Principal Surveyor - Inspection and Quality Assurance

Principle Surveyor

• Major Responsibilities
• To manage services to Clients and handle more than 4 to 5 contract files. (Key Accounts)or  Manage at least 20% of annual revenue contracts of the area / sub office.
• Support Operation Managers in maintaining all Operational  KPIs defined from time to time,.
• Support Industry Manager /Operation manager in  planning, establishing sites & resource planning, and support in execution and client correspondence. 
• Mentor  a group of Surveyors / Field Inspectors per Year to upgrade their skills as decided by Head of Industry / BL Head.
• Monitoring and Supervision of allocated Surveyors group, conducting knowledge sharing sessions.
• Help implementing TQR and good engineering practices ,Handle Customer complaints , analyse the complaint and training the group of Lead surveyors/surveyors/FI in mitigating the recurring issues .
• Contribute to short & long term Business plan with Innovative ideas.
• Take up responsibilities of Operation Manager / Project Manager as contingency plan as decided by Heads
• Contract review for Technical requirements (technical standards, specifications, etc) & highlight execution/inspection bottle necks if any.
• Inspection of Pressure Vessels & components: (Filters, Boilers, Storage Tanks etc) from raw material stage to final stage, as per different codes & standards like ASME Sec-VIII. Including Documents review like QAP, WPS, PQR, WPQR, NDT procedures,  material identification, applicable testing, stage-wise inspection of welding & fabrication like joint fit-up, welding inspection, NDT, components inspection, final inspection like leakage testing by hydraulic & pneumatic means etc.
• Inspection of Piping: Piping inspection for Process Plant, including activities like stage-wise inspection, components inspection, Dimensional, Spool inspection at fabricator’s site.
• Inspection of Pipes & Tubes: Inspection of ERW & SS pipes as per ASTM, IS and API standards. Including Raw-material stage to Final inspection i.e. review of documents, witness of strip & pipe U.T., Eddy-current testing, MPT, Hydro-test, mechanical test & other test requirements for black as well as galvanized pipes. Handled many projects of pipes inspection as per different grades.
• Inspection of bought out items say eg..piping components like Flanges, Fittings, Valves, Pumps including various testing activities as per applicable piping code & product standard.
• Inspection of Castings: Inspection of Critical jobs like Shafts & Roller assemblies, Gears, Mill Heads, with activities like Raw Material Identification, Applicable physical & chemical Testing, U.T. in proof machined condition, final inspection after machining, M.P.I., D.P.T.
• Inspection of Steel structure for hydro power plants: Inspection of structural parts of hydropower projects like radial gates, spillway stop logs, surge shaft, trash racks etc M.P.I., D.P.T., and UT of parts. Also includes inspection of other structural parts like structural steel section, trusses, and towers.

• Selection of the most appropriate and trending inspection techniques.

• Monitoring, coaching and supervising of one or more inspectors. Review reports of min 5 Inspectors (Min 1/3 rd of total Inspectors) for compliance to ISO/BV/Client requirements and record in PGG formats.

• Prepare at least 1 PPT /quarter for training inspectors on any 1 aspect /subject relevant to Inspection methods.

• Vendor Assessment: An audit activity on documentation & different aspects of quality control & quality assurance at vendor’s site, analysis of system of NC follow ups & effectiveness of implementation of QMS, product testing. Subsequent Vendor Rating on the basis of observations. Capacity assessment of manufacturing facilities of manufacturers for various clients.

• Project coordination & management:

• • Preparation & implementation of inspection checklists.
  • Project coordination & management for inspection of bought out items and site inspections for various
  • Project coordination for fabricated structural parts

Educational Qualification & Techincal experaince.

B Tech (Mech) with 10+ Year Exp with ASNT Level II in 4 techniches in Oil & gas and Power sectors  

 

Experience Level

Mid Level