Quest Global

Engineering services, digital transformation, asset management

Lead Engineer

Mechanical Maintenance and Reliability EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

This is a mechanical integrity technical position supporting fixed equipment in a petrochemical facility.
The candidate must have an engineering degree in Mechanical, Materials, or Chemical Engineering and 6 to 8+ years of oil and gas experience in refining, petrochemical, LNG, or oil and gas.
The candidate must have sound knowledge of upstream and downstream oil and gas business, including risk-based inspection methodologies, fixed-equipment inspection tasks and procedures, inspection optimization, piping circuitization and thickness measurement location development, API damage mechanisms for refinery and chemical operations, and in-service inspection of fixed equipment.
The candidate must know materials and standards, corrosion and welding, non-destructive testing, thickness inspection management and analysis, corrosion management and analysis, and inspection plan development and optimization.
The candidate must have knowledge of APM Meridium, Pestra, Credo, or similar software.
The candidate must have working knowledge of oil and gas plant operations, operating-condition safety, SHE risks, spill and safety incidents, equipment failure opportunities, and the roles and responsibilities of engineers working in oil and gas field or site settings.
The candidate must know corrective and preventive maintenance strategies and international standards for equipment design, quality, procedures, and approvals.
The candidate must have working knowledge of key sections of ASME Section VIII Division 1 and 2, ASME Section V, ASME Section IX, ASME Section II, ASME B31.3, B31.1, B31.4, B31.8, and ASME PCC-2.
The candidate must have experience with in-service field inspection and repair of pressure equipment, heat exchangers, piping systems, pressure relief devices, and above-ground storage tanks in operating units.
The candidate must have experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
The candidate must have strong written and verbal communication skills in English and the ability to work collaboratively with other teams.
The candidate must be willing to work flexible shift timings, work at different locations based on business requirements, and travel internationally as required.

Responsibilities

Provide technical support to clients, focusing on managing risk-based inspection programs, troubleshooting, asset improvement, and technology selection.
Provide technical leadership in inspection and corrosion management for upstream and downstream oil and gas assets, and deliver technical solutions in asset integrity.
Create innovative solutions, automation, and methodologies to differentiate the company’s services.
Perform integrity assessment and assurance activities, including fitness-for-service assessments, corrosion evaluations, and remaining-life studies.
Drive and manage integrity engineers executing workflows while maintaining quality at scale.
Provide presales support for new business deals and post-sales support for assigned projects.
Drive core team members to recruit skilled resources or train internal resources to achieve targets.
Act as a bridge between customers, the sales organization, and global technical teams.
Lead, develop, nurture, and manage global customer relationships and drive strategic partnerships for unique business situations and complex technology needs.
Review technical scoping, estimation, fitment, and feasibility studies, customer expectations, and solution designs prepared by program managers and project leaders.
Evaluate degradation of pressure equipment, heat exchangers, piping circuits, fired equipment, flares, above-ground storage tanks, and pressure relief devices.
Monitor and surveil integrity parameters to ensure reliable operations.
Troubleshoot integrity issues, perform root-cause analysis, and steward integrity recommendations.
Identify and analyze bad actors to reduce equipment downtime.
Apply data analytics and digital tools and technologies, and operationalize improved work practices through digital transformation.
Manage overall integrity effectiveness, including criticality assessments, consequence and complexity ratings for fixed equipment, fit-for-purpose risk-based strategies, optimum task intervals considering local regulations and statutory requirements, timely review of inspection findings, and ongoing strategy updates.
Provide regional oversight and stewardship of integrity work-product metrics for quality, effectiveness, and efficiency in meeting business-unit and manufacturing-site objectives.
Coordinate and communicate with global centers and business affiliates on knowledge transfer, sharing lessons learned, skill management, and business relationships.
Provide technical mentoring and continuous on-the-job guidance to new team members.
Stay current with industry standards and practices, and improve company work processes and practices based on learning and experience.
Analyze inspection results and recommend future actions.
Perform mechanical analysis of required thickness and fitness-for-service assessments.

Desired Qualifications

Certification and in-depth working knowledge of API 580, API 510, API 570, API 571, API 653, NACE Senior Corrosion Technologist, BSI ISO/EN standards, AWS, CSWIP, or ASNT non-destructive testing techniques.
Experience with Meridium, Credo, Pestra, and SAP.
Experience implementing automation, artificial intelligence, and Internet of Things techniques in oil and gas portfolios.

