Valve Discipline Activity Specialist

Role Description:

• The Valve DAS is assigned with the wide responsibility to ensure the safety, Quality / inspection, repair, witness and testing of all kind of valves as per standard & codes;
• Includes all relief devices, automated valves, regulators etc. to ensure the equipment’s are serviced and maintained in reliable conditions.

Responsibilities:

• Promote discipline knowledge exchange and quality application through technical coaching in order to achieve high performance standards;
• Coordinate and participate in the prioritization process of periodic technology improvements, upgrades, testing or any high value supported improvement opportunities to enhance maintenance activities and reliability across Company;
• Assist in providing advance trouble shooting in order to ensure Reliability, cost reduction and equipment productivity;
• Serve as a technical resource in technical evaluations of suppliers and projects to identify opportunities for improvement in order to achieve best quality;
• Monitor and validate supplier performance within the discipline operation unit to maintain and recommend opportunities for improvements incompliance with operational procedures and regulations;
• Review jobs history form to ensure the quality and reliability of equipment after maintenance activities completion;
• Review job Feedback forms in relates to job duration in order to optimize maintenance job execution;
• Good skills and knowledge on control valves and valve smart positioners;
• Familiar with valve failure moods and damage mechanisms, to be able to conduct root cause investigation;
• Ability to analyze the repair reports;
• Material and repair knowledge;
• Familiarized with Codes API 527, API 2000, API 598, ASME B16.34 and API 6D and ANSI/FCI 70 codes;
• Witness the closure & hydro testing of pipeline Mechanical valve, safety valves and control valves;
• Familiar with valve components and critical inspections;
• Familiar to work on Field Vue DVC 6000 series, Masoneilan SVI, SVII digital valve controller and other smart controllers and positioners;
• Knowledge to read & understand the piping and instrument diagram, (P&ID) & data sheet;
• Knowledge to read hook up drawings for instrumentation and identify components and logics;
• Valve spares interchangeability and maintain the needed spares on stock;
• Review valve spare quotations and complete assemble of valves (Manual , control, PSV) as per Company specifications;
• Experience in troubleshooting during Turnarounds and shutdowns;
• Assist with interdisciplinary departments in Company (Engineering, automation, etc.) for project planning and execution;
• Field inspection of safety valves/control valves, Mechanical valves when needed;
• Field calibration (test) of boiler steam safety valves;
• Availability for callout during off hours.