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Wilbur Barr

Wilbur Barr

NDE / API Inspector

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Unemployed at Looking for API Work

  • Education

    • API / Chevron / NDE Training

      1994 - 2012

      • SME Unit Training, FCC, Sulfuric Alkylation, SRU, Amine, and Cooling Water/Cooling Tower• Completed 40 hours training and am certified in Level I and Level II Liquid Penetrant Examination.• Completed 40 hours training and am certified in Level I and Level II Magnetic Particle Examination.• Completed 40 hours training and am certified in Level I and Level II Ultrasonic Examination.• Completed 40 hours training and am certified in Positive Material Identification (PMI).•… Show more • SME Unit Training, FCC, Sulfuric Alkylation, SRU, Amine, and Cooling Water/Cooling Tower• Completed 40 hours training and am certified in Level I and Level II Liquid Penetrant Examination.• Completed 40 hours training and am certified in Level I and Level II Magnetic Particle Examination.• Completed 40 hours training and am certified in Level I and Level II Ultrasonic Examination.• Completed 40 hours training and am certified in Positive Material Identification (PMI).• Completed 40 hour training on Radiographic Film Interpretation Level II. • Completed 64 hour training course on ASME, National Board and API Codes.• Completed 40 hour training API-570 Examination Prep Course by Bay Technical Associates, Inc.• Completed 50 hour training API-510 Examination Prep Course by Code West. • Completed 80 hour prep course for National Board by Bay Technical Associates, Inc. Show less

    • Bible Baptist Christian School

      1986 - 1989

  • Experience

    • Universal Personnel

      Jan 2000 - Sept 2005
      NDE / API Inspector

      Responsible for performing 570 inspections on process piping and 510 inspections on fixed equipment for the following units: FCCU, Coker, Alky, Amine, Sulfur, Crude, Hydrocracking, Reformers, and Tanks.Perform Dye Penetrate, Magnetic Particle, Ultrasonic (L-wave), Positive Material Identification (P.M.I.) and Radiographic film interpretation inspection methods.Write and submit repair plans and procedure for Process Piping and Equipment for turnaround planning and Chevron reliability department Inspectors. Show less

    • Chevron

      Sept 2005 - Apr 2012
      Reliability Unit Inspector

      Reliability Unit Inspector, Responsible for maximizing plant availability and uptime in a 450K barrel/day refinery. Was senior inspector for the following units: One (1) Boiler/Utilities plant, Eleven (11) Sulfur plants, Two (2) DEA plants, One (1) Alkylation Unit, One (1) Hydrogen Unit, One (1) Flare Gas Recovery Unit and One (1) Waste Water Treatment plant.Responsibilities included: Develop and maintain Mississippi State jurisdictional inspections for 983 Pressure vessels, including process and pipe line piping.Unit Turnarounds: Develop and coordinate scheduled and unscheduled unit turnarounds, Manage Inspection staff, reviewed and issued detailed inspection repair plans including recommended remedial action plans. Coordinated shutdown activities with operations and maintenance staff. Track and report expenditures by task.Managed and performed on-stream inspections of operating units, monitor process variables used to model, predict, measure and calculate corrosion rates. Coordinated with operations and maintenance to maximize plant availability and predict end of life cycles. Other duties included:Evaluate corrosion data using Meridium software package, develop and issue work request’s/work orders for equipment and piping replacement or repair. Update flow diagrams and P&ID’s as necessary. Reliability Inspection reports, legal state documents, equipment and piping history briefs, and issuance of safe work permits including hot and entry work. Manage and coordinate contract personnel and field drafting. Show less

    • Chesapeake Energy

      Apr 2012 - Jan 2013
      QA/QC Specialest

      Developed inspection procedures for Chesapeake’s and Access Midstream Partners Mechanical Integrity program. Assisting in developing the Inspection department, as well as developing Inspection Test Plans for Process piping and Equipment. Manage Contract Inspection staff, review and issue inspection reports including recommended remedial action plans.

