Balaji D. has over 8 years of experience in welding inspection roles. He has worked as a senior welding inspector for Cameron-Natco in Jubail, Saudi Arabia since 2015. Prior to that, he held welding engineer and inspector roles in India. Balaji has extensive experience inspecting welds and processes according to various codes and standards like ASME and API. He is responsible for activities like verifying procedures, monitoring welds, preparing reports, and ensuring quality. Balaji aims to offer his inspection expertise to ensure safety and quality in fabrication and construction projects.

1. QA/QC- SENIOR WELDING INSPECTOR
BALAJI D.
Industrial City
Jubail-KSA
 +966 59 700 25 99
: balaji_mechy1987@yahoo.co.in
CAREER SNAPSHOT
Offering “8 years of experience” in Construction of Oil Storage Tank (Floating Roof Types),
Fabrication of Pressure vessel, Ducting (Manifolds, Steam duct), Steel Structures, Piping work,
welding and Quality Control & Assurance.
Expanded exposure’s in various codes like ASME Sec. II, ASME Sec. VIII Div. – 1&2, ASME Sec. IX.
(WPS & PQR), API 650, ASME SEC V, ASME B31.1, B31.3.
Extensive experience in managing inspection activities, qualification of welding procedures and
monitoring welding jobs, etc.
Conversant with welding process like SMAW, SAW, FCAW, GMAW & GTAW.
Possess working experience in company authorised to construct as per ASME ‘U’, ‘U2’, ‘R’ Stamp
and as per requirement of various national & international code.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Month & Year Duration Position Company Country
May 2015 to
Present
1 year QA/QC- SR Welding
Inspector
Cameron-Natco Al Rushaid Jubail, Saudi
Arabia
June 2014 to
April 2015
1 year QA/QC-Welding
Engineer
Hindustan Construction
Company
Assam, India
April 2013 to
March 2014
1 year QA/QC-Welding
Inspector
Gulf Steel Works Jubail, Saudi
Arabia
May 2007 to
February 2013
5 Year 9 Months QA/QC-Inspector Cethar Ltd Trichy, India
ACADEMIC/TECHNICAL QUALIFICATION

2. CAREER HISTORY
CAMERON_NATCO Al-Rushaid.
Responsible for:
• Carry out the weld visual inspection before, during & after welding.
• Inspect the package physical & storage condition of welding consumable electrode, filler wire, SAW
Flux and ensure the backing, holding & portable oven temperature as per the project specifications,
Review and verify the consumable MTC.
• Fit-up inspection shell to dish end & shell to shell long seam and circumferential seam ovality Nozzle
Man way elevation, projection orientations.
• Preparation and updates of Welder’s continuity log
• Witness the daily NDT inspection activity & Verify the reports, witness the Hydro test of vessels&
prepare the reports, Pneumatic test of reinforcement pads
• Prepare the Weld Procedure Application (WPA), NDT location chart, Weld history details, Dimensional
& visual inspection reports.
• Raise the internal Non Conformance report & closely monitoring the root cause, preventive &
corrective actions.
• Prepare the inspection notification as per ITP & coordinates with client inspectors for cleared
materials.
• Daily monitoring the each welder as per welder’s audit surveillance check list.
• Train the welders for qualifying test as per project specification & standards.
• Prepare the WPS, PQR, & WQT as per project specification codes & standards.
• Maintaining the calibration & validation history records of welding machines & inspection tools.
• Conducting the tool box meeting for welders for awareness of quality welding
HCC-Hindustan Construction Company Ltd.-Assam, India
MAJOR PROJECT: Bogibeel Rail & Road Bridge
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Monitoring the welder’s & welding operators as per WPS Specified parameters.
• Conduct the tool box meeting for welder’s to create the awareness of welding defects & to maintain
the WPS Parameters.
• Monitoring the welder’s performance ratings.
• Root cause Analysis of various welding defects occurred during welding (using 7 various quality tools).
QUALIFICATION BOARD YEAR OF PASSING
CSWIP 3.1 Level 2 TWI Certification ltd - UKAS 2014
ASNT Level 2 (RT,UT,MPT,PT) Waves Tech Inspection 2012
Diploma in Mechanical
Engineering
Shanmugha Polytechnic College
Tamilnadu State Board
2007

