Job Description

In this role, you will act as a key technical advisor to our Asset teams, providing technical leadership on piping integrity matters and contribute to refinery reliability, risk management and shutdown planning activities. You will play a critical role in maintaining plant reliability by responding to equipment issues, supporting breakdown events, and developing condition-based repair and replacement strategies.

Reporting to the Senior Materials & Corrosion Engineer, this role will lead the development, implementation, execution, and continuous improvement of the refinery's on-stream piping inspection program in accordance with AS 3788 and refinery integrity management requirements.

This is a critical role that has been created to address a growing need for dedicated ownership of inspection and integrity data. With the increasing volume and complexity of inspection records, corrosion monitoring information, and integrity data we require a specialist engineer focused on extracting value from many data points and translating them into meaningful integrity outcomes.

As the subject matter expert for piping inspection data and integrity trends, you will work primarily from the office, analysing inspection results, identifying degradation patterns, improving inspection effectiveness, and ensuring refinery piping systems remain safe, compliant, reliable, and fit for service.

Responsibilities

- Lead the Refinery On-Stream Piping Inspection Program in accordance with AS 3788 and refinery integrity management requirements.




- Manage, maintain and continuously improve the integrity inspection database, ensuring the quality, accuracy, and completeness of inspection records.
- Analyse large volumes of inspection, corrosion monitoring, thickness measurement, and condition assessment data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
- Develop and optimise risk-based inspection strategies for refinery piping systems.
- Provide technical engineering support to ensure refinery piping systems remain protected, compliant, reliable, and fit for service.
- Support the Inspection Team in delivering effective inspection programs, risk management activities, and asset integrity outcomes across the refinery.
- Review inspection findings and assess degradation mechanisms affecting refinery piping systems.
- Evaluate corrosion rates, remaining life calculations, and inspection effectiveness to support proactive asset management.
- Provide engineering recommendations based on data analysis and integrity risk assessments.
- Support refinery shutdowns, turnarounds, and inspection planning activities as required.
- Prepare technical reports, integrity assessments, and recommendations for stakeholders.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on inspection efficiency, data quality, risk management, and reliability performance.
- Collaborate closely with Inspection, Operations, Maintenance, Engineering and Reliability teams to achieve asset integrity objectives.

📌 Integrity Engineer (Corio)
🏢 Viva Energy Australia
📍 Corio