Senior Painting & Coating Inspector – Offshore Abu Dhabi

Bureau Veritas do Brasil; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 223,000 - 391,000; Full time

Job summary

Bureau Veritas Abu Dhabi is seeking experienced Painting & Coating Inspectors to join the Abu Dhabi IND team. The role involves reviewing contractor procedures, performing surface and coating inspections, and ensuring compliance with international codes such as ASME, API, ANSI, ASTM and BS.

Candidates should hold a mechanical engineering degree or HNC and have extensive field inspection experience. Responsibilities include monitoring weather, equipment, and coating processes, and performing

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years experience for Inspector/Technician in similar field
• Engineer Surveyor: 8 years in similar field
• Senior Engineer Surveyor: 10 years in similar field

Responsibilities

• Review and approve contractor’s painting, coating, and wrapping procedures.
• Inspect surface profile and test for chlorides as per standards.
• Monitor weather and equipment during painting and coating operations.
• Ensure paint materials come from approved manufacturers with valid pot life.
• Ensure coating application follows technical data sheets and approved specs.
• Verify proper intervals between coats for bonding and curing.
• Witness Dry Film Thickness and holiday/pin-hole tests with calibrated equipment.
• Monitor surface prep, bonding agent application, wrapping, and curing on risers.
• Witness post-curing tests (hardness, spark, sound, adhesion) on riser pipes/clamps.
• Monitor application of CTE coating and job-specific tests on pipelines.

Skills

Code standards knowledge

Painting/Coating inspection

Inspection techniques

Client communication

Education

Mechanical Engineering degree or HNC

Job description

Bureau Veritas Abu Dhabi is seeking experienced Painting & Coating Inspectors to join the Abu Dhabi IND team. The role involves reviewing contractor procedures, performing surface and coating inspections, and ensuring compliance with international codes such as ASME, API, ANSI, ASTM and BS.

Candidates should hold a mechanical engineering degree or HNC and have extensive field inspection experience. Responsibilities include monitoring weather, equipment, and coating processes, and performing