Senior Internal Corrosion Engineer-Pipeline

Kinder Morgan is one of the largest energy infrastructure companies in North America. We own an interest in or operate approximately 79,000 miles of pipelines and 139 terminals, and 700 Bcf of working natural gas storage capacity. Our pipelines transport natural gas, gasoline, crude oil, carbon dioxide (CO2) and more. Our terminals store and handle petroleum products, chemicals, vegetable oils and other products.

Kinder Morgan is committed to being a good corporate citizen and conducting ourselves in an ethical and responsible manner. We spend hundreds of millions of dollars each year on integrity management and maintenance programs to operate our assets safely and to protect the public, our employees, contractors and the environment. Operationally, we continue to perform better than our industry peers relative to environmental, health and safety measures.

The responsibilities for this role include providing corrosion engineering, technical support, direction and oversight to the Company corrosion control program for the Natural Gas Pipeline business unit, including policy and procedure development and technical review and support of corrosion related issues and tasks. This position is part of KM's Operations Support Group (OSG) Corrosion Control department that includes 11 corrosion engineers/specialists reporting to the Manager-Corrosion Control, supporting corrosion control activities across all of Kinder Morgan.

Kinder Morgan offers competitive wages, 401(k) savings plan, retirement plan, comprehensive medical/Rx and dental plans, paid time off, paid holidays, hybrid work schedules, and a bonus program.

Job Description Provide an overall direction to the Company's internal corrosion program, ensuring consistent application of Company procedures in the Natural Gas Pipelines business unit.

Provide a high level of corrosion control technical expertise and problem-solving to the field-based corrosion supervisors and technicians for complex internal corrosion control, including site reviews, gas quality, analysis of corrosion coupons, liquid/solid sample analysis results interpretation, maintenance pigging schedules, and other internal corrosion monitoring and mitigation systems.

Provide support for the technical problems of the operations, measurement and gas quality, project engineering and engineering design departments.

Provide technical support for company internal corrosion control database software.

Direct and support the development and maintenance of company corrosion control standards and develop, maintain and conduct training for internal corrosion policies and procedures including O&M manual, design, construction, operator qualification program, and new training course materials.

Support Corrosion Supervisors and Corrosion Technicians as a subject-matter expert on KM standards and procedures, including O&M, construction standards, and material requirements related to corrosion control.

Review and provide feedback on remedial action mitigation plans resulting from in-line inspections and internal corrosion inspections to assist in assuring development of cost effective solutions consistent with corporate philosophy.

Assist in the technical development and mentoring of field-based corrosion control personnel through routine interactions and providing technical review and support.

Provide subject-matter expertise where needed in communications with DOT and state regulatory agencies and in corporate audits.

Support field operations use of corrosion control contractors as a liaison with contractors/materials suppliers and supply division- or company-wide coordination when applicable.

Make informed decisions involving internal corrosion mitigation requirements, such as corrosion treatment chemical selection, internal coatings, corrosion-resistant materials selection, and internal corrosion monitoring technologies such as coupons, probes, liquid and solid sampling, and develop recommendations on internal corrosion mitigation based on results from inline inspection.

Perform corrosion control failure analysis to determine root-cause working in conjunction with company metallurgists and laboratory personnel, and develop remediation plans.

Position may be filled at various levels depending on experience and job skills of the successful candidate
Education Minimum of BS in an Engineering or Science discipline, optimally with at least 10 years of in-depth corrosion control experience and working knowledge of internal corrosion monitoring and mitigation of natural gas pipelines, but other levels of experience may be considered.

Competencies/Skills Ability to effectively and efficiently perform job description requirements including those identified above.

Demonstrated excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Position requires working with various management levels and departments to achieve reliability results. Accomplished public speaking skills in formal situations for large audiences. Must have excellent writing…