Irfan Salim Bagwan
Mechanical Integrity Engineer
Pune,MH
Summary
Project Lead leading mechanical integrity teams through RBI strategy, inspection scope development, and end-to-end delivery for equipment, piping, and relief valves. Drives project planning, risk control, budgeting, and client reporting while improving quality through internal reviews, KPI monitoring, and training 9+ members on site-specific and general requirements. Supports FFS, RCA, and shutdown execution when integrity issues need faster resolution.
Overview
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Certifications
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years of professional experience
Work History
PROJECT LEAD
Quest Global
09.2025 - Current
- Leading the team of Mechanical integrity Engineers performing the RBI strategy work of equipment, piping and relief valves. Driving the equipment strategies development or refresh based on scope. Gathering the background data required to perform the RBI. Optimizing the task after the strategy and preparing the inspection scope based on the same. Assisted with FFS and RCA activities.
- Planning, tracking, and monitoring project activities in collaboration with internal stakeholders. Identifying and mitigating risks, issues, and escalations to maintain project health. Monitoring defects in delivery per personals as per client requirement. Managing project financials, including budgeting, cost tracking, and forecasting. Conducting regular project reviews and ensuring transparency on progress, risks, and deliverables. Building and leading high-performing teams to achieve project goals and business goals.
- Planning, tracking, and monitoring project activities in collaboration with internal stakeholders. Identifying and mitigating risks, issues, and escalations to maintain project health. Monitoring defects in delivery per personnel as per client requirement. Managing project financials, including budgeting, cost tracking, and forecasting. Conducting regular project reviews and ensuring transparency on progress, risks, and deliverables. Building and leading high-performing teams to achieve project goals and business goals.
- Team is providing support to ExxonMobil sites. Training the new team members as per site specific and general requirements to complete the task. Conducting internal reviews to ensure delivery quality before client reviews. Conducting and participating in the connections with client for project query resolutions. Presenting the team’s performance in the monthly stewardship deck. Performing annual performance reviews of team members and submitting to manager. Maintaining the self KPI of delivery and quality along with the team.
- AIM software: CREDO.
MECHANICAL INTEGRITY INSPECTOR
Shell GTL Qatar
03.2016 - 02.2025
- Conducted inspections in the Mechanical integrity department across multiple assignments.
- As quality assurance personnel mainly focused on below objective as per requirement.
- Managed quality assurance and coordinated inspection activities for piping, equipment, and relief valves, conducting thickness inspections and analyses to ensure compliance and integrity.
- Monitoring and Surveillance of piping loops, equipment, valves for vibration, external or internal corrosion, hot spots, CUI etc. as per the inspection plan and requirements. Identifying bad actors with possible mitigation reducing down time.
- Process digitization: As policy to digitize the work processes played important role in feeding work process and data management requirements to IT team. Relief valve end to end process to be digitized by reducing time required for manual data capturing. Gathered the data for installation of acoustic sensors on relief valves which will capture abnormal working conditions and help in reducing unplanned down time. Involved in AIR3D which is digitizing tool for in service inspection.
- Quality assurance lead for Valve section: Working as QA lead for valve section especially during Shut down and turn arounds. Responsibility includes monitoring and surveillance of valves testing and inspection in Shell workshop as well as approved vendor shops. Ensuring work as per required procedures and code requirements. Mainly focusing on data collection for RBI and ensuring reliable operation of relief valves and other mechanical valves in the plant. Using the lesson learned from previous findings and implementing it in next cycle.
- Guided team members in-house and at vendor shops, resolving technical challenges during overhauling and testing, and coordinated with area engineers for technical approvals and procedure reviews.
- Conducted regular testing and inspection of relief valves, pressure vacuum vents, and emergency vent valves in Shell Central workshop. Documented findings, analyzed RV performance failures, and assisted area engineers with root cause analysis. Maintained monthly KPIs by updating reports in Web Integrity Management System (WIMS).
- Repair of RV parts if needed which found damaged during service. Like weld repair, machining etc.
- Acting the link between area engineer and site execution team.
- As and when required connecting with area engineers for necessary approval for material change etc. and documenting the same.
- Supporting the planning and warehouse material team while buying new Relief valve if required.
- Oxygen cleanliness inspection: valve which are in pure oxygen service need special cleaning and inspection as per oxygen cleanliness requirement. As authorized inspector for the same. Perform the inspection of oxygen handling RV, NRV, Control valves as per requirements.
- Manual valve testing in central workshop: Testing and inspection of manual valve as per API 598.
- Trouble shooting of finding during as received test if required.
