Senior Piping Inspector at Sasol

Short Description / Purpose of Job

• Primary role of Piping Inspector is to ensure compliance to the PER (REGULATIONS 11 (1) (e) and all relevant Health and Safety standards on all Piping and Piping systems.

Recruitment Description / Key Accountabilities

• Accountable as part of the NATREF Inspection Authority which is charged (as contemplated in the Pressure Equipment Regulations (PER) and (OSHA Act)) with the following responsibilities: - Legal accountability for manufacturing, modification and repair inspections of all pressure vessels, steam generators,  storage tanks and piping at NATREF, as well as other satellite sites not in the Secunda area) to ensure the required integrity of the said equipment and process plants in support of the business needs.
• Accountable as part of the NATREF Inspection Authority to ensure code compliance to the reverent Health and Safety standard or supporting NATREF and SASOL Specification requirements, to support the safe continued operation of pressure vessels, steam generators, storage tanks and piping inspection so that frequencies can be maintained by the NATREF Inspection Authority for periods in excess of 36 months
• Piping Inspector will coordinate Wall Thickness Technicians and Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) personnel on a daily basis.
• Piping Inspector will Liaise with Plant Inspectors and the Inspection Manager to ensure the Plant Conditioning Management Software (PCMS) inspection piping database is up to date.
• Legal accountability for in-service inspections of all pressure vessels, steam generators, pressure accessories, storage tanks and piping at NATREF to ensure the required integrity of the said equipment and process plants in support of the business needs.
• Shall coordinate Wall Thickness Technicians and NDT personnel. Coordination will include:
• Daily wall thickness and NDT planning activities
• Quality Control on SAP documentation after peer reviews
• Identification and Allocation of Conditioning Monitoring Location (CML) according to Process Streams
• CML Scaffold point identification
• Wall Thickness measurement verifications
• Verify working hours for Wall Thickness Technicians and NDT personnel.
• Shall ensure the latest wall thickness data is loaded on PCMS to determine the earliest retirement dates for Turnaround and Inspection (T&I) planning.
• Shall do RWS replacement updates on PCMS.
• Shall assist with new PCMS version testing before roll-out to the rest of the Inspection department.
• Shall ensure Quality checks are done on Microstation drawings for equipment and piping.
• Shall do peer reviews on retirement changes on PCMS.
• Shall add new project lines and -equipment on PCMS.
• Assist Inspectors with the collection of data from SAP, PCMS, Quality Management System (QMS) Procedures.
• Must be Competent in PCMS, Microstation, SAP and QMS procedures.
• Shall be able to develop advanced reports in PCMS.
• In summary, the role is accountable to ensure compliance with the Pressure Equipment Regulations (PER), SANS 10227, SANS 17020 and various approved Health and Safety Standards during all repairs, modifications, manufacture, or in-service inspection.
   

Formal Education

• Grade 12 or equivalent with Mathematics & Science
• Relevant Relevant Southern African Institute of Welding (SAIW) courses or equivalent in line with process piping inspections 
   

Min Experience

• 10 Years Inspection related experience in piping in relation to petrochemical and refinery operations with advanced
• Plant Conditioning Management Software (PCMS) experience 

Competencies

• Business Acumen: An intuitive and applicable understanding of how a company or unit makes money.  Displays a thorough understanding of what drives profitability.  Maintains a market-focused approach to business.  Keeps an overall big picture understanding of the business and its interrelationships enabling a person to make better business decisions.  The ability to make good business judgments and quick decisions in a manner that is likely to lead to a good outcome.
• Compliance: Understanding the rules, regulations, sanctions and other statutory requirements, guidelines and instructions relating to governing bodies and organizations, both internally and externally.
• Strategic Leadership: Provides vision and direction aligned to One SASOL. Leads organisational change, innovation and sustainability.
• Business Leadership: Demonstrates commercial acumen, and a global mind-set and exercises sound judgment. Achieves results through others and holds them accountable.
• People Management: The interaction, communication, relationships and dealings with staff members, and the style in which those interactions take place. It includes the development of employees and workplaces that are inclusive.
• Financial Management: Demonstrated knowledge and application of Financial Management, the strategic and functional management of the set of processes, customs, policies, laws, and institutions affecting the way the company's finances are directed, administered, and controlled.
• Partnering: The development and perpetuation of successful and mutually-beneficial relationships where customers and others become business partners with common goals, positive attitudes, cooperative work styles, open communications and team spirit.