Department: E&M

Location: Sumgait

Position summary

• Corrosion Engineer will be responsible for the ongoing evaluation, gap analysis, action item development, and improvement progress of the corrosion management system for Plant assets. Identify corrosion and damage mechanism, review inspection findings, recommend construction materials for repairs and replacement equipment.  
• Develop & implementation of anti- corrosion programs for all metallic assets, structures, pipelines, and equipment. Develop and implement corrosion monitoring & analysis software. 
• Included in these responsibilities will be training & mentoring interaction, organizing & leading corrosion related priorities and review & improvement of corrosion standards & procedures.
• The Corrosion Engineer will ensure safe, reliable operation and remove or mitigate risk within their area of responsibility.

Job duties

• Report to the Discipline Engineers Team Lead and work under his overall supervision and directions.
• Develop and ensure implementation of Corrosion Control procedure and other required documents for assigned area of plant assets. Provide technical guidance on application of codes, standards and design criteria.
• Establish corrosion control priorities including alignment between operational tasks and corporate philosophy. Develop and maintain corrosion protection plans.
• Participate Risk Based Inspection (RBI) studies, Critical analysis meetings etc. within the framework of Reliability and Maintenance program.
• Conduct identification of Thickness Measurement Location (TML) and Integrity Operating Windows (IOW) limits that used to determine the different variables that could affect the integrity and reliability of a process units. Calculating the remaining life of equipment and lines based on thickness measurement.
• Facilitate consistent application of Company corrosion control procedures across assigned area of Plant assets. 
• Participate in all activities related to corrosion monitoring (using corrosion coupons/probes) and corrosion prevention (Cathodic Protection, painting, chemical inhibitor, selection of corrosion -resistant material-CRA) in plant assets.
• Review and provide feedback on remedial action mitigation plans resulting from in-line inspections, cathodic protection surveys, close interval surveys, and internal corrosion inspections to assist in assuring development of cost-effective solutions consistent with corporate philosophy.
• Prepare regular corrosion report and submit to line manager. Participate in annual corrosion reviews including reviewing and feedback on the review report.
• Provide technical support to the site maintenance functions and leadership team, including construction standards and material requirements as part of corrosion control. 
• Provide technical expertise and assist in problem-solving to the supervisors and technicians for complex corrosion control issues, design for specialized or complex cathodic protection systems, and internal corrosion monitoring programs.
• Coordinate MOCs as required.
• Perform corrosion control failure analysis to determine root-cause and develop remediation plans. Participate in a group study of Criticality analysis, RCM, HAZOP, SIL, 5WHY, RCFA including leaks in static equipment and piping investigations etc. when required.

Accountability

• Accountable for delivery of technical decisions and solutions
• Engineer should hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the staff.
• Perform services only in areas of their competence.
• Act for each employer faithfully
• Avoid deceptive acts.
• Conduct themselves honourably, responsibly, ethically, and lawfully to enhance the honour, reputation, and usefulness of the profession.

Typical skill requirements

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience as a Corrosion Engineer or corrosion control experience.
• Strong knowledge of the international standards and codes NACE, ASME, API and ASTM especially inspection and corrosion standards such as API-571, API-579, API-580, API-570 and API-510. Having a relevant and valid NACE or API certificate is an advantage.
• Minimum of 5 years working experience in the areas of inspection, risk assessments and risk-based inspections, condition assessment, maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of pressure equipment, piping, tanks, corrosion control and mitigation in oil and gas or petrochemical industries

Language skills:

• English professional working proficiency. 
• It is desirable that he/she would also be able to speak and write in Azerbaijani and Russian.

Technical skills:

• The candidate should have a working knowledge of industry and government standards.
• Project and/or operations experience as a Corrosion Engineer.
• Degree in Metallurgy-Material Science, Mechanical or Chemical Engineering, preferably with qualification in corrosion engineering.

Training & education needed:

• Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgy--Material Science, Mechanical or Chemical Engineering.
• Chartered Engineer or Registered Professional Engineer desirable. 

Application procedure:

Interested candidates should follow the link.

The above vacancy is addressed to nationals of Azerbaijan or with permanent residency in Azerbaijan. All eligible applications for the advertised post will be assessed and given equal opportunities.