DIRK JACKSON
Point Fortin
Summary
To utilize my extensive experience as a QC Coordinator, Inspector, and API Inspector, and to add valuable expertise to your organization. With over a decade in the inspection and oil/gas industry, I am dedicated to upholding the highest standards of quality, safety, and code compliance. Proficient in NDT, welding inspection, coating inspection, tank/piping inspection, and CAD drawing production, I am a fast learner, committed to driving operational excellence and optimizing critical assets and infrastructure.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
API 653 Inspector
AB Tech Limited
St John’s
05.2025 - 05.2025
- Performing of API 653 Out of Service Inspection of 120’Ø HFO Storage Tank #8, for client, West Indies Oil Company.
- Performing of Ultrasonic Thickness Survey on the tank shell and tank bottom.
- Onsite sketches and producing of final Auto CAD drawings for final package.
Welding Inspector (CWI)
Hull Support Services Limited
12.2024 - 01.2025
- Welding supervision of the construction sections of a Cofferdam for offshore submerged leaking 24” pipeline for client Trinidad National Gas Company (NGC).
- Performed Qualification of Welder’s tests on all welders pertaining to above mentioned project as per AWS D1.1.
- Supervision of all NDT and reviewing of reports.
Construction Coordinator / QA/QC Coordinator / Senior NDT Technician II (VT, PT, MT, UT)
EXSOL Industrial NV.
12.2017 - 11.2024
- Company Overview: (Suriname and Guyana)
- Supervising and monitoring civil, mechanical, grit blasting and coating operations on numerous sites to ensure that they are completed in accordance with the job scope and specification.
- Welding Supervision of repairs and new construction of various Pressure Vessel, Above Ground Storage Tank, Relating piping and Structural facilities.
- Review and approvals of various welding contractors WPS's/PQR's, Testing/Certifying of Contractor's welders.
- Attending, planning, scheduling, and risk assessment meetings.
- Reviewing and approvals of welding details and construction drawings in conjunction with the engineers and on-site supervisors, followed by welding activities coordination and supervision of construction works.
- Client representative, overseeing all Fabrication for Welding, Coating & NDT Inspections, on numerous job sites.
- Client representative audit inspection: reviewing welding, coating & NDT Procedures.
- Reviewing/ producing daily welding, coating & NDT Reports.
- Reviewing of test packages and site visits of works being carried out by contractors.
- Drafting of as-built drawings pertaining to jobs being performed.
- Code includes AWS D1.1, ASME B31.3, API 653, API 570, API 574, API 1104, ASME IV, ASME V and NACE coating standards. Numerous more pertaining to the job specification.
- (Suriname and Guyana)
Quality Control Inspector
A&A Mechanical LTD.
04.2016 - 05.2016
- Inspection of coating works carried out for Trinmar’s Southwest Soldado Development Project- Cluster #29 Platform Extension.
Construction Inspector
Trinidad Project Management Services LTD /National Gas Company
10.2015 - 12.2015
- Supervision/Inspection of all construction works for the replacement of wind wall on the NGC Teak Platform. These include all welding and coating operations.
Certified Welding Inspector
Caribbean Petro-Chemical Inspection Services Ltd/ Datsu Unlimited
06.2015 - 07.2015
- Welding Inspection of open drain sump tank repairs on BG Trinidad Hibiscus Platform, Trinidad East Coast.
- Monitoring of all welding activities for compliance as per WPS/PQR, applicable codes and client specifications.
- Assisting with Magnetic Particle Testing, which was carried out on 100% of all welding works.
Quality Control Inspector
CCC Group Industrial Construction
09.2014 - 04.2015
- Company Overview: (Suriname)
- Welding/Coating Inspection on various piping jobs for GO2, SOL 1, SOL2 gas facilities and for State Oil Company (Staatsolie Oil Refinery).
- Building and revision of test packs (weld history, weld summary, material traceability).
- Verification of welder’s qualifications.
