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INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA (OLE)

Role: Chief Inspector

Grade: 37

Offer Range: $161,100 - 200,365 (commensurate with experience)

Location: TBD – Hybrid

The Chief Inspector is the most senior functional leader for fixed equipment inspection across INEOS O&P USA. Reporting to the Equipment Integrity Manager & Technical Authority, this role designs, implements, and assures the inspection programs that protect the mechanical integrity of piping, pressure vessels, and storage tanks across $15B+ in enterprise replacement value assets. Inspection programs stewarded by this role directly support the company’s license to operate.

• Own the enterprise-wide approach to inspection program management, including programs governed by API 510 (pressure vessels), API 570 (piping systems), and API 653 (storage tanks).
• Define and maintain expectations for risk-based inspection (RBI) methodology application across all O&P USA assets, including damage mechanism reviews, inspection planning, and corrective action management.
• Continuously optimize inspection programs to ensure the enterprise is inspecting the right equipment, in the right areas, at the right intervals, focusing inspection resources where risk is highest and reducing low-value inspection activity.
• Ensure inspection programs are aligned with applicable API codes, ASME standards, corporate mechanical integrity expectations, and OMS requirements.
• Drive standardization of inspection planning, documentation, and reporting practices across all sites.

• Provide technical leadership and functional guidance to site-based inspection leads, ensuring consistent program execution across all locations.
• Engage regularly with site teams to assess inspection program health, resolve technical challenges, and drive consistent execution across diverse asset bases and site cultures.
• Lead or participate in internal audits of inspection programs and mechanical integrity practices, identifying systemic gaps and driving corrective actions to closure.
• Functionally calibrate site inspection leads to ensure alignment on enterprise expectations, risk tolerance, code interpretation, and decision-making practices in the field.

• Lead the inspector role group across O&P USA, defining what good looks like for the inspector role at every level, from field inspectors to site inspection leads.
• Establish clear expectations for inspector competency, field performance, technical judgment, and professional development, and serve as the accountable owner for these standards within the future INEOS O&P Business Competency Management System.
• Develop and maintain a structured inspector development framework, including progression pathways, technical training requirements, certification milestones, and on-the-job development standards.
• Assess the capability of site-based inspection personnel and identify gaps in knowledge, experience, or certification that require targeted development or external support.
• Champion a culture of professional growth and technical excellence within the inspection community, support succession planning for critical inspection roles, and ensure inspectors are equipped to make sound, risk-informed decisions in the field.

• Tailor inspection programs to recognize the different risk profiles of manufacturing, utilities, pipeline, and storage assets across the O&P USA portfolio.
• Ensure inspection intervals, damage mechanism reviews, and corrective action plans are risk-based, defensible, and grounded in current asset condition data.
• Work closely with the Corrosion & Materials Engineer to ensure inspection strategies reflect known degradation threats, material vulnerabilities, and corrosion control document requirements.
• Collaborate with the Fixed Equipment Specialist to align inspection findings with asset care strategies, lifecycle planning, and capital investment priorities.
• Coach site inspection teams through RBI-, FFS-, and damage-mechanism-based decision making, ensuring consistency across the enterprise.
• Continuously monitor industry incident trends, NDE technology developments, and emerging damage mechanisms to identify potential threats before they are realized within O&P USA, and update inspection strategies accordingly.

• Maintain technical relationships with inspection service providers and NDE contractors, setting clear expectations for field execution quality, data management, and reporting standards.
• Lead the technical review and endorsement of new inspection vendors, NDE technologies, or inspection methods before adoption.
• Participate in vendor qualification and performance evaluation processes, with focus on inspection-specific outcomes such as NDE quality, data accuracy, and reporting reliability.
• Ensure third-party inspection work is consistent with enterprise standards, delivers reliable high-quality results, and is appropriately integrated into site inspection program records.
• Partner with Procurement to shape vendor strategies that support the enterprise’s mechanical integrity and inspection goals, including opportunities to reduce complexity and improve consistency through vendor consolidation.

