API Inspector - Chicago, IL

Major Responsibilities/Activities

• Perform inspections on piping, pressure vessels, and storage tanks at scheduled intervals to maintain the mechanical integrity of piping throughout the refinery.
• Perform visual inspection of completed work and recommend and approve repairs.
• Assist in the scheduling of activities related to inspection.
• Use of proper safety procedures and equipment.
• Properly use and complete customer and company job related forms and paperwork.
• Abside by Company policies and procedures.
• Complete all required training, including tests, within Company guidelines.
• Perform a variety of tasks, often changing assignments on short notice.
• Prioritize and complete work assignments by specific deadlines.
• Deliver reports to clients.
• Work outdoors in a plant atmosphere.
• Work in plant and/or shop areas around production machinery with extreme noise levels.
• Wear required safety equipment.

  Minimum Requirements

  • Possess the appropriate API certification(s).
  • 2+ years of hands-on API experience.
  • Requires high school diploma or equivalent, technical school or college credits preferred.
  • Must be proficient with MS Word and Excel and be able to write detailed inspection reports.
  • Must have the ability to lift and carry 30 pounds.
  • Capable of climbing, working at high elevations and working in confined spaces.
  • Must have sufficient clarity of speech and hearing or other communication capabilities, with or without reasonable accommodation, which permits employee to communicate effectively.
  • Must have sufficient vision or other powers of observation, with or without reasonable accommodations, which permits employee to conduct investigations.
  • Must have sufficient manual dexterity, with or without reasonable accommodation, which permits the employee to perform routine office duties.

    Essential Physical Functions

    • Frequent lifting up to 30 lbs.