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CORE SERVICE OFFERINGS

Turnaround Inspection Manpower

TCR Engineering is proud to offer highly qualified and experienced inspectors for short-term turnaround projects at plant sites globally. Our expert inspectors, based in India, are fully certified in API, ASNDT, and BGAS qualifications, and are equipped to handle the most rigorous inspection demands in various industries, including oil & gas, petrochemicals, refineries, and power generation.

With extensive experience in international standards and compliance, TCR’s inspectors bring advanced skills in non-destructive testing (NDT), asset integrity, corrosion monitoring, and high-temperature inspections. Our team is dedicated to supporting safe and efficient operations through thorough inspections, providing clients with fast, reliable insights to ensure minimal downtime and maximum safety during critical turnaround periods.

TCR Engineering’s commitment to quality and reliability has earned us trusted partnerships with industry leaders worldwide. We are ready to deploy our inspectors at your site, bringing in-depth expertise and the highest standards in inspection and evaluation, ensuring that your assets meet safety, regulatory, and operational excellence benchmarks.

PLANT SHUTDOWN 
MANAGEMENT

TCR has the capability to rapidly source, engage and deploy talented NDT manpower across Petrochemical, Fertilizer and Power industry in India. In the last few decades,

 

TCR has easily deployed several engineering and NDT teams at various onshore and offshore locations within the GCC area including Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and Saudi Arabia. In the past TCR's inspectors have done turnaround projects in South Africa, Nigeria and Kazakhstan as well.


TCR works with industry-specific organizations, research and development facilities, and clients to develop new inspection equipment, applications, and procedures.

 

TCR uses the latest technologies that help minimize downtime and ensure each of its clients get the most comprehensive information possible on the state of their equipment.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

Manpower Deployment and On-site Placements

TCR Engineering supports plant shutdown projects with a diverse range of NDT skill-sets for its NDT Personnel that include:

  • API 510 Pressure Vessel Inspectors

  • API 570 Piping Inspectors

  • API 653 Tank Inspectors

  • API 579 Fitness for Service

  • Metallurgists including experts in RBI (API 580/581), Failure analysis, RLA

  • ASNT Level III Experts

  • BGas Paint Inspectors

  • Mechanical Engineers

  • Civil Engineers

  • Instrumentation Design Engineers

  • Piping Engineers

  • Painting/Coating Inspection Professionals

  • Corrosion Engineers

  • IRATA (Rope Access) Technicians

  • Multi-Skilled NDT Level II Technicians (ASNT/ PCN)

  • CSWIP/AWS Certified Welding Inspectors

  • QA/QC Inspectors and Engineers / Saudi Aramco Approved inspectors

  • Chemists, Material Testing Lab Technicians

  • Heat Treatment (PWHT) Technicians

  • NACE Cathodic & Coating  Inspectors

  • NDT Level III  in multiple subjects (with Welding Inspector Qualification)

  • NDT Level II in UT with Auto UT, Phased Array and TOFD Experience

  • NDT Level II with extensive experience on pressure vessels and Multi-Skilled Usage

  • ASNT MSLT Level II with Leak Testing experience

  • ASNT Level II in Eddy Current (ET)

  • ASNT UT Level II with TKY experience

  • Plant Process Engineers

  • Project Managers

  • Construction Managers

  • Procurements Managers

  • HSE Managers /Officers

  • AutoCAD Operators/Designers

  • PDS/PDMS Designers

  • Safety Officers/Engineers

  • Process Design Engineers

  • ASNT RT Level II and RTFI

  • QA/QC Inspectors with Static and Rotating Equipment Experience

  • Electrical Inspectors

  • Ultrasonic Inspection (UT), Magnetic Particle Inspection (MPI), Radiography

  • CSWIP Plant Inspector Level I (PL 11, PL 12)

  • Positive Material Identification Operators

  • Ferrite Assessment

  • Rope Access Technicians

TCR inspectors are conversant with ASME/ANSI Codes and Standards across:

  • ASME SECTION VIII, DIV. I and II Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Design and Fabrication of Pressure Vessels

  • ASME/ANSI B16.5 Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings

  • ASME/ANSI B16.9 Butt Welded Fittings

  • ASME/ANSI B16.11 Screwed and Socket Welded Fittings

  • ASME/ANSI B31.3 Process Piping

  • AWS D1.1/D1.1M Structural Welding Code - Steel

  • AWS D10.4 Austenitic Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel Piping and Tubing, Recommended Practices for Welding

  • AWS D10.8 Chromium-Molybdenum Steel Piping and Tubing, Recommended Practices for Welding

  • AWS D10.10 Local Heating of Welds in Piping and Tubing, Recommended Practices

  • AWS D10.11 Root pass Welding of Pipe Without Backing, Recommended Practices

  • AWS D10.12 Welding Low Carbon Steel Pipe, Recommended practices and Procedures

  • AWS D14.5 Pressure and Press Components, Specification for Welding

  • AWS QC7 Standard for AWS Certified Welders

  • AWS D1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 Structural Welding Code-Aluminum, Sheet Steel, Reinforcing Steel, Bridge Welding Code

  • AWS D9.1 Structural Welding Code - Sheet Metal

  • AWS D10.6 Titanium Piping and Tubing, Gas Tungsten Arc, Recommended Practices for Welding

  • AWS D11.2 Welding Iron Castings, Guide

  • AWS D14.5 Pressure and Press Components, Specification for Welding

  • SSPC VOL I&II Steel Structures Painting Council Standard

ADVANTAGE TCR

An extension of your human resource team

TCR aims to become an extension of its client’s human resource department. TCR has served as valuable source for understanding client’s environment, developing and maintaining a search network  and providing resources tailored to individual requirements. In addition to its own search networks, TCR assists the hiring authority in screening all solicited and unsolicited resumes for providing a comprehensive progress report. 

