Plant Inspector

Role purpose

Inspection and documentation

• Inspect pressure vessels, piping and tanks, including corrective repairs; prepare or approve repair and alteration travel sheets and perform staged inspections.
• Document inspections in Meridium, prepare reports and recommendations, create SAP Notifications and follow recommendations to completion with Maintenance and Production.
• Maintain pressure relief valve schedules and documentation; complete turnaround inspection documentation and colleague coverage as assigned.

Contractors, projects and reliability

• Coordinate external NDT technicians, contract inspectors and contractors; verify quality requirements and documentation.
• Conduct toolbox talks, provide safety coaching and supervise contract inspectors and technicians.
• Inspect projects, verify welder qualifications and quality documents, and lead contract inspection teams during turnarounds.
• Identify reliability improvement opportunities, participate in RIT and coordination meetings, and conduct root-cause failure analysis with engineering colleagues.

Integrity, audits and reporting

• Track mechanical integrity actions, meet plant insurer requirements, manage insurance audits and conduct internal audits.
• Support compliance with OE, ISO 9001, Responsible Care, insurance and section procedures.
• Contribute to continuous improvement, comply with quality, health, safety, security and environmental controls, and prepare timely reports.
• Support development of Qatari employees where applicable.

Education and experience

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Physics or Chemistry.
• Required: 3–5 years of oil and gas industry experience.
• Preferred: Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering or Chemistry.
• Preferred: Petrochemical industry experience.

Inspection qualifications

• Expertise in corrosion control or cathodic protection, non-destructive testing and risk analysis.
• Hands-on pressure vessel, piping and welding inspection experience; ability to generate reports and understand inspection management and scheduling.
• Plant inspector certifications listed: API 510 pressure vessel inspector, API 570 piping inspector and API 653 aboveground storage tank inspector.