Manager, South Texas Facility Integrity (STX)

Buckeye Career•Corpus Christi, TX

18d

About The Position

Buckeye Partners is seeking a Manager, South Texas (STX) Facility Integrity with in-depth knowledge of Facility Integrity Management Programs in the oil and gas industry. The manager is accountable for inspection planning, field execution, findings management, budget performance, and team leadership across the South Texas facility integrity program. The role directs employees and contractors, maintains a risk-based, multi-year inspection plan, and works with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and Projects to turn inspection findings into prioritized, executable work. The manager oversees inspection programs for applicable piping, pressure equipment, and other covered assets; coordinates inspection resources and deliverables; and ensures findings are reviewed, risk-ranked, and addressed through repair, replacement, monitoring, or engineering evaluation. The role also drives remediation work to documented closeout, monitors risks and inspection backlogs, manages forecasts and spending, maintains accurate program data, and supports compliance, audits, and corrective actions. The position requires periodic field visits to pipeline, terminal, and processing facilities. When not working in the field, the work environment is a normal office. Travel up to 15% is required. The manager may need to provide technical leadership during releases, equipment failures, integrity-related operating events, and other emergencies; occasional work outside normal business hours may be required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, chemical, electrical, materials engineering, or another relevant discipline.
At least 7 years of progressively responsible experience in facility integrity, mechanical integrity, inspection engineering, reliability engineering, asset integrity, or related disciplines in energy, pipeline, terminal, petrochemical, refining, or process industries.
Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with Facility Integrity Management Programs.
Demonstrated experience leading technical teams, contractors, and cross-functional programs.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
Experience using inspection data management, enterprise asset management, GIS, business intelligence, or similar technical systems.
Working knowledge of applicable facility and mechanical integrity regulations, industry codes, and recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices, including relevant API and ASME standards.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills for complex technical, business, and operational issues.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical risk to executive, operational, and regulatory audiences.
Strong organizational skills and the ability to monitor and direct employees’ and contractors’ work and evaluate their performance.
Ability to work independently and exercise tact, discretion, and professionalism with internal and external customers and when handling sensitive and confidential information.
Demonstrated commitment to environmental responsibility and regulatory compliance.
Ability to safely and successfully perform essential job functions, meet productivity standards, maintain regular and punctual attendance, and comply with personnel policies.
Ability to conduct periodic field visits at pipeline, terminal, and processing facilities; traverse industrial work areas and uneven surfaces; ascend and descend fixed stairs; wear required personal protective equipment; and work outdoors in varying weather conditions, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Up to 15% travel.
Occasional work outside normal business hours may be required.

Nice To Haves

Direct people-management experience.
Experience with Power BI, SQL, ESRI GIS, FME, Python, R, or comparable analytics tools.
API 570 certification.
API 580 certification.
Other relevant API, AMPP, NDE, reliability, or project-management credentials.
Professional Engineer licensure.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain annual and multi-year inspection plans for applicable piping, pressure equipment, and other covered assets.
Set inspection priorities based on risk, equipment condition, operating needs, regulatory requirements, and available resources.
Lead employees and contractors; assign work, balance workload, set expectations, verify qualifications, and hold the team accountable for safe, timely, technically sound execution.
Coordinate inspection scopes, schedules, access, permits, NDE resources, and deliverables.
Ensure inspection reports are complete, accurate, reviewed, and entered into appropriate integrity systems.
Ensure findings are technically reviewed and risk-ranked, and translate them into practical repair, replacement, monitoring, or engineering-evaluation plans.
Define recommended remediation scope, priority, timing, estimated cost, and required interim controls.
Work with Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, and Projects to create work orders and project scopes, align outage or access needs, resolve execution barriers, and track findings through documented closeout.
Monitor upcoming inspections, overdue work, high-priority findings, temporary repairs, deferrals, and inspection backlogs; escalate emerging integrity risks and recommend operating or mitigative actions.
Develop annual expense and capital forecasts for inspection and remediation work; track commitments and actual spending, update forecasts, explain variances, and identify future funding needs.
Maintain accurate and traceable inspection records, equipment data, due dates, findings, remediation status, and closeout documents.
Provide routine reporting on schedule performance, backlog, spending, and key risks.
Execute the South Texas program in accordance with company procedures, applicable regulations, and relevant API, ASME, and other industry standards.
Support audits, reviews, and corrective actions within the role’s site scope.
Provide technical leadership and support, as needed, during releases, equipment failures, integrity-related operating events, and other emergencies.
Perform other duties as assigned.