Resident Inspector - UT Program Lead - Syracuse, NY (53586)

Applied Technical Services, LLC (“ATS” or the “Company”) is a leading provider of critical testing, inspection, certification, and compliance services. The Company serves clients across a diverse set of large and stable end markets including manufacturing, power generation, aerospace, medical, and defense. ATS was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Marietta, GA. Today the Company employs nearly 2,100 team members in over 95 locations across the United States.

Our purpose is to create a safe and reliable world and our mission is to deliver assurance through precise technical and professional services.

Summary:  ATS Mechanical Integrity Group needs a Resident Inspector to serve as a UT Program Lead for direct on-site support at customer facility in Syracuse, New York.  They will run the daily UT program through collation of UT schedule requirements, coordination of UT testing with other technician(s) including self-perform of thickness testing as needed to support a thorough and timely testing strategy, and review of all UT data to ensure accuracy of the program database.  In addition, the UT Program Lead maintains organization and documentation of UT testing points on piping, tanks, and vessels, including updating of UT maps as needed to ensure thorough and accurate inspection of existing, new, and modified assets.  Finally, the UT Program Lead coordinates with offsite specialist resources, including RT crews, to incorporate additional thickness data into the thickness monitoring program.  This is a full-time position working 40 hours per week.  Relocation assistance is available.

Specific activities include:

• Daily scheduling of UT testing
• Monitoring of data entry into Mechanical Integrity database (PSAim) to ensure quality of data being entered
• Monitoring of low-remaining life data report in PSAim and verification of data in field as necessary to ensure accuracy of report
• Validation of thickness data coverage of existing assets, creation of additional inspection points as appropriate and as agreed with separate API 570 lead, and then coordination/execution of inspection of those points including potential working from mobile platforms and ladders
• Working with separate drafting team to enter new pipes into database and/or correct data on existing pipes (numbering, description, nominal thickness, etc) through assignment of new TML's and conversion of existing UT data to new TML numbering.
• Update piping isometrics to show current TML’s
• Training others (Owner and Contractor employees) to support NDT work
• Making suggestions for updates to site NDT procedures as necessary to improve the program.
• UTSW weld inspection for new piping fabrication

Requirements:

• Minimum 5-years UT experience including current certifications in ASNT-TC1A UT/PT/MT Level 2
• Certification for confined space entry and mobile platforms (eg boom lifts)
• Excellent professionalism and work ethic
• Outstanding commitment to and history of executing work safely
• Strong attention to detail
• Minimum 1-year experience working with Mechanical Integrity computer databases
• Ability to work overtime and weekends if needed
• Ability to work at heights and enter small confined spaces
• High School Diploma or Bachelor of Science in Mechanical/Structural Engineering or closely related field preferred.
• Must be proficient with reports, especially Excel Spreadsheets and similar formats.
• Must be local to the Upstate New York or willing/able to relocate to the area.

Desired Skills:

• One or more years experience as UT Shearwave Level 2
• Experience with PSAim