Tank Assessor

Wolviston Management Services; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Wolviston Management Services are recruiting for an experienced Tank Assessor to join their Engineering team in Teesside. This permanent, full-time role focuses on storage tank and vessel integrity, ensuring safe operation and compliant inspection programmes across the business.

The successful candidate will act as a subject matter expert for tank integrity, plan and deliver inspection standards, and provide technical guidance to operations, maintenance and project teams.

Qualifications

• Qualified in Mechanical Engineering with Chartered status preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan and implement tank inspection programmes across operations.
• Maintain tank integrity records and inspection history.
• Provide technical input into tank integrity, remaining life and CAPEX planning.
• Support project teams with technical tank integrity advice.

Skills

Mechanical engineering knowledge

Inspection planning

Contractor management

Technical reporting

COMAH awareness

Education

Chartered Engineer status (or working towards)

EEMUA 159 / API 653 qualifications

API 510 / API 579 knowledge

NDT qualifications

Tools

CMMS systems

Inspection databases

Job description

Tank Assessor

Location: Teesside / North East
Employment Type: Permanent, Full Time

Wolviston Management Services are recruiting on behalf of our fantastic client for an experienced Tank Assessor to join their Engineering team in Teesside.

This is a specialist asset integrity position responsible for tank and vessel integrity across their operations.

The successful candidate will act as a subject matter expert for storage tank integrity, ensuring risks to safe operation are identified, assessed and appropriately controlled. The role will plan and deliver tank inspection programmes, develop inspection standards and support engineering, operations, maintenance and project teams with technical advice relating to tank condition, remaining life and repair strategy.

Key responsibilities

• Plan and implement annual tank inspection programmes across the business.
• Maintain tank integrity records, inspection history, repair information and Written Schemes of Examination.
• Develop inspection standards aligned with EEMUA 159, API 653 and relevant UK legislation.
• Prepare inspection scopes for in-service and out-of-service tank inspections.
• Review inspection reports and assess asset condition and remaining life.
• Ensure appropriate fitness-for-service calculations and assessments are completed.
• Specify and prioritise tank repairs and define repair quality requirements.
• Review repair procedures, design calculations and post-repair inspection reports.
• Maintain temporary repair and operational restriction registers and ensure alignment with Management of Change processes.
• Monitor tank inspection and repair contractor performance.
• Develop and maintain tank integrity KPIs.
• Provide technical input into long-term tank integrity and CAPEX planning.
• Support projects that utilise existing storage assets.
• Provide technical tank integrity advice to operations, engineering, maintenance and project teams.

The successful candidate will ideally have

• A Mechanical Engineering qualification.
• Chartered Engineer status or be working towards Chartered status.
• EEMUA 159 and/or API 653 qualifications or substantial equivalent experience.
• API 510 and API 579 knowledge or qualifications.
• Relevant NDT qualifications or inspection experience.
• Experience managing tank inspection activities within a COMAH environment.
• Experience within bulk liquid storage, terminals, chemical, petrochemical, oil and gas or refining.
• Strong understanding of storage tank inspection, damage mechanisms, remaining life assessment and repair.
• Knowledge of PSSR, PUWER, CDM, COMAH and related UK legislation.
• Strong contractor management and technical reporting skills.
• Experience working with inspection databases or CMMS systems.

This is a strong opportunity for an experienced tank inspection or asset integrity professional looking to move into an owner-side technical role with responsibility for long-term tank integrity and inspection strategy.