Mechanical Integrity Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

• Manage / provide expertise to the Mechanical Integrity program, process, and Mechanical Integrity team.
• Develop and implement Mechanical Integrity / Risk Based Inspection strategy at Plant and collaborate with Company’s North America Center For Manufacturing Excellence (CFME) on key Mechanical Integrity initiatives at site.
• Manage outside contractors to ensure completing Mechanical Integrity inspection testing on required frequencies and conducts inspections of plant piping, vessels, fireproofing and tanks for the determination of corrosion rate and remaining life calculations.
• Determine and improve continuous inspection frequencies and schedules.
• Ensure plant Mechanical Integrity inspection system (isometric drawings, revised piping, piping replacements, new equipment, etc.) is maintained and updated continuously
• Daily Inspection Team Supervision - 40%
• Leadership accountability for development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the Plant Mechanical Integrity program
• Leadership accountability to ensure that inspector resources have the necessary skills and experience to maintain the Mechanical Integrity inspection process.
• Equipment and Piping Reliability – Develop Mechanical Integrity program for fixed equipment and piping
• Responsible for establishing appropriate team to report, meet targets and continuously improve Mechanical Integrity department and individual metrics to ensure that the inspection process manages risk levels in the plant to an acceptable level
• Setting high expectations and standards for the department to follow
• Manages internal and external contract resources to comply completely with all necessary inspections.
• Drives the mechanical integrity team to take aggressive action leading to the timely completion of the action items and incident investigations.
• Ensure the site RBI / Mechanical Integrity program is in compliance with local / national regulatory.
• Communication - 10%
• As part of the corporate CFME pool of resources, facilitate RBI / Mechanical Integrity Best Practice Sharing across sites in North America (where appropriate)
• Working effectively with several cross-functional teams and communicating effectively with all levels of the organization
• Accountable to assist plant management in establishing an acceptable level of risk for Mechanical Integrity across the plant.
• Providing strategic insight to the site Mechanical Integrity annual operating process, strategic plan, and capital budget
• Being the recognized expert of mechanical integrity codes, standards, and inspection techniques
• Accountable for communication of the status of RBI / Mechanical Integrity status to appropriate stakeholders
• Failure Analysis - 20%
• Leadership accountability to ensure that data collected is accurate and addresses the appropriate failure modes for fixed equipment at the facility.
• Responsible for ensuring that adequate resources are available to perform any required fitness for service evaluations or failure analyses.
• Provides the management team with well written and oral presentations with necessary information and supporting analysis to make appropriate business decisions.
• Develop / approve equipment repairs per local / national codes and RAGAGEPs.
• Evaluate failure areas to propose material of construction and other design changes to be used in the capital plan.
• Document Management - 10%
• Leadership accountability to ensure that procedures are in place to define inspection strategies based on evaluated or expected risk.
• Audit / evaluate contracted repair organizations and inspect repairs.

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Company Description

Chemical Producer

Company Description

Chemical Producer