CV OF J.

VIVEKANANTHAN

Door No. 4/273, South Street, Ashesasm (PO) Mannargudi (TK)-614001 Thiruvarur (DT), Tamilnadu, India.
E-Mail ID.vkananthan77@gmail.com,vkananthan@yahoo.co.in Skype ID.vkananthan123 Mobile No. : +91-9942955993 ,7896606113

Name: - J.VIVEKANANTHAN
Door No, 4/273, South Street, Ashesasm (PO),
Mannargudi (TK)-614001
E-Mail ID.vkananthan77@gmail.com,vkananthan@yahoo.co.in Skype ID.vkananthan123
Mobile No. : +91-9942955993 ,7896606113.

Educational Qualification:
BE-Bachelor in Engineering-Mechanical, Madras University, Tamilnadu, India.
Certifications:
 API-510 / Authorized Pressure Vessel Inspector - certificate no – API/ID-64246.
 API-570 / Authorized Piping Inspector - certificate no – API/ID- 67137.
 AWS-CWI -Certified Welding Inspector, Certificate No. 09031971.
 ASNT NDT Level II- as per SNT-TC-1A in RT / UT / MT / PT.
 ASNT NDT Level II-Infrared Thermography.
 ISO 9001:2008-QMS Lead Auditor (IRCA) Certificate of Attendance Certificate No. 40197.
 Fire Prevention & Fire Fighting.
 Helicopter Underwater Escape & Sea Survival.
 Proficiency in Survival Techniques.
 H2S Awareness and Breathing Apparatus.
 Elementary First Aid.

WORK EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

VCS Quality Services Pvt.Ltd – INDIA (Formerly Velosi Certification Services)

Designation : Plant Inspector
Period : 25th July 2014 to till now,
Assignments : M/s Numaligarh Refinery Ltd, (BPCL)-Assam
(In service, on stream & shut down)
(Reference: Mr. Javad Mohammad, DY Manager, Inspection Department, NRL- Mail – jabad.mahamad@nrl.co.in)

PETRO VIETNAM – VIETNAM. (Shutdown)

Designation : Plant Inspector.
Period : June 2017 to July 2017,
Assignments : M/s Bing Son Refinery (CDU/VDU&RFCC)

SADAF – Saudi Arabiya. (Shutdown)

Designation : Plant Inspector.
Period : April 2017 to May 2017,
Assignments : M/s SADAF (STYRENE UNIT)

SABIC – Saudi Arabiya. (Shutdown)

Designation : Plant Inspector.
Period : Feb 2017 to March 2017,

CV of J.Vivekananthan Page 1 of 5
 CV OF J.VIVEKANANTHAN

Door No. 4/273, South Street, Ashesasm (PO) Mannargudi (TK)-614001 Thiruvarur (DT), Tamilnadu, India.
E-Mail ID.vkananthan77@gmail.com,vkananthan@yahoo.co.in Skype ID.vkananthan123 Mobile No. : +91-9942955993 ,7896606113
Assignments : M/s UNITED Petrochemical (Saudi Arabiya)

PETRO VIETNAM – VIETNAM. (Shutdown)

Designation : Inspection Engineer
Period : April 2014 to 30th June 2014,
Assignments : M/s Bing Son Refinery (Vietnam)

M.AL-Barghash Trading & cont.co – Saudi Arabia

Designation : Sr. Inspection engineer
Period : April 2012 to 10th June 2013,
Assignments : M/s UTMN KHUFF GAS WELL -1903
: M/s ANDR KHUFF GAS WELL – 603
: M/s FZRN KHUFF GAS WELL – 28
: M/s UTMN JAUF GAS WELL – 1846
: M/s UTMN KHUFF GAS WELL – 1891

Germanischer Lloyd Industrial services -Chennai.

Designation : Sr Inspection engineer
Period : January 2009 to 10th March 2012
Assignments : M/s.GAIL (INDIA) Ltd, Chainsa to Jhajjar pipe line.
: M/s. Indraprastha Gas Ltd IGL- (INDIA).
: M/s. PSL, Gandhidham (Gujarat).
: M/s. Welspun, Anjar (Gujarat).
: M/s. Jindal saw Ltd, Mundra (Gujarat)

OIL & GAS - SHUTDOWNS & IN-SERVICE INSPECTIONS

S.No CLIENT LOCATION DURATION

M/s. Numaligarh Refinery Limited
1 India 24th Jun’14 to Present
(In-service, On-stream & Shutdown)
2 M/s. Petro Vietnam – BSR (CDU/VDU) Vietnam June’17 to July’17
3 M/s SABIC – UNITED Petrochemical Saudi Arabiya Feb’17 to Mar’17
4 M/s SADAF – STYRENE Unit. Saudi Arabiya April’17 to May’17
M/s. Petro Vietnam – BSR (CDU/VDU
5 Vietnam Apr’14 to Jun’14
PPE Plant)
6 M/s. BPCL –CDU,VDU,SRB India Dec’13 to Jan’14
M/s. SHARQ-AROMATICS(BTX)and
7 POLYETHYLENE(LLDPE&HDPE) Saudi Arabia Apr’13 to May’13
(Affiliate to SABIC)
M/s. SHARQ-AROMATICS(BTX)and
8 POLYETHYLENE(LLDPE&HDPE) Saudi Arabia Sept’12 to Oct’12
(Affiliate to SABIC)
8 M/s. IOCL – CDU,VDU,HCU,H2U,SRB India Apr’11 to May’11
10 M/s. IOCL, (In-service Inspection) India Apr’10 to May’10

