Corrosion Supervisor

Kinetik•Midland, TX

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Administers and continuously improves the company’s corrosion control programs for natural gas, crude oil, NGL, and associated facility assets. Provides leadership, technical expertise, and strategic direction for internal corrosion, external corrosion, cathodic protection, maintenance pigging, and integrity-related activities while ensuring compliance with applicable federal, state, and company requirements. Directly supervises and develops Corrosion Technicians and other assigned personnel. Establishes employee goals and performance expectations while providing necessary coaching, mentoring, and technical guidance. Coordinates daily work activities, schedules, and field priorities to ensure efficient utilization of personnel and resources. Promotes and enforces a strong safety culture and compliance with company policies and procedures. Assists in the workforce planning, recruiting, training, and succession development of corrosion personnel. Oversees all aspects of the company’s cathodic protection program, including design, installation, maintenance, testing, and troubleshooting of cathodic protection systems. Reviews and evaluates annual survey data, CIS, AC/DC interference or any other applicable data. Directs investigation, prioritization, and remediation of cathodic protection deficiencies and external corrosion threats. Develops and executes monitoring and mitigation strategies to support long-term asset integrity and regulatory compliance. Reviews corrosion assessment data and makes recommendations regarding repair, replacement, rehabilitation, and mitigation activities. Provides technical leadership for internal corrosion monitoring and mitigation programs affecting assets. Reviews corrosion coupon, ER probe, UT monitoring, fluid analysis, solid analysis, gas quality, bacterial activity, and chemical treatment data to identify degradation mechanisms and integrity threats. Develops and enhances corrosion control strategies including chemical treatment, inhibition programs, pigging programs, operational changes, and monitoring enhancements. Coordinates with chemical vendors, laboratories, service providers, operations, facility personnel and foreign operators to optimize treatment effectiveness and program performance. Supports failure investigations and root cause analyses involving corrosion-related incidents or equipment failure and degradation. Ensures compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations, including DOT PHMSA requirements and company standards. Maintains required documentation, records, and reports necessary to demonstrate regulatory compliance. Provides technical support during regulatory inspections, audits, and compliance assessments. Assists with development and maintenance of corrosion control procedures, standards, and operating practices. Collaborates with Operations, Construction, Engineering, Environmental, and Regulatory departments to assist in developing solutions that improve asset reliability and integrity. Participates in Management of Change (MOC) reviews and asset risk evaluations. Assists in annual budgeting, forecasting, and capital planning for all corrosion related initiatives. Tracks and monitors KPI metrics to evaluate effectiveness and identify continuous improvement opportunities. Assists in the day-to-day maintenance pigging program activities. Supports field personnel towards internal corrosion mitigation strategies and operational reliability. Provides program performance updates and recommendations to Management. Serves as SME for corrosion control and mitigation activities. Maintains awareness of industry best practices, emerging technologies, and applicable industry standards. Supervises design and planning of new cathodic protection installations, deep well anodes and rectifier stations. Evaluates adequacy of cathodic protection systems through periodic measurements. Develops, scopes, directs, and supports projects such as ultrasonic thickness monitoring surveys, close interval and other field surveys, data interpretation and analysis, monitoring, and mitigation of external corrosion. Provides a high level of internal corrosion control technical expertise and problem-solving for complex internal corrosion control, including site reviews, gas quality, analysis of corrosion coupons, liquid/solid sample analysis results interpretation, maintenance pigging, and other general internal corrosion monitoring and treatment systems. Coordinates activities of vendors providing internal corrosion control analysis and chemicals. Performs all other duties as assigned.

Requirements

10 plus years of in-depth corrosion control experience and working knowledge of external and internal corrosion monitoring and mitigation of natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquid pipelines.
Experience managing third-party contractors and corrosion service providers.
Ability to analyze complex problems, interpret operational needs, and develop integrated solutions to issues impacting integrity, reliability and/or compliance.
Must be self-motivated and capable of working with minimal direct supervision.
Working knowledge of various Federal and State pipeline regulations including Integrity Management regulations.
Ability to handle stressful situation and respond to changing circumstances.
Ability to effectively manage priorities while working with various types of people.
Candidate will be a self-motivated and self-directed individual with good communication and computer skills.
High school diploma or GED required.

