Subject Matter Expert – Corrosion & Mechanical Integrity

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Job Description

Job Title: Subject Matter Expert Corrosion & Mechanical Integrity

(Corrosion Monitoring RBI Wall Thickness Management Fitness-for-Service)

Location: Abu Dhabi

Employment Type: Full Time

Programme Context

AVEVA delivers Predictive Analytics Asset Performance Management and Process Optimisation solutions across Oil & Gas Energy and Industrial operators throughout the Middle East region. These digital solutions monitor critical equipment and operational processes in real time generating predictive alerts and operational advisories designed to prevent unplanned downtime extend asset life improve reliability and optimize operational performance.

This SME role exists to ensure predictive model outputs are technically interpreted validated operationalized and sustained converting AI-generated insights into measurable operational reliability and financial benefits across customer facilities.

The Job

The Corrosion & Mechanical Integrity SME will serve as the technical lead supporting deployment operational monitoring sustainment and continuous value realization of AVEVA Predictive Analytics and Asset Performance solutions deployed across customer operations in the Middle East region.

The role combines deep corrosion engineering and integrity management expertise with predictive maintenance and reliability advisory capabilities to ensure predictive models deliver measurable improvements in corrosion risk management inspection optimization asset integrity and operational performance.

The SME will work closely with customer operations inspection integrity maintenance and engineering teams throughout the solution lifecycle from model development and deployment through operational monitoring optimization and long-term sustainment.

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.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors 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

Services at AVEVA

Our dynamic global team of 700 engineers developers consultants solution architects and project managers are at the forefront of delivering AVEVA cutting-edge solutions to customers. The work is complex and technical but immensely rewarding: we empower customers to harness the full transformative potential of AVEVAs solutions. If youre analytical pragmatic and driven to make a tangible impact on the sustainability of the industrial sector our team is the perfect place for you.