Module Hydrotesting Superintendent
About The Position
Tarpon / Paloma Specialty Services is hiring a Module Hydrotesting Superintendent to own all hydrotesting execution across large modular projects supporting LNG, offshore, and industrial clients at their Ingleside, TX fabrication yard near Corpus Christi. This is a critical path role responsible for delivering leak-free, fully tested, and mechanically complete modules prior to loadout. The superintendent will lead test crews through high-pressure hydrotesting, system cleaning, borescope inspections, drying, preservation, and full reinstatement, ensuring all tasks are executed safely, on schedule, and to spec. The role involves supervising Foremen and craft personnel across multiple modules simultaneously and coordinating closely with piping, QC, and turnover teams to drive mechanical completion.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in piping, hydrotesting, and/or mechanical completion
- 5+ years in a supervisory role — Foreman, General Foreman, or Superintendent level
- Proven hands-on experience with high-pressure hydrotesting operations
- Direct experience with hydro plug systems — installation, inspection, and failure prevention
- Experience with hydro lancing and flushing operations
- Experience performing and overseeing borescope inspections
- Solid understanding of system restoration, reinstatement, and preservation requirements
- Strong command of piping systems, test procedures, and the safety risks of pressurized stored energy
Nice To Haves
- Experience in LNG, offshore, or modular construction environments preferred
Responsibilities
- Lead hydrotesting execution across multiple modules and systems simultaneously
- Define test boundaries and ensure complete, accurate test packages for every system
- Plan and execute high-pressure hydrotests, hydro plug installation and removal, hydro lancing and system flushing, borescope and internal inspections, system drying and preservation, and full restoration and reinstatement post-test
- Sequence testing to align with module completion milestones and loadout schedule
- Drive first-time pass success on all pressure tests
- Supervise Foremen, test crews, and craft personnel across active test scopes
- Coordinate with piping, QC, and turnover teams for system readiness and completion
- Support mechanical completion activities and client system turnover
- Drive punch list closure and ensure test documentation is complete and accurate
- Enforce strict hydrotest safety controls — barricading, exclusion zones, line-of-fire management, and pressure monitoring and communication protocols
- Ensure proper installation and independent verification of all hydro plugs prior to pressurization
- Lead pre-test safety meetings and verify full system readiness before every test
- Immediately address any unsafe conditions, anomalies, or test failures
- Ensure all testing meets project specifications, client standards, and applicable codes and procedures
- Verify no leaks or pressure loss on every system tested
- Confirm clean, debris-free systems following lancing and flushing operations
- Ensure proper reinstatement of all components to design condition post-test
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
