Mike McWhirter

Experience

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  Bp

  Nov 2006 - Dec 2012

  Responsible for organizing, prioritizing, and implement daily, weekly, and bi,weekly operations of the Quality department for all trades to include, Boilermakers, Pipe Fitters, Iron Workers, Carpenters, and Electricians. Ensured that the project was constructed, tested, inspected and documented in accordance with the project specifications and prime agreement. Trained personnel in inspections of welding, erection of pressure vessels, structures, and piping to the following codes: B31.1, B31.3, ASME Boiler & Pressure vessel codes, Sect V, Sect. VII Sect IX, API 510, API 650, API 653 and D1.1 Show less

  • Quality Control Superintendent

    Nov 2011 - Dec 2012

  • Quality Control Manger

    Nov 2006 - Nov 2011
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  URS Flint (now part of URS Corporation)

  Nov 2012 - Jun 2014

  Responsible for but not limited to the following: the implementation and administration of the URS Quality Assurance Program for all disciplines, and development of project requirements. Develops Inspection Test Plans (ITP) and WPS NDE matrix for the scope of work, implements quality control and inspection procedures and plans to ensure compliance with the design requirements and all governing codes and regulations, facilitates sign-off of QA/QC hold points as they pertain to the Work Packages, identifies and resolves technical issues prior to and during construction, leads the Technical Document Control department, responsible for non-conformance management and sign-off, onsite inspection and QC documentation, completion of as-built drawing packages, assists in preparation of Turnover documentation, ensures required quality audits of URS construction teams and subcontractors are carried out, documented and reported with recommendations for continuous improvement, documentation of Mechanical Completion and Pre-commissioning for timely turnover of facilities to operations, provides “early warning” of construction problems, significant decisions and plans, implementation of the System Turnover procedure to Operations, manage activities of the Project Quality Control Team, ensure personnel on the Quality Control Team and Construction Teams receive orientation and training necessary to execute their portions of the work, establish and maintain an effective liaison with Owners Representative to ensure alignment between URS, the Owner and Subcontractors, with respect to all quality issues, support HSSE and change management to the project team, review surveillance reports to monitor quality control issues and trends and provide recommendations and/or solutions to foreseen problems relating to quality management. Show less

  • QC Manager

    Dec 2013 - Jun 2014

  • Quality Control Project Lead

    Nov 2012 - Dec 2013
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  Summit Industrual Construction, LLC

  Jul 2014 - Nov 2014

  Quality Control Manager

  Quality Manager on new construction, natural gas facility in Leesville, Ohio. Responsibilities include construction verification, system assembly and final commissioning of various system packages. for the erection of structural steel, the installation of the mechanic and electrical equipment (including demethanizer, mol sieves, mulitple skids, and PDC) and piping for the cryogenic facility.

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  Summit Industrial

  Jan 2015 - Mar 2016

  Quality Manager

  Quality Manager for Cryogenic Natural Gas Plant.in Bradley Oklahoma. Construction services included the installation of foundations and underground piping for the cryogenic facility.

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  Summit Industrial

  Jun 2017 - May 2018

  Quality Manager

  Adding a second Natural Gas Unit to existing plant. Main disciplines are Civil, structural, and piping and followed code, specification and standards per contract. Performs weld test for potential new welders, oversees civil operations form compaction test, form building, to concrete testing and break test. Ensuring welds are tracked code requirement NDE are followed.

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  Calumet Testing Services

  May 2018 - Oct 2018

  Operations Manager

  CWI and Operations Manager for NDE Company. Coordinated X-ray, Ultra sonic testing, Magnatic Partical, Dye Penatrant and Visual Inspection crews. Witnessed and proceessed welding procedures and welder qualifications.

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  TYLin | Greeley and Hansen Water Solutions

  Jan 2019 - Jul 2020

  Inspector
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  McDaniel Technical Services, Inc.

  Jul 2020 - Aug 2020

  Chief Inspector
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  McDaniel Technical Services, Inc.

  Mar 2021 - Apr 2022

  Chief Inspector
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  Paxon Energy & Infrastructure Services | No 9 Fastest Growing Companies of USA

  Apr 2022 - now

  Chief Inspector with Paxon Energy for Center Point Energy