Equipment Engineer
Contract role - 1 year
The Mechanical Integrity Engineer is responsible for ensuring the ongoing mechanical integrity and reliability of fixed equipment and piping within refinery and petrochemical process units. The role provides inspection engineering support, develops equipment integrity strategies, evaluates inspection findings, manages repair recommendations, and works closely with operations, maintenance, inspection contractors, and engineering specialists to maintain safe and reliable plant operations.
Key responsibilities include:
- Developing and implementing inspection and mechanical integrity strategies for fixed equipment and piping.
- Managing inspection programs, including internal and external inspections, NDT activities, and statutory inspections.
- Reviewing inspection findings and providing repair, replacement, and fitness-for-service recommendations.
- Supporting annual maintenance planning, turnaround execution, and equipment reliability initiatives.
- Investigating equipment failures and recommending appropriate repair methods and material selections.
- Ensuring compliance with applicable company standards, industry codes, and regulatory requirements.
- Maintaining inspection records and integrity management systems.
- Providing field support to ensure safe and quality execution of inspection and repair activities.
MAIN FUNCTIONS
The Equipment Engineer designs, develops, implements and analyses technical products and systems.
TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Equipment Engineer is responsible for the design, development, implementation, and analysis of technical products and systems.Performs equipment engineering design evaluations. May develop a range ofproducts. Recommends alterations to development and design to improve qualityof products and/or procedures. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of complicated tasks. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering and/or previous experience in a closely related position
- Strong knowledge of standard concepts, practices, and procedures within particular field;
- Anticipates & solves problems by integrating knowledge from several areas;
- Less reliant on supervisor, but may report to a supervisor or manager;
- Responsible for owning projects;
- Represents local workgroup internally and on occasion, externally;