NDT Inspector

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: NDT Inspector

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Employment Type: Contract
Function: Non-Destructive Testing and Weld Quality
Reports to: NDT Level III / QA/QC Engineer
Supervises: NDT technicians, where authorised

Role Purpose

• Perform, witness, and review non-destructive testing of welds, materials, and equipment, ensuring methods, personnel, procedures, equipment, interpretation, and records meet the approved code and project acceptance criteria.

Key Responsibilities

• Interpret indications accurately, distinguish relevant from non-relevant responses, and evaluate results against the specified code.
• Monitor radiation-safety interfaces for radiography and coordinate exclusion zones and permits with the authorised radiation team.
• Issue clear NDT reports with weld/component identity, method, equipment, calibration, coverage, indication details, disposition, and examiner approval.
• Review NDT procedures, technique sheets, examination coverage, acceptance criteria, drawings, weld maps, and inspection requests before testing.
• Perform or witness VT, PT, MT, UT and radiographic-film interpretation within certified competence and employer authorisation.
• Escalate ambiguous, significant, recurring, or out-of-scope indications to the responsible Level III and support root-cause and repair verification.
• Verify technician certification, visual acuity, method authorisation, equipment calibration, reference standards, consumables, and environmental conditions.
• Maintain weld/NDT status, repair-cycle traceability, rejection trends, and release status so unaccepted work is not coated, tested, or concealed.
• Confirm surface condition, examination stage, identification, orientation, datum, scanning pattern, sensitivity, coverage, and traceability.

Key Performance Measures

• Reduction in manual reporting effort and duplicate data.
• Reports issued accurately and on schedule.
• Source-to-dashboard reconciliation and data completeness.
• NDT completed within inspection schedule.
• Stakeholder use and acceptance of quality insights.
• Actionable trends identified before major impact.
• Calibration and personnel certification maintained without lapse.
• No unauthorised release of rejected or unexamined work.
• Reports accepted without traceability or interpretation errors.
• Repair and rejection trends reported promptly.

Qualifications and Experience
Minimum Requirements:

• Current employer authorisation and documented experience for each method performed or interpreted.
• Strong attention to indication evaluation, report accuracy, and traceability.
• Ability to read weld maps, isometrics, drawings, NDT procedures, and code acceptance criteria.
• Technical diploma/HND or bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Materials, Welding, or a related technical discipline.
• Typically 5 or more years of industrial NDT experience on welds, piping, pipelines, tanks, structures, or pressure equipment.

Preferred Certifications and Standards Knowledge:

• Radiographic-film interpretation certification/authorisation where film review is part of the role.
• ASNT SNT-TC-1A, ASNT CP-189, ISO 9712, or equivalent Level II certification in the required methods.
• Knowledge of ASME Section V/IX, ASME B31 series, AWS D1.1, API 650/653/570, ASTM E165/E709, and project-specific acceptance criteria as applicable.

Core Competencies:

• NDT method execution and interpretation.
• Indication evaluation and code acceptance.
• Weld-status and repair-cycle traceability.
• Radiation-safety interface awareness.
• Procedure and calibration compliance.

Reporting and Interfaces

• Internal interfaces: Welding, QC, construction, pipeline/tank inspection, materials, HSE, and document control teams.
• External interfaces: Client inspectors, NDT contractors, laboratories, radiation-safety personnel, and Level III authorities.