Sijo James

Experience

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  SMITH International Gulf Services LLC

  Aug 2005 - May 2007

  Welder

  UNITED ENGINEERING SERVISES. LLC SMITH INTERNATIONAL AUG-2005 To May’2007 Sultanate of Oman• Worked as:• Multipurpose welder.• Wellhead cutting and welding With OXY Mukaiznaoman• Special DSS welding job for PDOMajor Activities Handling:• Hard facing and tool dressing• Welding of PDO pipe lines in oil field of Oman• Charge-hand of welding and fabrication team.•Having skilled experience in x-ray quality welding (piping) on several metals, especially- Carbon steel, stain less steel, DSS, copper nickel, low alloy steel, and dissimilar joints. TEKFEN-AZFEN ALLIANCE BAKU AZERBAIJAN •Functioned as:•Duplex and Super duplex welder. ALJABER-GRINAKER LTA ABUDABI UAE •Functioned as:•Tig and Arc pipe line welder. SON-GAS LARCEN&TOUBRO LTD JAN 2004 TO JULY 2004 TANZANIA, AFRICA•Functioned as:•Dolly mix welder. ONGC / L&T Bombay High Offshore. INDIA Show less

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  Fishing Remedial Experts Enterprise Limited

  Sept 2007 - Nov 2013

  Senior Tool Dresser/Welding Inspector

  CAREER HIGHLIGHTS•Worked as:•Senior Tool Dresser- with Sino-gulf Energy Enterprises Oman. Position (Tool Dresser/Welding Supervisor)•Major Activities Handled:•Quality control and Lead-hand of Redress shop, Repair/redress of down hole drilling and milling tools.•Manufacturing, Repairing and Redress of cutting and fishing equipments.•Training of welders in the application of Crushed Tungsten carbide and inserts on mills and knifes, Quick-Tip Hard Facing Technology, Techno genia Wire hard facing Process, and Application of metal powder on Down hole Tools etc.Major Tasks Involved. •Stabiliser hard facingby Quick-tip application and Technodur/Techno genia hard facing system, and Welding build up of worn out stabiliser blades as per OXY, PDO requirements and applicable industry procedures, codes and standards.•Tungsten carbide redress and repair of fishing and milling tools, thru tubing tools and down hole equipments, following SGEE material specification and API/ASME approved procedures. And redress of Tapper mill, Hollow mill, Bladed, concave, and flat bottom Junk mills, String Mills, watermelon mills, Wash over shoes, Multi string cutter knifes, Window milling tools, Section milling, Whip stock Mills etc..•Qualified to ASME SEC IX in the following process, Manual Metal Arc Welding, Gas Metal Arc Welding, Gas Tungsten Arc Welding, Submerged Arc Welding with experience in the following metals 4140-4145-4130-50D-43A-1018-1024 steels and 316-318-DSS stainless steels.•Dressing of Led Impression Block and fabrication of fishing tools like Lip guide, poor boy, Liner hanger equipments etc... •Training of local nationals in application of Quick-Tip, Techno-dur wire hard facing and redressing of fishing tools.•Supervision assistance of a welding area employing eight welders and tool dressers. Cylindrical Grinding machine Operation. Show less

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  Viking Services

  Oct 2013 - Apr 2014

  Tungsten Carbide welding Specialist.

  •Tungsten carbide redress and repair of fishing and milling tools, thru tubing tools and down hole equipments as per API/ASME approved procedures. Redress and repair of Tapper mill, Hollow mill, Bladed, concave, and flat bottom Junk mills, String Mills, watermelon mills, Wash over shoes, Multi string cutter knifes, Window milling tools, Section milling, Whip stock Mills etc..

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  Weatherford

  May 2014 - Apr 2015

  Welding Supervisor (Down hole Fishing/Drilling Tools)

  Supervising and lead hand for Redress of Weatherford Mills and other welding activities in Chevron Malongo Base, cabinda.

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  PG.

  Aug 2015 - Jun 2024

  Major Activities Handling:• Supervision of Welders, Carbide dressers and Operators• Training of welders for Carbide/Insert Applications on milling tools• Procedure/Method Statements Preparations for special process like carbide welding and Hard facing applications.• Welding Inspection (In process and NDT Review)• Welder qualification• Document control • Material Inspection• Health and Safety co-ordination• Ensure the Quality Control conformity of all goods delivered by the vendor.• Overseeing and monitoring inspection activities performed by third party inspector• Participate in audit of manufacturing facilities and contractor’s workshop.• Review and validate data package, Certificate of Conformance including Inspection report, testing report, material test certificate etc.• Monitor and Validate NDT of OCTG tool, tool assemblies etc.• Making sure that all lifting equipments have proper and valid documentation before allowing for use.• Making sure that all lifting equipments are in conformance with DNV and BS EN Standards.• Visual inspection of all lifting equipments.• Visual inspection of different downhole tools such as; Whipstock Mills, Drill Bits, Safety Valves, Stabilizers and different types of Subs. • Dimensional inspection of different drilling tools and downhole tools making sure that it complies with company design specifications and international standards.• Witness make-up and break-up torque of all tools during assembly and dis-assembly.• Review of all documentations making sure that all tools had passed all tests and inspection before allowing to be used in the rig.• Conduct NDT inspection (MT, PT) on all downhole tools.• Witness third party inspection of all drill string components, BHA, Casing and tubing, making sure that inspection is done in accordance to DS-1 and API standards. Show less

  • Welding Engineer

    Aug 2015 - Jun 2024

  • Managing Welding Shop/Downhole Tools Manufacturing And Services

    Aug 2015 - Jun 2024
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  JOT Oilfield Services LLC

  Apr 2024 - now

  • Chief Operations Officer

    Nov 2024 - now

  • Operations Manager

    Apr 2024 - Nov 2024