Job Description
Job Requirements
- This position is a mechanical integrity technical position for fixed equipment in support of petrochemical facility
- This position provides technical support to the client with a focus on managing the risk based inspection program, troubleshooting, asset improvement, and technology selection
- Provide strong technical leadership in Inspection/Corrosion Management for Oil & Gas upstream/downstream assets
- Provide technical solution in upstream/downstream Asset Integrity
- Has ability to create innovative solutions /automations/ methodologies to build a differentiation for Quest Global
- Integrity assessment/assurance activities like FFS, Corrosion Evaluations and Remaining Life Studies
- Drive and manage Integrity Engineers to execute the workflows with Quality at scale
- Provide pre-sales support for new business deals and post-sales support for the new projects assigned
- Drive core team members to recruit skilled resources or train internal resources to achieve the targets
- Act as a bridge between customer, sales organization and global technical teams
- Lead Develop, nurture and manage global customer relationships and drive strategic partnering initiatives to address unique business situations and complex technology needs
- Review technical scoping, estimation, fitment and feasibility studies, mapping customer expectations and solution design, prepared by Program Managers and Project Leader
- Degradation evaluations related to pressure equipment, heat exchangers, piping circuits, fired equipment, flares, above ground storage tanks, and/or pressure relief devices.
- Monitoring and surveillance of integrity parameters to ensure reliable operations.
- Troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and integrity recommendation stewardship.
- Bad actor identification and analysis to reduce equipment downtime.
- Data analytics, digital tools/ technologies and operationalize upgraded work practices through digital transformation.
- Overall integrity effectiveness and management which includes, criticality assessments, consequence/ complexity rating of fixed equipment, development of fit-for-purpose risk based strategies, setting optimum task intervals including considerations to local regulations/ statutory requirements, timely review of inspection findings, and ever-greening of strategies.
- Regional oversight and stewardship of integrity work product metrics for quality, effectiveness, and efficiency in achieving business unit/ manufacturing site objectives.
- Coordination and communication between various global centers and business affiliates for various aspects like, knowledge transfer, sharing learnings, skill management and maintaining business relationships.
- Technical mentoring and continuous on-the-job guidance to new members in the team.
- Ability to learn and adapt to an agile and flexible working environment, continuously stay abreast of latest developments in industry standards/ practices, bring in leanings/ experience to challenge and improvise company work processes/ practices.
- Analysis of inspection results and recommended future actions
- Perform mechanical analysis of required thickness and fitness for service assessments
Work Experience
- Engineering degree (Mechanical/Materials or Chemical) 3 to 15+ years of oil gas experience in related industry (refining/petrochemical/LNG/oil & gas)
- Should have sound knowledge on Oil & Gas upstream and downstream business in the following areas
- Risk Based Inspection methodologies
- Fixed equipment inspection tasks/ procedures
- Inspection Optimization
- Piping Circutization/TML development
- API Damage Mechanisms of Refinery/Chemicals
- In-service inspection of all types of fixed equipment
- Knowledge of materials and standards
- Knowledge of corrosion & welding
- Knowledge of NDTs
-Thickness inspection management and analysis
- Corrosion management and analysis
- Inspection plan development/ optimization.
- Knowledge of software (APM Meridium/Pestra/Credo, etc.)
- Ability to lead teams
- Excellent communication
- Should have working knowledge of oil and gas plant operations
- Should have exposure to Operating condition Safety, SHE risks, spill/ safety incident and equipment failure opportunities
- Should have Knowledge of various roles and responsibilities of engineers working in the oil and gas field/site
- Should have knowledge of corrective and preventative maintenance strategy
- Should have knowledge of International standards in design, quality, and procedures for approved equipment
- Working knowledge in key sections of ASME Sec Div. 1/2, ASME Sec V, ASME Sec IX, ASME Sec Il, ASME B31.3/ B31.1/ B31.4/ B31.8, ASME PCC-2
- Field in-service inspection and repair of pressure equipment, heat exchangers, piping systems, pressure relief devices and above ground storage tanks in operating unit
- Experience with Office applications (Word, Excel, and Power Point)
- Strong verbal/ written communication skills in English
- Good interpersonal skills, adaptability and working collaboratively with the other teams
- Willing to work in shift timings with flexibility to meet business needs
- Flexible to work in different locations depending on business requirement
- Flexibility to travel internationally as per business needs
Good to have skills:
- Certification and in-depth working knowledge in API 580, API 510, API 570, API 571 , API 653, NACE Senior Corrosion Technologist, BSI ISO/ ENI AS Standards, AWS/ CSWIP/ ASNT NDT Techniques
- Experience with Meridium/Credo/Pestra and SAP
- Implementation of Automation, AI, IOT techniques in Oil & Gas Portfolio
Role: Project Engineer
Job Classification
Industry: Oil & Gas
Functional Area / Department: Production, Manufacturing & Engineering
Role Category: Engineering
Role: Mechanical Engineer
Employement Type: Full time
Contact Details:
Company: Quest Global
Location(s): Chennai
Keyskills:
API 653
Tanks
inservice
Inspection
API