    • Intertek / Moody Inspection

      Feb 2013 - Jun 2013
      Indepentant API 510/570 Inspector

      Perform API 510/570 Visual Internal and External Inspections on Process Vessels and Piping. Write Detailed Inspection Repair Plans for Process Vessels and Piping. QA/QC - Review Completed Documentation for Process Vessels and Piping.

    • American inspection services

      Jun 2013 - Dec 2013
      Contract API 510 / 570 Inspector

      Worked at Chevron Pascagoula on the PBOP project. Perform API 510/570 Visual Internal and External Inspections on Process Vessels and Piping. Write Detailed Inspection Repair Plans for Process Vessels and Piping. QA/QC - Review Completed Documentation for Process Vessels and Piping.

    • Intertek

      Jan 2014 - Mar 2014
      API 510 / 570 Inspector

      Lead API Inspector Perform API 510/570 Visual Internal and External Inspections onTowers, Reactors and Exchangers.. Write Detailed Inspection Repair Plans for Process Vessels and Piping.

    • MISTRAS Group, Inc.

      Mar 2014 - May 2014
      API 510 / API 570 Inspector

      Perform API 510/570 Visual Internal and External Inspections on Process Piping, Towers, Reactors, Drums and Exchangers.. Write Detailed Inspection Repair Plans for Process Vessels and Piping.

    • Vessel Statistics

      May 2014 - Jul 2014
      API 510 / 570 Inspector & QA/QC

      Perfrom Visual Inspections on various process vessels and piping. Perform Visual inspections on welds, coating applications and final make-up of process piping.

    • MISTRAS Group, Inc.

      Sept 2014 - Mar 2016
      API 510 / 5710 Inspector

      Mistras Group, Houston, TX Contract Inspector • Work as a Contract Mechanical Integrity API-510, API-570 QA/QC Inspector at various Refineries, Chemical and Gas Plants throughout the United States on new construction and in-service piping and equipment. • Follow new construction (Vendor Surveillance) of Process Equipment at various fabrication shops. • Perform Internal and external inspections on Columns/Towers, Exchanges, Drums, and Filters and Process Piping • Perform QA/QC on work packages for new and existing vessels and piping instillation. • Review all new construction documentation, Examples include: Code Packages, Piping Packages, NDE, P&ID’s, Isometric Drawings• Issue detailed reports on all inspection findings. Show less

    • Stronghold, Ltd.

      Mar 2016 - Apr 2016
      API 510 / 5710 Inspector

      Perform API 510/570 Visual Internal and External Inspections on Process Piping, Towers, Reactors, Drums and Exchanges.. Write Detailed Inspection Repair Plans for Process Vessels and Piping.

    • Intertek Engineering Consulting

      May 2016 - Oct 2016
      API 510 / 570 Inspector

      Perform API 510/570 Visual Internal and External Inspections on Process Piping, Towers, Reactors, Drums and Exchanges.. Write Detailed Inspection Repair Plans for Process Vessels and Piping. Issued detailed repair plans and final documentation on inspections and repairs.

    • Vessel Statistics

      Sept 2017 - Oct 2018
      API 510 / 570 Inspector

      • Work as a Mechanical Integrity API-510, API-570 QA/QC Inspector at various Refineries, Chemical and Gas Plants throughout the United States on new construction and in-service piping and equipment. • Work as a Mechanical Integrity API-510, API-570 on Oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean.Performed inservice inspections on process equipment and process piping, performed Re-rate inspections on process equipment, followed code repairs and issued dialed repair plans and final documentation.• Follow new construction (Vendor Surveillance) of Process Equipment at various fabrication shops. • Perform Internal and external inspections on Columns/Towers, Exchanges, Drums, and Filters and Process Piping • Perform QA/QC on work packages for new and existing vessels and piping instillation. • Review all new construction documentation, Examples include: Code Packages, Piping Packages, NDE, P&ID’s, Isometric Drawings• Issue detailed reports on all inspection findings. Show less

    • Northbay Inspection & Technical Services Inc.

      Oct 2018 - Dec 2018
      QA/QC Inspector

    • Versa Integ

      Oct 2020 - Feb 2021
      API-510/570 Inspector

    • Looking for API Work

      Feb 2021 - now
      Unemployed

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • API-510, API-570 and NBIC