Alberta, Canada

Job Family Group:

Discipline Engineering

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

October 19, 2026

Business Unit:

Downstream and Renewables

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

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Purpose

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 focuses primarily within a 90 day outlook ensuring the PEIM program for their assigned units is executed and supports medium to long term unit issues and opportunities. A portion of an Asset Inspector's time will be spent on the very short-term supporting emergent unit issues that threaten the business plan.

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

Dimensions

Reports to: Mechanical Supervisor

Direct Reports: No

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

Support integration of Shared Stewardship of Assets for Pressure Equipment Integrity across entire organization and help others in the organization understand their role in maintaining equipment integrity as related to corrosion control and proper design and maintenance of pressure equipment. The Inspector must be 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 successful candidate will be assigned to an Asset and will represent the Inspection discipline on a multi-discipline team. The ability to deal with multiple issues and to work collaboratively with a high sense of ownership is required. A broad skillset is required for this position, flexibility and willingness to learn new skills.

Coaching and mentoring of junior staff is an expected activity in order to develop the asset Inspection knowledge and skill pool. Coverage will be required for events such as unit upsets,



start ups, shut downs, and Turnarounds - Off Hours call out support when required.

Requirements

- Preferably a technical diploma in materials engineering technology or related discipline
- 2+ years of qualified 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
- 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, etc.).
- 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

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