Senior Inspection Engineer & Team Lead

Sonomatic is looking for an experienced Senior Inspection Engineer & Team Lead to join our team in Grangemouth.

About The Role

• To act as the focal point for the Client, the Company (Sonomatic), and the Inspection Team, ensuring the successful execution of inspection scopes and effective team delivery. This role combines leadership, planning, and execution, with a focus on delivery, driving continuous improvement, managing and optimising inspection programs, reviewing developments in technology and opportunities for application and encourage the development of a high-performing inspection team.
• To act on behalf of the client as a competent person carrying out pressure system inspections in compliance with both legal and company standards, as required in a Senior Inspection Engineer capacity.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the key focal point for inspection activities on-site, representing both the Client and Sonomatic with professionalism, integrity, and technical confidence.
• Lead and coordinate the safe and efficient delivery of all inspection scopes, including planned maintenance, and ad hoc scopes.
• Attend planning meetings; provide input on inspection scope strategy, resourcing, and schedule integration.
• Manage the full Inspection Plan, including lookahead scheduling, reporting turnaround, and workpack submissions, ensuring all gates and milestones are achieved.
• Review equipment history and operational data to inform inspection scopes, supporting optimisation through scope enhancement or rationalisation in collaboration with the Sonomatic Technical Team and application of alternative inspection techniques.
• Maintain real-time oversight of daily inspection activities, ensuring effective distribution of effort across priorities, and proactive escalation of blockers or emerging issues.
• Monitor progression of all live scopes and maintain accurate daily tracking updates, including status reporting to the client.
• Ensure daily task delegation is structured, fair, and aligned to team member competence, progression goals, and workload balance.
• Chair regular inspection team meetings to ensure alignment on current activities, future plans, personnel deployment, and any HSE or integrity updates.
• Provide clear and timely updates to Client and Sonomatic stakeholders on scope

progression, anomalies, critical path updates, and key lookaheads.

• Lead and support the preparation, review, and technical approval of WSEs and inspection workpacks, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and adherence to client requirements and standards.
• Engage and manage all subcontracted vendors or third-party service providers supporting inspection delivery (e.g., NDT, scaffolding, surface preparation and job access requirements).
• Actively participate in the identification, review, and close-out of inspection anomalies and recommendations, ensuring robust documentation and handover to client or operations as required.
• Ensure inspections are carried out in accordance with client procedures and within defined limits of authority; escalate in accordance with in-house procedures where engineering input is required.
• Promote and drive scope optimisation opportunities, including risk-based intervals, CUI frequency rationalisation, re-RBI potential, and NII strategy.
• Champion a high-performing team culture that values safety, accountability, inclusion, and continuous improvement.
• Lead by example with a strong personal commitment to HSE, quality[JB1.1], and technical integrity in every aspect of delivery.
• Support and actively drive the process to ensure achievement of Contract KPIs
• Monitor team morale and engagement levels; act to resolve any interpersonal or operational issues promptly and fairly.
• Identify and promote opportunities for continuous improvement in inspection delivery, reporting, digitalisation, and team processes.
• In addition to Team Lead duties, you may be required to carry out Senior Inspection Engineer duties to support times of leave, increased inspection activities, ad hoc or contract work within the Company. Where required, you may also be required to deputise for Senior Inspection Engineers on other UK contracts working within authorised limits as required.
• Carry out all allocated inspections within authorised limits.
• Produce comprehensive reports within 28 days of inspection.
• Compile & Update WSE’s as and when applicable.
• Carry out inspection/line walk to ensure accuracy of WSE and inspections, if required.
• Ensure that all inspections are carried out in accordance with the relevant WSE and in compliance with Sonomatic procedures and contract requirements.
• Provide Technical Support to all Sonomatic Personnel, the client, and third-party contractors where applicable.
• Review & accept NDT results.
• Identify and provide detailed information for any required or recommended repairs.
• Raise & complete Fitness for Service documentation working within authorised limits.
• Provide guidance and support to trainee personnel or junior staff members, including assisting in training programs, sharing knowledge and expertise, and promoting a culture of continuous learning and professional development within the organisation.
• Review and/or authorise Inspection Reports and ensure requested work is in line with WSE expectations within authorised limits.
• Completing other tasks allocated by either Sonomatic or Client which are required for the smooth running of our contracts.
• Ensure compliance with all Sonomatic and client safety procedures and standards.
• Carry out general administrative duties related to your position in a timely manner.

About You

• Detailed understanding of Inspection Standards, legal requirements for Inspection (e.g. PSSR, PED, Pipeline Safety Regs, API, ASME, EEMUA, PUWER, LOLER & COMAH) and the design, fabrication, purpose and operation of equipment being inspected.
• In-depth knowledge of mechanical design codes together with their application, material properties and specification, degradation mechanisms and their prevention through design, coatings, maintenance and operating conditions.
• Knowledge and understanding of legislation (COMAHH, PUWER, LOLER, HSWA, PED, DSEAR)
• Knowledge and understanding of degradation mechanisms (CUI, SCC, Corrosion, Erosion etc).
• Working knowledge of NDT techniques, where they can be applied and their limitations. Confident communicator with excellent report-writing skills.
• Competent in using asset integrity management systems and databases.