Integrity Engineer

Date: 27 Apr 2026

Location: Cheshire, GB, CH65 4HB

Company: essaroiluk

Integrity Engineer

 

Location: Stanlow Manufacturing Complex, Ellesmere Port

Employment Type: Site Based Full Time Role 5 days per week Monday-Friday

 

  • Competitive Salary
  • 10% Company Contribution Pension rising to 15% with service
  • 25 days Holiday, increasing with service
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Additional Flex Benefits- including Holiday Purchase
  • Access to Employee Assistance Programme with Exclusive access to a range of Discounts
  • Free Secure On-Site Car Parking

 

About the Company

 

EET (Essar Energy Transition) plays a major role in supplying the Northwest and the wider UK with essential fuels. We produce over 16% of the UK’s road fuels, supply key feedstocks to the petrochemical industry, and are investing heavily in low‑carbon energy solutions. 

 

We work with major retail fuel brands, supermarkets, Manchester Airport, leading airlines, and regional transport operators. We are also a key partner in the HyNet project, helping to deliver the region’s low‑carbon future.

 

With over 900 skilled colleagues, we offer a strong safety culture, technically challenging work, and some of the best training in the energy sector.

 

Find out more: Redefining Energy | EET

 

The Role

 

We currently have an exciting opportunity for an Integrity Engineer. The role provides technical leadership as a Risk Based Inspection (RBI) specialist, taking a lead role in the delivery of Integrity Team RBI and Written Schemes of Examination (WSE) for designated Production Unit (PU) areas, while ensuring robust Quality Assurance across all PU Integrity deliverables. Acting as the primary technical authority for static equipment integrity matters within the assigned PU, the role involves supporting or completing complex RBI assessments and developing WSEs for special or complex equipment where a standard RBI damage mechanism approach is not appropriate. The post holder will also project manage specialist or targeted RBI programmes as required to support operational integrity and compliance.

 

Primary Accountabilities

 

  • Provide technical leadership as an RBI specialist, ensuring timely, high‑quality delivery of RBI assessments and Written Schemes of Examination for assigned Production Unit areas
  • Act as the focal point for integrity matters within the PU, supporting the integrity team and managing interfaces with operational and AO stakeholders
  • Chair and lead monthly equipment strategy and RBI meetings, approving inspection strategies, LOPC and Save assessments, and driving appropriate actions
  • Identify the need for specialist or multi‑disciplinary input and ensure required data and actions are progressed to develop effective WSEs
  • Perform quality assurance reviews of integrity deliverables, provide constructive technical coaching, and complete compliance audits against procedures
  • Complete RBI, WSE and inspection documentation where required to meet workload demands and milestones
  • Maintain evergreen RBI for the PU, analysing integrity data for trends and ensuring inspection documentation, drawings and records remain current and controlled
  • Support inspection execution by overseeing inspection activities, managing inspection findings, conducting or overseeing fitness‑for‑service assessments, defining repair scopes, and reviewing CAIRs
  • Manage integrity‑related risks to inspection schedules and support optimisation of inspection strategies, including RBI‑driven deferrals and turnaround scope optimisation.
  • Lead or support learning‑from‑incidents investigations, HSSE compliance, audit reporting and departmental KPI delivery
  • Identify and support cost, efficiency and commercial improvement opportunities in collaboration with the wider department and refinery
  • Support digitalisation initiatives across Inspection and Integrity by working with IT and the business to implement fit‑for‑purpose solutions
  • Provide support to turnaround events as required and work towards achieving relevant site signatory authorisations

 

About You

 

Our ideal candidate will be degree qualified in Mechanical Engineering, Materials or Corrosion, with a master’s degree and Chartered Engineer status (or working towards it) being advantageous.

You will hold, or be working towards, relevant API certifications (API 571, 580, 510 and 570) and be a key user, or learn to be of Cenosco IMS software.

The role requires gaining site signatory qualifications within a reasonable timeframe. You will have proven experience in inspection, materials and corrosion, or mechanical engineering within a relevant process industry, supporting inspection and repair activities on static pressure equipment, piping and tanks. Experience conducting RBI assessments, developing Written Schemes of Examination and responding to complex inspection findings is preferred, alongside a strong understanding of refinery damage mechanisms and when specialist or multi‑disciplinary input is required. You will demonstrate sound knowledge of conventional and specialist NDE techniques, pressure equipment design and inspection codes, fitness‑for‑service and repair standards, UK safety and regulatory frameworks, and risk assessment principles. Strong data analysis skills, engineering judgement, and an understanding of ISO/IEC 17020 are essential, together with excellent communication, influencing and team‑working skills, the confidence to challenge constructively, and strong IT capability across Microsoft Office and Cenosco IMS.

 

Closing Date

 

This vacancy will close on 18th May 2026. 

 

Please Note, we work with a carefully selected set of recruitment agencies, and we are not looking to add to the current preferred suppliers list. We are unable to accept representations from agencies that are not on that preferred supplier list.