Bilfinger UK is a leading engineering and maintenance provider, supporting customers across the chemical & petrochemical, nuclear, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals & biopharma, power & energy, utilities, renewables and food & beverage markets. We enhance the efficiency of assets, ensuring a high level of availability and reducing maintenance costs.
* Understands Risk Based Inspection objectives and applied NDT inspection techniques employed to meet said objectives.
* Management and supervision of discipline issues, direction to Project Engineer colleagues on cost, service, Operational & technology issues.
* Provide functional guidance to inspection vendors or other subcontractors on NDT Inspection discipline specific matters.
Task
* Provide primary interface between onshore inspection and onsite Integrity Engineering team for designated asset(s).
* Align the discipline requirements of the role and delegate the operational requirements to the Project Engineer / provide assurance.
* Support Inspection personnel and other inspection, integrity and corrosion sponsored contractors in the prioritisation and planning of work.
* Interface with installation Integrity Engineer(s) & Integrity Discipline(s|) to provide clarification on NDT inspection techniques in order to meet integrity objectives.
* Liaise with Installation Integrity Engineer to maximise opportunistic inspection of vessels, plant and equipment at the request of the client.
* Maintain up to date knowledge of innovative & Advanced NDT techniques.
* Maintain assurance of UKAS accredited NDT techniques and any knowledge of integrity threats & mitigation suitability.
* Attend regular planning meetings and asset specific meetings.
* Review and estimating checksheets in the clients Maintenance Management Systems to ensure support, personnel and equipment requirements are identified to allow efficient planning.
* Submit weekly working hours, making sure hours & coding are correct and are processed in line with contract
* Assure checks of invoicing data are aligned to correct labour & plant prior to submission to client. Assist with queries as required
* Amended / give direction to the Project Engineer of CTR technical requirements / amendments in a timely manner before submission to the client.
* Specify Inspection Plant, Material and Equipment requirements for any new scopes to the Inspection Project Engineer
* Assist both Asset Focal points and the Inspection Focal point with activities of sub-contractor/3rd Parties, for work required
* Liaise and plan with Bilfinger ANDT Team for any planned and emergent Advanced Inspection scopes
* Liaise and plan with Bilfinger Inspection and Rope access Stores Teams for all Inspection Equipment requirements
Qualifications
Essential
* Experience of ‘in-service’ plant inspection and NDT in an offshore environment
* Proven ability to work without supervision and to provide effective supervision to others
* Experience within a relevant discipline of which at least one year shall have been spent working within an engineering discipline associated with the relevant field of inspection
* Experience in inspection in a relevant process industry with the majority of the above experience elements. In particular, experience in the application of inspection tools and techniques.
* Working knowledge of the use and limitations of specialist NDE techniques applied in support of above water inspection and monitoring programmes, e.g. pulsed eddy current, thermography, time of flight diffraction, CHIME, etc.
* Clear understanding of major discipline issues arising from oil and gas production systems. Awareness of materials and key degradation mechanisms associated with the deterioration of offshore production facilities.
* Awareness of piping and vessel design codes, e.g. ASME VIII, PD, ASME B31.3.
* Proven ability to work without supervision and to provide effective supervision to others.
Desirable
* HNC/HND level in a relevant engineering discipline
* PCN Level II or equivalent in MPI, DPI, and UT (UT must be 3.1/3.2 Plate and Pipe)
* Radiographic Interpretation (RI)
* IRATA Level I
* PCN (or equivalent) Radiation Protection Supervisor (RPS)
* Qualified in Advanced NDT Techniques
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