Flint Hills Resources - Corpus Christi, TX

posted 14 days ago

Full-time - Mid Level
Corpus Christi, TX
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing

About the position

The Corrosion and Materials Engineer at FHR in Corpus Christi, TX is responsible for managing damage mechanisms on various refinery equipment, including process piping and pressure vessels. This role involves providing engineering support, conducting assessments, and ensuring compliance with safety and industry standards to enhance equipment reliability and integrity.

Responsibilities

  • Follow safety rules and regulations and promote a positive safety culture
  • Provide corrosion and materials engineering support for the facility, including material selection for projects and influence corrosion control designs for new construction and asset changes
  • Identify damage mechanisms and assist with inspection recommendations to ensure the damage is effectively identified
  • Participate in equipment maintenance scoping and damage mechanism service life evaluation
  • Support or conduct API 579 fitness for service assessments
  • Apply industry standards to advance fixed equipment degradation reliability and mechanical integrity
  • Contribute to the development and updating of corrosion control documents risk based inspection (RBI), injection and mix point, HTHA, etc.
  • Maintain corrosion-related Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and reporting
  • Participate in Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) and recommend corrosion control solutions
  • Assist in maintaining corrosion program standards, procedures, technical guidelines, and forms
  • Understand and develop relationships with internal stakeholders
  • Apply economic and risk-based thinking in assessing asset integrity/reliability and threat mitigation effectiveness
  • Provide infield technical support during maintenance events, including confined space entry

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or relevant technical field (preferably Chemical, Corrosion, Metallurgical, or Materials Science/Engineering)
  • Working experience with corrosion control and damage mechanisms in a refining or petrochemical environments
  • Minimum 3-5 years relevant experience
  • Must be able to meet the physical requirements of the job

Nice-to-haves

  • Knowledge of industry standards, RAGAGEP, relating to damage mechanisms and corrosion control
  • Experience with failure analysis and incident investigation techniques
  • Experience with risk based inspection (RBI)
  • Experience with corrosion control documents
  • Basic knowledge of fixed equipment design and material selection process
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