CSP Yard Piping / Mechanical Inspector at an Undisclosed Oil & Gas Operator via IOTA Group – Port Harcourt

An upstream oil and gas operator is recruiting a CSP Yard Piping / Mechanical Inspector in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The role will provide construction surveillance and quality oversight for piping and mechanical works, supporting safe execution, mechanical completion and handover readiness.

Key responsibilities

HSE and safe work execution

• Promote company HSE requirements and safe execution of piping and mechanical works.
• Verify compliance with permits to work, job safety analyses, method statements and lifting requirements.
• Identify and report unsafe conditions or practices promptly.

Construction surveillance and quality assurance

• Monitor piping fabrication and installation, supports, valves, mechanical equipment and associated works.
• Check compliance with approved drawings, specifications, procedures, codes, standards and EPCC requirements.
• Verify material identification, handling, preservation and installation.
• Conduct surveillance and witness inspections or tests in line with approved inspection and test plans.
• Monitor pressure testing, flushing and cleaning, reinstatement, dimensional control and final inspections.
• Identify non-conformities and follow contractor corrective actions through closure.

Mechanical completion and coordination

• Participate in mechanical-completion walkdowns and system or subsystem inspections.
• Raise and follow up punch-list items through satisfactory closure.
• Verify piping and mechanical readiness for pre-commissioning and handover to commissioning.
• Support resolution of technical queries, field changes, clashes and construction issues.
• Coordinate interfaces with Engineering, QA/QC, HSE, Commissioning and other construction disciplines.
• Escalate critical technical, quality or schedule issues to the Yard Construction Lead.

Progress, load-out and handover

• Monitor piping and mechanical progress and highlight constraints affecting completion or schedule.
• Support load-out and sail-away readiness reviews, including preservation and outstanding-work status.
• Support handover to offshore installation and hook-up and commissioning, with offshore follow-up where required.

Qualifications and experience

• Degree or HND in Mechanical Engineering or an equivalent technical discipline.
• Eight to ten years of professional experience, including five years in construction on oil and gas projects.
• Strong piping and mechanical construction-inspection experience.
• Good working knowledge of ASME, GS and other relevant international codes, standards and quality requirements.
• Experience with mechanical completion, punch-list management, load-out readiness and construction interfaces.

Applicants must be Nigerian nationals.