Juan Cardenas
Brownsville,TX
Summary
- I have been involved in the Petro, Chemical, and Power industries for over 16 years and have developed a broad knowledge in Grass Roots Projects, Offshore Platforms, Refineries, Power Plants, and Chemical Plants. I have worked in the quality aspect since 2014 after receiving my AWS-CWI national certification, my responsibilities have included the following.
- Implementation of quality control procedures as a Quality Assurance and Quality Control Inspector.
- Monitor day to day construction activities to identify any quality, construction, or safety concerns.
- Ensure that welding compliance and integrity is in accordance with proper codes and procedures.
- Coordinate and schedule NDE requirements in accordance with proper codes, procedures, and site specifications.
- Perform daily visual inspections of mechanical, structural, and equipment components.
- Monitor installation and Testing of HDPE piping.
- Witness pump staging, soft foots, alignments, and various pump stages of pump maintenance.
- Witness grouting procedures including roughness, shim elevations, forming, and pours.
- Perform visual inspection of mechanically completed piping systems to ensure cleanliness, support verification, pre-hydrostatic test verification, and completion for restoration/pre commissioning purposes.
- Monitor and sign off on hydrostatic testing on equipment and piping system packages.
- Monitor torquing on equipment and piping as required per codes and project specifications.
- Review piping packages for system turnover purposes to ensure all documentation conforms to client and project specification.
- Perform piping and equipment walkdowns for sketching and red lined as-built packages.
- Perform piping and equipment walkdowns to generate work packages for contractors per submitted repair plans and work requests by plant personnel and inspection groups.
- Familiar with codes ASME B31.1, B31.3, B16.5, SEC VIII, SEC IX
- Prior to receiving a CWI, I have over (6) years' experience in welding and fabrication of various structures, piping, and alloys. Welding experiences include SMAW, FCAW, GMAW, GTAW.
- Plenty experience with pneumatic testing .
- Basics knowledge with coatings and jeep testing .Compressors and pipe line experience
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
QA-QC TWS Turnaround Welding services
Shell Deer Park
, Tx
07.2023 - 12.2023
QA-QC LEAD INSPECTOR
RPS Reliable plant services LLC
Dcp wilcox -phillips 66 gas plant, halletsville tx
06.2023 - 07.2023
QA-QC INSPECTOR
ETS
Valero Corpus Christi
03.2023 - 06.2023
QA-QC INSPECTOR
TWS Turnaround Welding Services
Marathon Texas City, tx RHU 2023
01.2023 - 03.2023
QA INSPECTOR
EXXON MOBIL
NES FILCROFT, BEAUMONT
- 04.2022
- December 2022
QC Inspector
Wyatt Field Service
Valero, Port Arthur
01.2022 - 03.2022
QA/QC Manager
Austin Industries
BASF, Bishop Tx
09.2019 - 01.2020
QA-QC Lead Inspector
Austin Industries
PAXAIR, Freeport Tx
01.2019 - 09.2019
Lead QC Inspector
Brown & Root Industrial Services
BASF, Freeport
- 09.2018
- December 2018
QC Lead Inspector
Versa Integrity Group
LNG, LQF Project Freeport
- 09.2018
- September 2018
QC Manager
Turner Industries
Flint Hills, Port Arthur
- 12.2017
- December 2017
QA-FE Field Engineer
Talascend
ExxonMobil, Baytown
- 05.2017
- December 2017
QC Inspector
Austin Industries
BASF TOTAL, Port Arthur
- 02.2017
- May 2017
QA Inspector
Performance Mechanical, Inc
Chevron Refining, Richmond
- 11.2016
- December 2016
QC Inspector
Turner Industries
LyondellBasell, Corpus Christi
- 10.2014
- November 2016
QA-QC INSPECTOR
TWS Turnaround Welding Services
Marathon Texas City
01.2024
QA/FE Piping Field Engineer
B&W Babcock & Wilcox Construction Co., LLC
Shell, Pennsylvania Chemical Project
- January 2020 to December 2021
Education
Certified Welding Inspector -
Base Line Data
06.2014
High School Diploma -
Ricardo Flores High School
08.2004
Skills
- Experienced with Word, Excel, Windows Vista, and Blue Beam Review
- Self-Motivated with excellent mechanical skills
- Have the ability of taking on new theories as well as new responsibilities
- Have extensive knowledge of interpreting blueprints, isometric drawings, orthographic details, 3D details, and P&ID's
- Fast and Efficient learner with great teamwork skills
- Knowledge of tools and equipment of industrial trade and their safe use
- Basic film interpretation skills of radiographic tested field generated welds
- Experienced with PT, MT, and UT
Certification
- Certified Welding Inspector, American Welding Society, 15120211, 01/2024
- Stick and GTAW Welding Course, San Jacinto College, Pasadena, TX, 2008
- TWIC Certified, 01/04/2028
- Basic Plus Safety Training
- Confined Space Certified
- Fresh Air/Supplied Air Certified
Languages
Full Professional, Native or Bilingual
Timeline
QA-QC INSPECTOR
TWS Turnaround Welding Services
01.2024
QA-QC TWS Turnaround Welding services
Shell Deer Park
07.2023 - 12.2023
QA-QC LEAD INSPECTOR
RPS Reliable plant services LLC
06.2023 - 07.2023
QA-QC INSPECTOR
ETS
03.2023 - 06.2023
QA-QC INSPECTOR
TWS Turnaround Welding Services
01.2023 - 03.2023
QC Inspector
Wyatt Field Service
01.2022 - 03.2022
QA/QC Manager
Austin Industries
09.2019 - 01.2020
QA-QC Lead Inspector
Austin Industries
01.2019 - 09.2019
QA INSPECTOR
EXXON MOBIL
- 04.2022
Lead QC Inspector
Brown & Root Industrial Services
- 09.2018
QC Lead Inspector
Versa Integrity Group
- 09.2018
QC Manager
Turner Industries
- 12.2017
QA-FE Field Engineer
Talascend
- 05.2017
QC Inspector
Austin Industries
- 02.2017
QA Inspector
Performance Mechanical, Inc
- 11.2016
QC Inspector
Turner Industries
- 10.2014
QA/FE Piping Field Engineer
B&W Babcock & Wilcox Construction Co., LLC
Certified Welding Inspector -
Base Line Data
High School Diploma -
Ricardo Flores High School