Corrosion & Materials Engineer - Houston, United States - BP Americas, Inc.

Description

**Entity:**

Production & Operations

**Job Family Group:**

Engineering Group

**Job Description:**

The Materials & Corrosion Engineer is responsible for providing corrosion and materials engineering expertise and judgement in the service of Gulf of Mexico (GoM) Region Integrity Management Team in support of managing engineering risks and the delivery of safe, compliant, and efficient operations.

This role proactively interacts with other disciplines, sub-functions, and contractors to systematically resolve Corrosion & materials related problems and applies pragmatic solutions focused on risk management, production efficiency, defect elimination, & standardization of engineering processes and workflows.

**Essential education:**

+ Degree in Corrosion or Materials Engineering related field (e.g., Chemistry, Chemical, Mechanical or Civil Engineering).

+ Professional accreditation e.g., Professional Engineer, Chartered Engineer (IOM3, IChemE, Institute of Corrosion), AMPP Senior Corrosion Technologist etc. preferred

**Essential experience and job requirements:**

+ At least **five years** experience working in the field of Corrosion or Materials Engineering in oil and gas production.

+ Operational corrosion management experience.

+ Technical expertise in several areas related to the discipline applied to Operations. These include:

+ Materials selection

+ Failure investigation

+ Corrosion mechanisms

+ Corrosion inhibition program design and optimization

+ Oilfield chemical treatments for corrosion control

+ RBA (risk-based assessment)

+ RBI (risk-based inspection)

+ Corrosion monitoring

+ Corrosion management systems

+ Fabric maintenance / painting

+ Cathodic protection

+ Erosion and erosion management

+ Familiar with industry standards for corrosion and integrity management and their application.

+ Familiar with process design, process safety, and operating conditions of typical O&G units.

+ People leadership, teamwork, and an ability to network and influence across organizational boundaries.

+ Individual must be highly motivated and a self-starter.

+ Fluent in English, written and oral.

+ Must be authorized to work in the U.S.

**In addition, it would be advantageous if you had the following experience and skills:**

+ Welding experience

+ Sour service.

+ Integrity management in oil and gas projects.

+ Inspection traditional techniques (UT / radiography / visual) and advanced techniques.

+ Metallographic analysis review and interpretation

+ Advanced knowledge of working with agile principles and tools

+ Digital skills fluency (e.g. Power BI, data organization and analysis)

+ Experience working collaboratively in a global organization.

+ Customer service oriented

**Key accountabilities**

+ Provide corrosion and materials engineering expertise to all relevant squads across P&O GoM business, namely Facility Support Squads (FSS) and Production Management squads (PMS) in the Production Delivery Unit (PDU) etc.

+ Own corrosion management systems by actively managing corrosion/erosion threats and barrier health and performance for all equipment class owners.

+ Develop and continuously improve performance management dashboards for corrosion management programs for the asset. Report key performance metrics (e.g. corrosion control matrices and LOPC data) on time and intervene where appropriate.

+ Ensure pragmatic solutions are identified and implemented to manage risk, production efficiency, defect elimination and standardization, to deliver safe, reliable, and compliant operations.

+ Lead corrosion threat assessments and evergreening for the responsible asset and projects and development of Corrosion and Materials mitigation programs by collaborating with other relevant teams.

+ Integrate with associated teams to ensure adequate equipment care, including production chemistry, pressure systems integrity, structural & civil engineering, and pipeline and subsea engineering.

+ Provide corrosion and materials engineering support to incident investigations, projects, etc.

+ Record relevant learning in shared learning systems, incorporate into local activities, specifications/ practices/ procedures and raise high priority lessons. Participate in Materials and Corrosion Community of Practice (CoP) meetings to learn and share lessons.

+ Review center issued technical guidance and/or standards/procedures and identify gaps and build plans to close gaps prioritized with risk management and value adding. Document GoM region practice.

+ Support the development of central tools and processes by providing timely feedback to integrate GOMs perspectives.

+ Support the deployment of corrosion & materials related technology programs developed by digital and center engineering teams and provide use cases.

+ Provide visible safety leadership in accordance with bp safety leadership principles, lifesaving rules and process safety fundamentals to model desired safety behaviours.

+ Lead performance management through implementation, measurement, and analysis of relevant metrics to drive continuous improvement for responsible asset.

**Why bp?**

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and ambitious environment We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly.

There are many aspects of our employees lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, and excellent retirement benefits, among others

**Travel Requirement**

Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role

**Relocation Assistance:**

Relocation may be negotiable for this role

**Remote Type:**

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

**Skills:**

Agility core practices, Agility core practices, Analytical Thinking, Commercial acumen (Inactive), Communication, Corrosion management, Corrosion modelling, Creativity and Innovation, Data Management, Digital fluency, Engineering Failure Analysis, Equipment preservation and protection, Erosion modelling, External degradation barrier selection, External degradation threats, Incident investigation and learning, Internal degradation barrier selection, Materials and corrosion design philosophy, Materials and weld performance limits, Materials manufacturing methods, Materials Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE), Materials of construction, Materials threat assessment and barrier selection, Mechanical Property Testing, Non-intrusive inspection planning (Inactive) {+ 7 more}

**Legal Disclaimer:**

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