Professional Bio of Shahin Shardi, P.Eng.
Materials Engineer
Welding and Pressure Equipment Inspector, QA/QC Specialist
Shahin Shardi is a Materials Engineer with experience in
integrity management, inspection of pressure equipment, quality
control/assurance of large scale oil and gas projects and welding
inspection.
He stared his career in trades which helped him understand
fundamentals of operation of a construction site and execution of
large scale projects. This invaluable experience provided him
with boots on the ground perspective of requirements of running a
successful project and job site. After obtaining an
engineering degree from university of British Columbia, he
started a career in asset integrity management for oil and gas
facilities and inspection of pressure equipment in Alberta,
Canada. He has been involved with numerus maintenance shutdowns
at various facilities providing engineering support to the
maintenance, operations and project personnel regarding
selection, repair, maintenance, troubleshooting and long term
reliability of equipment. In addition he has extensive experience
in area of quality control and assurance of new construction
activities in oil and gas industry. He has performed
Owner’s Inspector and welding inspector roles in this area.
Shahin has extensively applied industry codes of constructions
such as ASME Pressure Vessel Code (ASME VIII), Welding (ASME IX),
Process Piping (ASME B31.3), Pipe Flanges (ASME B16.5) and
various pressure equipment codes and standards. Familiarity with
NDT techniques like magnetic particle, liquid penetrant, eddy
current, ultrasonic and digital radiography is another valuable
knowledge base gained during various projects.
Some of his industry certificates are CWB Level 2 Certified
Welding Inspector, API 510 Pressure Vessel Inspector, Alberta
ABSA In-Service Pressure Vessel Inspector and Saskatchewan TSASK
Pressure Equipment Inspector. Shahin is a professional member of
Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of
Alberta