SME – Mechanical Integrity & Corrosion

Job Requirements

At Quest Global, it’s not just what we do but how and why we do it that makes us different. With over 25 years as an engineering services provider, we believe in the power of doing things differently to make the impossible possible. Our people are driven by the desire to make the world a better place—to make a positive difference that contributes to a brighter future. We bring together technologies and industries, alongside the contributions of diverse individuals who are empowered by an intentional workplace culture, to solve problems better and faster.

Key Responsibilities

Solution Deployment & Model Enablement

• Support end-to-end deployment and operationalization of AVEVA predictive analytics and asset performance solutions across customer facilities.
• Provide corrosion and mechanical integrity subject matter expertise during asset onboarding, solution configuration, and model development phases.
• Work closely with analytics, data science, product, and delivery teams to ensure predictive models accurately reflect:
• Corrosion mechanisms
• Integrity risks
• Operating conditions
• Inspection strategies
• Historical degradation patterns
• Support asset criticality assessments, use case definition, and identification of high-value monitoring opportunities for:
• Pipelines
• Pressure vessels
• Piping systems
• Static process equipment
• Corrosion loops and circuits
• Participate in model validation, alert tuning, calibration, and user acceptance testing (UAT) activities prior to go-live.
• Correlate predictive model outputs with operational and integrity data including:
• Wall thickness measurements
• Corrosion rates
• Inspection findings
• Chemical injection data
• Process fluid composition
• Environmental and operational conditions
• Validate model outputs against known degradation mechanisms, inspection history, and operating conditions to improve model accuracy and reliability.
• Provide engineering input to support expansion of predictive monitoring coverage to additional assets and integrity circuits.
  
  

Predictive Monitoring, Sustainment & Value Realization

• Monitor and manage predictive anomaly alerts related to corrosion and integrity risks across deployed assets.
• Assess alert severity, validate operational impact, and recommend appropriate prioritization and mitigation actions.
• Identify early indicators of:
• Internal corrosion
• External corrosion
• Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI)
• Erosion-corrosion
• Wall thinning
• Integrity degradation
• Recommend proactive inspection, mitigation, repair, and operational intervention strategies prior to integrity failures or shutdowns.
• Collaborate with customer inspection, integrity, operations, maintenance, and reliability teams to plan and execute corrective and preventive activities.
• Review, validate, and operationalize AI/analytics-driven recommendations generated through deployed AVEVA solutions.
• Support Risk-Based Inspection (RBI), Fitness-for-Service (FFS), corrosion management, and integrity optimization initiatives.
• Ensure predictive models remain aligned with actual operating conditions, inspection strategies, and integrity management practices throughout the sustainment lifecycle.
• Act as the primary technical focal point during sustainment and managed service phases for assigned integrity and corrosion monitoring portfolios.
• Support continuous improvement, model refinement, and enhancement of predictive monitoring effectiveness.
• Track and report integrity and value realization KPIs including:
• Inspection deferrals justified
• Early wall loss detection
• Avoided integrity failures
• Reduced inspection costs
• Reduced unplanned downtime
• Participate in governance meetings, technical reviews, workshops, and value realization sessions with customer stakeholders and project teams.
• Provide operational feedback and engineering recommendations to analytics, product, and delivery teams to improve solution performance and customer outcomes.
• Support long-term customer adoption, sustainment, and continuous business value realization from deployed predictive analytics solutions.
• Conduct periodic visits to customer plants, operational facilities, and industrial sites to support deployment activities, technical assessments, alert validation, integrity reviews, and stakeholder engagement.
  
  

We are known for our extraordinary people who make the impossible possible every day. Questians are driven by hunger, humility, and aspiration. We believe that our company culture is the key to our ability to make a true difference in every industry we reach. Our teams regularly invest time and dedicated effort into internal culture work, ensuring that all voices are heard.

We wholeheartedly believe in the diversity of thought that comes with fostering a culture rooted in respect, where everyone belongs, is valued, and feels inspired to share their ideas. We know embracing our unique differences makes us better, and that solving the worlds hardest engineering problems requires diverse ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds. We shine the brightest when we tap into the many dimensions that thrive across over 21,000 difference-makers in our workplace.

Work Experience

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Metallurgical, Materials, or Chemical Engineering.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in corrosion engineering, inspection engineering, or mechanical integrity management within oil & gas, refining, petrochemical, or industrial environments.
• Strong expertise in corrosion monitoring, degradation assessment, and integrity risk management.
• Experience implementing or supporting RBI methodologies aligned with API 580 / 581.
• Strong understanding of:
• Corrosion mechanisms
• Wall thickness management
• Integrity operating windows
• Fitness-for-Service methodologies
• Inspection planning and execution
• NDT, inspection engineering, or integrity management background preferred.
• Familiarity with integrity management systems, digital integrity platforms, and historian systems such as PI / OSIsoft or equivalent.
• Familiarity with predictive analytics platforms, industrial AI systems, or digital reliability solutions preferred.
• Middle East or GCC operating environment experience preferred.
  
  

Preferred Certifications

• NACE / AMPP Corrosion Certification
• ICorr Certification
• API 580 / 581 RBI Certification
• API 510 / 570 preferred
• Fitness-for-Service (API 579) exposure preferred
  
  

Preferred Industry Experience

• Oil & Gas operators in the Middle East region
• Upstream production facilities
• Offshore operations
• Gas processing plants
• Refineries and petrochemical facilities
• LNG and industrial energy operations
  
  

Key Skills & Competencies

• Corrosion engineering and integrity management
• Risk-Based Inspection (RBI)
• Wall thickness monitoring and degradation analysis
• Fitness-for-Service (FFS)
• Integrity data interpretation and analytics validation
• Inspection strategy optimization
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Technical governance and stakeholder engagement
• Cross-functional collaboration and advisory capability