FE - Integrity Lead Engineer

Quest Global; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,900,000; Full time

Job summary

Quest Global is seeking a Sr. Integrity Engineer to lead mechanical integrity programs for fixed equipment in petrochemical facilities. You will manage RBI, corrosion management, and remaining life assessments, providing technical leadership and innovative solutions.

The role requires 4–6+ years in oil and gas, an engineering degree, strong communication, and ability to coordinate global teams, drive improvements, and support new business opportunities.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree in Mechanical/Materials or Chemical with 4–6+ years oil & gas experience.
• Strong knowledge of Risk Based Inspection and fixed equipment inspection tasks.
• Excellent communication and ability to lead teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage RBI programs for petrochemical assets.
• Provide technical leadership in corrosion management and integrity optimization.
• Drive pre-sales and post-sales support for new projects.
• Coordinate global teams and mentor new engineers.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Oil & Gas ops knowledge

Shift work flexibility

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Engineering degree (Mechanical/Materials or Chemical)

Tools

APM Meridium

Pestra

Casmeredo

SAP

Job description

Title: Sr. Integrity Engineer

Roles & Responsibilities

• This position is a mechanical integrity technical 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
• 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.
• Technical mentoring and continuous on-the-job guidance to new members in the team.
• Ability to learn and adapt to an agile and flexible working environment, continuously stay abreast of latest developments in industry standards/ practices, bring in leanings/ experience to challenge and improvise company work processes/ practices.
• Analysis of inspection results and recommended future actions
• Perform mechanical analysis of required thickness and fitness for service assessments

Work Experience

• Engineering degree (Mechanical/Materials or Chemical) 4 to 6+ years of oil gas experience in related industry (refining/petrochemical/LNG/oil & gas)
• 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 Circutization/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/Pestra/Casmeredo, etc.)
• Ability to lead teams
• Excellent communication
• Should have working knowledge of oil and gas plant operations
• Should have exposure to Operating condition Safety, SHE risks, spill/ safety incident and equipment failure opportunities
• Should have Knowledge of various roles and responsibilities of engineers working in the oil and gas field/site
• Should have knowledge of corrective and preventative maintenance strategy
• Should have knowledge of International standards in design, quality, and procedures for approved equipment
• Working knowledge in key sections of ASME Sec Div. 1/2, ASME Sec V, ASME Sec IX, ASME Sec Il, ASME B31.3/ B31.1/ B31.4/ B31.8, ASME PCC-2
• Field in-service inspection and repair of pressure equipment, heat exchangers, piping systems, pressure relief devices and above ground storage tanks in operating unit
• Experience with Office applications (Word, Excel, and Power Point)
• Strong verbal/ written communication skills in English
• Good interpersonal skills, adaptability and working collaboratively with the other teams
• Willing to work in shift timings with flexibility to meet business needs
• Flexible to work in different locations depending on business requirement
• Flexibility to travel internationally as per business needs

Good To Have Skills

• Certification and 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