- ASSIGNMENTS COMPLETED AT PEARL GTL:
- Dissimilar metal weld inspection: Locate and plan the NDT testing of DMW (Dissimilar metal weld) in the plant which is assessed by corrosion engineer based on severity on basis of operating parameters. Suspected damage mechanism was galvanic corrosion. All the loops in the plant identified and NDT UT planned wherever possible during available slots. UT testing conducted and revealed no sign of corrosion.
- Air separation unit Cold Box assignment: Cold box is special column separating oxygen from air. Due to operational upsets aluminum piping associated with valves got pinched and damaged at support location. Also due to vibration piping section got crack in weld and parent metal. As per the established procedure with consultation from Linde repair work performed. Cracked section replaced and valve upgraded with special orifice reducing noise. Oxygen cleanliness requirement makes task critical.
- R&M schedule inspection: Worked in FGP area, UTL area, ASU area for supporting inspection during R&M as per requirement. Run and maintain inspection task consists of planned visual inspection of piping & equipment as per the inspection intervals calculated and defined in web integrity management system. Collecting the thickness data of process piping & equipment’s. Planning NDT. Uploading results in system to get next interval of inspection with guidance of Area Engineer.
- SEC recovery project: Completed the SEC recovery project with Shell GTL. It was emergency shut down due to unpredictable leakage in Secondary effluent cooler associated with SGP reactor in Shell plant. It took 6 months to restore mechanical integrity for equipment. Total 36 SEC repaired. Inspection of SEC coil, flat front, Shell, Nozzle welds etc. was part of scope. Old coils were removed and replaced with like to like. Worked as night shift lead from mechanical integrity section. Escalating any emerging issues with integrity engineer and finding solutions. Supporting the execution team for smooth execution without quality compromise. Reviewing the documents from vendor.
- Relief valve RBI update support: RBI is been updated by offsite team all the necessary data is to provide to team in the form of ECH (equipment credit history). Its continuous process. Based on input RBI is been updated and overhauling frequency is been optimized.
- Procedure revision support: Actively involved in PRV inspection and testing procedure. Created many standalone instructions as per the specific requirements.
PLANT INSPECTOR FOR SHUT DOWN
Petro Rabigh Saudi Arabia
10.2015 - 12.2015
- Inspection of equipment in Polypropylene plant during shut down as per the ITP requirements.
- As found condition inspection and documentation. Final box up inspection after activity close out and report preparation.
- Supported the testing and inspection of pressure relief valve during event. For the very first time came across Relief valves inspection.
- Due to manufacturing experience was placed in prefabrication shop for inspection.
PLANT INSPECTOR FOR SHUT DOWN
Yanbu Nation Petrochemical
04.2015 - 05.2015
- Inspection of equipment in Olefins unit as per scope and previous findings.
- Special task was allotted to involve in steam drum crack repair. Discoloration of insulation was observed during plan was operation. During SD insulation was removed and crack observed on location which was near saddle.
- Florescent MT was conducted inside of vessel on all weld joint to confirm presence of crack. Crack was repaired as per approved ITP and steam drum replacement decided in next available opportunity.
- Improper heat treatment during manufacturing was one of the causes of crack generation.
SR. QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTOR
Larson and Toubro HE IC
04.2010 - 04.2015
- Study of drawings, technical engineering requirements before starting the job. Keeping all the drawings updated as per the DIN.
- Inspection of plate material in as received condition. Verifying the MTC with codes and specification requirement.
- Preparing the material clearance record in Baan system.
- Inspection of pipes, forgings etc.; Review of MTC.
- In process inspection of fabrication activities. Fit up inspection of shell to shell, shell nozzle, shell to dish end etc. Final inspection of sub-assemblies, complete equipment for dimension check, completeness of assembly and sub-assemblies.
- Welding inspection, inspection of joint fit ups as per weld details. In process and complete welding inspection on various materials. Monitoring the welding parameters of production welds, production test coupons.
- Inspecting the assembly or sub-assemblies prior to PWHT and after PWHT. Reviewing the Heat treatment chart.
- Raising the NCR, deviation as and when necessary.
- Coordinating with Third party inspection agencies (BVIS, LRA, QUEST, SGS, TPL, TUV- NORD etc.) and if required process licenser/ client (SAIPEM, KBR, MHI, FLUOR etc.) for carrying out stage and final inspection as per the Quality assurance plan.
- Documentation: Preparation of documents like NDT reports, dimension reports etc. for final dossier. Compiling the documents after completion of job. Submitting the same to Quality assurance department. Maintaining all the documents as per ISO 9001:2008. For code stamp jobs maintaining the documents as per ASME requirements.