- (Suriname)
Certified Welding Inspector
State Oil Company (Staatsolie Oil Refinery) Maatschappij Suriname N.V.
06.2014 - 09.2014
- Company Overview: (Refinery Expansion)
- Welding Inspection and reporting performed on various amount of piping systems throughout the refinery.
- Verification of welder’s qualifications.
- Revision of Welding procedures and monitoring welding activities for compliance with the job specification and applicable codes.
- (Refinery Expansion)
Certified Welding Inspector
C.P.I.S.L. / IPSL M1 PLANT
11.2013 - 12.2013
- Company Overview: (Trinidad and Tobago, Plant turn around)
- QA/QC Inspection conducted throughout the M1 plant Reformer. {replacement of tubes, modules, pigtails} (Plant Turnaround)
- (Trinidad and Tobago, Plant turn around)
Certified Welding Inspector
RQS Asset Integrity Services Ltd. / Nu- Iron
09.2013 - 10.2013
- Company Overview: (Trinidad and Tobago)
- Welding inspection (piping and structural) conducted throughout the Nu-Iron Plant (Plant Turnaround)
- (Trinidad and Tobago)
Construction Supervisor
Trinidad Project Management Services LTD (TPMSL) / Repsol Trinidad
07.2013 - 08.2013
- Construction Supervisor on Repsol Samaan Alfa Platform for all maintenance and construction works.
Certified Coating Inspector
TOSL Engineering Services Ltd. / BHP Billiton Central Processing Platform
05.2013 - 06.2013
- Coating Inspection on the BHP Billiton Central Processing Platform, K1and C1 HP, H.G.O.R. and Gas Injection risers.
Quality Control Inspector
Professional Engineering services LTD.
11.2010 - 05.2013
- Inspection for the company main client: Petrotrin Trinmar Operations.
- Welding Inspection, Coating Inspection, Penetrant Testing, Magnetic Particle Testing, Ultrasonic Thickness Gauging, Hydrostatic Testing and Auto CAD drawings for the main client onshore and offshore which consist of numerous amounts of: Platform launch landings, platform well decks refurbishment, above ground oil storage tanks, pressure vessels, pipelines, work boats, rig mast and other structures.
- Qualification of welders as per AWS and ASME.
- Codes, includes AWS D1.1, ASME B31.3, API 653, API 1104 and NACE coating standards.
NDT Technician/ Assistant Heat Treatment Technician
Team Industrial Services Inc.
04.2010 - 11.2010
- Assistant Heat Treatment Technician for point Lisas Nitrogen LTD 2010 plant turnaround and Point Lisas Nitrogen LTD converter repairs.
- Assistant Heat Treatment Technician in Methenex LTD 2010 Plant Turnaround.
- Assistant Heat Treatment Technician in Petrotrin’s Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU) start-up.
- PT Technician in PCS 03 2010 Plant Turnaround.
NDT Technician
International Marine Ltd.
04.2010 - 11.2010
- Complete Thickness Gauging of the dry dock at Chagarammas dock yard.
- Thickness Gauging of the GSF Monitor Rig, ballast tanks at Chagarammas dock yard.
Quality Control Technician
Namalco Construction Services Ltd.
06.2009 - 04.2010
- Quality Control Technician for Drainage System at TGU Power Plant, La Brea.
- Quality Control Technician for Proposed Storage Yard Facility- Earth fill works at Rivulet Road, Point Lisas.
- Quality Control Technician for T1681 Liquid Fuels, Pipeline Project- Earth Fill works (loading Rack Facility), at Frederick Settlement, Caroni.
Auto-CAD Technician/ Quality Control Technician
Engineering Concepts Ltd.
12.2007 - 05.2009
- Quality Control Technician for Little Bay Infrastructure Development Project- Phase 1, Montserrat, West Indies Responsible for: Soil sampling, sieve analysis, soil compaction testing, slump testing on all concrete batches, asphalt compaction testing and steel sampling.
