Corrosion Engineer

Education
 
Required: Bachelor’s degree in mechanical / metallurgical engineering / Materials & Corrosion technology
Preferred: Master’s degree in Corrosion Technology
 
Experience
 
Required: 15 years of Corrosion management experience in Oil Refineries or Petrochemical plants, out of which 6-8 years at a similar position after obtaining certification.
Experience in Meridium Asset Performance Management software.
Preferred: Similar in-service inspection experience in Oil Refining / Petrochemicals Industry.
 
Certification
 
Mandatory: NACE Senior Corrosion Technologist, NACE CP2 obtained 6-8 years back and currently valid.
 
Preferred:
 
  • API 510, 570, 653 first obtained at least 4 years back and currently valid.
  • Expertise in corrosion control, Cathodic protection, non-destructive testing, risk analysis, and thickness monitoring.
  • In-depth understanding of process safety, risk assessment, engineering control principles and welding.
Roles / Responsibilities:
 
  • Formulates, Plans, coordinates and implements corrosion/erosion monitoring, prevention and maintenance programs.
  • Manage Corrosion study to Identify and define corrosion loops, define them and maintain them in Asset Integrity database and inspection program.
  • Provides technical advice on strategies for repair and replacement specifications for various engineering and plant modification projects, including all metallurgical aspects, repair techniques, materials selection, inspection and testing requirements, and makes recommendations based upon field observation and corrosion management principles.
  • Carries out performance evaluation of coating and painting conditions. Recommends best options for paint and coating systems to ensure optimum protection.
  • Conduct root cause failure analysis (RCFA) on all corrosion/erosion related and provide recommendations to prevent them. Involve multidisciplinary teams wherever the failure is complex in nature and consequences are considerable.
  • Conduct and Support Root cause analysis on Major Equipment Failures as driven by the Company Procedures on APM Systems such as GED APM (Meridium)
  • Actively participate in reliability improvement teams and identify reliability improvement opportunities, develop plans on reliability improvement and take actions to get them implemented.
  • Evaluate reliability improvement using growth analysis and other reliability tools.
  • Efficient Management of Cathodic protection program which include all plant and machinery including with Cathodic protection. This includes but not limited to Tanks, underground piping, concrete structures, Dock jetty etc.
  • Manage and administer the Cathodic protection contract as Designated site representative (DSR)
 
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