Company:

INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA

Interested in joining a winning team? A team whose employees are empowered to make a difference?

Job Title: Superintendent, Fixed Equipment Integrity

Offer Range: $161,092 - $201,365 (commensurate with experience)

Location: Chocolate Bayou Works Alvin, Texas

 

Organizational Context and Job Purpose

The Olefins and Polymers USA division of INEOS is one of the largest producers of olefins and polyolefins in North America. From its manufacturing locations at Chocolate Bayou Works (CBW) and the Battleground Manufacturing Complex, it is a merchant marketer of butadiene, ethylene, polypropylene and high-density polyethylene with annual revenue of over $4b.The Fixed Equipment Integrity (FEI) Superintendent is accountable for leading the site FEI program at Chocolate Bayou Works (CBW) and for providing organizational leadership and assurance for the safe, compliant, reliable, and lifecycle-based management of fixed equipment. The Superintendent owns FEI strategy, priorities, organization, governance, performance, competency, and continuous improvement. As a member of the Reliability Management leadership team, the role also contributes to the effectiveness and development of the broader Reliability organization.

 

How the Role Fits In:

This role reports to the Reliability Manager at CBW.  Direct reports will include the Inspection Team Leader, PCMS and Special Emphasis Inspection Program Coordinators, and multiple FEI Engineers. The FEI scope includes pressure vessels and heat exchangers; piping and valves; fired equipment; flares and stacks; tanks and atmospheric equipment; pressure relief systems; loading and unloading systems; defined fire-protection equipment; asset-preservation systems; and other equipment assigned to the FEI asset register.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities

1. Leadership and Governance 

• Leads the site FEI strategy, organization, priorities, governance cadence, budget, and performance expectations.
• Translates company requirements and RAGAGEP into clear site standards, work processes, plans, accountabilities, and performance expectations.
• Establishes effective interfaces across Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Projects, Turnarounds, Process Safety, Procurement and Supply Chain, contractors, and applicable Technical Authorities.
• Escalates material integrity risks, systemic gaps, standards deviations, and resource constraints through the appropriate governance route. 

2. Inspection Program Delivery 

• Assures that risk-based and time-based inspection programs are defined, resourced, scheduled, executed, documented, and quality assured.
• Ensures inspection strategies, intervals, methods, and examination scopes are established by qualified personnel in accordance with applicable regulations, company requirements, and RAGAGEP.
• Monitors inspection delivery and removes barriers affecting compliance, technical quality, safe execution, and timely completion. 

3. Inspection Program Findings and Outcomes 

• Assures consistent evaluation, documentation, prioritization, communication, and closure of inspection findings, degradation risks, and integrity recommendations. 
• Ensures fitness-for-service, remaining-life, repair, replacement, and continued-operation decisions are supported by competent technical evaluation, documented risk, and appropriate approval. 
• Establishes clear escalation expectations for significant, novel, high-consequence, or time-sensitive findings and integrity risks to Site Leadership and company FEI Technical Authority.
• Uses inspection findings, recurring degradation, incidents, and root cause analyses to improve equipment strategies and prevent recurrence. 

4. Integrity Program Health 

• Assesses FEI management-system effectiveness and compliance through performance monitoring, assurance activities, audits, and periodic program reviews.
• Identifies systemic weaknesses, emerging risks, resource constraints, and lifecycle investment needs, and drives risk-based corrective action.
• Drives continuous improvement in work processes, contractor performance, and program delivery. 

5. Data Systems and Quality Assurance 

• Ensures the FEI asset register is complete and appropriately structured.
• Assures that PCMS data and inspection records are accurate, current, traceable, and suitable for planning, integrity assessment, compliance demonstration, and performance monitoring. 
• Establishes data-quality expectations for equipment status, inspection histories, corrosion rates, remaining life, recommendations, due dates, deferrals, and closure evidence. 
• Maintains quality-assurance controls for inspection activities, technical records, service providers, and FEI work processes. 

6. Competency and Organizational Capability Development 

• Leads, coaches, and sets performance expectations for inspection and engineering personnel.
• Implements the FEI competency framework through clear role expectations, evidence-based assessment, development plans, mentoring, and demonstrated capability. 
• Maintains an organization, resource, and succession plan aligned with site risk, asset population, workload, maintenance outage / turnaround demand, and required specialist capabilities. 
• Supports peer Reliability leaders in developing and cross-training their teams where FEI knowledge strengthens site capability and cross-functional execution. 
• Accepts routine FEI decisions within approved standards and delegated authority and escalates significant, novel, high-consequence, or standards-deviation decisions through the applicable governance route. 

 

Skills & Knowledge Required

Educational Background & Work Experience

• Undergraduate degree in Mechanical, Materials/Metallurgical, or a related engineering discipline. Extensive FEI experience may substitute. An advanced degree in a related field is desired.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in petrochemical, refining or comparable process manufacturing, with substantial FEI or Reliability experience. 
• Proven record of leading technical teams and improving inspection and integrity management processes. 
• Experience supporting major maintenance or construction events, turnarounds, schedule-critical repairs, FFS decisions, and integrity capital planning. 

Required Technical Knowledge:

• * Experience and knowledge of applicable codes and RAGAGEP, including API inspection standards, ASME, NBIC, API 579-1/ASME FFS-1, and PIP.  
• Damage mechanisms, inspection planning, NDE, corrosion management, RBI, and remaining-life assessment. 
• Equipment life cycle risk and related maintenance cost management.
• Leading and lagging KPIs to measure program delivery, health, and capability. 
• Budgeting, contractor strategy, and risk-based prioritization of work and resources. 
• PCMS or a comparable inspection data system. 

Preferred (but not required):

• Applied experience with API 571 and API 579-1. 
• RCA facilitation, advanced NDE, turnaround inspection leadership, or complex repair programs.

Leadership Capabilities 

• Builds trust, develops people, and sets clear accountability. 
• Makes sound, timely, risk-based decisions under pressure. 
• Communicates technical risk clearly and credibly at all levels, and influences decisions across functions. 
• Empowers competent people while maintaining governance and follow-through. 
• Leads change with practical implementation and management-system discipline. 
• Shows integrity, curiosity, and a strong commitment to safe, reliable operations. 

 

Must be able to acquire a TWIC card

 

Our culture is one of honesty and integrity with an emphasis on safety, health and environmental performance.  On our team, people are acknowledged for embracing new practices that help create real value for customers.