Shelvin Varghese

Oversaw the entire lifecycle of welding consumables including receipt, storage, issuance, and return, ensuring efficient usage and minimal waste, thus promoting cost-effective practices. Conducted comprehensive weld joint fit-up inspections, meticulously verifying joint configuration, cleanliness, and pre-heating processes, ensuring strict compliance with Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS). Selected weld joints for Non-Destructive Testing (NDT), diligently supervised NDT processes, and drafted thorough and detailed final NDT reports for client submissions, contributing to excellent customer service and satisfaction. status, ensuring complete compliance with established standards, thereby maintaining a high-quality standard. Supervised the Post Weld Heat Treatment (PWHT) of piping joints, guaranteeing the absolute quality and integrity of welds, minimizing potential risks and defects. Prepared and maintained extensive welding-related quality records, ensuring easy access and review by other departments and clients, fostering effective communication and transparency. Orchestrated detailed packages for hydro testing and developed comprehensive weld summaries, ensuring thorough documentation of procedures, facilitating seamless operations and clarity for all stakeholders. Conducted regular and insightful toolbox meetings with welders to enhance their understanding of project requirements and safety regulations, fostering an environment of learning and safety consciousness. Issued Non-Conformance Reports (NCR) for defective products or workmanship, promptly mitigating risk and ensuring rapid corrective measures were put in place. Performed QC inspection activities according to approved quality plans, procedures, and inspection checklists.

Inspected incoming materials (welding consumables) and reviewed test certificates to ensure compliance with approved purchase orders and project material specifications. Performed pre-welding inspection, witnessed in-process welding as per WPS, and inspected post-welding processes, ensuring adherence to quality standards. Monitored the calibration of welding machines, ovens, and measuring equipment, ensuring optimal operation; assigned weld joint numbers and developed weld maps, ensuring efficient project tracking; executed in-process inspections and verified NDT, ensuring quality and accuracy of welds. Reviewed the welding heat input values of ongoing welding activities, ensuring compliance with standards; monitored welding consumables and electrode heating and holding ovens. Identified and documented defects in welds, including cracks, undercut, overlap, spatters, arc strikes, underfill, and incomplete fusion; verified material with traceability documents (Heat number, Material Tag), and ensured the correct heat numbers were followed as per the mill cert; carried out site inspections of piping fabrication and erection as per detailed drawings.

Assisted with day-to-day operations including but not limited to planning and undertaking scheduled maintenance, responding to breakdowns, diagnosing faults, repairing equipment, maintaining statistical records, creating maintenance procedures; managing stocks, supervising engineering and technical staff, and obtaining specialist components, fixtures, and fittings. Responsible for the maintenance and modification of pneumatic and hydraulic circuits, and supervision of various types of crushers including Barmac VSI Crushers, Roll Crushers, Jaw Crusher, Raymond Mill, etc. Involved in the maintenance, inspection, and repair of these crushers to ensure they were running smoothly and assisted in ensuring that all material handling equipment, such as 2 Ton Electric Forklifts (Godrej, Voltas, and CUMI Make), Battery operated Pallet trucks, etc were working properly.