Pressure Systems Technical Authority

CB&I; Aberdeen City; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

CB&I Asset Solutions in Aberdeen seeks a Pressure Systems Technical Authority to develop and maintain discipline engineering strategies ensuring safe operation of oil and gas assets. The role includes SECE identification, assurance routines, and modification approvals.

Requires Chartered Engineer status with offshore experience, deep regulatory knowledge, and ability to work in a team solving complex issues. Hybrid work with on-site presence three days weekly is required.

Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer (CEng) with oil and gas or chemical industry experience.
• In-depth knowledge of regulatory requirements, design codes and guidance.
• Offshore medical and certification to go offshore is required.
• Experience with risk-based integrity processes and related databases.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain discipline engineering strategies, policies and procedures for regulatory compliance and safe operation of assets.
• Identify SECEs during safety case development and maintain performance standards.
• Authorize deferral of SECE assurance activities and maintenance planning in the system.
• Provide advice to close risk gaps and endorse asset ORA and risk assessments.
• Review SECE suitability, reliability, remediation recommendations, and verify verifier comments.

Skills

CEng

Oil & gas experience

Risk-based integrity

HSE knowledge

Teamwork

Offshore work readiness

Education

Engineering degree (oil and gas)

Relevant professional exemption

Job description

Worldwide, energy asset owners choose CB&I Asset Solutions as their asset management partner, confident in our ability to deliver tailored, value driven asset management solutions.

Our commitment is simple but powerful: to deliver value to our customers through safe, effective and efficient operations, maintenance, wells and decommissioning solutions, specialising in late life energy assets.

We're committed to investing in our people, and to building exceptional teams who deliver. Our people are trusted by our customers to safely operate their energy assets, improve performance and extend asset life through innovative solutions.

We support flexible working requests and have adopted a hybrid approach for most of our office-based roles. We ask employees to be present in the office at least three days per week.

Think smarter. Move faster. Deliver value.

JOB TITLE: PRESSURE SYSTEMS TECHNICAL AUTHORITY

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• The TA is responsible for developing and maintaining all relevant discipline engineering strategies, policies and procedures necessary to ensure regulatory compliance, safe and efficient operation of operated assets, supported assets and contracts.
• Identifying discipline specific SECE’s during safety case development, developing and maintaining the performance standards. Authorizing the resulting SECE assurance routines in the maintenance system.
• Assessing and authorizing of the deferral of SECE assurance activities and planned maintenance activities in the maintenance system.
• When SECE’s fail to achieve the performance standard requirements, providing advice on how to close the risk gap, with mitigations, to an acceptable level. Endorsing the asset ORA’s and contributing to the asset cumulative risk assessment.
• Endorsing SECE suitability & reliability reviews, recommendations for remediation of degraded equipment, reviewing Verifier comments and recommendations.
• Approving operational changes and modifications via the Management of Change.
• Undertake site visits to establish and maintain familiarity with the assets and site management personnel. Undertake MAH audit/review on site as required.
• Support UK verification remedial actions (RAR etc) and marine class actions (CoC etc) as necessary.
• Support incident investigations and root cause analysis as necessary.
• Role Specific Responsibilities: Review and approve high risk anomalies, fitness for service engineering assessments and temporary repairs as required.
• The above is an outline of key duties and accountabilities, rather than an exclusive or exhaustive list of responsibilities. The post holder is expected to undertake any tasks which may reasonably be expected within the scope of the position.
• The postholder is expected to adhere to the rules of safety in and the Values.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:

• Chartered Engineer, CEng, with relevant oil and gas or chemical industries experience.
• Relevant engineering degree or equivalent experience in oil and gas or chemical industries experience.
• Extensive knowledge of regulatory requirements, design codes and guidance.
• Offshore medical and associated certification required to go offshore.
• Understanding of risk-based integrity processes and databases, including AIMS, PSIMS, management, temporary repairs and fitness for service techniques.
• Detailed knowledge of inspection techniques and damage mechanisms.
• Appropriate level of HSE experience built up through oil & gas industry/ offshore exposure.
• Good behavioral and communicational skills for dealing with customers and a diverse workforce.
• Sound technical discipline knowledge.
• Ability to work in team in a problem-solving environment.
• Ability to take the initiative and work unsupervised to meet schedules and quality objectives.