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VENKATARAMAN Srinivasan

VENKATARAMAN Srinivasan

Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu,India

Summary

Brings over 29 years of overall experience in Oil & Gas Construction Quality.

Team player & liaise with the Project Management Team requirements.

Specializes in Quality Assurance, Risk Management, Scheduling of Quality activities, Team discussion & analyzing the goals, Six Sigma Concept tools with lean Kanban, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, Poka Yoke, Bench marking, Work Break down structures, Resource break down structures

Auditing, Quantity surveying metrics of Quality pointers with Six Sigma essentials.

Total Quality management applications with various flow charts, Check sheets, Pareto charts, scatter diagrams, control charts, histograms, decision trees as applicable.

Supplier / Vendor / Contractor selection, relationship, monitor supplier performance & reporting.

Specialization in Quality Organizational Excellence & structures the Quality Plan, the required Quality Team.

NCR's & CAR's as & when required as a client.

Has extensive experience in Upstream/Downstream projects, Wet Crude / De-salters / API Tanks / LNG Gas Complex / Cross Country pipelines / Rotary & Static Equipment's/Piping. Expert in MULTI DISCIPLINE (WELDING / COATING / CP / Risk Based / Tanks / Pressure Vessels / Process Piping / Civil / Mechanical)

Client level Inspections, review of documentations, and closure of projects with system walkdowns, raise & close punch items & produce mechanical completion certificates.

Specialized in Document for Operations (DFO) dossiers, Completions & Handovers.

Review & approval of WPS/PQR, Review & approval of ITP, NDT, PWHT procedures.

Overview

29
29
years of professional experience
5
5
Certification

Work History

SITE QUALITY LEAD

EXXON MOBIL
05.2022 - 12.2024
  • Develop, maintain & implement Project Quality Plans, Quality Strategies and Objectives
  • Provide Quality oversight of vendors and contractors, ensuring they are aware of their roles and responsibilities
  • Provide quality estimates for QA/QC project deliverables and inspection of procurement packages
  • Regular quality reporting as required
  • Ensure the maintenance, documentation, and deployment of the project management system
  • Ensure implementation of risk-based audit programmes
  • Plan and partake in internal project and vendors/ suppliers audits
  • Conduct site quality leadership surveillance visits
  • Provide input to contract quality risk registers
  • Act as focal point for corrective actions by approving new actions and verifying action closure
  • Facilitate root cause analysis of project nonconformities
  • Capture client feedback and monitor resulting improvement actions
  • Ensure the deployment of a robust criticality assessment process throughout projects
  • Verify the inspection level of products/materials
  • Quality input to project lessons learned
  • Ensure the closure of Quality requirements for activities closed
  • Review and approve necessary construction contractors, vendors and suppliers' documentation including ITPs and procedures
  • Client level Inspections, documentations, and closure of projects with system walkdowns, raise & close punch items & produce mechanical completion certificates
  • Document for Operations (DFO) dossiers, Completions & Handovers

Shutdown Quality Coordinator / Advisor

Contract Resources Petrochem Services (I) Pvt Ltd
10.2021 - 03.2022
  • Comply with HSE principles, policies and procedures whilst challenging each of these to ensure optimum delivery of a safe shutdown
  • Responsible for setting and achieving KPI's for the shutdown function
  • Ensures required maintenance information is being captured correctly in designated systems
  • Operationally experienced input ensuring shutdowns are realistic and achievable
  • Ensures that a Process quality check is applied from an offshore perspective
  • Liaise with the onshore Shutdown team via the Activity Integrated Lead whilst offshore
  • Assistance with scheduling of the shutdown plan to optimize POB and resource levels
  • Organize and lead Workshops to rank all activities detailed in Shutdown/project Work list
  • Work with the OI team to extend internal inspection schedule wherever practicable
  • Develop Pre shutdown/project work scopes and plan with assistance of Offshore Focal points
  • Deliver method statements for Process flushing and purging, ensuring full engagement with Process Engineers
  • Ensure work orders and order associated materials are raised for shutdown in good time
  • Ensures all work order closures are managed effectively, including the completion of relevant shutdown & maintenance documentation
  • Develop the specific shutdown/project Action Tracker through PMCS
  • Gate keeper of scope additions / deletions procedure and register
  • Monitor progress of all Shutdown/project Milestones and all Work packs to ensure planned delivery dates are achieved
  • Manage work scope queries with the site Offshore Shutdown focal points
  • Track all Pre shutdown preparation works through a weekly shutdown meeting
  • Provide status reports for the current year shutdown execution plan
  • Liaise with OIM and develop the POB Mobilization plan
  • Liaise with OIM to arrange pre shutdown WCC workshops
  • Lead daily shutdown meetings during the shutdown period, principally the following stages - Initial shutdown, Drain, Flush, Purge, Vent and Isolate, Scope completion, N2 Leak Testing, Line Walking and plant Line Up, Process Start Up, Update shutdown/project action Tracker
  • Collate all shutdown/project Lessons Learned and update register
  • Organize the Shutdown Wash-up's and lessons learned sessions
  • Responsible for maintaining historical records for shutdown

