CURRICULUM VITAE

Thangaraj raja, B.tech., P.G.D.m.(dual)

Palaiyur

API- 510; 653; 570, 571; 936; 580 & 577

Veppanthattai,
Peramabalur-62 1116.
Tamil Nadu, India.
Mob.:+919786381619
traja4@gmail.com

CONTEMPORARY EXPERIENCE:
Attending long term / Shut down in Refinery, Petro Chemical Industry, Gas Company,
Fertilizer Industry, Bio-Diesel Plant as a Inspection Engineer.
Visual Inspection, Witnessing NDTs like UT, RT, PT, MT, Eddy Current, IRIS, MFL, RFET and
Corrosion Thickness survey, Replica (In-situ metallographic), PSV Testing, Insulation and
Coating inspection and Hydro/Pneumatic testing on Static Equipments like Pressure
Vessels, Reactor Vessels, Columns, Heaters, Boilers, Heat Exchangers, Piping and Storage
Tanks.
TECHNICAL QUALIFICATION:
Graduation
Bachelor Degree in chemical Technology (1995-1999)
Post Graduation

Post Graduate Diploma in Production and material management

(2003-2004)

Certification

API - 510 (Certificate No.:47017)

API - 653 (Certificate No.:48180)
API - 570 ( Certificate No: 49525)
API - 571 ( Certificate No: 51094)
API -936 ( Certificate No.: 52790)
API - 580 ( Certificate No: 51094)
API - 577 ( Certificate No: 51094)

NACE Corrosion Technologist [July 2012 onwards]

BGAS Painting inspection course (Grade 1) [13th Oct 2010 Onwards]

ICORR Insulation Inspection Course (Level 2) [March 2011

onwards]

ICORR Fire Proofing Inspection Course (Level 2) [March 2011

onwards]

NACE Cathodic Protection Tester [June 2012 onwards]

NACE Coating Inspection Program Level 1 Inspector [Nov 2011

onwards]

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IRCA registered QMS Lead Auditor Course [March 2010]

Hot Dip Galvanized Inspection course (AGA) [April 2011 onwards]

Non Destructive Testing - ASNT Level -II in RT, UT, MT and PT

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE:
Having Fourteen Years hands of experience in the field of Client inspection, Inspection
coordination, Third Party Inspection for coating ,welding, insulation, Fire proofing, NDT
Inspection & QA/QC Inspection in Petrochemical industry, Fertiliser industry, Gas Company,
Bio-Diesel, Food oil Plant and Refineries and pressure parts fabricating company as an
inspection Engineer.

Company

: Applus VELOSI Certification LLC. Qatar

Position

: Inspection Engineer

Duration

: March 2009 to till date

Client

: Raslaffon olefin company,

Project

: Turn around Pre plan & Post activities & turn around inspection of 2015

Position

: Inspection Engineer PIPING, Equipment, Tank, CUI Inspection & Turnaround

Client

: Qatar Chemical Company,

Shutdown

: Turn around activities for QChem - 1

Position

: Inspection Engineer PIPING, Equipment, Tank CUI Inspection Inspection &

Coating / Painting & Lining / Insulation.

Initial inspection, During & Final inspection carried out for Sea water intake, above
ground & underground pipe line, CUI inspection for vessels and piping of
Turnaround.
Blasting & application of coating for in house jobs,
Selection / Approval / Recommend of coating material for application.
Surveillance inspection for Thermal (hot / cold) & Acoustic insulation
Inspection for sacrificial anode consumption at initial inspection, Recommend replace
anode locations, after anode installation conductive test carried out for intake location &
and above ground and underground pipe line.
Witnessed CP system during Anode damage locations identification, Anode Installation,
Mapping, Rectification of affected Cathode rebar in Impressed Current system,
installation of metal oxide.

