CURRICULUM VITAE

My personal & Contact information’s:

Name : DHANDAYUDHAPANI PALANI

Mobile : +91-9943561447 / +91-8883604547
Email : dhandapani80@yahoo.com
Skype : dhandapani8085
Date of Birth & Age : 25.06.1980 & 36 yrs
Marital Status : Married
Nationality : Indian
Languages : English, Hindi, Tamil

Academic Qualification:

B. Tech., Mechanical Engineering.

Additional Certification Courses:

API 510 – Authorized Pressure Vessel Inspector (Cert. no. 64133)

ASNT Certified NDT Level - II in RT, UT, MT & PT.

Summary of Career Profile:

This is DHANDAYUDHAPANI PALANI , I have 11 +years working experience as a

Inspection Engineer, Plant Inspector, NDT Coordinator & Quality Control Engineer in
Oil & Gas industry, Refinery and Petrochemicals industries and also maximum of the
exposure is plant in-service inspection, Industrial Services & maintenance (Shut
Down / Construction) with using the latest technologies in the world on this field.

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Shutdown & in- service inspection Experience:
Worked in the following companies during the plant in-service & shutdowns
M/S Petrorabigh Refinery Rabigh KSA October _ December 2015
M/s Barth Oman Refinery .Ltd (BORL) Binna MP, India. April 2015
M/s Dolphin energy Qatar. Jan-Feb, 2015
M/S Petrochemicals industries company (PIC) Kuwait Oct-Nov, 2014
M/s IBB (SAFCO) Fertilizes KSA jubail Feb-April 2014
M/s IBNRUSHD Petrochemicals Yanbu July-Oct 2013
M/s SAFCO Fertilizes Unit 2 KSA jubail May-June 2013,
M/s Orpic Oman Refinery Oman Sohar March-April 2013
M/s SAFCO Fertilizes Unit 3 KSA jubail Jan-Feb 2013
M/s AL Jubail Petrochemicals company (KEMYA).KSA. Octo-Nov, 2012
M/s SAFCO Fertilizes Unit 4 Al Jubail KSA. March-May 2012,
M/s AL Jubail Petrochemicals company (KEMYA).KSA. Jan-Feb 2012
M/s Baruni Refinery Bihar. India. July-August, 2011
M/s Petrorabigh Refinery Rabigh KSA April-june2011
M/s Dolphin energy Qatar. Jan-Feb, 2011
M/s Qafac, messied QATAR April- May 2010
Roles & Responsibilities for Plant Inspector / Inspection Engineer / Quality
Control Engineer:
 In-service / shutdown inspection of most of the static equipment’s in a plant, such
as pressure vessels, Boilers, Hydrogen crackers, reactor vessels, Storage tanks,
reformer tubes, risers, topside structures, well head parts, valves, etc.
 Internal and external inspection and corrosion monitoring of Static Equipments
like Vessels, Exchangers, Columns Heaters ,Fin fan coolers, Pipe lines and Storage
Tanks such as Dm water &Diesel during online and shutdown period and issue a
report for necessary repair with welding procedures.
 Corrosion monitoring of High pressure and High Temperature Pipe lines in plant
and cross country pipelines during service/shutdown by Ultrasonic Thickness
Measurement
 Preparation of all NDT Reports and issue a recommendation for necessary actions.
 Responsible for all NDT Activities/ Quality control inspection during the
shutdown job and fabrication & modification jobs.
 Extensively more experience in Inspection of Boilers & Waste heat Boilers. Creep
measurement and thickness measurement of Boiler water wall tubes, super heater