• Support turnaround inspection scope development across the enterprise ensuring alignment with RBI priorities, asset care strategies, and known degradation threats.
• Provide technical oversight of inspection execution during turnarounds, including NDE methods, fitness-for-service evaluations, and quality assurance of vendor-executed work.
• Endorse turnaround inspection scope from a risk-based perspective, confirming appropriate risk reduction relative to the value of work and identifying residual risk for site leadership awareness.
• Ensure inspection findings from turnarounds are documented, analyzed, and fed back into asset care strategies, RBI program updates, and damage mechanism reviews.
• Influence the inspection portion of $175MM+ in annual maintenance and inspection spend through risk-based scope selection and execution quality across approximately 20 distinct turnaround events on rotating multi-year cycles.

• Develop and maintain enterprise KPIs for inspection program execution, including overdue inspections, RBI plan currency, asset health indicators, inspection coverage, and vendor performance metrics.
• Track inspection-related incidents, gaps, and near-misses; lead and support incident investigations involving mechanical integrity failures, contributing technical expertise on inspection practices and program effectiveness; and drive corrective actions into program updates.
• Drive continuous improvement in inspection program maturity across all sites, integrating lessons from incidents, turnarounds, audits, and peer benchmarking to advance enterprise inspection performance.

• Participate in, and where appropriate lead, INEOS Group inspection discipline networks to ensure alignment, knowledge sharing, and adoption of best practices across the enterprise.
• Actively participate in external technical forums, including API committees and the AFPM Mechanical Integrity Subgroup, representing INEOS interests and bringing industry learnings back into the organization.
• Monitor regulatory changes, evolving inspection codes and standards, NDE technology developments, and external incidents to ensure INEOS inspection programs remain credible, current, and defensible.
• Foster a network of site-based inspection professionals to align execution, share emerging threats and learnings, and drive adoption of external best practices where they strengthen internal programs.

• Certified API 510, API 570, and API 653 Inspector; additional certifications such as AWS CWI, NACE/AMPP, or RBI Analyst preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related field preferred.
• 15-20 years of experience in inspection management, mechanical integrity, or asset reliability in refining, petrochemical, or pipeline operations.
• Deep familiarity with relevant inspection codes and standards, including API 510, 570, 653, 579, 580/581, and applicable ASME standards.
• Proven track record building and operating Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) programs, conducting damage mechanism reviews, and managing inspection planning.
• Proven ability to engage, influence, and coach inspection teams across multiple operating sites.
• Strong working relationships with inspection service providers and familiarity with contracting models.
• Active participation in external mechanical integrity networks (e.g., API, AFPM Mechanical Integrity Subgroup) preferred.

• Recognized company authority in fixed equipment inspection, with deep expertise in applying inspection codes and methodologies to achieve business outcomes.
• Extensive knowledge of inspection codes and standards, including API 510, 570, 571, 580, 581, 653, and relevant ASME codes.
• Deep understanding of best practices in Risk-Based Inspection (RBI), damage mechanism reviews, asset criticality, and inspection planning, including the application of fitness-for-service (FFS) evaluations.
• Experienced in NDE methods, including selection, application, and interpretation of results.
• Strong working knowledge of OSHA 1910.119 (PSM) as it relates to Mechanical Integrity programs, with experience in chemical, refining, or petrochemical operations.
• Demonstrated experience supporting turnaround inspection planning, scope development, and execution.
• Skilled in developing and maintaining inspection KPIs, data management systems (PCMS or equivalent), and program performance metrics.
• Ability to interpret inspection data and translate findings into risk-informed decisions on asset care, turnaround scope, and capital priorities.
• Actively engages with external industry networks and applies new NDE technologies or inspection practices to improve performance and reduce risk.

• Strong field presence and credibility with site inspection teams, maintenance leaders, and service providers.
• Ability to influence across multiple levels and functions without direct line authority.
• Builds strong, trust-based relationships with site leaders, engineers, and inspectors.
• Communicates clearly and persuasively, translating inspection data and risk into actionable guidance for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Steers sites toward standard inspection practices through coaching and influence, while recognizing local constraints only where truly necessary.
• Prioritizes and organizes complex workloads with competing stakeholder demands.
• Drives accountability through coaching, structured follow-up, and transparency in tracking inspection program performance.
• Coaches and develops others, helping site inspection leads grow capability and confidence in program execution.
• Sees patterns and systemic risks across sites, not just individual inspection findings.
• Maintains a mindset of continuous improvement and curiosity about evolving inspection technologies and practices.
• Operates with a long-term view, connecting daily inspection work to lifecycle integrity outcomes.
• Applies external industry learnings pragmatically to improve internal inspection programs.
• Earns trust by delivering value, not just enforcing compliance.