- As ERP Baan is used to keep the record of daily activity; objectives like keeping the Baan updated, attaining the offered entry immediately, maintaining the zero entries pending at the end of shift to be maintained.
- Equipment inspected: Boilers, Screw plug exchangers, heat exchangers, strippers, and reformers for various fertilizers, chemical, oil & gas industry like Petro Brass, Petro Vietnam, MHI, SABIC, SAFCO, Reliance etc.
- Materials: Various carbon steel, alloy steels, stainless steel, Inconel, titanium materials.
- Leading the team of new inspectors. Providing the training to perform the inspection at shop floor as per L&T procedures. Monitoring the work performances and reporting to Manager.
- Codes & Standards: ASME codes, API 510, 576 etc.
- Quality means continues improvements so as to contribute in same coordinating closely with production planning, quality planning, quality management, design, welding engineering and metallurgy.
QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTOR
HEFT Engineers
02.2008 - 03.2010
- Study of drawings, specifications.
- Incoming material inspection.
- Preparation of QAP, in process and final documents.
- Welder qualification: preparation of WPS. Generating and conducting PQR, WPQT.
- Facing the ISO audit.
- Various heat exchangers were manufactured for SEEF Ltd., IOCL, KNPC etc.
- HEFT means Heat exchange & finned tube. Company is manufacturing the same.
JR. QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTOR
Avtechnologies
12.2006 - 01.2008
- At UGSL we were appointed to monitor the expansion activities of plant. Inspected the installation of skid mounted equipment’s like Air compressor, Piping of fire frightening system, Water filtration system, piping valves, fittings.
- Equipment’s inspected at AVT:
- Centrifugal blowers & it’s balancing as per the ISO 1940
- Plat e heat exchanger at TRANTER India Pvt Ltd. As per QAP our scope was to witness hydro test and review of all the documents.
- Finned tube gas after cooler at BGR Energy, Chennai.
- Reciprocating Air Compressor at Kirlosker Pneumatics and Ingersoll Rand. As per QAP our scope was to witness performance test.
- Structure f or Ajax furnace f or UGSL. Our scope was to inspect it for dimensional accuracy and DP test of weld.
- Evaluated valve types such as gate, globe, and butterfly. Checked material test certificates and dimensions. Performed hydro tests according to inspection test plans.
- Deputated as QC engineer f or the Reliance East West Gas pipeline project at Bharuch site(Gas receiving station No. 10A& 10B).
- Duties:
- Welding Inspection as per RIL specification.
- Blasting & Painting Inspection (Epoxy coating). DFT check & holiday detection test.
- Preparation of Inspection reports like Setup reports, Weld inspection reports. Calculate the everyday inch diameter welded.
- Procedure Approval for welding and coating etc.
- Preparation of hydro test document files as per sector.
- Material: API 5L pipes.
- Standards: ASME, RIL Specification.
- This company is providing engineering inspection, expediting services & vendor assessment for the companies. Inspection covers from raw material to ready machine, machine components etc. Company is providing services to following companies: Uttam Galva Steel Ltd., Thermax Ltd., Indiana International, ITEX Italy.
Education
Bachelor's - Mechanical Engineering
Dr. JJ Magdum College of Engineering
Jaysingpore05-2006
H.S.C. - undefined
Patkar College
Goregoan West, Mumbai02-2002
S.S.C. - undefined
Sadhana Vidyalaya
Hadapsar, Pune01-2000
Skills
Project planning
Risk management
Stakeholder management
Team leadership
Budget tracking
Turnaround management
Cross-functional coordination
Mechanical integrity management
Inspection planning
Root cause analysis
Quality assurance
RBI strategy
Inspection code compliance
Procedure development
Certification
API 510 Pressure vessel Inspector ID 49816
Interests
Cooking is my hobby And I always like family gatherings, Always like to help the needy people as much possible
Timeline
PROJECT LEAD
Quest Global
09.2025 - Current
MECHANICAL INTEGRITY INSPECTOR
Shell GTL Qatar
03.2016 - 02.2025
PLANT INSPECTOR FOR SHUT DOWN
Petro Rabigh Saudi Arabia
10.2015 - 12.2015
PLANT INSPECTOR FOR SHUT DOWN
Yanbu Nation Petrochemical
04.2015 - 05.2015
SR. QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTOR
Larson and Toubro HE IC
04.2010 - 04.2015
QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTOR
HEFT Engineers
02.2008 - 03.2010
JR. QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTOR
Avtechnologies
12.2006 - 01.2008
S.S.C. - undefined
Sadhana Vidyalaya
H.S.C. - undefined
Patkar College
Bachelor's - Mechanical Engineering
Dr. JJ Magdum College of Engineering