APRIL 2016
Position : Plant Inspector

Client: IBN ZABHIR , SABIC , KSA

Inspected Items: all pressure vessels ,pipes and valves
Period: from OCT 10 2016 TO NOV 2016
Position : Plant Inspector
Client: RUSSELSMITH, Nigeria
Inspected Items: all pressure vessels ,pipes and valves
Period: from AUG 2015 TO DEC 2015
Position : Plant Inspector

Client: OCEANEERING, Qatar

Inspected Items: all pressure vessels ,pipes and valves
Period: from NOV 2013 TO DEC 2014
Position : Plant Inspector

Client: TAKREER Refinery ,Ruwais ,Abu-Dhabi (ADNOC Group)

Inspected Items: all pressure vessels ,pipes and valves
Period: from NOV 2011 TO FEB 2013
Position : Plant Inspector

Client: ISAM KABBANI PARTERS PVT LTD. SOGEC NDT,JubaIl, KSA

Inspected Items: all pressure vessels ,pipes and valves
Period: from MAY 2010 TO MAY 2011
Position : Plant Inspector

Client: SCANSTAR NDT SERVICES ,Chennai-India

Inspected Items: all pressure vessels ,pipes and valves
Period: from MAY 2004 TO MAY 2009
Position : Plant Inspector

EXPERIENCE IN INDIA
Client: M/S.HPCL, VIZAG,
Project: maintenance
Inspected Items: all pressure vessels ,pipes and valves
Period: from JULY – AUG 2015,
Position : Plant Inspector
Client: Bharath Petroleum Corporation Limited – Mahul ( HCU )
Project: maintenance
Inspected Items: all pressure vessels ,pipes and valves
Period: From FEB 2013to Apr.2013
Position : Plant Inspector
Client: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited –Mahul
Project: maintenance
 Inspected Items: all pressure vessels ,pipes and valves
Period: from May 2013
Position : Plant Inspector

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

 Performing visual inspection of ceramic tiling of pipe fittings and cyclones.

 Performing visual inspection on all pipelines, pipe support, and pressure relieving devices.
 Performing visual inspection of Acid and Slurry Mixing agitator tank, Water tank, Sulfuric
acid tank, Beneficiation tank.
 Reviewing Isometric Drawings P & ID and Preparation of NDT Points & conducting suitable
NDT Methods.
 Performing Ultrasonic Corrosion Monitoring to calculate the Corrosion Rate, Wall Thickness
Loss.
 Evaluating of Corrosion & calculating Remaining Life& Retiring Thickness according to the
Client Requirements.
 Evaluating and reporting external pitting on the pipelines as per client recommended
practice.
 Inspection of pressure vessels - Reactor and Heat Exchanger for corrosion, Erosion,
cracking, Distortion or Mechanical Damages.
 Internal Inspection of Equipment – Shell and Dish surface, Baffles, Vortex Breaker and
Associated Hardware’s.
 Review of Previous and Current Inspection Report and calculate the Remaining life of
Equipment.
 Carried out the corrosion Under Insulation Inspection (CUI) for the Insulated Equipment
and Pipeline.
 Witness of Inspection activities – Marking out, Fit-up, Weld visual, NDT, Hydro Test of new
pipe spool change.
 Performed Shut-Down activities in Plant piping Replacement and support
 Understand PQR/WPS and explain their content to their colleagues
 Ensure that Welders are totally adapted to the approved Weld Procedure Specifications,
relevant to the work being done.
 Monitoring and reviewing of reports of PWHT for weld joints
 Final Inspection of piping before clearing for the hydro test.
 Witnessing Hydro test for equipment’s/piping.
 Familiar with health, safety and environment (HSE) activities and policies.

DECLARATION
I hereby declarethat the above furnished information are true the best of my
knowledge and belief

Date: yours Truly

Place; (S.R.NIDHARSHAN)