SITE QUALITY LEAD

Exxon Mobil Iraq Limited – PMC Contracts by WOOD
05.2015 - 03.2020
  • Leading a group of Site Quality team members for various projects affiliated with BOC (Basra Oil Company Govt Ltd), including Wet crude treatment systems, De salters, Produce water, Industrial water complexes and subsequent piping, pipelines and the facilities
  • Developed System Quality manual with the Project Management Team for the West Qurna Oil Field
  • Four Major projects completed since start date and handled three more projects with Site audits, day to day planning for site activities with varsity in multi disciplines like Civil, mechanical, piping, pipelines, electrical, mechanical completions & system completions providing inspections & technical expertise with project specified Quality assurance to assist and successfully implement the approved Quality Plan and control procedures to ensure that equipment and materials supplied to and installed at job site meets project scope, purchase order, specification and statutory regulations as applicable.

Quality Assurance Advisor / Coordinator / Inspections / Construction activities executions

Exxon Mobil (ESSO HIGHLANDS) - PNG LNG - Via NES Global Talent Australia
04.2011 - 02.2015
  • Started here with the Exxon family as a Welding inspector and upgraded as Quality advisor for EPC 5 A, PNG LNG Onshore Pipeline Project in Papua New Guinea
  • Adventurous work with variation in land terrain and climatic conditions & adapted to the Exxon requirements & also worked for construction team to fill in the gaps
  • Review & approval of WPS/PQR and witness welder qualification test, ITP, NDT, PWHT procedures & final QC dossier
  • Pipe line Construction activities covering, ROW, Stringing, bending, Welding, Coating, Tie - INS, lowering, back fill, hydro test, punch list closure

Third party Inspection Engineer

GASCO Abudhabi – via VELOSI Certification services
01.2010 - 03.2011
  • Gas Compression Elixier - 2 Project as third party inspector for Piping, welding, NDE, painting, hydro tests, system walk downs, shut downs, mechanical completions etc

Technical surveyor / Third Party Inspection Engineer

GASCO Abudhabi – via AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING (ABS)
12.2006 - 01.2010
  • Habshan Gas Complex Expansion Project in Abudhabi - as third party inspector for Piping, pipelines, welding, NDE, painting, hydro tests, system walk downs, shut downs, mechanical completions etc

QA/QC Engineer

AMEC SPIECAPAG PETROFAC INTERNATIONAL
03.2005 - 10.2006
  • South Caucasus Pipeline project covering inspections for welding, NDE, coating and tie-ins for 600 KM long pipeline

QA/QC Engineer, Welding & Coating Inspector, Multi Discipline Inspector

Punj Lloyd India Pt Ltd., United Arab Emirates / Limak JV
05.1999 - 02.2005
  • Welding, Painting, NDT inspections for Various Pipe line projects in India / Oman / Turkey - worked for 6 yrs
  • In India - Dahej Vijaipur, Mumbai Manmad, Dhabol Tanks, Kotla, Jamnagar Loni, Vizag Secunderabad Pipeline / Tanks Projects
  • Oman - 48" Gas Pipe line increase PDO
  • Turkey - BTC 48" / 42" pipe line Project by British Petroleum

Senior Welding Inspector / Painting Inspector

Indian Commerce & Industries
01.1998 - 03.1999
  • Various Structural, Pressure vessel Works in India, provided welding, painting, NDT inspections travelling all thru India

NDT Inspection Engineer

SCIETENCH NDT Services
07.1996 - 12.1997
  • Site lead for Various NDT services (PT, MT, RT & UT) / Projects - Subcontract to major projects

NDT / Welding Inspector Apprenticeship & training

M/s Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited
05.1994 - 05.1996
  • Started my career with Government of India's major public sector company pressure vessel producer and trained in welding, NDT, painting, fabrications, reading technical drawings and understanding the construction works