3. • To carry out the visual inspection of butt welds & fillet welds as per project specification with third
party client inspectors.
• To carry out the fit up inspection bevel edge preparation & pre heat checking & preparing inspection
reports.
• Preparation & establishments of welding sequence and weld mapping in various stage of components
of fabrication.
• Witness the NDT test MPT, DPT, UT with TPI party & prepare the reports.
• Ensure the welding sequences for structures to avoid distortion.
• Prepare the dimensional & welding reports on time.
GULF STEEL WORKS-Jubail, KSA
MAJOR PROJECT: Ma’aden Aluminum Refinery (Crude Oil Storage Tank)
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Receipt Inspection for Goods inward inspection of Pipe, plate, Gasket of procured material with
respect to Material test certificate / Physical condition.
• Verifying Material test certificates for welding consumables & raw materials.
• Maintaining the Calibration records and Ensuring Periodical calibration of welding equipment and
Gauges.
• Inspect the physical & storage condition of welding consumable electrode and ensure the backing ,
holding & portable oven temperature as per project specifications.
• Check edge preparation & fit up to verify that fit up is within tolerance.
• Preliminary welding inspection activities (fit up, root pass, hot pass ,material traceability, dimensional
checking & orientation of piping components )
• Responsible for raising Inspection Notification and coordinates with client Inspector for all
“Monitoring Points” & Witness points activities. Carry out the inspection as per the approved
Inspection Test Plan (ITP)
• Layout Inspection of Annular & bottom plate’s laying inspection. Inspecting shell plate’s erection
vertical and horizontal joints, nozzles, pipe supports, Roof plates, Wind girders, spiral stairway and
curb angle as per approved drawing. Witness & verify all NDT activities and reports (RT, MT& PT).
• Witness of the Vacuum Box Test (VBT) of bottom welds & Roof welds. Oil Penetrant Test (OPT) of
bottom to shell corner welding. Pneumatic Leak Test (PLT) of reinforcement pads. Peaking and
banding inspection of Tank welds according to API 650. Plumpness & Roundness of tanks, Preparation
of standard reports.
• Checking alignment Elevation, Projection & orientation of shell, roof Nozzles & pipe supports as per
Approved Drawing.
• Prepare the pre- hydro test check list & weld map (bottom, shell, roof) tank as per site joints.
Coordinate with client for preparation of punch list report.
• Prepare the mechanical completion dossier. Responsible for review of Dossier and submission to the
Client.
CETHAR Ltd.-Trichy, India

4. ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Monitoring stage wise welding jobs including pre-heating, post heating & PWHT (post weld heat
treatment).
• Responsible for Inspection of Raw Material as per the Material Test Certificate.
• Carry out Inspection after Pipe Bend & Prepare the Dimensional Inspection reports.
• Study the Engineering Drawings, WPS, PQR and make necessary stage inspection during fabrication as
per the approved CQP.
• Carry out stage inspection during fabrication as per approved SQP & CQP.
• Inspection of welding consumables and ensuring the proper storage and handling of welding
consumables and controlled in accordance with approved consumable control procedure.
• Maintaining welders continuity log sheet & monitoring welder performance.
• Preparation of DOSSIER which includes Raw material attestation, Visual inspection Report, Fit-up
inspection report, WPS, Purchase order, Final dimension Report, Coating or Painting Report, Final
inspection Report, Pre shipment inspection Report.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth : 5th
May 1987
Gender : Male
Fathers Name : K. Durairaj
Religion : Hindu
Nationality : Indian
Fluency : English, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada.
Marital Status : Single
Hobbies & Interest : Reading, Writing, Movies & Music Interested in Sports & Game like
Cricket, Billiards & Indoor Games
PASSPORT DETAILS
Passport No : H3587954
Date of Issue : 6th
May 2009
Place of Issue : Tiruchirappalli
Country : India
Date of Expiry : 5th
May 2019
Current Visa Status : Saudi-Work Visa

5. Declaration
I hereby declare that all the details furnished above are true to the best of my knowledge.
Date :
Place : Jubail, KSA Balaji D.

6. Declaration
I hereby declare that all the details furnished above are true to the best of my knowledge.
Date :
Place : Jubail, KSA Balaji D.