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Witness to Blasting & Painting inspection for each coat of structural steel, field joints
for oil & gas field and concrete / mechanical painting vessels, structural for Oil and
gas, Thermal power plants, waste water treatment and sea water intake and out fall
and its pipeline.
Vendor Inspection carried out for various coating, painting, Thermal & Acoustic
Insulation & Fire proofing activities.
Internal coating of application of Belzona for local damage area of the valves, lining
for vessels, sea water piping.
Extensively involved in internal and on-stream inspection of static equipments,
Pressure vessels, Heaters, piping, Storage Tanks, Columns, Heat Exchangers, major
utility piping, Retail outlet piping, Retail outlet canopy and Communication towers etc
using various Non Destructive techniques and preventive maintenance of Rotating
equipments.
Well Versed with all kind of welding inspection methods for various applicable
standards, welders performance in production welding, PQR, WPS and Welding
supervision. Co-ordinate with contractors, Familiar with various welding processes like
SMAW, SAW, GTAW, GMAW and FCAW etc...
Preparation, Qualification and approval of WPS, PQR & WPQR as per ASME sec
IX, AWS D1.1 and API 1104. Review and monitor Quality Assurance programs (QAP) for
the project work activities.
Material inspection as per supplier/manufacture document/mill certificate with
respect to type, size, qty identification, witness of mechanical test and visual inspection.
Excellent exposure in codes of ASME SEC-II, V, VIII Div-I, IX, B 31.3, B 16.5,
B16.47 and AWS D1.1, D1.3 and D1.6 , ANSI, API, NACE and BS Codes.
Well Conversant with API-510, API-570, API-577, API-571, API-598, API-653, API580, API-610, API-650, API-660..
Well versed with PID, ISO drawing to find the correct process line for Corrosion
monitoring check.
Corrosion monitoring of high Pressure and temperature pipe lines and pressure
vessels.

Monitoring/witness of UT, PT, MT, RFET, Replica, Eddy Current Testing and MFL

Monitoring/ Witnessing of Vacuum Box testing on bottom plate welding and Bottom
plate to Ist course welding of Storage tanks.

Hammer Testing on Tanks, Vessels, Heat Exchangers and Pipes wherever required.

Stage Inspection during fabrication of Fabrication of Pressure Vessels, Review of

Procedures, Witnessing of NDT Tests and Mechanical Tests, Review of Radiographs
and PWHT charts, Interpretation of Codes.
Carried out visual inspection on CUI surveys based on API guidelines perform
quality
control check on welding jobs for various piping modification and repair activities.

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Inspection of Fixed roof Storage Tank & floating head storage tank and coordination
during commissioning of the tanks and witnessing the final Test.

Replica (In-situ metallographic) to analyse the microstructure of material.

PSV testing as per API-526, API-527 and API-520.

Underground internally coated seawater pipelines Visual, Holiday testing for coating
integrity and Cathodic protection survey.

Vacuum Box testing on Bottom plate and Critical Zone Annular plate to Ist course
plate welding.

Monitoring/witnessing of Hydro and Pneumatic tests.

Materials inspection of Plates, Pipes, Fittings, Valves, Flanges, Fasteners,

Structural materials like angles, channels, round bars, flats etc.

Structural Verticality, Alignment and Level Checking.

Coating thickness measurement of GI structures and pressure vessels internal and

external paint coatings using Elcometer

Inspection and controlling the preparation and application of SA21/2 Blasting and
painting.

Boroscope inspection of Gas turbo generators and heat exchanger tubes.

Familiar with Safety & Work permit system

Implemented HSE Management systems like Permit to work, Risk Assessments for
critical jobs, Emergency response plan, new Check list, etc. as per the job
requirements.

Implement method statements & JHA`S, safe operating procedures, relevant Safety
instructions and safety procedures as per job requirements.

DETAILS OF PLANT INSPECTION

Company
Position
protection
Project
Period
Company
Position
Coating
Project
Period

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Punj Lloyd, Libya

Deputy Manager - DCVG surveyor / welding,
cathodic
tester Painting / Coating & Insulation Inspection
EL KOMS TRIPOLI 36 GAS TRANSMISSION PIPELINE
WITH SIDRA Wackhah compression facilities
March 2008 To May 2009
MMG Aramco Pertro Rabic, Rabic, KSA
DCVG surveyor / Cathodic protection tester, welding, Coating,
insulation Inspector
Poly monomer Petro Rabic Refinery plant, at Rabic
Dec 2006 To February 2008.

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Company

3N Chemplate, Jurong Town, Singapore

Period

August 2002 to September 2006.