CV of J.Vivekananthan Page 2 of 5
 CV OF J.VIVEKANANTHAN

Door No. 4/273, South Street, Ashesasm (PO) Mannargudi (TK)-614001 Thiruvarur (DT), Tamilnadu, India.
E-Mail ID.vkananthan77@gmail.com,vkananthan@yahoo.co.in Skype ID.vkananthan123 Mobile No. : +91-9942955993 ,7896606113

Singapore Technologies – Kinetics, Singapore.

Designation : Quality Control Engineer (Welding & NDT)
Period : October 2003 to. January 2009,

Pioneer Industries, Chennai.

Designation : Quality Control Engineer
Duration : Feb 2000 to July 2003,

Duties and Responsibilities as below: Refinery Equipment & Fittings:

Inspection of Petroleum Refinery Downstream processing Unit

 Crude Distillation Unit/ Vacuum Distillation Units, Delayed Coker Units, Hydro Cracker Unit,
Hydrogen Generation Unit, Coke Calcinations Unit, Sulphur Recovery Block including Sour Water
Stripper Unit, Amine treating, Amine Regeneration unit, Sulphur Recovery Unit, Motor Spirit Unit
including Naphtha Hydro Treating Unit, Catalytic Reforming Unit, Solvent De-oiling Unit, Wax
Hydro Finishing Unit, Captive Power Plant including Power & Utility Unit.
 Provide daily inspection support to assigned area of the plant and conduct Inspection of new and in-
service equipment & Piping along with assist in the management and maintenance of the owner-
user and reliable programs as well as maintenance of the pressure equipment database.
 Provide engineering support, guidance, direction, and leadership for reliability issue involving fixed
equipment (Piping, Pressure vessels, Exchangers, Heaters, Boilers and Tanks etc)
 Execution and guidance of various permits in the industries to sub-ordinates.
 Conduct Inspection of new constructed Tank – Vacuum box test, RF plate pneumatic test.
 Preliminary inspections for all the static equipment’s.
 Inspection of Vertical Heat Exchanger and Horizontal Vessel.
 Inspection of Process Tower, Inspection of flanges & gaskets, Pressure vessel related to
petrochemical & refineries, Exchangers like Erosion-corrosion at Tube Ends, Heat Exchanger Parts,
Column, reactors, clad Vessel, Weld Metal Surfacing & Strip-lined, various kinds of trays & parts
 Inspection of Valves hydrostatic testing (Body, Seat, Back Seat) of different types of
Valves as per approval Procedure.
 Inspection of entire Flare systems in refinery
 Inspection of PSVs, Valves and witnessing the hydro test and preparing the reports as per client
requirements.
 Witness of Hydro test, Pneumatic test, Nitrogen test, Fluorescent test etc., as per procedure and
reporting the results to client.
 Witness of Magnetic Flux Leakage, Holiday Test (Non-metallic Lining), Vacuum box test for tank
bottom plate welds.
 Preparation of the final reports & history of equipment inspected as per Client requirements
includes all activities performed, repairs carried out & recommendations of the equipment
 Acceptance Inspection of safety relief valve, Load testing, Heat loose – Handle with
THERMOGRAPHY, inspection of Emissivity- Through the peep hole Heater.
 Inspection of Man ways, inspection of atmospheric corrosion of shell, Inspection of Fouled
Demister Pads in columns, Tray inspection, internal tray plate mounting, bubble caps and internal
inspection on clad columns, marking the CML for UT Thickness gauge
 Provide technical input to projects, failure investigation, and root causes analyses.
 Participates in and provide technical expertise for engineering drawing, P&ID, corrosion standards,
stress tables, welding consumables and re-rating procedures.
 Inspection of Heat exchangers, vessel and Boilers.
 Hydrostatic and Pneumatic test for pressure equipments.
 Verify compliance with agreed corrective actions to non-conformances.

CV of J.Vivekananthan Page 3 of 5
 CV OF J.VIVEKANANTHAN

Door No. 4/273, South Street, Ashesasm (PO) Mannargudi (TK)-614001 Thiruvarur (DT), Tamilnadu, India.
E-Mail ID.vkananthan77@gmail.com,vkananthan@yahoo.co.in Skype ID.vkananthan123 Mobile No. : +91-9942955993 ,7896606113
 Work to optimize shutdown frequencies-an effective Equipment integrity program is required to
extend turnaround intervals beyond the regulatory requirements.

