Lead Pipeline Integrity Technician

Acuren is currently recruiting for a Lead Pipeline Integrity Technician to support our regional operations in Duluth, MN. 

The position provides highly specialised expertise in an advanced field responsible to provide technical, procedural, project and resource recommendations to support the delivery of specific technical services. The role reviews and recommends the adoption of new technology, delivers specialized equipment and technical training to staff, validates individual competency levels and ensures the currency and application of work acceptance criteria. The position also engages in project planning and execution, provides technical review and approval of procedures, techniques, standards and reports, and supports business development and service line growth.

• Calibrate nondestructive test equipment
• Conduct tests to ensure quality or detect discontinuities (defects) using NDT methods of inspection
• Establish techniques for proper examination of objects under inspection, ensuring strict adherence to safety regulations
• Apply testing criteria in accordance with applicable specifications or standards and evaluate results
• Organize and report test results
• Perform specialized inspections
• Review of pipeline integrity inspection reports, including assisting other pipeline integrity technicians with reporting
• Attending operational meetings with client engineers and project managers
• Maintaining open lines of communication between clients and pipeline integrity technicians
• Updating pipeline integrity databases and managing FTP sites
• Tracking the status of priority digs and ensuring all inspection and testing meets client specifications
• Assisting in technician training
• Assisting with dig package and cost estimating
• Maintaining metrics on reporting, costs, productivity etc.
• Resolving any technical issues in the field
• Reporting the results obtained from investigations
• May instruct and supervise others
• Perform other job related tasks by manager

• Post-secondary degree in an Engineering or technical field is preferred
• Client (Embridge , designation) 
• Level II PT, MT, and UT II Shear wave with Advanced Sizing & Detection Technique or above required
• Knowledge of the pipeline industry and, more specifically, pipeline integrity inspections required
• Superior communication skills, both oral and written.
• Organizational and time management skill
• Interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Technical proficiency and attention to detail are essential to the position
• Computer literate with Microsoft Office skills (including Word and Excel)
• Ability to manage and organize large and varied amounts of data
• Experience in report/scientific writing
• Experience with AutoCAD a plus
• Technical background in NDT methods and procedures
• Highschool School Diploma/GED Required

• Competitive salary
• Medical, dental, and supplemental insurance
• 401K Plan
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off

Acuren is a trusted, single source provider of technology-enabled asset protection solutions used to evaluate the structural integrity of critical energy, industrial and public infrastructures. Committed to delivering a Higher Level of Reliability, Acuren provides an unrivaled spectrum of capabilities including inspection, traditional and advanced NDE/NDT, failure analysis, rope access, materials engineering, field engineering, reliability engineering, drones, robotics, V-Deck and condition-based monitoring services.

Our work is critical to the integrity and safety of industrial firms, including petroleum refinery, pipeline, power generation, pulp & paper, mining, pharmaceutical, aerospace and automotive industries. Acuren employs over 4,000 dedicated professionals supporting the mechanical integrity and inspection programs of the world’s largest industrial segments.

Acuren is a market leader. Our formula for success is straightforward: be capable locally, with certified and well-equipped personnel supported by trained, experienced leaders. Continuing to build on a strong heritage of safety, quality and professionalism, Acuren strives to maintain incident free work environments, pursues advanced technical developments, and supports reliability programs that are valued by clients and employees.