Talisman Energy Inc., headquartered in Canada, is a global, diversified, upstream oil and gas company with three main operating areas: North America, the North Sea, and Southeast Asia. As a subsidiary, Talisman Energy USA Inc has oil and gas operations strategically located throughout New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas. Talisman and its subsidiaries are committed to the health, safety, and security of its employees, contractors, and communities; and works to ensure its operations are carried out safely, in a socially and environmentally responsible manner. Talisman Energy Inc. is included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (North America) and its Company shares trade on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges as TLM. Visit Talisman Energy USA Inc. on the Internet at www.talismanusa.com and Talisman Energy Inc. at www.talisman-energy.com.

Project Overview:

Talisman Energy Inc. is a global, diversified, upstream oil and gas company, headquartered in Canada. Talisman's three main operating areas are North America, the North Sea and Southeast Asia. The Company also has a portfolio of international exploration opportunities. Talisman is committed to conducting business safely, in a socially and environmentally responsible manner, and is included in the Dow Jones Sustainability (North America) Index. Talisman is listed on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges under the symbol TLM. Please visit our website at www.talisman-energy.com.

Position Overview and Responsibilities:

Reporting to the VP of Health, Safety, Environment/OI, the Integrity Engineer will work within the Eagle Ford Delivery Unit with support and interaction from the North American Operations HSE/OI Department. The Integrity Engineer will provide Texas-based technical support to our upstream operating areas. This will include managing integrity programs and compliance to Regulations, Acts and Corporate Programs.
This role will be responsible to:
?Provide corrosion and integrity management related technical expertise for well sites, pipelines and pressure piping. This may include: risk assessment, cathodic protection, coatings and linings, chemical inhibition and monitoring, material selection, inspection techniques, and repair methods.
?Support local operations in creating and supporting integrity programs for oil and gas producing systems including: mitigation, monitoring, inspection, and repair
?Create and manage pipeline integrity management program for DOT/PHMSA regulated pipelines
?Lead or participate in risk assessments and HAZOPS
?Review and signoff on integrity related MOC requests and Engineering Assessments
?Support Operations with incident investigations including: failure analyses, reports, regulatory issues and return-to-service recommendations
?Focus integrity activities on regulatory compliance, conformance to TLM specifications, fit for purpose philosophy and total life cycle cost
?Work with facilities engineering and operations to plan, supervise and execute integrity related activities such as ILI, repairs, failure investigations, corrosion mitigation plans etc.
?Mentoring and training of field-based integrity/maintenance personnel
?Liaise with NAO HSE/OI group on incident investigation, KPI reporting and roll out of regional integrity practices

Education, Experience, Technical Qualifications:
?B.S. in Engineering discipline
?Knowledge and experience with safe work practices in oil and gas production accompanied by a proactive safety attitude
?Minimum 5 years of direct experience in corrosion asset integrity engineering and / or inspection within the oil and gas industry
?Related industrial experience, with a P.E., E.I.T or C.E.T. designation in Corrosion, Chemical, Petroleum, Metallurgical and/or Materials Engineering / Technology
?DOT/PHMSA regulatory knowledge/training
?Corrosion related designations with NACE, API, ASME, or ASBA certifications and competencies would be a definite asset
?Strong working knowledge of operations, corrosion design, chemical mitigation, cathodic protection, materials selection, pipeline coatings, inspection techniques, pigging maintenance, monitoring controls, industry codes, standards and regulations

Candidate Profile:
? Excellent interpersonal, communication, analytical, problem solving, organizational and computer skills
?Initiative and the ability to work independently and within a team environment
?Ability to work and set priorities in a multitask environment
?Ability to travel regularly to operating locations is required

Additional Information:
Only candidates who are legally permitted to work in the US will be considered.
Relocation will be provided for the successful candidates if required.

Corrosion Engineer

Req ID: 203

Location: Houston, United States

Employment Type: Permanent

Closing Date: March 30, 2012

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