Job Requirements <ul><li>This position is a mechanical integrity technical position for fixed equipment in support of petrochemical facility</li><li>This position provides technical support to the client with a focus on managing the risk based inspection program, troubleshooting, asset improvement, and technology selection</li><li>Provide strong technical leadership in Inspection/Corrosion Management for Oil & Gas upstream/downstream assets</li><li>Provide technical solution in upstream/downstream Asset Integrity</li><li>Has ability to create innovative solutions /automations/ methodologies to build a differentiation for Quest Global</li><li>Integrity assessment/assurance activities like FFS, Corrosion Evaluations and Remaining Life Studies</li><li>Drive and manage Integrity Engineers to execute the workflows with Quality at scale </li><li>Provide pre-sales support for new business deals and post-sales support for the new projects assigned</li><li>Drive core team members to recruit skilled resources or train internal resources to achieve the targets</li><li>Act as a bridge between customer, sales organization and global technical teams</li><li>Lead Develop, nurture and manage global customer relationships and drive strategic partnering initiatives to address unique business situations and complex technology needs</li><li>Review technical scoping, estimation, fitment and feasibility studies, mapping customer expectations and solution design, prepared by Program Managers and Project Leader</li><li>Degradation evaluations related to pressure equipment, heat exchangers, piping circuits, fired equipment, flares, above ground storage tanks, and/or pressure relief devices.</li><li>Monitoring and surveillance of integrity parameters to ensure reliable operations.</li><li>Troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and integrity recommendation stewardship.</li><li>Bad actor identification and analysis to reduce equipment downtime.</li><li>Data analytics, digital tools/ technologies and operationalize upgraded work practices through digital transformation.</li><li>Overall integrity effectiveness and management which includes, criticality assessments, consequence/ complexity rating of fixed equipment, development of fit-for-purpose risk based strategies, setting optimum task intervals including considerations to local regulations/ statutory requirements, timely review of inspection findings, and ever-greening of strategies.</li><li>Regional oversight and stewardship of integrity work product metrics for quality, effectiveness, and efficiency in achieving business unit/ manufacturing site objectives.</li><li>Coordination and communication between various global centers and business affiliates for various aspects like, knowledge transfer, sharing learnings, skill management and maintaining business relationships.</li><li>Technical mentoring and continuous on-the-job guidance to new members in the team.</li><li>Ability to learn and adapt to an agile and flexible working environment, continuously stay abreast of latest developments in industry standards/ practices, bring in leanings/ experience to challenge and improvise company work processes/ practices.</li><li>Analysis of inspection results and recommended future actions</li><li>Perform mechanical analysis of required thickness and fitness for service assessments</li></ul> Work Experience <ul><li>Engineering degree (Mechanical/Materials or Chemical) 6 to 8+ years of oil gas experience in related industry (refining/petrochemical/LNG/oil & gas) </li><li>Should have sound knowledge on Oil & Gas upstream and downstream business in the following areas </li></ul>- Risk Based Inspection methodologies - Fixed equipment inspection tasks/ procedures - Inspection Optimization - Piping Circutization/TML development - API Damage Mechanisms of Refinery/Chemicals - In-service inspection of all types of fixed equipment - Knowledge of materials and standards - Knowledge of corrosion & welding - Knowledge of NDTs -Thickness inspection management and analysis- Corrosion management and analysis- Inspection plan development/ optimization.- Knowledge of software (APM Meridium/Pestra/Credo, etc.) - Ability to lead teams - Excellent communication <ul><li>Should have working knowledge of oil and gas plant operations </li><li>Should have exposure to Operating condition Safety, SHE risks, spill/ safety incident and equipment failure opportunities </li><li>Should have Knowledge of various roles and responsibilities of engineers working in the oil and gas field/site </li><li>Should have knowledge of corrective and preventative maintenance strategy </li><li>Should have knowledge of International standards in design, quality, and procedures for approved equipment</li><li>Working knowledge in key sections of ASME Sec Div. 1/2, ASME Sec V, ASME Sec IX, ASME Sec Il, ASME B31.3/ B31.1/ B31.4/ B31.8, ASME PCC-2</li><li>Field in-service inspection and repair of pressure equipment, heat exchangers, piping systems, pressure relief devices and above ground storage tanks in operating unit</li><li>Experience with Office applications (Word, Excel, and Power Point)</li><li>Strong verbal/ written communication skills in English</li><li>Good interpersonal skills, adaptability and working collaboratively with the other teams </li><li>Willing to work in shift timings with flexibility to meet business needs</li><li>Flexible to work in different locations depending on business requirement</li><li>Flexibility to travel internationally as per business needs</li></ul> Good to have skills:<ul><li>Certification and in-depth working knowledge in API 580, API 510, API 570, API 571 , API 653, NACE Senior Corrosion Technologist, BSI ISO/ ENI AS Standards, AWS/ CSWIP/ ASNT NDT Techniques</li><li>Experience with Meridium/Credo/Pestra and SAP </li><li>Implementation of Automation, AI, IOT techniques in Oil & Gas Portfolio </li></ul>

About the Company

Quest Global

Engineering services, digital transformation, asset management

QuEST Global provides engineering and lifecycle services across aerospace, automotive, energy, healthcare, and transportation, focusing on digital transformation and asset management. It uses edge computing, cloud, AI/ML, and industrial IoT to deliver tailored engineering solutions through long-term partnerships, service contracts, project-based engagements, and strategic collaborations. It differentiates itself with a broad industry footprint, global delivery model, and emphasis on partnerships, talent development, and workplace culture. Its goal is to help clients improve operational efficiency and drive business growth by transforming engineering processes and assets with digital tools and data-driven management.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: Growth Equity (Venture Capital)
Total funding: $581M
Headquarters: Greenville, SC
Founded: 1997

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