Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, October 17 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Job Title: INSPECTION ENGINEER
Job Type: Full Time – 5d/w – with regular duty week and frequent EACOP site visit
Reports to: N+1: Inspection Lead
N+2: Head of Maintenance and Inspection
Location: MST – Tanga (prior site readiness location will be Dar es Salaam and construction sites)

WHO WE ARE
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project is a Midstream development located across Uganda and Tanzania that includes a nearshore Marine Storage and Export Terminal (MST). Once completed, the EACOP Company will operate the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, a 1443 km long electrically heated crude oil export pipeline that transports oil from Kabaale – Hoima in Uganda to the Chongoleani Peninsula near Tanga Port in Tanzania for crude export to the international markets.

JOB DIMENSIONS/ GENERAL JOB DESCRIPTION
The Inspection Engineer will support the EACOP Inspection Leader. He will cooperate with a team of 4 inspection specialists or engineers. He will be the interface for inspections activities between pipeline engineer, corrosion engineer, site method, contractors, and authorities. EACOP’s main equipment under inspection responsibility includes:
• Pipeline
• Vessel: Pig Receivers, Pig Launcher, drain drums, air vessels, Nitrogen cylinder, pressures vessels
• Fire heaters
• Structures: Exhaust stack, LOF Communication Towers
• Storage tanks
• Lifting equipment and structures
• Piping
• EPRS

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
• Establishes inspection services contract required for EACOP inspection plan.
• Analyzes and optimizes inspection activities efficiency.
• Reviews management of change request.
• Follow up and update Risk-based inspection tools for piping and vessel.
• Ensures lifting register, flexible register, and temporary repair database is up to date.
• Ensures welding qualification material and procedure required for Pipeline emergency repair are available and up to date.
• Be the focal point for inspection and corrosion exchange.
• Reviews Inspection program and partial Field shutdown.
• Reviews the Inspection Reports including analysis of inspection findings, fit for service assessment, and recommendation for remedial actions.
• Participates in technical audits of contracted companies regarding Non-Destructive Testing, Welding, Piping/Pressure Vessel fabrication, and Coating.
• Reviews the recommendation for corrective actions (material selection, design of equipment, coating, cathodic protection, operating conditions, corrosion inhibition…).
• Ensures that repair/modifications/procurement of equipment comply with the relevant regulation, company rules, technical codes, and norms.
• Prepares inspection scope and campaign with a follow-up of the performance of the team and objectives including monitoring of KPIs (progress, budget, etc…).
• Analyzes degradation modes or reports to be reviewed with Inspection Leader.
• Acts as Inspection lead deputy during inspection lead leave.
• Audits regularly required contractor and site.

HEALTH SAFETY & ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES
EACOP is committed to ensuring that the health, safety, and welfare of workers, communities, and the environment are well addressed and managed. Therefore, the employee is mandated to:
• Fully comply with Company H3SE (Health Safety Social Security & Environment) policies and Life Saving Rules.
• Actively participate in HSEQ and promote this culture to co-workers.
• Remain vigilant and maintain continuous awareness of potential unsafe conditions.
• Communicate to management any HSE related concerns and ways to improve them.
• Maintain a workplace & workspace that is safe, clean, and always neat – practice good housekeeping.

QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Academic Qualifications:
• Bachelor level or similar.
• Mechanics or Materials Engineer (or equivalent) with emphasis on mechanics, materials, metallurgy, and corrosion.
• Knowledge of Oil & Gas process equipment technology and piping.
• Good knowledge of international Codes, Standards, and Regulation related to the inspection discipline (ASME, API, NACE…).
• Good knowledge of materials, metallurgy, welding, corrosion, failure modes, Non-Destructive Testing, and inspection techniques.
• Knowledge of RBI methodology (Risk Based Inspection).
• Good knowledge of CMIMS (Computerized Maintenance & Inspection Management System).
• Good knowledge in Fitness for Service assessment methods (API RP 579, ASME, DNV…).
• Proficiency in oral and written English.
• ERB Registration as a Professional Engineer.

Experience Required:
• Minimum 6 years’ experience as supervisor or leader in inspection-related activities in the Oil & Gas industry or Refinery or Petrochemical Site.
• Experience in Full Field shutdown inspection scope preparation and follow-up.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 72

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
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The applicant must submit his/her Curriculum Vitae (CV) and a Cover Letter explaining why he/she is the suitable candidate for the position. Applicants are also required to provide details of three (3) referees, one of whom should be the most recent employer. Please submit your application only through ANY of the contact information provided below. Application deadline is on 31st October 2024.
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