Supervisor, Inspection

Job Overview

Supervise contract inspectors at the La Porte site in support of mechanical integrity and reliability improvement efforts.

Ensure all stationary equipment mechanical integrity activities meet or exceed local regulations, corporate inspection, engineering and maintenance standards, site inspection procedures, and the inspection workflow processes.

• Assign unit responsibilities to selected inspectors and support their efforts for routine, outage, turnaround, and program work.
• Improve group performance through implementation of work process and system enhancements.
• Manage performance of assigned staff utilizing both formal and informal methods.
• Coach and provide developmental opportunities for personnel within their remit.
• Ensure the quality of preparation, through others, for mechanical integrity inspections for outages and turnarounds at LPO.
• Coordinate with corporate personnel to ensure group alignment with LYB direction.
• Ensure that inspectors appropriately use company analysis tools, develop inspection plans, coordinate inspections, evaluate results, develop run/repair/replace recommendations, track inspection recommendations to closure, and keep all inspection data current, evergreen, and completed by due date.
• Oversee the use of RBI for guiding inspections that are subject to that method.
• Ensure efficient use of contract resources to complete equipment/piping inspections for routine and program efforts; review selected inspection reports for accuracy and initiate recommendations from the findings.
• Prepare annual, program, and special initiative budgets and control to the resulting plan.
• Oversee site mechanical integrity programs, including CUI/CUF/Paint, ensuring cost tracking and forecasting are completed.
• Coordinate periodic dialogs with maintenance, operations, team leads, and Production Maintenance Coordinators regarding inspection issues in assigned areas.
• Utilize inspection management systems and the maintenance management system SAP effectively.
• Review the Global Asset Integrity Standard (GAIS) for Fixed Equipment for Operational Excellence, corporate inspection and maintenance procedures, La Porte site specific procedures and standards, and ASME codes.
• Ensure all potential overdue inspection deferral forms are composed and submitted before due date when deferrals are unavoidable.
• Actively participate and cooperate in auditing and benchmarking activities of the inspection program.
• Audit the quality and completeness of inspection data in the inspection database and inspection files.

• Minimum of 5 years of Fixed Equipment Engineering experience in refining, petrochemical, or chemical process, or 10 years of experience as a Unit Inspector.
• Strong interpersonal leadership skills for effective communication of complex issues across the organization and for mentoring and consensus building.
• Understanding of business drivers, change management requirements, reliability processes, and maintenance and inspection workflow.
• Strong commitment to safety, personal integrity, and ethical conduct.

• BS degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• Previous supervisory experience with owner company direct reports.
• Certification in API 510 and/or API 570.

• Inspection and repair standards (API, ASME, NBIC and state/local regulations).
• Inspection techniques, API/CWI inspections, and evaluating inspection results per industry codes and standards.
• Mechanisms leading to equipment failure such as corrosion, erosion, stress corrosion cracking, fretting, etc.
• Fixed Equipment design and maintenance (piping, flange make‑up, pressure vessels, heat exchangers).
• Component failure analysis.
• Ability to apply computer software tools (SAP, Microsoft Office, Meridium).

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