Pennsylvania, United States of America
Job Family Group:
Production and Manufacturing Downstream
Worker Type:
Regular
Posting Start Date:
October 21, 2026
Business Unit:
Downstream and Renewables
Experience Level:
Experienced Professionals
Job Description:
What’s the role
This role serves as the site’s senior PEI inspection authority, responsible for executing inspections, verifying compliance with inspection requirements, and providing independent challenge to execution and integrity management activities.
The ST Inspector – PEI works closely with PEI specialists, maintenance teams, planners, and contractors while maintaining inspection independence. The role does not set enterprise standards, but ensures rigorous verification of asset condition and compliance at site level, escalating concerns through established governance channels when required.
What you’ll be doing
- Perform planned and ad-hoc inspections of pressure equipment, piping, and integrity-critical mechanical assets
- Verify asset condition and compliance with inspection plans, procedures, and applicable requirements
- Identify damage mechanisms, degradation, and integrity threats that could affect safe operation
- Document inspection findings clearly, including risk ranking, recommended actions, and supporting evidence
- Validate completion and effectiveness of corrective and preventive actions arising from inspection findings
- Support audits, assessments, and incident investigations with PEI inspection expertise
- Provide inspection feedback to support improvement of inspection strategies and integrity management practices
- Independent PEI Inspection & Assurance: Deliver high-quality, objective inspections that provide confidence in the condition, integrity, and fitness-for-service of pressure equipment and integrity-critical assets.
- Integrity Threat Identification & Escalation: Identify damage mechanisms, degradation, and integrity risks that could impact safety or reliability; ensure findings are clearly documented and escalated through appropriate site governance.
- Inspection Quality & Technical Rigor: Maintain a consistently high standard of inspection execution, technical judgement, and documentation, ensuring outputs are accurate, evidence-based, and actionable.
- Corrective Action Verification: Verify corrective and preventive actions addressing inspection findings are completed within required timeframes and effective.
- Governance & Compliance Support: Ensure inspections are executed in alignment with approved inspection plans, procedures, and enterprise requirements, supporting regulatory and internal compliance obligations.
- Continuous Improvement Contribution: Contribute to improvement of inspection effectiveness by identifying trends, recurring issues, and opportunities to strengthen inspection scope, methods, or frequencies.
What you bring
- Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer
- Highschool degree or GED
- Minimum of 5 years of petrochemical, refining, chemical, or industrial pressure equipment inspection experience.
- API 510 certification required, API 570 certification preferred.
- National Board and PA Department of Labor and Industry certifications strongly preferred. Must be able to obtain if not currently certified.
- Strong technical background in mechanical inspection, PEI, or integrity-related disciplines within an industrial or process environment
- Experience using inspection and maintenance systems such as wIMS and SAP.
- Extensive understanding of pressure equipment, piping systems, and common damage mechanisms
- Demonstrated experience performing independent inspections and assessing asset condition objectively
- Ability to interpret and apply inspection plans, technical requirements, and integrity-related documentation
- Proven capability to document inspection findings clearly, accurately, and with appropriate risk context
- Confidence and professional judgement to challenge unsafe or noncompliant conditions
- Effective communication skills to interface with PEI specialists, maintenance teams, contractors, and leadership
- A strong personal commitment to safety, asset integrity, and disciplined inspection practices
What we offer
The base salary range for this position is $103,000 - $155,000 per year. Individual pay will be based on various factors, such as relevant work experience, education, certifications, skill level, seniority, and internal equity.
For regular full-time or regular part-time employees of the Company (participating companies as listed in the Summary Plan Description), insurance coverage options include medical, dental, vision coverage, life Insurance, Business Travel Accident Insurance, and Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs. Employees also participate in a company pension plan and a 401(k) plan. Paid leave includes up to 6 weeks of paid vacation time, up to 11 paid holidays, and parental leave offering 16 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents, and 8 weeks of paid leave for non-birthing parents.
Additionally, employees are eligible for short-term disability leave for up to 26 weeks at 100% or 50% of base pay as well as Long-Term Disability insurance. Shell also offers other compensation such financial reimbursement for adoption, wellness, education, and personal learning expenses, and some roles are eligible for discretionary long-term incentives. For interns, eligible benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, Business Travel Accident Insurance, and Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs; participation in a 401(k) plan; and paid leave for up to 11 paid holidays. Additional information on Shell’s US benefit programs can be found at https://www.shell.us/careers/about-careers-at-shell/rewards-and-benefits.html.
