Principal Materials and Integrity Consultant
Wood PLC

JOB DESCRIPTION

Wood's Consulting business is presently recruiting for a Principal Materials and Integrity Consultant to join our team in Houston, TX.

This is an opportunity to take an expert role in Assessing and Resolving Material and Corrosion Issues, Supporting Mechanical Integrity Programs, Assessing Equipment Fitness for Purpose, and providing general support to Life Extension and Condition Assessment Projects to ensure the safe and efficient operation of various facilities in the energy and petrochemical industries.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide materials and corrosion related expertise and recommendations.
• Produce material selection designs/reports.
• Lead or Advise studies regarding Risk Based Inspection and fitness assessment of pressurized equipment
• Define and recommend appropriate inspection techniques and development of inspection work plans when needed
• Produce engineering calculations based on engineering concepts and API/ASME standards
• Implement RBI commercial software and manage quality of data
• Write technical reports based on assessments, calculations and inspections
• Provide consultancy internally and externally on specialist IM discipline in RBI, Fitness for Service, and or Materials and Corrosion
• Liaise with specialized engineering disciplines for resolution of integrity related concerns
• Travel when required to client locations to coordinate project work, perform assessments, interact with NDE Technicians and Inspectors to collect the information needed for the mechanical integrity assessments
• Compliance with the company's Quality and HSE policies

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's Degree (Mechanical Engineer or related degree)
• A minimum of 20 years of diverse, mechanical integrity-oriented experience in the Oil & Gas business
• Must have at least 10 years of experience in a client-facing role
• Thorough understanding of Integrity Management, the RBI process, NDE, Fitness for Service, and Materials/Corrosion
• Knowledge of current construction codes of pressure vessels, piping, and tanks
• Excellent communication (written and spoken) with the ability to write high quality technical reports
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interface with clients and other disciplines.
• Demonstrated experience with integrity management databases
• Able/willing to travel for short periods of time (3 to 4 weeks)
• Willingness to develop a wide range of skills and flexibility to work on a variety of projects.
• Proficiency with corrosion modeling programs preferred.
• Must be a US citizen or authorized to work lawfully in the US, without sponsorship from Wood

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