Corrosion Specialist

Summary

The Corrosion Specialist provides technical leadership and field support for corrosion control activities to ensure the safe and reliable operation of company assets. This role supports corrosion technicians and management by offering expertise in corrosion monitoring, mitigation, and regulatory compliance.

The Corrosion Specialist shall apply corrosion knowledge and skills to lead in and be a Subject Matter Expert (SME) of design, repair, installation, troubleshooting, and analysis. The Corrosion Specialist is also responsible for reviewing and analyzing predictive and preventive maintenance Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for their assigned area in accordance with applicable Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Best Practices (BP) and Engineering Standards (ES).

• Provides technical expertise, training, qualification evaluations and continuous guidance to Operations corrosion technicians and management.
• Provides technical expertise and guidance to Operations and Engineering for the design, implementation, monitoring, and troubleshooting of the Company’s corrosion control/cathodic protection assets.
• Works closely with the Corrosion Technicians, Operations and Chemical Treatment vendors to ensure proper application and monitoring is identified to mitigate internal corrosion.
• Acquire and maintain all corrosion‑related Operator Qualification (OQ) tasks required for a Corrosion Technician to execute their job responsibilities and, when required, perform OQ evaluations for those tasks.
• Has advanced qualifications and experience in the following subjects and/or tasks related to the corrosion control field:
  • corrosion control regulations;
  • integrity management regulations;
  • external/internal/atmospheric corrosion monitoring and mitigation SOP’s, BP’s and ES’s;
  • assessment and repair of pipeline defects;
  • technical support, training and qualification/evaluation of corrosion technicians;
  • design of cathodic protection systems;
  • working knowledge of corrosion control databases and field data collection devices;
  • corrosion and pipeline data management and integration;
  • specifications for contract corrosion control services.
• Knowledge, skill and ability to:
  • consistently analyze and resolve corrosion control issues involving multiple components, personnel, and operations;
  • document activities and inspections and review reports for accuracy of data and information;
  • interpret and apply the company’s procedures with an appreciation of underlying industry codes and standards and government regulations;
  • defend the company’s technical and procedural positions related to corrosion control activities and represent the company in an agency audit, inspection, or enforcement action.
• Specific responsibilities related to the support and QA/QC of work done by Area Corrosion Technicians includes but are not limited to:
  • Cathodic protection system design and installation to include impressed current and galvanic anode systems; deep and shallow anode ground beds.
  • Provides technical support related to:
    • external corrosion control monitoring and mitigation with in‑depth knowledge of rectifiers, test points, bonds, close‑interval survey, current demand, etc.;
    • cathodic protection testing/troubleshooting, including interference testing and mitigation;
    • internal corrosion monitoring and mitigation with in‑depth knowledge of internal corrosion coupons, internal corrosion sampling and analysis and use of internal corrosion inhibitors and biocides;
    • atmospheric corrosion monitoring and mitigation to include coating inspections, coating failure investigations and re‐coating/painting specifications, management and oversight.
• Ability to analyze and resolve corrosion control problems involving technical as well as personal performance issues and document findings and recommendations.
• Identifies potential gaps with company procedures written to comply with state and federal regulations and department technical policies and practices and when necessary initiates SOP, Engineering Standard, and BP changes or participates in their review or development related to corrosion control. Trains field personnel, implements procedures, and…