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TCR’s on-site inspection team and associated manpower along with its state-of-the-art equipments and tools can be commissioned to work on contract as well as for on-site assignments. Alternatively,  TCR can collaborate to  work with other 3rd Party Inspection Agency.
 

Industry Expertise

  • TCR has extensive experience across all major industries.  Its’ highly trained teams provide clients with deep industry knowledge, best practices and expert perspectives for problem resolutions.

  • TCR aims to assist companies with breakthrough business insights and set new standards of excellence for them in their industries. 

Competent Professionals

  • TCR’s highly trained NDE professionals go through rigorous training and are qualified to meet or exceed all industry requirements. In addition to this, TCR provides extensive in-house training and ensures that all its NDT professionals are always updated with all relevant industry codes and regulations.

  • TCR has an ongoing commitment to continually bring new inspection solutions to their clients that will help them make informed decisions and minimize costs and thereby enhance their integrity management programs.

  • TCR helps augment the integrity and efficiency of equipment and assure safe working conditions for all its employees.

Latest Inspection Solutions

  • TCR’s highly qualified teams have significant experience in various projects, both in India and the Middle East across various disciplines of NDT including Radiography, Ultrasonic, Welding, MPI, In-situ Metallography & Positive Material Identification.

  • Inspectors have worked on design, fabrication, construction, inspection and erection of Pressure Vessels, Heat Exchangers, Towers, Stacks, Tanks, Plant Pressure Piping, Offshore oil wells and several other advanced projects. 

Large pool of Talent

  • TCR offers a large, experienced and highly qualified pool of professionals that can be deployed at any location in the shortest of time frames. 

  • With over 100 professional NDT technicians, the sheer size and expertise makes TCR the obvious choice for meeting inspection requirements across all its clients

  • TCR provides best integrity management solutions across industries. TCR’s talent solution caters to both daily inspection activities as well as  large turnaround projects.

  • ​TCR inspectors can undertake visual inspection, ferrite assessment, PMI operations, etc and are conversant with ASME/ANSI, AWS, API, BS, ASTM and NACE Codes and Standards. Number of our inspectors are currently deployed with Saudi Aramco SAP as well:

    • ASNT Level III personnel have a minimum of 7-15 years of experience

    • ASNT Level II personnel have 5-10 years of experience

    • Senior experience team members with over 25 years of experience

    • Junior NDT inspectors have 2-5 years of experience 

TERMS OF MANPOWER DEPLOYMENT

TCR STREAMLINES THE TRANSITION PROCESS TO ENSURE MINIMUM DISRUPTION

If a client needs highly qualified contractors for long-term, short-term projects and T/A’s or independent contractors, TCR provides the same on per project basis at a flat fee.

PAYMENT TERMS

  • Operating Shift: Work on a standard 8-10 hour shift

  • Billing: Rates for the assignments are quoted on a per day basis

  • Overtime Charges: Proportional to the daily manpower charges,calculated on an hourly basis

  • Invoice Schedule: Invoices are raised on a monthly basis and the payment must be made within 15 days of submission

  • Mobilisation charges: Needs to be paid in advance to mobilize resources, it will be set off against future invoices

  • T&E Expenses: Client is responsible and has to bear all the T&E charges including food, accommodation,  local travel, and round trip air ticket from Mumbai, India to the offshore location or inspection site

  • Additional Charges: Material Testing (Destructive), if required will be extra 

VISA & MOBILISATION

The client is required to provide visa and valid work permit. TCR will need a minimum notice of 3 weeks to mobilize the right inspector for the task.

SAFETY & HEALTHCARE

All safety equipment, if required must be supplied by the client’s on-site/offshore QA department. The client is required to provide TCR inspectors with medical insurance except for eye refraction, eye glasses, dental treatment, plastic surgery, artificial limb etc. The client is not responsible for any treatment that includes chronic diseases such as Cancer, AIDS and Hepatitis or other such diseases that require long term treatment.

CONTINGENCY FEES

Contingency searches are based on 25% of the candidate's first years ‘anticipated annual salary’. However, this can vary depending on the geographical location, the industry, the specific talent that is being recruited and the number of positions being filled. Candidates in a contingency search are usually identified through an existing database or from public job boards. The search process is usually less structured than a retained search. This approach focusses less on an exact “fit” but more about short listing potentially qualified candidates for the client to make their own final assessment.

PROCESS KICK-OFF

TCR provides priority handling to all client assignments. After a thorough understanding of client’s business operation and their specific needs, TCR will locate, screen, interview and select the right candidate that will be ideal for the requirements.

RETAINER PROJECTS

TCR provides solutions with dedicated efforts to address specific needs and fill a position or staff the entire project within a specific and critical time frame. For such projects, TCR charges a fee equivalent to 25% of the placed candidates first Years ‘Anticipated Annual Salary’, that includes bonuses and/or premiums. A retainer fee is charged for consulting services that are not contingent on the hiring of a candidate. One-fourth of the fee as an advance is due when the assignment begins, the second fourth is billed when TCR presents potential candidates and the remaining balance is due upon completion of the assignment.

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Should a candidate placed by TCR on a retained search be terminated for cause within 6 months of placement, TCR guarantees to provide a replacement. 

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