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Asset Inspector - Upgrader


Shell
2 days ago
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What's the role

The Asset Inspector is responsible for pressure equipment integrity at our Scotford Upgrader. The role manages aspects of inspection, materials, welding, quality control, quality assurance, equipment design, procedure review, and creating or updating pressure equipment standards and specifications.

In addition, the Asset Inspector provides technical support to production and maintenance on day-to-day plant issues and during plant operational and equipment problems. The Asset Inspector ensures all pressure equipment is designed, fabricated, operated, inspected, maintained, altered and repaired in a manner that provides pressure equipment integrity conforming to required regulations and standards. This team member is an advocate for Pressure Equipment Safety and strives towards ZERO LEAKS. The Asset Inspector proactively improves and executes the site pressure equipment integrity management (PEIM) system and work processes.

The Asset Inspector is a credible spokesperson, capable of delivering potentially unpopular recommendations, with clarity and conviction. Critical decisions are often required with limited data and little time to evaluate alternatives. The Asset Inspector has the ability to deal with multiple issues, prioritize accordingly, and to work collaboratively with a high sense of ownership.

The Asset Inspector will work primarily with other Asset Inspectors, Technologists, Engineers, Production Specialists, Maintenance Team Leads, as well as others in the Mechanical, Routine Maintenance, Technology, and ICE (Instrumentation, Controls, Electrical) Teams within their Production Asset.

Accountabilities:
  • Daily activities of reviewing shift logs and shift plans in preparation for daily team meetings
  • Plan, coordinate, and execute integrity inspections, assessments, recommendations, and monitoring requirements including maintaining unit KPIs
  • Responsible for the implementation of the pressure equipment integrity management (PEIM) program for the assigned process unit
  • Maintenance of the Inspection database system (IMS)
  • Pressure Equipment Integrity (PEI) Focal for Maintenance Team Leaders and Asset Shift Team Leaders within their area to quickly resolve emergent threats to the business plan
  • Assessment, analysis, optimization, and documentation of Inspection results
  • Support Shell Risk Based Inspection (RBI) assessments
  • Responsible for creation of piping and equipment repair plans and their adherence to API, ASME, and jurisdictional ABSA requirements
  • Technical review and support of management of change (MOC) work, equipment inspection deferrals or extensions, and RBI assessments
  • Technical support of equipment re-rating, fitness for service evaluations and remaining life assessments
  • Review and approval of construction and repair Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs)
  • Responsible for the placement, monitoring, and RBI assessment of condition monitoring locations (CMLs) on equipment and piping, while optimizing to assure integrity and efficiency
  • Troubleshoot failures & provide recommendations for repair / replacement based on materials failure analysis, causal analysis, and root-cause analysis
  • Perform maintenance & integrity quality assurance duties on assigned assets
  • Provide direction, monitor the progression, and review reporting of non-destructive examination (NDE) in their assigned units, ensuring the personnel safety of NDE contractors working in their respective area
  • Input to annual budget process for integrity/inspection issues
  • Assist and coach team members in removing and overcoming barriers they find with executing pressure equipment (PEI) integrity activities
  • Support the PEI work process through all 5 stages (degradation assessments, inspection planning, perform inspection, analyze results, corrective action)
  • Work collaboratively with our customers and stakeholders in Production, Maintenance, Projects, Turn Around, Engineering and Technology teams
  • May be required to fill a reserve worker role


What you bring
  • Must have legal authorization to work in Canada on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer
  • Preferably a technical diploma in materials engineering technology or related discipline
  • You must have 2 years of professional experience at petrochemical or other industrial sites
  • Desired certifications include API 510, 570, 653 and ABSA In-service Pressure Equipment (Boiler) Inspector, or are being worked towards
  • Experience with NDE techniques, both conventional and advanced
  • You must have a solid working knowledge of pressure equipment design, corrosion mechanisms, codes & standards, inspection techniques, welding, metallurgy and process safety
  • Solid working knowledge of applicable piping, pressure vessels, storage tanks and heat exchangers industry standards (ASME Pressure Vessel and Pressure Piping Codes, API, ASTM, WRC)
  • Knowledge in the application of RBI is an asset
  • Fluent with MS Office suite of software incl. PI and Process Book
  • Ability to decipher ambiguous data and articulate the meaning
  • Ability to support during off hours and overtime as required to support with urgent plant issues


What we offer

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people in an innovative work environment. You'll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You'll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.
  • Progress as a person as we work on innovative projects together
  • Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead
  • Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices
  • Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise
  • Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself
  • Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working
  • Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase; our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world
  • Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents
  • Join an organization working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world
  • We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply
  • Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams
  • Gain access to a wide range of training and development programs

We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world's most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, click here .

Shell in Canada

Shell Canada is part of a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies with an average of 92,000 employees in more than 70 countries and has been operating in Canada since 1911.

Shell Canada is one of the few truly integrated energy companies in Canada with all of Shell's global businesses represented, including upstream, integrated gas, downstream, and renewables and energy solutions. That means we do everything from exploration, gas production, refining and manufacturing, to providing fuels and developing energy solutions for our customers.

At a glance, our businesses and projects in Canada include:
  • Joint Venture Partner (40%) with LNG Canada which will export Canadian natural gas to Asian markets
  • Shale gas and liquids assets in Alberta and British Columbia
  • A network of 1,400 retail stations across Canada
  • The Scotford Complex in Alberta, includes an upgrader, chemicals plant and is home to the Quest carbon capture and storage facility
  • The Sarnia Manufacturing Centre refinery in Ontario
  • Investments in renewables and energy solutions, including EV charging, hydrogen and biofuels
  • 15 Shell-owned distribution terminals, three of which have marine operations
  • Shell Aviation Canada delivers across a network of 27 airport fixed-based operations and airport consortiums, from coast to coast. Shell Aviation provides 1.7 billion liters of high-quality fuel annually in Canada and offers reliable and safe into-plane delivery.
  • Strong Sulphur and Lubricants businesses as well as an innovative Supply and Trading business
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JOB SUMMARY
Asset Inspector - Upgrader
Shell
Fort Saskatchewan
2 days ago
N/A
Full-time

Asset Inspector - Upgrader