Nice To Haves

BS in Engineering is preferred (Mechanical, Chemical or Metallurgy).
Working experience and application knowledge of various pipeline industry related standards such as API, ASME, NACE, NFPA, and CSA, preferred.
Knowledge of DOT regulations and standards (49 CFR Part 192 & 195)
Proficient in Microsoft applications. (Excel, Word, Power-point, etc.)
Proficient in PCS-CPDM

Responsibilities

Administers and continuously improves the company’s corrosion control programs for natural gas, crude oil, NGL, and associated facility assets.
Provides leadership, technical expertise, and strategic direction for internal corrosion, external corrosion, cathodic protection, maintenance pigging, and integrity-related activities.
Ensures compliance with applicable federal, state, and company requirements.
Directly supervises and develops Corrosion Technicians and other assigned personnel.
Establishes employee goals and performance expectations while providing necessary coaching, mentoring, and technical guidance.
Coordinates daily work activities, schedules, and field priorities to ensure efficient utilization of personnel and resources.
Promotes and enforces a strong safety culture and compliance with company policies and procedures.
Assists in the workforce planning, recruiting, training, and succession development of corrosion personnel.
Oversees all aspects of the company’s cathodic protection program, including design, installation, maintenance, testing, and troubleshooting.
Reviews and evaluates annual survey data, CIS, AC/DC interference or any other applicable data.
Directs investigation, prioritization, and remediation of cathodic protection deficiencies and external corrosion threats.
Develops and executes monitoring and mitigation strategies to support long-term asset integrity and regulatory compliance.
Reviews corrosion assessment data and makes recommendations regarding repair, replacement, rehabilitation, and mitigation activities.
Provides technical leadership for internal corrosion monitoring and mitigation programs.
Reviews corrosion coupon, ER probe, UT monitoring, fluid analysis, solid analysis, gas quality, bacterial activity, and chemical treatment data.
Develops and enhances corrosion control strategies including chemical treatment, inhibition programs, pigging programs, operational changes, and monitoring enhancements.
Coordinates with chemical vendors, laboratories, service providers, operations, facility personnel and foreign operators.
Supports failure investigations and root cause analyses involving corrosion-related incidents or equipment failure and degradation.
Ensures compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations, including DOT PHMSA requirements and company standards.
Maintains required documentation, records, and reports necessary to demonstrate regulatory compliance.
Provides technical support during regulatory inspections, audits, and compliance assessments.
Assists with development and maintenance of corrosion control procedures, standards, and operating practices.
Collaborates with Operations, Construction, Engineering, Environmental, and Regulatory departments.
Participates in Management of Change (MOC) reviews and asset risk evaluations.
Assists in annual budgeting, forecasting, and capital planning for all corrosion related initiatives.
Tracks and monitors KPI metrics to evaluate effectiveness and identify continuous improvement opportunities.
Assists in the day-to-day maintenance pigging program activities.
Supports field personnel towards internal corrosion mitigation strategies and operational reliability.
Provides program performance updates and recommendations to Management.
Serves as SME for corrosion control and mitigation activities.
Maintains awareness of industry best practices, emerging technologies, and applicable industry standards.
Supervises design and planning of new cathodic protection installations, deep well anodes and rectifier stations.
Evaluates adequacy of cathodic protection systems through periodic measurements.
Develops, scopes, directs, and supports projects such as ultrasonic thickness monitoring surveys, close interval and other field surveys, data interpretation and analysis, monitoring, and mitigation of external corrosion.
Provides a high level of internal corrosion control technical expertise and problem-solving for complex internal corrosion control.
Coordinates activities of vendors providing internal corrosion control analysis and chemicals.
Performs all other duties as assigned.