Fixed Equipment and Inspection Manager

Role Overview

This is a mechanical integrity role focused on fixed equipment support for a petrochemical environment. The position centers on helping the client manage risk-based inspection, resolve technical issues, improve asset performance, and choose suitable technologies.

Key Responsibilities

You will provide technical leadership for inspection and corrosion management across upstream and downstream oil & gas assets, while also contributing to asset integrity solutions and innovation through automation and improved methods.

• Lead technical support for fixed equipment mechanical integrity in petrochemical operations.
• Guide the client on RBI programs, troubleshooting, asset improvement, and technology selection.
• Provide technical leadership in inspection and corrosion management for upstream and downstream assets.
• Develop practical integrity solutions for asset integrity challenges.
• Create new approaches, automations, and methods that add value and differentiate Quest Global.
• Carry out fitness-for-service reviews, corrosion evaluations, and remaining life assessments.
• Direct integrity engineers and ensure workflow delivery with strong quality controls.
• Support pre-sales activities for new opportunities and post-sales execution for assigned projects.
• Help recruit skilled talent or train internal teams to meet delivery needs.
• Serve as a link between the customer, sales team, and global technical teams.
• Build and maintain strong customer relationships and support strategic partnership initiatives.
• Review technical scoping, estimates, feasibility, fitment, and solution design prepared by program and project leaders.
• Evaluate degradation in pressure equipment, heat exchangers, piping circuits, fired equipment, flares, above-ground storage tanks, and pressure relief devices.
• Track integrity indicators to support safe and reliable operations.
• Handle troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and stewardship of integrity recommendations.
• Identify bad actors and analyze equipment issues to reduce downtime.
• Use data analytics and digital tools to improve work practices through digital transformation.
• Own integrity effectiveness activities, including criticality assessment, consequence/complexity rating, risk-based strategies, task interval setting, review of findings, and strategy updates.
• Oversee regional integrity work-product metrics for quality, efficiency, and effectiveness.
• Coordinate knowledge transfer, learning sharing, skill management, and business relationships across global centers and affiliates.
• Mentor new team members and provide ongoing technical guidance.
• Adapt to agile ways of working and keep current with changing industry standards and practices.
• Review inspection results and define future actions.
• Perform mechanical thickness calculations and fitness-for-service assessments.

Experience and Technical Requirements

• Mechanical, Materials, or Chemical engineering degree with 3 to 15+ years of oil and gas experience in refining, petrochemical, LNG, or related industries.
• Strong understanding of upstream and downstream oil & gas operations.
• Knowledge of risk-based inspection methods, fixed equipment inspection procedures, inspection optimization, and piping circuitization/TML development.
• Familiarity with API damage mechanisms used in refinery and chemical settings.
• Experience with in-service inspection of fixed equipment and understanding of materials, standards, corrosion, and welding.
• Working knowledge of NDT methods, thickness inspection analysis, corrosion analysis, and inspection plan development/optimization.
• Exposure to inspection software such as APM Meridium, Pestra, or Credo.
• Ability to lead teams effectively.
• Strong command of office tools such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent spoken and written English communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills, flexibility, and a collaborative approach.
• Willingness to work shifts with schedule flexibility based on business needs.
• Open to working from different locations depending on business needs.
• Willingness to travel internationally as required.
• Awareness of operating-condition safety, SHE risks, spill/safety incidents, and equipment failure scenarios.
• Understanding of the roles and responsibilities of field/site engineers in oil and gas.
• Knowledge of corrective and preventive maintenance strategies.
• Working familiarity with key sections of ASME Sec Div. 1/2, ASME Sec V, ASME Sec IX, ASME Sec II, ASME B31.3/B31.1/B31.4/B31.8, and ASME PCC-2.
• Experience in field in-service inspection and repair of pressure equipment, heat exchangers, piping systems, pressure relief devices, and above-ground storage tanks.

Preferred Skills

• API 580, API 510, API 570, API 571, API 653, NACE Senior Corrosion Technologist, BSI ISO/ENI AS standards, and AWS/CSWIP/ASNT NDT techniques.
• Working experience with Meridium, Credo, Pestra, and SAP.
• Exposure to automation, AI, and IoT applications in oil and gas.

Eligibility

Any graduate with a degree in Mechanical, Materials, or Chemical engineering and relevant oil and gas experience may apply.

Additional Information

This role requires flexibility for shift work, multi-location support, and international travel as business demands change. The position also expects active collaboration across global teams, strong mentoring capability, and a continuous improvement mindset.