Onshore Lead Integrity Engineer

Our client, an oil and gas Operator is seeking an experienced Onshore Lead Integrity Engineer, to work in their Aberdeen office (with occasional trips to their gas processing facilities).  This is a PAYE contract role, ideally to start asap and the initial contract duration is 12 months.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assure the condition of company assets by effective planning and implementation of the Risk Based Inspection (RBI) programme, in compliance with local country legislation and company procedures.
• Ensure effective management, and integrity, of data generated from the execution of inspection programmes, from the generation of inspection reports through to data processing and storage within company Information Data Management Systems (IDMS), and wider company systems.
• Define and manage the multi-year asset budget, identifying opportunities to optimise and reduce spend on an ongoing basis by introducing innovative technologies e.g. Non Invasive Inspection (NII), challenge to company and industry norms, and contract management.

REQUIREMENTS

Key Technical Skills:

• Understanding of Risk Based Inspection programmes, models / software systems, and degradation mechanisms.
• Experienced and full understanding with maintenance management systems e.g. SAP and their interaction with RBI systems.
• Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with internal customers and external regulatory bodies.

Education:

• Educated to degree level
• Incorporated / Chartered Engineer status

Experience:

• The job holder must possess strong operational knowledge of the upstream or other high hazard industry.
• Significant experience in engineering and operations.
• Significant experience within asset integrity; RBI programmes, inspection, Non-destructive Testing (NDT), Fitness for Service assessment, Non-Invasive Inspection (NII) programmes.
• Track record of continuous professional development.

Certifications:

 Incumbent should ideally have the following completed:

• ASME Level 1 and 2 Plant Inspector
• API 579 Fitness For Service
• API 510 /570 Piping and Vessel Inspector
• G-103 Non-Invasive Inspection Recommended Practice

Additional Skills/Training which would be ideal are:

• Corrosion and degradation mechanisms
• Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) methods Good knowledge of the following legislation needed: UK
• Pressure Systems Safety Regulations (PSSR)
• Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH)
• Safety Case Regulations (SCR)
• Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER)
• Prevention of Fire and Explosion, and Emergency Response (PFEER), regulations
• Design and Construction Regulations (DCR)
• European Pressure Equipment Directive (PED)