Corrosion Specialist

Plains Marketing•Cushing, OK

10d

About The Position

Plains All American is an industry-leading transportation and midstream provider specializing in transportation, storage, processing and marketing solutions for crude oil and natural gas liquids (NGLs). We own an extensive network of pipeline transportation, terminalling, storage and gathering assets in key crude oil and NGL producing basins and transportation corridors and at major market hubs in the United States and Canada. On average, Plains handles more than 6 million barrels per day of crude oil and NGL in its Transportation segment. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas. We are looking for highly-motivated individuals who enjoy working as part of a team in a dynamic and entrepreneurial work environment. Plains is looking to add a Corrosion Specialist that will develop, implement, administer, and continuously improve tools, processes, and programs within the Internal Corrosion Control Program and will be considered an SME for internal corrosion control and regulatory compliance. The role oversees the division’s internal corrosion program to ensure tasks are executed in alignment with company corrosion control procedures.

Requirements

AMPP Internal Corrosion Technologist Certification or willing to acquire certification within 2-years.
Understanding of PHMSA and CER Regulations.
Strong understanding of internal corrosion.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Must be able to implement and sustain a plan.
Valid US drivers’ license with a clean abstract.
Must hold a valid passport to be able to make business trips to Canada.
Cleared criminal history (background) and satisfactory reference checks.
Compliance with the Company’s drug and alcohol policy including pre-employment screening.

Nice To Haves

3-years of internal corrosion experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Support the internal corrosion program to meet regulatory compliance and participate in regulatory audits.
Ensures day-to-day execution of internal corrosion program including chemical application, pigging regiment, and operational parameters.
Work with existing internal corrosion database to pull and verify information, specifically CIM, Irth, and/or Maximo.
Completes required internal corrosion tasks and associated reporting.
Make data driven decisions by analysis of corrosion coupons, bacteria sampling, water chemistry, pigging reports, and integrity-based inspections.
Monitor program KPI’s and communicates execution to appropriate stakeholders.
Provide support to other departments in determining mitigation efforts for internal corrosion.
Assist in development of internal corrosion budget and responsible for budget management.
Ensure successful program implementation and new programs and process rollouts are effective.
Willing to travel up to 20% - will involve travel to the US sites and Canada.