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 tubes, Air preheater tubes and economizer coils. Visual Inspection of furnace
chamber for refractory damage& burner tip corrosion.
 Hydro test Witnessing of Boilers & Waste Heat Boilers.
 Inspection of Boiler FD fan &ID fan suction Duct and Internal Inspection of Steam
Drum and Mud Drum.
 As for API 598 Hydro testing gat valve butter fly valve globe valve Nan retain valve
testing control valve witnessing of hydro and pneumatic recommendation of valve
damage parts
 Inspection of all construction related activities, welding procedures, welding
procedure qualifications, welder performance qualification tests, Consumable
controls, handlings, storage, erection pipe works, painting Inspection, pressure
test, punch lists, reinstatement checks, pre-commission checks, etc.
 Corrosion and erosion monitoring of various flow lines, process and utility lines,
pressure vessels, well head parts, valves, etc. using suitable NDT tools like UT, RT,
Visual.
 Good Knowledge in corrosion/degradation mechanisms and mitigation methods.
 Prepare& Witnessing of QAPs, ITPs, WPSs and welder qualification tests.
 Ensure equipment integrity of static equipment such as vessels, heat exchangers,
furnaces, fin-fan coolers, steam boiler and process piping.
 Supervise process plant inspection activities, NDT techniques, and high pressure
welding practices.
 Supervise all the activities regarding inspection and monitoring of Static Equipment
and piping. Establish, maintain and update Inspection plans and inspection
schedules.
 Coordination of Inspection and routine mechanical maintenance activities.
 To advise on repair techniques, materials selection, welding procedures, inspection
and testing requirements for routine plant related problems and finalization of
daily, weekly & monthly inspection reports.
 Planning for inspection jobs for plant shut down. Update and upkeep of inspection
section for efficient functioning.
 Management of NDT equipment spares and coordinate external NDT agencies hired
for plant shut downs as well as on-stream days and inspection of jobs on going at
contractor’s sites.
 Witnessing internal inspection for corrosion, erosion and modifications like
installation of new nozzles, ring, demister pad, baffle plate, vortex breaker, bed
limiters, trays, pal rings, bolt, nut and gasket etc.for pressure vessels & heat
exchangers as per project specs, approved drawings and applicable codes.

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My previous employment details:

Past Employer : Al Zamil Heavy Industries Ltd KSA.

Designation : QA & QC Inspector.
Period : June 2008 to Aug 2009
Responsibilities:
 Conducting and participation of pre –inspection meeting with client and vendors
and formulating the ways of inspection at per with the approved inspection test
plan.
 Review of inspection &Test plan, Material verification, and all stage of inspection,
Dimensional inspection, welding inspection, Final visual &painting inspection.
 Material And welding consumable inspection
 Fit-up inspection:- Inspection of the fit –ups in the in process stage with respect to
visual, dimensional and orientation compliance as per the approved drawings and
specifications.
 Welding inspection:- Familiar with most of the welding processes like
SMAW,GTAW,FCAW,GMAW, SAW Stud welding for CS, SS, Mild steel, Cast-iron ect.
 Control of welding process as per applicable WPS & PQR requirements have been
experienced and well versed with the codes like AWS D1.1, ASME Section IX.
Monitoring and expedition of NDT requirements. Review of weld map, welding
schedule.
 Carrying out welding inspection of all kinds of structures, with the special interest
in heavy steel structures, storage tanks, Ducting, critical crane components ect. As
per the related applicable codes and have been well experienced.
 Review of Daily weld joint summary report, RT Films, NDT reports PWHT,
Hardness reports and vendor document registers, inspection schedules and Liaise
with Client for review and approval QA/QC documents
 Documentation:- Preparation of different types of documentation, inspection
formats. Preparation of final dossier for small projects, shipping documents.
Documentation control certificates & technical data as required by the customer
such as NDT Reports, Final inspection Reports, Calibration Records, and welder
performance certificates ect. (MTC, visual/Dimensional inspection Reports, Weld
map, WPS/WQRT,NDT Reports, and painting inspection Reports) Review of final

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 dossiers prior to acceptance of the product entering basic order events into job
control system ensuring that the expediting guidelines are followed in quqlity
activities.

