Field Integrity Engineer

Job Title: Field Integrity Engineer

Location: Piper Offshore

Reports to: Offshore Installation Manager

Job Profile Summary

The Field Integrity Engineer is a core member of the asset integrity team, accountable for ensuring the integrity of the asset, based on sound engineering knowledge. The focus of the role relies on combining sound technical integrity knowledge with its direct application on the asset. The Field Integrity Engineer ensures the quality of inspection, reporting and recommendations for follow-up. The Field Integrity Engineer also carries out inspection based activities where required competency allows.

Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Maintain a thorough understanding of the fixed plant and equipment's condition and integrity, ensuring its status is consistently updated and effectively communicated to stakeholders in a timely manner
• Contribute directly to the development, validation, and optimisation of the risk based inspection (RBI) methodology
• Comprehend the rationale behind work programmes, ensuring they are executed and reported with precision and excellence
• Review, validate, and prepare detailed workpacks for inspection, fabric maintenance, and repair activities
• Uphold high standards in inspection quality, reporting accuracy and actionable recommendations for programme adjustments, fabric maintenance, or required corrective repairs
• Provide support for dynamic risk based decision making processes and remediation strategies
• Assess and determine asset conditions where integrity risks are identified during scheduled maintenance, project execution, drilling, or operational activities
• Investigate and evaluate the integrity of plant structures in response to concerns raised by on site personnel, management, independent competent persons (ICP), or regulatory bodies
• Facilitate workforce engagement on integrity related topics, review workforce feedback, and incorporate it into decision making processes
• Execute inspection requirements and collaborate as part of a team to ensure the effective delivery of planned inspection activities
• Maintain a firm understanding of the threat cyber attacks pose in both regular IT (information technology) and OT (operational technology / industrial automation) environments and the potential consequences of such attacks
• Ensure effective planning and preparation of inspection, fabric maintenance and repair work pack content:
• Maintain knowledge of the physical condition of all SCE, ECE & PCE fixed plant and structures on the assigned asset
• Provide input to review and validate the integrity management system including RBIs, asset strategies and corrosion control schemes
• Provide integrity input to the planning process, validating all planned activities
• Ensure all inspection activities are planned with the required multi-discipline input to allow all necessary preparatory works (access, isolations, cleaning etc) to be put in place in a timely manner
• Proactively identify and promote innovative inspection techniques, reducing costs without compromising the integrity of the plant
• Coordinate ISSOW requirements for integrity activities while at site
• Ensure the quality of inspection, its associated reporting, and recommendations for programme revision, FM remediation or required corrective repair:
• Coordinate and manage work allocation for inspection teams to ensure they are fully productive
• Manage integrity activities on site ensuring they are conducted and reported in accordance with company procedures
• Provide input for options, scoping and prioritisation of repairs, including fabric maintenance
• Provide direction on, and preparation of, inspection reports for all integrity scopes, and raise any necessary repair orders in the WMS to rectify anomalies, ensuring the correct work criticality is assigned
• Manage and coordinate vessel inspections, including validation of work scope upon initial entry into vessel
• Intervene and determine the condition of the asset, where integrity threats may be exposed during planned maintenance, project, drilling or operations activity:
• Inspect and evaluate site integrity where work fronts are exposed through non-inspection related activity
• Document and report the integrity of plant and equipment exposed through non-inspection related activity
• Communicate and elevate where appropriate integrity threats in a timely manner
• Execute inspection requirements and collaborate as part of a team to ensure the effective delivery of planned inspection activities:
• Conduct detailed visual, non-destructive, and functional inspections in line with company procedures
• Actively participate as a working member of the inspection team, conducting field inspections and delivering results
• Investigate and establish the integrity of plant or structure where concerns are raised by platform personnel, management, the ICP or the regulator
• Liaise directly with the Onshore Integrity Engineer to report critical issues
• Support site with ICP and HSE integrity inspections and any follow up actions
• Work within the anomaly management system to either raise new anomalies or assess anomalies that have been set to monitor status
• Perform emergency response duties in accordance with the asset and company requirements

Professional Skills and Experience

• Extensive experience in plant inspection
• Knowledge and experience with non-destructive testing (NDT) methods
• Knowledge and experience in welding technology
• Understanding and awareness of national and international codes and standards for the design, fabrication and operation of oil & gas production plant and offshore structures
• Knowledge of relevant major accident hazard (MAH) legislation and its onshore/offshore influences

Educational Qualifications and Certification

• Degree qualified or considerable technical experience in a similar role
• Professional engineer or working towards professional engineer status
• ASME Plant Inspector or API 570/510 code certified
• UKAS accreditation RG2 Category 2 working towards Category 1 or equivalent
• Role training and certification requirements can be found in the competency management standard located in IMS:

https://sp-apps.talisman-sinopec.com/sites/ims/Condocs/Controlled%20Documents/RSR-HRM-05-STD-GEN-001.pdf

Other Requirements

• Strong safety leadership skills
• Strong organisational and management skills, with performance delivery focus
• Ability to performance manage direct reports, developing talent within the team
• Innovative, flexible, and willing to adapt, embrace change and drive continual improvement
• Ability to work on own initiative with self imposed quality control standards
• Ability to work to deadlines

I&D Disclaimer

We are an equal opportunity employer, aiming to recruit, retain and develop our people based on merit. Recognising the value of a diverse workforce, all applicants will receive equal treatment regardless of race, gender, nationality, age, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or any other characteristics protected by law.

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