Cathodic Protection Inspector Jobs in Texas (NOW HIRING)

Schedule: Monday – Friday, after hours as needed based on business necessity

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

Administers and continuously improve the company’s corrosion control programs for natural gas, crude oil, NGL, and associated facility assets. Provides leadership, technical expertise, and strategic direction for internal corrosion, external corrosion, cathodic protection, maintenance pigging, and integrity-related activities while ensuring compliance with applicable federal, state, and company requirements. Reports to the Pipeline Corrosion & Integrity Manager.

• Directly supervises and develops Corrosion Technicians and other assigned personnel.
• Establishes employee goals and performance expectations while providing necessary coaching, mentoring, and technical guidance.
• Coordinates daily work activities, schedules, and field priorities to ensure efficient utilization of personnel and resources.
• Promotes and enforces a strong safety culture and compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Assists in the workforce planning, recruiting, training, and succession development of corrosion personnel.
• Oversee all aspects of the company’s cathodic protection program, including design, installation, maintenance, testing, and troubleshooting of cathodic protection systems.
• Review and evaluate annual survey data, CIS, AC/DC interference or any other applicable data.
• Direct investigation, prioritization, and remediation of cathodic protection deficiencies and external corrosion threats.
• Develop and execute monitoring and mitigation strategies to support long-term asset integrity and regulatory compliance.
• Review corrosion assessment data and make recommendations regarding repair, replacement, rehabilitation, and mitigation activities.
• Provide technical leadership for internal corrosion monitoring and mitigation programs affecting assets.
• Review corrosion coupon, ER probe, UT monitoring, fluid analysis, solid analysis, gas quality, bacterial activity, and chemical treatment data to identify degradation mechanisms and integrity threats.
• Develop and enhance corrosion control strategies including chemical treatment, inhibition programs, pigging programs, operational changes, and monitoring enhancements.
• Coordinate with chemical vendors, laboratories, service providers, operations, facility personnel and foreign operators to optimize treatment effectiveness and program performance.
• Support failure investigations and root cause analyses involving corrosion-related incidents or equipment failure and degradation.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations, including DOT PHMSA requirements and company standards.
• Maintains required documentation, records, and reports necessary to demonstrate regulatory compliance.
• Provide technical support during regulatory inspections, audits, and compliance assessments.
• Assist with development and maintenance of corrosion control procedures, standards, and operating practices.
• Collaborate with Operations, Construction, Engineering, Environmental, and Regulatory departments to assist in developing solutions that improve asset reliability and integrity.
• Participate in Management of Change (MOC) reviews and asset risk evaluations.
• Assist in annual budgeting, forecasting, and capital planning for all corrosion related initiatives.
• Track and monitor KPI metrics to evaluate effectiveness and identify continuous improvement opportunities.
• Assist in the day-to-day maintenance pigging program activities. Support field personnel towards internal corrosion mitigation strategies and operational reliability.
• Provide program performance updates and recommendations to Management.
• Serve as SME for corrosion control and mitigation activities.
• Maintain awareness of industry best practices, emerging technologies, and applicable industry standards.
• Supervises design and planning of new cathodic protection installations, deep well anodes and rectifier stations.
• Evaluates adequacy of cathodic protection systems through periodic measurements.
• Develops, scopes, directs, and supports projects such as ultrasonic thickness monitoring surveys, close interval and other field surveys, data interpretation and analysis, monitoring, and mitigation of external corrosion.
• Provide a high level of internal corrosion control technical expertise and problem-solving for complex internal corrosion control, including site reviews, gas quality, analysis of corrosion coupons, liquid/solid sample analysis results interpretation, maintenance pigging, and other general internal corrosion monitoring and treatment systems. Coordinate activities of vendors providing internal corrosion control analysis and chemicals.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements: 

• Position may be filled at various levels depending on experience and job skills of the successful candidate
• 10 plus years of in-depth corrosion control experience and working knowledge of external and internal corrosion monitoring and mitigation of natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquid pipelines.
• Experience managing third-party contractors and corrosion service providers.
• Ability to analyze complex problems, interpret operational needs, and develop integrated solutions to issues impacting integrity, reliability and/or compliance.
• Must be self-motivated and capable of working with minimal direct supervision.
• Working knowledge of various Federal and State pipeline regulations including Integrity Management regulations.
• Ability to handle stressful situation and respond to changing circumstances.
• Ability to effectively manage priorities while working with various types of people.
• Candidate will be a self-motivated and self-directed individual with good communication and computer skills.
• High school diploma or GED required.

Preferred Skills, Knowledge, and Experience

• BS in Engineering is preferred (Mechanical, Chemical or Metallurgy).
• Working experience and application knowledge of various pipeline industry related standards such as API, ASME, NACE, NFPA, and CSA, preferred.

• Knowledge of DOT regulations and standards (49 CFR Part 192 & 195)
• Proficient in Microsoft applications. (Excel, Word, Power-point, etc.)
• Proficient in PCS-CPDM

Working Conditions:

• Will be working in an office environment with prolonged periods of sitting and working on a computer.
• Will work outdoors in adverse or extreme weather conditions.
• Will be required to frequently drive to other field facilities within their assigned region.
• Available outside of normal working hours as needed for business necessity.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards. 
• Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards 
• Ability to work effectively in all working conditions noted above.
• Will require lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling up to 50 lbs. in a safe manner on an occasional basis.Ability to possess and maintain a valid driver's license to include a safe driving record satisfactory to the company.