Education

MBA - Total Quality Mangement, Mangement Quality Concepts

NIBM (National Institute of Mangement)
01.2018

Diploma - Mechanical Engineering

Srinivasa Polytechnic
04.1994
Attained Mechanical Diploma Engineering

Skills

  • Positive Communication & Problem solving

  • Team discussion & Leadership

  • Total Quality Management - Upstream / Downstream projects

  • Auditing & Surveillances

  • Quality Assurance, Quality Plan, Review of WPS / PQR, ITP's, procedures

  • Six Sigma Techniques

  • Multi Discipline Welding, Coating, Painting & NDT

  • Pipelines & Piping, Wet Crude, De-salters, LNG Gas Complex, API Tanks

  • Risk Management

  • Stakeholders Management & Reporting

  • NCR's & CAR's

  • Systems Completions & Close outs

  • Document for Operations (DFO) dossiers

  • Active listening & Effective communication

  • Adaptability and flexibility

  • Decision-making

  • Safety compliance

  • Analytical thinking

    • Failure mode and effects analysis

    Quality training

Accomplishments

  • Achieved successfully by introducing Quality System for the Project tasks.
  • Collaborated with team of 10+ members Project mangement team in the development of West Qurna 1 EMIL project
  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
  • Achieved competitive results through effectively helping with the Quality system management.
  • Achieved a Quality system manual by completing developing the manual with accuracy and efficiency.
  • Supervised team of 26 staff members.

References

  • Scott Ash, Project Manager, scott.ash@exxonmobil.com, +61392610208
  • Andy Hospodar, Project Manager, andrew.w.hospodar@exxonmobil.com, +61498360344
  • Vincent Giorgi, Construction Manager, vincent.giorgi@exxonmobil.com, +67571005999
  • Michael Brown, Construction Manager, michael.z.brown@exxonmobil.com, +14093700142
  • Miguel Sanchez, Section Manager - Major Projects, FOD MAJOR PROJECTS - EMIL Iraq, miguel.sanchez@westqurna1.com, +97145512314
  • Ehab Badawy, FOD Projects Manager, ehab.a.badawy@westqurna1.com, +971559854901
  • Jack Virgin, Quality Assurance Manager - QMP - FOD projects, jack.a.virgin@exxonmobil.com
  • Philip Abbott, QA Lead - Major Projects (Former) EMIL, abbopb@hotmail.co.uk
  • Carlos Barvie, QA Lead - PNG LNG, cgbarvie@msn.com

Training

  • Good Working knowledge Microsoft Excel / Power point / VISIO, MINITAB, Google Projects
  • First aid attendee
  • Fire Fighting
  • Fundamental of Safety for Leaders from Exxon Mobil
  • International SOS Certified Advanced First Aider
  • HSE Supervisory Course/ Basic First Aid /Job Hazard Analysis
  • Scaffold safety/ Rigging operation/ Pre-Mechanical Commissioning
  • Confined space operations/ Permit to Work/ Accident Investigation
  • Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) & Breathing Apparatus (BA) Training
  • Effective communication/ Incident reporting/ Defensive driving

Personal Information

  • Passport Number: Z6445306
  • Date of Birth: 09/14/73
  • Nationality: Indian
  • Marital Status: Married

Certification

  • Certified Construction Quality Manager by Quality Gurus accredited by American Society for Quality (ASQ) December 2024
  • Six Sigma Green belt by Quality Gurus accredited by ISAAC December 2024
  • MBA dual degree in Total Quality Management & Management Quality Concepts by NIBM 2018 June
  • Certified Associate of Project management trained by Quality Gurus accredited by Project Management Institute

Languages

English
Full Professional
Spanish
Limited Working
Arabic
Limited Working
Hindi
Professional Working
Tamil
Native or Bilingual

Work Availability

monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline

SITE QUALITY LEAD - EXXON MOBIL
05.2022 - 12.2024
Shutdown Quality Coordinator / Advisor - Contract Resources Petrochem Services (I) Pvt Ltd
10.2021 - 03.2022
SITE QUALITY LEAD - Exxon Mobil Iraq Limited – PMC Contracts by WOOD
05.2015 - 03.2020
Quality Assurance Advisor / Coordinator / Inspections / Construction activities executions - Exxon Mobil (ESSO HIGHLANDS) - PNG LNG - Via NES Global Talent Australia
04.2011 - 02.2015
Third party Inspection Engineer - GASCO Abudhabi – via VELOSI Certification services
01.2010 - 03.2011
Technical surveyor / Third Party Inspection Engineer - GASCO Abudhabi – via AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING (ABS)
12.2006 - 01.2010
QA/QC Engineer - AMEC SPIECAPAG PETROFAC INTERNATIONAL
03.2005 - 10.2006
QA/QC Engineer, Welding & Coating Inspector, Multi Discipline Inspector - Punj Lloyd India Pt Ltd., United Arab Emirates / Limak JV
05.1999 - 02.2005
Senior Welding Inspector / Painting Inspector - Indian Commerce & Industries
01.1998 - 03.1999
NDT Inspection Engineer - SCIETENCH NDT Services
07.1996 - 12.1997
NDT / Welding Inspector Apprenticeship & training - M/s Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited
05.1994 - 05.1996
Srinivasa Polytechnic - Diploma, Mechanical Engineering
NIBM (National Institute of Mangement) - MBA, Total Quality Mangement, Mangement Quality Concepts

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