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About bp
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About the Role
The Materials & Corrosion Engineer is accountable for providing corrosion and materials engineering expertise and judgement in the service of the Refinery integrity teams and projects teams in support of engineering risk and the delivery of safe, compliant, and efficient operations.
Responsibilities
Provide corrosion and materials engineering expertise to refinery teams operations teams across P&O (production & operations) (Operations, Maintenance & Reliability, Projects Ops, Turnarounds) to manage corrosion and materials threats on equipment.
Ensure pragmatic solutions are identified and implemented to manage risk, production efficiency, defect elimination and standardization, to deliver safe, reliable, and compliant operations.
Support damage mechanism reviews (DMR) for new equipment and revalidations. Review and carry out corrosion rate assessment and prepare corrosion management documentation.
Provide corrosion input to risk-based inspection (RBI) plans.
Review inspection results and make repair recommendations.
Review and endorse corrosion-related metrics (e.g. corrosion control matrices and LOPC (Loss of Primary Containment) data) and intervene where appropriate.
Provide corrosion and materials engineering support to incident investigations.
May be required to support Biofuel and Biofuel pretreatment.
People and business related:
Provide visible safety leadership in accordance with bp safety leadership principles, lifesaving rules and process safety fundamentals to model desired safety behaviors
Record relevant learning in shared learning systems, incorporate into local activities, specifications/ practices/ procedures and raise high priority lessons
Support performance management through implementation, measurement, and analysis of relevant KPI’s to drive continuous improvement.
Education:
Must have education requirements:
Degree in Corrosion or Materials Engineering related discipline (e.g., chemical engineering, chemistry, mechanical engineering, civil engineering).
Post graduate certification in corrosion.
Must have certifications:
API 571 refinery damage mechanisms.
API 580/581 RBI.
Preferred education/certifications:
Professional accreditation e.g., Professional Engineer, Chartered Engineer (IOM3, IChemE, Institute of Corrosion).
Above ground storage tank inspection, inspection data analysis for corrosion rates, API 653 remaining life assessment and risk-based inspection plan development (will be beneficial).
Certification and/or in-depth knowledge NACE Senior Corrosion Technologist, BSI ISO/ ENI AS Standards, AWS/ CSWIP/ ASNT NDT Techniques
Relevant field experience with pressure systems integrity engineering for O&G processing facilities.
Experience job requirements:
Minimum years of relevant experience:
5+ years’ experience working in the field of Corrosion or Materials Engineering in refining operations.
Total years of experience:
5+ years’ experience working in the field of Corrosion or Materials Engineering in refining operations.
Must have experiences/skills (To be hired with)
Operational corrosion management experience.
Technical expertise in several areas related to the discipline applied to Refinery Operations. These include:
Refinery corrosion mechanisms
Refinery materials selection
Understanding of refinery processing units
Inspection techniques (e.g., UT, radiography, visual)
Failure investigation
Chemical treatments for corrosion control
Corrosion monitoring
Corrosion management systems for refinery operations
Fabric maintenance / painting
Certification and/or in-depth working knowledge in API 580, API 510, API 570, API 571, API 653, NACE Senior Corrosion Technologist, BS/ISO/EN/AS standards, AWS/CSWIP/ASNT NDT techniques
Familiar with industry standards for corrosion and integrity management and their application.
People leadership, teamwork, and an ability to network and influence across organizational boundaries.
Fluent in English, written and oral.
Familiar with process design, process safety, and operating conditions of typical O&G units
Individual must be highly motivated and a self-starter
Good to have experiences/skills (Can be trained for – learning/on-the-job):
Welding.
Sour service.
Integrity management in refineries and oil & gas projects.
Cathodic protection.
Erosion and erosion management.
Background in mechanical design, selection, fabrication and quality assurance of pressure equipment, heat exchangers, piping systems, valves, and pressure relief devices
Knowledgeable in Biofuel production, process of producing feedstock for various products
Knowledgeable in in pretreatment in Biofuel feedstock, reactions, product purification
Why join bp
At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.
There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, and excellent retirement benefits, among others!
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
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