Engineer, Corrosion

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company seeks a senior corrosion specialist to oversee routine and non-routine corrosion mitigation activities across pipelines, well casings, and refinery assets. You will analyze results, propose remedial actions, and support coating and material upgrades.

Responsibilities include supervising cathodic protection and chemical treatment programs, evaluating coatings, and performing life assessments. Strong metallurgy knowledge and 8+ years in oil and gas are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in Chemical/Metallurgy or Mechanical engineering (or equivalent) required.
• At least 8 years of experience in corrosion-related roles within oil and gas.

Responsibilities

• Oversees corrosion mitigation and control activities in assigned area.
• Performs corrosion inspections on pipelines, wells, and related facilities.
• Reviews metallurgy and material performance in corrosive streams and recommends upgrades.
• Conducts Remaining Life Assessments (RLA) for long-service high-temp/high-pressure equipment.
• Maintains and updates corrosion and material information systems with test data.

Skills

Corrosion control

Corrosion inspection

Cathodic protection

Coating inspection

Failure investigation

RLA

Education

Bachelor Degree in Chemical/Metallurgy or Mechanical engineering

Job description

About the Job:

Supervises and implements routine and non-routine corrosion mitigation and control activities in assigned operational area. Conducts corrosion inspection on pipelines, well casing/tubing, and carries out failure investigations related to corrosion attacks on wells, processing, transmitting and storage facilities. Analyzes related corrosion results and recommends remedial measures. Provides specialist support and assumes responsibility for areas related to corrosion monitoring and control in Refinery including plant, offsite and jetty equipment, and piping. Reviews the operating conditions to assess and monitor corrosive conditions and evaluates the material performance in corrosive streams. Reviews the metallurgy of the equipment and piping and makes recommendations for upgrading as required. Conducts Remaining Life Assessment (RLA) for long service used high temperature high Pressure equipment. Initiates and implements the Company’s policy on corrosion control. Ensures that all surface preparation and coating activities carried out on new and existing facilities are in accordance with approved specifications

Key Accountabilities:

• Implements the Company’s corrosion control policies to mitigate corrosion attacks on static structures, equipment and associated facilities. Plans and implements work programs covering Cathodic
Protection, Chemical Treatment, Internal Corrosion Monitoring, Failure Investigation and Coating
inspection & evaluation etc.
• Conducts corrosion inspection on pipelines, well casing/tubing, and carries out failure investigations
related to corrosion attacks on wells, processing, transmitting and storage facilities. Analyzes related
corrosion results and recommends remedial measures.
• Plans and evaluates the results of all routine and non-routine cathodic protection surveys intended to
confirm the effectiveness of deployed systems. Makes appropriate technical recommendations for
possible improvements.
• Conducts effective monitoring programs on coatings of existing equipment, structures and facilities to
assess conditions and identify problems. Prepares adequate coating repair programs.
Participates in supervising intelligent pipeline tool inspection. Analyzes recorded data and plans
necessary inspection/repair program.
• Reviews and evaluates survey results from electrochemical probes, weight-loss coupons, and other
corrosion monitoring devices used to establish the effectiveness of internal corrosion control methods.
• Ensures satisfactory implementation and evaluation of all chemical treatment programs formulated for
internal corrosion control.
• Reviews corrosion mitigation measures for new facilities projects and/or modifications. Ensures
approved corrosion protection measures are incorporated in the design proposals and in selected
materials.
• Participates in plant corrosion inspections during shutdowns and investigates failures to identify causes.
Highlights areas of concern and advises on improvements required.
• Updates computer-based corrosion/material information systems to record and monitor a wide variety of
related data and information. Ensures that all corrosion tests/analysis data of each equipment/facility
and major problem areas are logged and identified.
• Performs other similar or related duties, as required.
• Task / Responsibilities during major turnaround / TAR
• In-situ Metallography: Prepares scope and carries out on-site metallography using replica technique to
monitor microstructures; evaluates microstructure condition and issues reports.
• Identify Austenitic SS equipment vulnerable to Polythionic Stress Corrosion Cracking and ensuring its
neutralization before opening during Shutdown.
• Collection of Corrosion products / corroded sample for analysis
• Review of Internal Inspection findings and plan for Root Cause Analysis / RLA studies as applicable
• Carries out a thorough and detailed review of all Refinery units process circuits and prepare Corrosion
Loops
• Identify specific Damage Mechanism and Integrity Operating Window (IOW) for each corrosion Loop
• Actively Participate in Risk Base Inspection (RBI) project implementation and its application on
continuous basis

Minimum Requirtments:

• Bachelor Degree in Chemical/Metallurgy or Mechanical engineering qualification or equivalent.
• At least 8 years experience in the same or similar role in the oil and gas industry