Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) SME

Job description

Wood is recruiting a Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) Subject Matter Expert to join its Projects team, delivering across oil and gas projects. The position is based in Oman for a duration of one year. The SME supports an operating refinery and petrochemical complex, leads and supports the transition from API RP 580 to API RP 581 within a GE-APM environment, and provides ongoing technical leadership for the site RBI and asset integrity program.

Responsibilities

• Lead the transition from API 580 qualitative/semi-quantitative RBI to API 581 quantitative RBI for refinery and petrochemical process units
• Implement and validate API 581 RBI models in GE-APM so they reflect actual operating conditions, materials of construction and process chemistry
• Assess legacy RBI studies and inspection plans for migration suitability and regulatory defensibility
• Identify data gaps typical of brownfield assets (corrosion rates, inspection history, damage mechanisms) and define remediation plans
• Act as the site RBI technical authority, providing governance, review and approval of RBI studies and updates
• Lead and support corrosion studies and damage mechanism reviews for crude, vacuum, hydrotreating, hydrocracking, RFCC, reforming, sulfur recovery and petrochemical units
• Develop and optimize risk-based inspection strategies for pressure vessels, piping, tanks, heat exchangers and associated static equipment
• Identify and analyse bad actors across refinery and petrochemical equipment populations and recommend changes to inspection, corrosion mitigation and operating practices
• Participate in management of change (MOC) reviews and support turnarounds by prioritizing inspection scope based on risk
• Deliver hands-on training and mentoring to site RBI, inspection and corrosion engineers

Requirements

• BSc degree in engineering (mechanical preferred)
• Over 10 years of experience in the petrochemical industry

Benefits

• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews
• Medical insurance
• Workmen's compensation: 3 x annual wage (up to a maximum of 5,000 OMR) on death or permanent disability
• Employee Assistance Programme

Skills

• API 580
• API 581
• Asset Integrity
• Corrosion
• GE-APM
• Risk-Based Inspection