Refinery Inspector
Valero is the best-in-class producer of essential fuels and products that are foundational to modern life. We invite you to join our ~10,000 employees to drive exceptional results for our company, the energy industry and our community.
As a Refinery Inspector you will ensure that refinery fixed equipment is reliable and safe to operate.
At Valero, we are committed to advancing the future of energy through innovation, ingenuity and unmatched execution. You can help achieve this goal if you can\:
- Monitor the fitness-for-service, safety and reliability of plant fixed equipment through thickness condition monitoring programs and visual inspections.
- Inspect fixed equipment and piping.
- Make cost-effective recommendations for repairs, materials selection, and other remedial action in support of long-term reliability.
- Develop piping and fixed equipment inspection plans, in accordance with API 510, API 570 and API 653, using rule-based and risk-based methodology.
- Select cost-effective inspection techniques to provide reliable assessment of refinery equipment remaining life.
- Interpret and evaluate inspection and NDE data.
- Evaluate corrosion monitoring data, predict equipment life and adjust inspection intervals as required.
- Maintain complete and accurate records during inspections so they can be transferred to the permanent files.
- Participate in the planning of and approve the execution of temporary repairs.
- Develop and maintain fixed equipment inspection procedures/practices.
- Review design/fabrication drawings and perform fabrication shop/field inspections to ensure conformance to specifications.
- Provide technical support to Operations, Maintenance and other refinery groups.
- Monitor and direct the daily activities of outside inspection contractors during turnarounds and special activities.
- Inspect and monitor all repair and construction work to ensure it is being done per the plans and adheres to all specifications and applicable codes.
- Monitor and report on the activities and quality of contractors in conjunction with their QA/QC representative.
This position is salaried exempt status, which means you are not eligible for overtime pay.