Senior inspection engineer ( inspection of fixed equipment in oil and gas refineries )

Seeking a challenging mid-career role as senior inspection engineer (oil and gas field) in a well-established organization where I can utilize my capabilities, experience and skills to make a positive contribution, organizational and personal growth.

- Carry out all on-stream and shutdown inspection activities for fixed equipment, piping systems, pressure relieving devices and structures with utilizing NDE and modern inspection techniques in a professional way ensuring adherence to company inspection policies and HSE standards.
- Contribute to the development, implementation and regular review of the section's policies, procedures and systems to ensure consistent & systematic application of best practices and to Improve plan performance.
- Assess deterioration mechanisms, corrosion rates and investigation of failures in order to establish Inspection frequencies and corrective actions to prevent recurrences.
- Identify equipment threats and hazards, and proactively recommend solutions & alert management in order to maintain the integrity of all equipment.
- Liaise with the senior corrosion engineer to collate data on the output of the corrosion monitoring systems, the corrosion inhibitor injection system and advise on execution of Inspection plans accordingly in order to support integrity and protection of assets.
- Lead the review, updating and implementation of the Risk Based Inspection (RBI) methodology, to enhance plant integrity and reliability.
- Advise on repair techniques, materials selection, welding procedures, inspection and testing requirements in order to support process improvements and optimum operations.
- Train, support and develop the assigned staff and collaborate with colleagues to fulfill inspection tasks and lead a team of inspectors to cover all assigned activities.
- Participate in various site level audits and identify areas of concerns and prepare dedicated inspection procedures to follow-up their resolution in order to improve plant integrity.
- Prepare periodical and progress reports to keep top management informed about the progress of all initiatives and to facilitate decision making

Bachelor’s degree of metallurgical engineering and material science
Faculty of engineering - Cairo University –Egypt
Graduation date: July-2000

1 API-510 40057 Pressure vessel inspector
2 API-570 41405 Process piping inspector
3 API-653 43900 Storage tanks inspector
4 CSWIP 3.1 41001 welding inspector
5 CSWIP 3.2 61312/2 Senior welding inspector
6 RT LEVEL II Radiographic testing
7 UT LEVEL II Ultrasonic testing
8 MT LEVEL II Magnetic Particle testing
9 PT LEVEL II Liquid penetrant testing
10 VT LEVEL II Visual test
11 NACE CIP LEVEL I 36818 Coating and painting inspector

SKILLS:

- Inspection of fixed equipment, pressure vessels
- Piping inspection
- Inspection of storage tanks
- NDE inspection and evaluation
- Pressure tests: hydrostatic, pneumatic, leak test vacuum box, POP test for PSV
- Familiar with codes and standards such as ASME, AWS, API, NACE, TEMA, ASTM, NBIC.
- Workshop inspection activities
- Welding inspection
- Coating and lining inspection
- Refractory and insulation inspection
- Inspection of fired heaters and hydrogen reformers.
- Awareness and witnessing of inspection modern techniques such as Eddy current & IRIS for heat exchangers, air coolers and fired heaters, MFL inspection for bottom of tanks, GAMA scan for towers, UT leak detectors , hydrogen detectors etc.
- Thermo vision camera and skin temperatures