Role & responsibilities

- Perform in-service and external inspections of process units and equipment.

- Conduct TA/SD inspections of all static equipment and piping, including pressure vessels, reactors, heat exchangers, tanks, spheres, columns, boilers, heaters, PSVs, and civil structures.

- Perform PSV testing and establish appropriate inspection intervals.

- Establish inspection intervals for all static equipment.

- Monitor and ensure QA/QC compliance for repair and fabrication activities, including welding qualifications, WPS, PQR, and ITP.

- Select appropriate NDT methods and evaluate the acceptance of NDT results.

- Identify, monitor, and mitigate corrosion and damage mechanisms.

- Perform corrosion loop assessments, RBI, IOW implementation, and RCFA activities.

- Perform integrity calculations, including corrosion rate, minimum required thickness (T-min), remaining life, and inspection interval assessments.

- Identify integrity gaps, analyze findings, and develop corrective action plans.

- Develop explicit and optimized shutdown inspection scopes for equipment and piping.

- Maintain and update inspection records.

- Manage thickness monitoring activities, including TML selection.

- Apply knowledge of materials, applicable codes, and industry standards.

- Prepare inspection reports with repair recommendations.





- Conduct inspections and monitoring for CUI, SBP, dead legs, and injection/mixing points.

- Develop and implement inspection and integrity procedures, including inspection checklists.

- Perform vendor qualification, selection, inspection, and performance monitoring.

- Conduct warehouse material inspections and review MTCs for acceptance, including PMI, visual inspection, and dimensional verification.

Preferred candidate profile

- 6-7 years of relevant experience in process industries, with hands-on exposure to inspection QA and asset integrity activities.

- Graduate or Diploma in Mechanical Engineering.

- API certifications such as API 510, API 570, API 571, and API 580 are preferred.

- Additional certifications such as AWS, CSWIP, NACE, and NDT are preferred.

- Strong knowledge of inspection techniques, quality assurance practices, and asset integrity management.

- Experience in process equipment inspection, statutory compliance, and integrity assessment activities.

- Good understanding of applicable industry standards, codes, and inspection procedures.

- Ability to prepare inspection reports, analyze findings, and recommend corrective actions.

- Strong communication skills and the ability to coordinate with cross-functional teams.

📌 Senior Engineer - Inspection & Asset Integrity (Chennai)
🏢 Kothari Petrochemicals
📍 Chennai