Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

About Premakumar Podhal

Premakumar Podhal works as QC Manager-Welding/Coating/NDT at Universal Enterprises and is based in Chennai, India. Premakumar studied Bachelor of Engineering or Technology (ME-Mechanical Engineering) at Rajalakshmi Engineering College (2003-2007). Premakumar lists talents in Powder Coating, Welding and Inspector.

Talents
    • Powder Coating
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Professional Path
QC Manager-Welding/Coating/NDT
Apr-2015 To present 11 years 5 months
  • • Ensuring that particular project site activities are all performed in compliance with client project quality requirements, as identified in the contract specification, Scope of work, Project Specific QC procedures, Construction method Statements and Inspection and Test plans.
    • Implement Quality Management System (QMS) and monitor the system is working out all the phases of the project.
    • Generating weekly and monthly reports on quality status of all activites.
    • Ensuring that all copies of test records and inspection reports are certified and submitted to company.
    • Taking responsible to direct for daily QA/QC work activities for all Welding/Coating, Painting/NDT, Coordination and liaising with client on site in respect to any QA/QC issues, Non-conformance, corrective/preventive actions, Monitoring and surveillance of subcontractors site QA/QC activities to ensure that all the project qualities are achieved.
Welding Inspector
Saipem-GPS Full Time
Jul-2014 To Mar-2015 8 months
  • • Conduct daily welding inspections such as fit-up inspection, before, during and after welding, dimension verification, material inspection and consumables verification.
    • Coordinate with construction department for day to day activities and allocate NDT personnel for mechanical activities to the various areas of site inspection.
    • Inspection works for Jacket, SPS, Tendem Piles, Conductor Piles, Mooring Piles, Barge works for offloading assistance in deck welding inspection and sea fastening stands. Conducting welder qualification for welders in the project.
    • Preparing Inspection reports for Welding pipes, structural works associated with fabrication and final dossier for piping works prior offloading.
    • Coordinate for closure of NCR and prepare documents relates to NCR.
    • Welding inspection activities for welding process such as automatic welding and manual welding for welding process of SAW, SMAW, GTAW, GMAW and FCAW
Welding Inspector/QC Coordinator
Dec-2012 To Jun-2014 1 years 6 months
  • • Coordinate with construction department for day to day activities and allocate inspection personnel for mechanical activities to the various areas of site inspection.
    • Conduct daily welding inspections such as fit-up inspection, before, during and after welding, dimension verification, material inspection and consumables verification. Inspection works with High pressure piping works and piling works for marine structures.
    • Establish WPS and PQR to get Aramco approval prior to start production welding.
    • Conducting welder qualification for welders involved in the project
    • Preparing Inspection reports for Welding pipes, structural works associated with fabrication. Preparation of final dossier for piping works prior offloading.
    • Coordinate for closure of NCR and prepared documents relates to NCR.

QC Lead/QC-Welding/Coating/NDT
Jun-2009 To Nov-2012 3 years 5 months
  • • Establish WPS and PQR to get approval prior to start production welding.
    • Conducting welder qualification for welders involved in the project.
    • Coordinate with client and third party inspection agency and assign inspectors for inspection like material inspection, welding inspection and all related mechanical activities. Preparation of final dossier for piping works prior hydro-testing.
    • Coordinate for closure of NCR and prepared documents relates to NCR.
    • Lead the QC team for inspection and documentation to ensure all the activities are executed as per approved construction drawings.
    • Witnessing top tapping works for crude oil station which connects with branches of other tanks.
    • Inspection works for Underground and above ground Coating and Painting application for Pipeline and Piping works.
    • Impressed current system and Insulation Joint for Underground Pipeline.
    • Inspection works relates to coating and painting such as pre-cleaning, surface cleanliness/roughness
QA/QC Engineer-Welding/Coating/NDT
May-2007 To May-2009 2 years
  • • Establish WPS and PQR to get approval prior to start production welding.
    • Conducting welder qualification for welders involved in the project.
    • Coordinate with client and third party inspection agency and assign inspectors for inspection like material inspection, welding inspection and all related mechanical activities.
    • Welding inspection activities for welding process such as automatic welding and manual welding for welding process of SAW, SMAW, GTAW and FCAW
    • Prepares method of statement for all mechanical activities.
    • Interpretation of weld Radiographs and other NDT performance test like UT, MPT & PT. Preparing of Non-Conformance Reports (NCR), Corrective action and implementation of Preventive actions.
    • Inspection works for Underground and above ground Coating and Painting application for Pipeline and Piping works.
    • Impressed current system and Insulation Joint for Underground Pipeline.
    • Inspection works relates to coating and painting such as pre-cleaning.
Qualifications

Rajalakshmi Engineering College

Bachelor of Engineering or Technology Mechanical Engineering

2003-2007

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My Story
I have 8 years of experience in the Oil and Gas field as a Welding QC Inspector, QC Coordinator, and QA/QC Inspector/Engineer. I have extensive experience working on projects involving in the welding and joining of alloys. This work includes carbon steel & steel alloys tanks, pressure vessels and piping systems. I have worked in offshore and onshore fabrication and construction facilities for the inspection of welding, pipes, Pressure vessels during new construction/fabrication of crude oil and
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