Welding Engineering
Welding process Inspection
 Preparing WPS, PQR, WPQ as per ASME Sec IX and welding process inspection of various grades
of carbon steels, alloy steels, 300 series stainless steels, 400 series stainless steels, duplex grades,
cladded surface in Pressure vessel, boiler, column, heat exchangers, air fin coolers, reformer tube,
furnace tube radiation & convection coils and piping construction/repair as per WPS.
Welding Joint Evaluation
 Mechanical and material testing of various welded joints Single V, J, U Butt joints, T type Fillet, lap
joints in Metallurgical Lab.
 Weld ability testing conducted on varestraint samples in 316 grade steel for sour water vessel and
DEA, MEA, DIGA corrosion inhibitor (sodium poly sulphide).
Non Destructive Testing
 Inspection of weld joints by liquid Penetrant, eddy current, radiography and ultrasonic testing.
 Identification, characterization, acceptance and rejection of defects as per acceptance criteria of
ASME Sec V of various weld joints.
 Analysis and interpretation of results using TOFD. Laser mapping, Remaining Life assessment of
Heat Boilers, Metallography, Automatic ultrasonic scanning, Low Frequency/High frequency
Electromagnetic Testing, Acoustic emission testing, Pulse eddy current testing.

Design Implementation
 New design and re-rating approval pressure vessel, boiler, column, and heat exchanger as per
ASME Sec VIII and process piping as per ASME B31.3.
Painting & Coating
 Inspection of Surface blasting techniques like blast cleaning (Grit blasting, sand blasting etc.), water
jet cleaning, mechanical cleaning, manual cleaning etc. Checking of abrasives and water during
surface cleaning to ensure the same.
 Checking the application of painting / primers as per the specification / manufacturers instruction
like proper applications are used as per the specification like brush, roller and conventional spray
applications etc.
 Inspection using WFT & DFT by using Eccentric wheel & Comb gauges or by calculations,
inspection by Banana gauge, holiday testing of all coating.
 Painting duties include writing up specifications, reporting, QC Plane, ITPs & coordination with
yard personnel & signing off completed areas
 Raw material (FBE Powder, Adhesives & Polymers) receiving Inspection
 Monitoring Inspection the application of paints as per project procedure, Paint data sheets.
 Daily reports & monthly reports, this experience also covers pipe coating, insulation, tank coating,
the regular maintenance and repair of such equipment as spray units, Blast pots and conventional
spray, together with diesel compressors
Engineering Analysis:
 Stress Analysis through API579 and solutions provided for Hydro cracking Reactor Catalyst
Bed to internal skirt fillet weld of SS347 Cladding failure.
 Fracture and Failure Analysis of Mode III cracking and Mixed Mode I+ Mode III cracking in
Hydrogen service Cladding Failure of SS309+SS347 Metallurgy.
 Stress Analysis of different grade pressure vessel Metallurgy (SA516 Gr60, SA516 Gr70) in amine
treating process vessel operating at ambient pressure located in Sulfur Recovery unit.
 Recommended and implemented micro alloyed steel line pipe for sour water feeding to column for
ammonium bi sulphide corrosion resistance in Sour water stripper plant.
 Stress analysis of boiler grade pipe SA179 metallurgy in Waste heat Recovery boiler of Sulfur
Recovery unit.

CV of J.Vivekananthan Page 4 of 5
 CV OF J.VIVEKANANTHAN

Door No. 4/273, South Street, Ashesasm (PO) Mannargudi (TK)-614001 Thiruvarur (DT), Tamilnadu, India.
E-Mail ID.vkananthan77@gmail.com,vkananthan@yahoo.co.in Skype ID.vkananthan123 Mobile No. : +91-9942955993 ,7896606113
 Corrosion Analysis of sulphidation attack, steam jacketed double wall pipe, refractory creep studies
of sulfur combustion chamber in Sulfur Recovery unit.
 Engineering and creep design analysis of HK-40 alloy tubes and degradation of Sigma phase
embrittlement in Hydrogen generation unit.
 Engineering analysis of Fire damaged pressure vessel and piping as per API579 in Hydro cracking
Unit.
 Corrosion mapping of entire piping systems in Sulfur Recovery unit comprising of sour water
stripper, amine treating, amine regeneration units.
Documents & Codes:
Familiar with various Refinery structural integrity codes like
 API 1104, API-510, API-570, API-571, API-572, API-576, API-577, API-653, AWS D1.1.
Familiar with the preparation of ITP & QC Dossiers

Personal profile:

Father’s Name Mr. S.JAYABAL

Date of Birth 15-06-1977
Nationality Indian
Marital Status Married
Passport No L 3400930
Place of Issue RIYADH
Date of Issue 28.05.2013
Date of Expiry 27.05.2023
Driving License Details:
Saudi Arabia Driving License No.2322479276 valid up to14 Nov 2017

Indian Driving License No.F/TN/50Z/000301/2004Valid up to 18 Mar 2024

Declaration

I hereby declare that the above written particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

J.Vivekananthan

CV of J.Vivekananthan Page 5 of 5