Job Description

Our client, The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) is a major midstream development spanning Uganda and Tanzania. It includes the construction and operation of a nearshore Marine Tanks and Terminals (MTT) facility in Tanzania. Once completed, the EACOP Company will operate a 1,443 km electrically heated crude oil export pipeline, transporting crude oil from Kabaale–Hoima in Uganda to the Chongoleani Peninsula near Tanga Port in Tanzania for export to international markets.

The Inspection Leader will be responsible for leading the EACOP inspection function and managing a multidisciplinary team of five inspection specialists covering pipeline, corrosion, site, methods, and contracts to ensure the effective execution of the inspection programme. The role involves establishing and implementing the inspection philosophy, ensuring proper coordination, organisation, and inspection processes to maintain the mechanical integrity of EACOP assets. The Inspection Leader will validate inspection scopes and campaigns, monitor team performance, and track key performance indicators (KPIs) including progress, budget, quality, and schedule adherence. In addition, the role requires providing coaching and technical guidance to Inspection Engineers on damage mechanisms, risk-based inspection practices, and inspection techniques, while supporting the development and continuous improvement of EACOP inspection standards, procedures, and referential documentation.

Principle Responsibilities

• Defines and reviews maintenance inspection philosophy.
• Establishes contact, processes, audit plan according to Standard, local requirement, and authorities.
• Participates in recruitment process and selection of inspection team.
• Establishes inspections services contract required for EACOP inspection plan.
• Coordinates Tanzania and Uganda inspections entities
• Analyzes and optimizes inspection activities efficiency.
• Reviews management of change request.
• Selects and review Risk base inspection tools required for EACOP asset.
• Ensures lifting register, flexible register, temporary repair database is up to date.
• Ensures welding qualification, material and procedure required for Pipeline emergency repair are available and up to date.
• Be the focal point for inspection and corrosion exchange.
• Reviews Inspection program, Intelligent pigging operation and partial field shutdown
• Participates in the Maintenance Inspection Budget preparation.
• Reviews the Inspection Reports, including analysis of inspection findings, fit for service assessment, recommendation for remedial actions.
• Participates in technical audits of contracted companies regarding Non-Destructive Testing, Welding, Piping/Pressure Vessel fabrication, Coating.
• Reviews the recommendations for corrective actions (material selection, design of equipment, coating, cathodic protection, operating conditions, corrosion inhibition…).
• Ensures that repair / modifications / procurement of equipment complies with the relevant regulations, company rules, technical codes, and norms.
• Manages team and resources.

Requirements

• Bachelor level or similar Mechanics or Materials Engineer (or equivalent) with emphasis on mechanics, materials, metallurgy, and corrosion.
• Knowledge of Oil & Gas process equipment, technology, and pipeline.
• Good knowledge of international Codes, Standards and Regulation related to the inspection discipline (ASME, API, NACE...).
• Good knowledge of materials, metallurgy, welding, corrosion, failure modes, Non-Destructive Testing, and inspection techniques.
• Knowledge of RBI methodology (Risk Based Inspection)
• Good knowledge of CMIMS (Computerized Maintenance & Inspection Management System).
• Good knowledge in Fitness for Service assessment methods (API RP 579, ASME, DNV...)
• Proficiency in oral and written English
• Minimum 10 years' experience as supervisor or leader in inspection related activities in the Oil & Gas industry or Refinery or Petrochemical Site.
• Experience in Full Field shut down inspection scope preparation and follow up.
• ERB Registration as a Professional Engineer

• Defines and reviews maintenance inspection philosophy.
• Establishes contact, processes, audit plan according to Standard, local requirement, and authorities.
• Participates in recruitment process and selection of inspection team.
• Establishes inspections services contract required for EACOP inspection plan.
• Coordinates Tanzania and Uganda inspections entities
• Analyzes and optimizes inspection activities efficiency.
• Reviews management of change request.
• Selects and review Risk base inspection tools required for EACOP asset.
• Ensures lifting register, flexible register, temporary repair database is up to date.
• Ensures welding qualification, material and procedure required for Pipeline emergency repair are available and up to date.
• Be the focal point for inspection and corrosion exchange.
• Reviews Inspection program, Intelligent pigging operation and partial field shutdown
• Participates in the Maintenance Inspection Budget preparation.
• Reviews the Inspection Reports, including analysis of inspection findings, fit for service assessment, recommendation for remedial actions.
• Participates in technical audits of contracted companies regarding Non-Destructive Testing, Welding, Piping/Pressure Vessel fabrication, Coating.
• Reviews the recommendations for corrective actions (material selection, design of equipment, coating, cathodic protection, operating conditions, corrosion inhibition…).
• Ensures that repair / modifications / procurement of equipment complies with the relevant regulations, company rules, technical codes, and norms.
• Manages team and resources.

• Knowledge of Oil & Gas process equipment, technology, and pipeline.
• Good knowledge of international Codes, Standards and Regulation related to the inspection discipline (ASME, API, NACE...).
• Good knowledge of materials, metallurgy, welding, corrosion, failure modes, Non-Destructive Testing, and inspection techniques.
• Knowledge of RBI methodology (Risk Based Inspection)
• Good knowledge of CMIMS (Computerized Maintenance & Inspection Management System).
• Good knowledge in Fitness for Service assessment methods (API RP 579, ASME, DNV...)
• Proficiency in oral and written English

• Bachelor level or similar Mechanics or Materials Engineer (or equivalent) with emphasis on mechanics, materials, metallurgy, and corrosion.
• ERB Registration as a Professional Engineer