RBI Engineer

About the position:

Technical discipline responsible for providing support to develop Fixed Equipment Asset Strategies for Chevron’s Manufacturing Business Units. The role works closely with the Fixed Equipment Reliability and Integrity Departments (Inspections, Material Engineering, Reliability Engineering, and Fixed Equipment Engineering), Technical Departments (Chemical/Process and Mechanical/Design Engineering), Maintenance Departments, Operations Departments, and local Business Unit Management across all of Chevron’s Manufacturing facilities.

Key Responsibilities:
• The Risk Based Inspection (RBI) Engineer position will provide technical support to the Fixed Equipment Integrity Department to help ensure the safe and reliable operating condition of the fixed equipment within Chevron’s Pascagoula Refinery.
• This position will report to the Fixed Equipment Integrity Technical Team Lead and the position is on the Technical Career Ladder.
• Candidate should be willing to commit to a minimum 24-month assignment.
• This position is not responsible for supervising company or contract personnel on a normal basis, but the position could possibly supervise personnel for special projects and/or circumstances.
• The primary duties are to develop and execute asset strategies for fixed equipment, utilize Quantitative and Qualitative Risk Based Inspection methodology software, communicate expertise on mechanical design review, and equipment replacement and repair strategies to improve the integrity and reliability at the optimum cost.
• The position works with peers across Manufacturing to help improve and standardize mechanical integrity processes.
• Responsibilities for this position may include but are not limited to: Provide fixed equipment engineering consulting to inspectors, operators, engineers, and management including mechanical design, remaining life assessment, risk-based inspection calculation, and repair strategies.
• Lead development of pressure vessel asset strategies for the facility, including the use of quantitative RBI (API 581 Risk Based Methodology).
• Provide RBI engineer inputs in accordance with governing procedures.
• Stewards inputs into RBI software necessary to calculate risk on the asset level and leads cross functional team to determine inspection test and preventative maintenance tasks at the asset level.
• Participate in the planning and executing work plans for plant turnarounds and capital projects.
• Work directly with the Inspection team to help develop the inspection scope for fixed equipment and develop repair and replacement options to address fixed equipment inspection findings.
• Use good project management principles to assess alternatives and develop cost-effective solution.
• Act as a technical resource in analysis of data, damage mechanisms, and equipment/piping reliability plans (asset strategies).
• Assist as needed to analyze data, calculate corrosion rates, asses risk, and predict end of life for piping, pressure vessels, and tanks.
• Work collaboratively with FEI personnel from other Chevron refineries to drive consistency/standardization of Mechanical Integrity processes and procedures.
• Work collaboratively with Fixed Equipment Integrity, Maintenance and Reliability, Technical, and Operations disciplines to influence alignment and deliver results as OneTeamWork in and around operating facilities, manufacturer and testing sites.

Required Qualifications:
• Minimum of 3 years relevant experience providing fixed equipment integrity support in a complex oil and gas operating environment.
• Experience in a leadership position.

Preferred Qualifications:
• RBI experience
• On-stream-inspection experience
• Turnaround inspection experience
• Familiarity in supporting Operations within the Refining industry is desirable

Chevron ENGINE supports global operations, supporting business requirements across the world. Accordingly, the work hours for employees will be aligned to support business requirements. The standard work week will be Monday to Friday. Working hours are 8:00AM to 5:00PM or 1:30PM to 10:30PM.

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