Inspection Engineer

SupportFinity™; Milhah; On-site; SAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company in Saudi Arabia is seeking an experienced professional to develop and improve welding procedures for Petro Rabigh. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in refinery or petrochemical inspections, possess a degree in Mechanical Engineering, and have relevant API certifications. This role emphasizes effective documentation and adherence to welding standards.

Qualifications

• 10 years minimum experience in refinery or petrochemical plant inspection.
• Basic understanding of Refining & Petrochemical processes.
• Knowledge of ASME, API, and ASTM codes.

Responsibilities

• Develop welding procedures and manuals for Petro Rabigh.
• Prepare quarterly progress reports on welding tasks.
• Analyze data for welding inspection related problems.

Skills

Welding procedures development

Welding inspection

Corrosion understanding

Welding trouble-shooting

Documentation management

Education

Bachelors or Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Certification for API-510, API-570 or API-653

Job description

Overview

• Develop a phased-out plan to prepare adequate Welding Procedures for Petro Rabigh company use and compile Welding Manual for continued use and references.
• Coordinate with procurement and prepare approved list of Welding Consumables Manufacturers for Petro Rabigh use.
• Issue quarterly progress reports on above tasks.
• Lead analysis of data pertinent to Inspection related problems, with respect to materials, selected welding process, and welding consumables and other essential variables. Also emphasis on good welding practices such as the right use of backing gas, need for acid pickling, demagnetizing of parts to be welded, and removal of impregnated Sulphur from service exposed parts, importance in pre-heat, Interpass temperature controls, intermediate stress relief (IST), and PWHT practices.
• Lead proposal development for engineering projects, including welding scope, selection of most economic welding processes, and testing techniques, and weld designs in order to improve existing welding practices and associated costs.
• Prepare, review and improve specialized Inspection procedures on as required basis.
• Prepare failure analysis reports on Equipment Failures due to Welding Practices/Corrosion/leak and recommend rectification actions that including how to avoid repetitive failure in the same form.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors or Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from a recognized university and certification for API-510, API-570 or API-653 is part of the minimum qualification requirement.
• 10 years minimum with direct involvement in refinery or petrochemical plant inspection, maintenance or operations.
• Candidate have a basic understanding of Refining & Petrochemical processes and technologies; familiarity with ASME, API and ASTMcodes.
• Understanding of the basic principles of corrosion, metallurgy and materials of construction, welding procedures,; refractory selection and application procedures.
• Knowledge of Welder Qualification and management, Procedure qualifications and management.
• Working knowledge of welding alloy steels and service exposed steels and troubleshooting during welding challenges.
• Make sure proper documentation is readily available for the new project and provided by EPC. All documentation should be approvedas per the applicable Procedures requirements.