Job Title

Shift in charge / Process Engineer.

Company

CETHAR FOOD OIL, Trichy & Kangayam, Tamilnadu.

Period

Sep. 1999 to July 2002.

Job Title

Plant In charge / Shift Engineer

Deputed as plant inspection engineer, several internal, external and on-stream

inspection on Process Piping, Equipments (Static and Rotating), Columns, Reactor
Vessel, Pressure Vessel, Heat Exchangers, Heaters, Storage Tank and Pipelines
the following inspection activities were carried out.
1.

External inspection
i)
Dished ends;
ii)
Shell
iii) Welds
iv) Nozzles including RF pads, manholes, etc.
v)
Viewing glasses
vi) Vessel supports, saddles
vii) Earthing connections
viii) Anchor bolts and flange connection bolts
ix) Floating & channel heads
x)
Fittings, valves, flanges
xi) Painting condition
xii) Insulation condition
xiii) Corrosion, pitting, rusting
xiv) Mechanical damages, dents
xv) Foundation condition in Storage Tank
xvi) Roundness, plumb out, peaking, Banding checking in Storage Tank

2.

Internal Inspection
i)
Debris accumulation
ii)
Corrosion, pitting rusting
iii)
Refractory lining
iv)
Welds, Vessel Wall or Lining, hydrogen Dis-bonding of Clad
v)
Choking at nozzle entrance
vi)
Asses the conditions of Nozzles, Vessel head, Vessel Wall
vii)
Visual on Vortex breaker and impingement plates
viii)
Internal hardwares like bubble cap seal pan, Support ring, Demister
pan, Trays.
ix)
Ring Joint Gaskets and Grooves.
x)
Tube sheets for heat exchangers
xi)
Baffle plates, Tie rods,
xii)
H/E tubes & guide rings
xiii)
Partition plates in the floating heads
xiv)
Head to shell gaskets packing
xv)
Bottom Plate, Critical zone annular plate welding for Storage Tank.
xvi)
Settlement checking level and plumb checking for Storage tank.
xvii)
Seal condition, drainage systems at Floating roof Tanks.

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xviii)

Auxiliary Equipments like Level gauges, High and Low level alarm,
pressure relieving devices, vacuum venting devices....

3.

Corrosion Survey on Process Piping and in service pipelines.

i)
Upstream and Downstream of Injection Points,
ii)
Dead legs
iii)
CUI - Carbon Steel piping systems operating between -4 deg. C to
120 deg. C . For Austenitic Stainless Steel, 65 deg. C to 204 deg. C
and susceptible to Chloride Stress Corrosion Cracking.
iv)
Downstream of Control valves, Orifices, Pump discharges and any
point of flow direction change, such as the inside and outside radii of
elbows and Tees for Corrosion/Erosion.
v)
Soil-to-air (S/A) interfaces for buried piping

4.

Witnessing and Reviewing of NDE (based on applicable codes/Standard

requirements)
i)
IRIS (Internal Rotating Inspection System) mainly for Carbon Steel
Tubes of Heat Exchangers/Re-boiler/Steam Generator/Condenser....

5.

6.

ii)

RFET (Remote Field Eddy Current Testing) mainly for Austenitic

Stainless Steel Tubes of Heat Exchangers.

iii)

MFL (Magnetic Flux Leakage) mainly for Bottom plate of Storage

Tank.

iv)

Ultrasonic thickness, gauging

Dished ends (top, knuckled, SF location)
Main Shell (top, middle, bottom locations)
Nozzles (mostly at W/N flange, welded ends, middle and near
connecting welds with the vessels 4 readings at each spot
recorded)

v)

MPI/DPT at all fillet and butt welds

vi)

Replica (Macroscopic) for material analysis.

vii)

UT scanning (if any defects are observed by MPI) to ascertain the

extent of defects.

Corrosion Survey
i)
Visual
ii)
Marking areas of pitting and recording max values with pit gauge and
checking for acceptability
Witnessing of pressure test (pneumatic and hydro)

PERSONAL DETAILS:
D.O.B

22/05/1976

P.P DATE OF EXPIRY

25/04/2023

NATIONALITY

INDIAN

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