Yasutaka H. - Overseas Sales

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Kashiwazaki, Japan

Experience

Jul 2024 - Present

1 year 5 months

Overseas Sales

TIX-IKS

Jun 2024 - May 2025

1 year

LLM Data Annotation Contractor

Outlier

Labeled and curated high-quality datasets for training and evaluating large language models in English and Japanese.
Evaluated model-generated outputs against task guidelines (accuracy, completeness, style, safety) and provided structured feedback to improve model performance.
Followed detailed annotation instructions to ensure consistency, reproducibility, and alignment with project quality metrics.

Nov 2021 - Jun 2024

2 years 8 months

QC Engineer

TIX-IKS

Obtained Non-Destructive testing certificates of Liquid Penetrant Testing and Magnetic Particle Testing.
Developed knowledge of API 6A, 6D, and Q1.
Established internal equipment calibration procedures, such as pressure gauges, dial gauges, thread gauges, and calipers.
Developed basic calibration skills for measuring equipment.
Made the company's traditional implicit rules for work formal knowledge by creating informative instruction manuals and checklists.

Jan 2021 - Oct 2021

10 months

Freelance Inspector

Feb 2018 - Dec 2020

2 years 11 months

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Japan Inspection

Managed 25+ dispatch workers and nuclear engineers under the Labor Standard Act for domestic electric companies at a nuclear power station.
Built client relationships and maintained good communication channels.
Reviewed CVs for selection and assignment by considering the skills and expectations required by clients.
Coordinated and negotiated with clients, dispatch workers, and internal stakeholders.
Conducted witness inspections and document reviews with a detail-oriented attitude for the following products:
On-off control valves (Performance inspection for a replacement)
Anti-surge control valves
Ball valves
Trash hoppers and conveyors for a waste incinerator
Expansion joint
Torque converter
Couplings
Centrifugal pumps

Jul 2017 - Dec 2017

6 months

QC Inspector

Japan Inspection Co., Ltd

Control valves with a positioner
On-off valves with solenoid valves
Ball valves, Gate valves, Check valves, Globe valves, and safety relief valves
Chemical Injection System
Vent silencer
EHC unit (Electro-Hydraulic Control unit)

Apr 2010 - Jul 2017

7 years 4 months

QC Engineer

Dresser Japan

Attended kick-off and pre-inspection meetings for several EPC projects and shared the potential quality risks with various internal departments caused by an insufficient understanding of the overseas specifications and standards.
Instructed the quality control departments at overseas factories on quality control of valves and quality documents through several EPC projects.
Experienced the project of shipping valves to the EU, which required regulations imposed on non-EU products, such as ATEX and PED, and generated the Declaration of Conformity to PED.
Established quality documents such as ITPs and inspection test procedures per customer specifications and regulations such as JIS, JPI, ASME, ASTM, API, BS, NACE, and EU directives.
Generated various report forms of inspection and testing conducted.
Accumulated knowledge about Non-Destructive Testing, such as radiographic testing and Liquid Penetrant Testing, through the inspection process in the workshop.
Reviewed sub-vendors’ quality documents such as material test reports, NDE reports, heat treatment records, hardness test reports, PMI reports, painting reports, and other relevant documents.
Reduced unnecessary work that didn't contribute to customer satisfaction within the quality control department and proactively promoted the digitization of paper documents.
Coordinated and dealt with visit inspections by domestic and overseas end users in consideration of required inspections to be checked, scheduling, and necessary manpower.
Responded to customer claims related to quality matters and proposed corrective actions by communicating with involved internal departments.
Led the type approval certification project to comply with GB standards in PRC, including identifying necessary inspections, planning inspection schedule, and communicating with involved internal departments, successfully obtaining over 10 certificates for type approval for shipment to PRC.

Summary

Over 7 years of experience as a QC engineer for control valve manufacturing, 2 years of experience as a quality engineer for API-certified ball/gate valves, 3 years of experience as a QC Inspector, and as a manager of dispatch workers.