Integrity Manager

Integrity Manager
Location: Teesside / North East
Employment Type: Permanent, Full Time


Wolviston Management Services are recruiting on behalf of our client for an experienced Integrity Manager to join their Engineering team in Teesside.
 
This is a senior engineering leadership position within a high-hazard, Upper Tier COMAH environment. The successful candidate will lead the asset integrity function and a specialist team responsible for tanks, piping, rotating equipment and inspection, ensuring our clients assets remain safe, compliant, reliable and fit for continued service.
 
The role will take ownership of the asset integrity management system, inspection programmes, technical standards, fitness-for-service assessments, repair strategies and long-term integrity planning across the UK business.
 
Key responsibilities include:

• Lead and develop the specialist asset integrity engineering team.
• Own and maintain the asset integrity management system and inspection programmes.
• Develop inspection standards for tanks, vessels, piping, pipelines and structures.
• Ensure Written Schemes of Examination are implemented where required under PSSR.
• Ensure fitness-for-service assessments are completed and appropriate repair strategies are developed.
• Specify and prioritise repairs, review repair procedures and verify post-repair inspection requirements.
• Monitor inspection and repair contractor performance.
• Develop and manage asset integrity KPIs and ensure inspection history and repair plans are maintained.
• Develop standardised UK-wide scopes for inspection preparation, inspection and repair activities.
• Develop bottom-up 10-year Asset Integrity Management plans and associated maintenance and CAPEX requirements.
• Provide technical integrity support to engineering, maintenance, operations and project teams.
• Support HAZOPs, safety audits, emergency response and other site engineering activities.

 
The successful candidate will ideally have:

• A Mechanical Engineering qualification.
• Chartered Engineer status or be working towards Chartered status.
• Significant asset integrity experience within a COMAH, chemical, petrochemical, oil and gas, terminal or bulk liquid storage environment.
• Experience managing tank and piping inspection programmes.
• API 570 inspection experience or qualification.
• EEMUA Tank Assessor knowledge or qualification.
• Relevant NDT knowledge or qualifications.
• Strong knowledge of PSSR, PUWER, CDM, COMAH and other relevant UK engineering legislation.
• Experience managing integrity engineers, inspection specialists or technical teams.
• Strong understanding of fitness-for-service assessment, repair specification and asset life management.
• Experience managing specialist inspection and repair contractors.

 
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced integrity leader to take responsibility for a technically important function within a major UK  business.