Equipment Specialist

Fixed Equipment Specialist (Engineer) — INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA.
Location
: TBD (Hybrid).

The Fixed Equipment Specialist is the senior enterprise‑wide technical resource for pressure vessels, heat exchangers, storage tanks, piping systems, and relief devices across INEOS O&P USA. Reported to the Equipment Integrity Manager & Technical Authority, the role provides deep subject‑matter expertise that underpins enterprise decisions on equipment lifecycle care, turnaround scope, and capital investment across more than $15B of enterprise replacement value assets.

• Define and guide enterprise asset‑care strategies for fixed equipment, including risk‑based inspection intervals, replacement timelines, and renewal paths for pressure vessels, heat exchangers, storage tanks, and piping.
• Ensure strategies reflect known degradation mechanisms, usage profiles, operational history, and current asset condition data.
• Champion a long‑term planning mindset for high‑risk and high‑value assets across all sites, balancing operational pressures with lifecycle integrity outcomes.
• Support the Equipment Integrity Manager in developing and maintaining enterprise‑level fixed‑equipment standards, asset‑care practices, and lifecycle frameworks.
• Drive standardization of strategy development, documentation, and review practices across all sites.

• Serve as the enterprise senior technical resource for severe or complex fixed‑equipment integrity and mechanical problems, providing authoritative guidance to site engineering and inspection teams.
• Act as the go‑to resource for site‑based mechanical and inspection engineers, supporting troubleshooting, design evaluation, and repair planning.
• Provide design input for replacements and modifications involving pressure vessels, heat exchangers, storage tanks, and piping systems.
• Lead and support failure investigations, contributing root‑cause analysis, metallurgical evaluation, and recommendations for systemic corrective actions.

• Ensure all critical fixed equipment is accurately represented in PCMS, including pressure vessels, exchangers, storage tanks, and piping circuits.
• Establish enterprise best practices for managing and maintaining fixed‑equipment records in PCMS and coach site leads on consistent application.
• Maintain complete and accurate equipment history, including prior inspections, repairs, fitness‑for‑service evaluations, and planned replacements.
• Partner with the Chief Inspector and site inspection leads to ensure data integrity and use of PCMS as the foundation for inspection planning, lifecycle decisions, and capital prioritization.
• Drive continuous improvement in fixed‑equipment data quality and PCMS utilization across all sites.

• Provide enterprise‑level technical stewardship for the relief device program, covering more than 4,000 devices across O&P USA.
• Ensure relief device population data, testing intervals, and condition records are accurately maintained and traceable.
• Coach site engineering and inspection teams on relief device sizing, selection, testing, and repair best practices.
• Support root‑cause investigations involving relief device failures or in‑service events, offering technical expertise on design adequacy and program effectiveness.
• Partner with site relief systems engineers, the Chief Inspector, and external test contractors to drive consistent execution of inspection, testing, and repair programs.
• Monitor industry incidents and code developments to ensure programs remain current with API
  520/521, ASME Section VIII, and applicable RAGAGEP.

• Provide technical support for turnaround scope development, ensuring high‑risk fixed equipment is appropriately evaluated, scoped, and timed.
• Inform capital investment needs based on lifecycle risk, expected equipment longevity, and condition‑based strategies.
• Ensure project proposals for replacement or upgrades are submitted early enough for business prioritization and funding alignment.
• Support post‑turnaround reviews…