Our Client, one of the largest Petrochemical Company in Kuwait is currently recruiting for Valve Specialist based in Kuwait.

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Location : Shuaiba, Kuwait

Contract Duration : Long Term Permanent

Type of Hire : Secondment Contract (Under Brunel’s Visa & Pay Rolling)

Employment Status : Single / Bachelor

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Qualification & Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor degree or Diploma in mechanical or instrumentation engineering with relevant experience in oil & gas refinery or petrochemical field.
• 8 years experience with engineering degree or 10 years experience with Diploma.
• Required Qualified/certified from safety valve & control valve OEM.

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Role Description:

• The Valve Specialist is assigned with the wide responsibility to ensure the safety, Quality / inspection, repair, witness and testing of all kind of valves as per standard & codes.
• Includes all relief devices, automated valves, regulators etc. to ensure the equipment’s are serviced and maintained in reliable conditions.

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Responsibilities:

• Promote discipline knowledge exchange and quality application through technical coaching in order to achieve high performance standards.
• Coordinate and participate in the prioritization process of periodic technology improvements, upgrades, testing or any high value supported improvement opportunities to enhance maintenance activities and reliability across Company.
• Assist in providing advance trouble shooting in order to ensure Reliability, cost reduction and equipment productivity.
• Serve as a technical resource in technical evaluations of suppliers and projects to identify opportunities for improvement in order to achieve best quality.
• Monitor and validate supplier performance within the discipline operation unit to maintain and recommend opportunities for improvements incompliance with operational procedures and regulations.
• Review jobs history form to ensure the quality and reliability of equipment after maintenance activities completion.
• Review job Feedback forms in relates to job duration in order to optimize maintenance job execution.
• Good skills and knowledge on control valves and valve smart positioners.
• Familiar with valve failure moods and damage mechanisms, to be able to conduct root cause investigation.
• Ability to analyze the repair reports.
• Material and repair knowledge.
• Familiarized with Codes API 527, API 2000, API 598, ASME B16.34 and API 6D and ANSI/FCI 70 codes
• Witness the closure & hydro testing of pipeline Mechanical valve, safety valves and control valves.
• Familiar with valve components and critical inspections.
• Familiar to work on Fieldvue DVC 6000 series, Masoneilan SVI, SVII digital valve controller and other smart controllers and positioners.
• Knowledge to read & understand the piping and instrument diagram, (P&ID) & data sheet.
• Knowledge to read hook up drawings for instrumentation and identify components and logics.
• Valve spares interchangeability and maintain the needed spares on stock.
• Review valve spare quotations and complete assemble of valves (Manual , control, PSV) as per Company specifications.
• Experience in troubleshooting during Turnarounds and shutdowns.
• Assist with interdisciplinary departments in Company (Engineering, automation, etc.) for project planning and execution.
• Field inspection of safety valves/control valves, Mechanical valves when needed.
• Field calibration (test) of boiler steam safety valves.
• Availability for callout during off hours.