Principal Engineer | Chief Engineer - Asset Integrity

Quest Global; Chennai District, Bengaluru, Vadodara; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Quest Global is seeking a Mechanical Integrity Specialist to lead inspection and corrosion management for fixed equipment in petrochemical facilities. The role focuses on RBI execution, troubleshooting, asset improvement, and technology selection to deliver reliable operations.

The candidate will guide a team of Integrity Engineers, engage with clients, and support both pre- and post-sales activities while driving global collaboration and standardization of methodologies across projects.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree in Mechanical/Materials or Chemical.
• 6–12 years of oil & gas experience in related industry (refining/petrochemical/LNG/O&G).
• Experience with Risk Based Inspection methodologies and fixed equipment inspection tasks.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership in Inspection/Corrosion Management for Oil & Gas assets.
• Drive RBI program, troubleshooting, and asset improvement.
• Lead Integrity Engineers and manage project workflows with quality at scale.
• Provide pre- and post-sales support for new business deals and projects.

Skills

Technical leadership

Communication

Team leadership

Oil & gas knowledge

Risk Based Inspection

Corrosion management

NDT knowledge

ASME standards

Education

Engineering degree (Mechanical/Materials or Chemical)

Tools

Meridium

Credo

Pestra

SAP

Job description

Job Requirements

• 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.

Work Experience

• Engineering degree (Mechanical/Materials or Chemical) 6 to 12 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/Credo, 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

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