Past Employer : M/s UB Petrochemicals Chennai

Designation : Inspection Engineer
Period : March 2004 to April 2006
Past Employer : M/s Cetex petrochemicals Manali Chennai
Designation : Inspection Engineer
Period : Jun 2006 to April 2008
Responsibilities:
 NDT, Hardness check, Creep measurement, Ferrite measurement and in-situ
metallographic for various Pressure vessels like reactor regenerator, stripper,
steam drum, Knockout drum, heating coils, rotors and pipelines etc.
 Co-ordination with NDT team and Interpretation of RT films, painting inspection,
witnessing hydro-test, review of test packs and co-ordination with commissioning
team.
 Report preparation with recommendation and job follow up
 Inspection of pressure vessels, columns, heat Exchangers, reactors during their shut
down job
 Preparation and execution of inspection activities for welding inspectors, NDT
inspectors and NDT technicians
 Interpretation of radiographs of shop welded joints, field welded joints and tie-in
welding
 Inspection and Corrosion monitoring of storage tanks, separators, reactors, knock
out drums, heaters, on plot piping and off plot pipeline for residual life assessment.
 Pressure vessel, process piping and pipeline monitoring corrosion using on stream
inspection and supervising the NDT contractors.
 Internal and external inspection of Storage tank, Pressure vessel like De-aerator,
separator, Absorber, Stripper, Knock out drum, Filters, Exchangers and Condensers.
 Shut down inspection of Vessels, Columns, Storage Tanks, Strippers, Reactors, Heat
exchangers & plant piping modification jobs.
 Inspection of on-plot & off plots work, shutdown activities and pressure vessel,
process piping, pipeline, flow line welding in process, final inspection. NDT & PWHT
report review and RT film interpretation.

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 To review project contract documents and project specifications and identify the
scope of Quality Assurance & Certification requirements
 Participate in receiving inspection of vendor supplied items.
 Stage inspection of fabricated items prior to painting-carry out visual inspection of
welding for finish and appearance and dimensional inspection in accordance with
agreed Inspection & Test Plans, Approved Procedures, Specifications and Codes or
Standards.
 Multi discipline activities - Preparation, review and approval of quality control
procedure, ITP, method statement and material identification, visual inspection,

welding consumable control, dimensional check, performance test, hydro test and
pneumatic test.

QA/QC- PIPELINE, PIPING & WELDING:

 Review of vendor Quality manuals, Quality plans, specifications, Procedures, Audit

report according to ISO 9001 – 2008 requirements.
 Monitor the Delivery of permanent materials and ensure the quality of products,
consumables, materials that comply with requirements of established Standards
and Shell’s Specifications.

 Review the WPS, Calibration records of Welding machines, Quivers, prior to start up
the welding activities and witness of PQR and Welder Qualification Test.
 Review of Daily weld joint summary report, RT Films, NDT reports PWHT,
Hardness reports and vendor document registers, inspection schedules and Liaise
with Client for review and approval QA/QC documents.
 Perform routine surveillance Inspection, monitoring, auditing & assurance of
contractor’s site activities (Fabrication, Welding & NDT) in accordance with the
Projects and Contractor’s Specifications, ITP and Quality Plans.

 Plan &Organize Site inspection activities and ensures the certificates are valid for
QC Inspectors, NDT Technician’s and welder’s skill evaluation and Maintain the
consumables according the standards and Procedures.
 Preparation and review of weekly and monthly Inspection reports and monitors the
performance of QC Inspectors and NDT Technicians.

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 Prepare concession requests and submit to Client for approval, wherever
implementation is not possible as per project specification. Monitor Inspection
activities and issue NCR, FTR where ever violations found.
 Verification of Isometric drawing with respect to general arrangement, Piping &
Instrumentation drawing and welding data are as per latest Isometric Drawing.

 Ensuring the weld joints, supports were welded and correct piping materials being
used.

 Repair follow -up, confirming the line check as per P & ID, Isometric for NDT
clearance, punch list preparation and follow up for final completion.

 Review and release of Test packs for hydrostatic / pneumatic pressure test.

 Reviewing the certificates of water quality, calibration of pressure gauge, Pressure

relief valve and chart recorders before starts and witnessing of Hydrostatic
Pressure/Pneumatic test and ensuring Re-instatements of Piping Systems.

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