Operations and Maintenance Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Fawley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Oil & Gas company is seeking an Operations and Maintenance Engineer for its Fawley project. This position requires 12 to 15 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, with a focus on fixed equipment integrity and risk-based inspection methods. Candidates should have a Mechanical Engineering degree and strong leadership skills. This role offers critical technical support, innovative solutions, and collaboration with global teams to enhance asset integrity across various facilities.

Qualifications

• 12 to 15+ years of oil gas experience in related industry (refining/petrochemical/LNG).
• Should have sound knowledge on Oil & Gas upstream and downstream business.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide strong leadership in Inspection / Corrosion Management for Oil & Gas assets.
• Drive core team members to recruit skilled resources.
• Review technical scoping and feasibility studies.

Skills

In Service inspection

Damage mechanism

RBI (Risk based Inspection)

API (Certification)

Non-Destructive Testing (NDT)

Education

Bachelor of Engineering degree (Mechanical)

Tools

APM Meridium

Credo

PV Elite

Caeser

Sage Plus

Job description

Job Description

At Quest Global, we are actively looking for Operations and Maintenance Engineer to join one of our Oil & Gas project based at Fawley, UK.

Overview

Fixed Equipment – Sr. Integrity Technical Lead

Required Skills / Experience

• In Service inspection
• Damage mechanism
• RBI (Risk based Inspection)
• API (Certification)
• Non-Destructive Testing (NDT)

Job Requirements

• This position is a mechanical integrity technical lead 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
• Analysis of inspection results and recommended future actions
• Perform mechanical analysis of required thickness and fitness for service assessments
• 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
• Ability to learn and adapt to an agile and flexible working environment, continuously stay abreast of latest developments in industry standards/ practices, bring in learnings/ experience to challenge and improvise company work processes/ practices
• Design, fabrication & construction experience in: Atmospheric, pressurized storage tanks and spheres; external, internal floating roofs and geodesic dome roofs; cold & cryogenic tanks
• Pressure vessels, process columns, reactor, and heat exchangers
• Vessel, heat exchanger and storage tank analysis programs such as PV Elite, Nozzle Pro, Caeser, Sage Plus etc.
• Familiarity with pressure equipment re-rate and repair assessments per API 510 and NBIC
• Ability to interface with engineering disciplines, such as Process, Rotating Equipment, Materials, etc.

Work Experience

• Bachelor of Engineering degree (Mechanical) 12 to 15+ years of oil gas experience in related industry (refining/petrochemical/LNG)
• 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 Circuitization / 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 / Credo, etc.)
• Working knowledge in key sections of ASME Sec Div. 1/2, ASME Sec V, ASME Sec IX, ASME Sec II, ASME B31.3/ B31.1/ B31.4/ B31.8, ASME PCC-2
• Ability to lead teams
• Excellent communication

Good to have skills

• Certification or 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