External Corrosion Lead for Pipeline Integrity

Plains All American; Long Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 138,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

PTO (Paid Time Off)

Free parking

Job summary

Plains All American is seeking an External Corrosion Supervisor to lead the external corrosion program across pipelines, tanks, terminals, and facilities. You will oversee cathodic protection, coating systems, surveys, remediation, and compliance, guiding a team of corrosion technicians and contractors to safe, reliable operations.

You’ll work with Operations, Engineering, Integrity, Environmental, and Project Management to plan work, manage budgets, ensure training, and coordinate audits while

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in Engineering Technology, Corrosion Technology, or a related discipline preferred; equivalent experience may be considered.
• Minimum 5 years of external corrosion-related work experience.
• Leadership, supervisory, or project management experience preferred.
• Experience with hazardous liquid and/or natural gas pipeline systems preferred.
• Valid driver’s license.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual external corrosion work plans, priorities, budgets, forecasts, and capital recommendations based on asset risk, regulatory requirements, and operational needs.
• Direct cathodic protection monitoring, annual surveys, rectifier inspections, system troubleshooting, interference testing, commissioning, maintenance, and optimization.
• Oversee CIS, DCVG, ACVG, AC interference, atmospheric corrosion, coating assessment, and other external corrosion inspection programs; review findings and develop remediation plans.
• Manage coating inspection, surface preparation, application, quality control, rehabilitation, repair, and new construction coating activities.
• Provide technical guidance for corrosion anomalies, excavations, repairs, investigations, casing remediation, and mitigation activities.
• Ensure corrosion records, CPDM entries, surveys, inspections, reports, and compliance documentation are accurate and complete; serve as the lead corrosion representative during state and federal regulatory audits and coordinate corrective actions.
• Supervise and develop corrosion technicians and specialists; manage contractors and service providers; maintain applicable training and Operator Qualification requirements; and provide introductory corrosion awareness and recognition training to local Operations personnel to help identify potential corrosion risks.
• Provide external corrosion support for design reviews, construction inspections, facility upgrades, pipeline projects, integrity assessments, and emergency response.

Skills

Leadership

Supervisory experience

Project management

Education

Associate’s degree in Engineering Technology or Corrosion Technology

Job description

Plains All American is seeking an External Corrosion Supervisor to lead the external corrosion program across pipelines, tanks, terminals, and facilities. You will oversee cathodic protection, coating systems, surveys, remediation, and compliance, guiding a team of corrosion technicians and contractors to safe, reliable operations.

You’ll work with Operations, Engineering, Integrity, Environmental, and Project Management to plan work, manage budgets, ensure training, and coordinate audits while