Education
Technician Diploma - NEC Junior Builders Technician programme
SAN FERNANDO TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
San FernandoCertificate in Construction Industry Technician -
TRINIZUELA TECHNICAL & VOCATIONAL COLLEGE
San FernandoAutoCAD Programme -
INSTITUTE OF TERTIARY TUTORS
San FernandoSkills
- Welding oversight and site supervision
- API inspections
- Corrosion Mapping
- Lifting gear inspection
- Proficiency in AutoCAD
- Development of welding procedures
- Testing of welders
- Proficient in code compliance
- Troubleshooting skills
- Reporting on inspections
- Liquid penetrant and magnetic particle tests
- Reviewing of specifications
- Preparation of weld maps
- Visual inspections of welds
- Coating and grit blasting inspections
- Quality control
Industries
- Refineries
- Offshore Installations
- Mining
Certification
AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE (API)
- API 653 – Above Ground Storage Tank Inspector (Certification No. 123661)
AMERICAN WELDING SOCIETY
- Certified Welding Inspector (Certification No. 11121071)
THE ASSOCIATION FOR MATERIALS PROTECTION AND PERFORMANCE (AMPP) (Formally NACE International.)
- NACE Coating Inspector level II – Certified (CIP Certification Number – 38727)
NDE INSTITUTE OF TRINIDAD LTD.
- Ultrasonic Testing (Flaw Detection) Level II
- Liquid Penetrant Testing Level II
- Magnetic Particle Testing Level II
- Ultrasonic Thickness Gauging Level II
References
Terrance Badree Sonny James
Chief Executive Officer Managing Director/ Senior Instructor
Exsol Industrial N.V. NDT Institute of Trinidad Ltd
Tel: +597-858-6456 Tel: +1-868-753-4510
Timeline
API 653 Inspector
AB Tech Limited
05.2025 - 05.2025
Welding Inspector (CWI)
Hull Support Services Limited
12.2024 - 01.2025
Construction Coordinator / QA/QC Coordinator / Senior NDT Technician II (VT, PT, MT, UT)
EXSOL Industrial NV.
12.2017 - 11.2024
Quality Control Inspector
A&A Mechanical LTD.
04.2016 - 05.2016
Construction Inspector
Trinidad Project Management Services LTD /National Gas Company
10.2015 - 12.2015
Certified Welding Inspector
Caribbean Petro-Chemical Inspection Services Ltd/ Datsu Unlimited
06.2015 - 07.2015
Quality Control Inspector
CCC Group Industrial Construction
09.2014 - 04.2015
Certified Welding Inspector
State Oil Company (Staatsolie Oil Refinery) Maatschappij Suriname N.V.
06.2014 - 09.2014
Certified Welding Inspector
C.P.I.S.L. / IPSL M1 PLANT
11.2013 - 12.2013
Certified Welding Inspector
RQS Asset Integrity Services Ltd. / Nu- Iron
09.2013 - 10.2013
Construction Supervisor
Trinidad Project Management Services LTD (TPMSL) / Repsol Trinidad
07.2013 - 08.2013
Certified Coating Inspector
TOSL Engineering Services Ltd. / BHP Billiton Central Processing Platform
05.2013 - 06.2013
Quality Control Inspector
Professional Engineering services LTD.
11.2010 - 05.2013
NDT Technician/ Assistant Heat Treatment Technician
Team Industrial Services Inc.
04.2010 - 11.2010
NDT Technician
International Marine Ltd.
04.2010 - 11.2010
Quality Control Technician
Namalco Construction Services Ltd.
06.2009 - 04.2010
Auto-CAD Technician/ Quality Control Technician
Engineering Concepts Ltd.
12.2007 - 05.2009
Technician Diploma - NEC Junior Builders Technician programme
SAN FERNANDO TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
Certificate in Construction Industry Technician -
TRINIZUELA TECHNICAL & VOCATIONAL COLLEGE
AutoCAD Programme -
INSTITUTE OF TERTIARY TUTORS
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