Talascend is currently seeking a Piping Testing Superintendent for a contract opportunity with our client in Brownsville, Texas.

Overview

The Piping Testing Superintendent (Day or Night Shift) will be responsible for overseeing large-scale pneumatic testing activities, ensuring safety, compliance, and schedule adherence on a major energy construction project in Brownsville, Texas. The role involves leading night-shift crews, managing testing procedures, troubleshooting issues, and coordinating with multiple teams to meet project milestones.

Responsibilities

Lead, supervise, and coordinate night-shift crews performing pneumatic pressure testing on assigned systems, ensuring adherence to project procedures, test plans, and safety protocols.
Review test boundaries, isometrics, P&IDs, and engineering documentation to confirm system readiness.
Manage pre-test verification including line walks, isolation checks, blinds, gauge calibration, and manifold setup.
Oversee execution of pneumatic tests, ensuring stability, proper pressurization rate, leak detection, and compliance with allowable pressure drop tolerances.
Mitigate hazards associated with stored energy, pressure containment, and component failure by enforcing strict exclusion zones, barricading, and Life-Critical Rules.
Identify and troubleshoot issues such as valve leakage, instrument failures, inadequate isolation, cold-work conflicts, or material defects.
Coordinate with QA/QC for hold points, documentation sign-off, punch list creation, and post-test restoration.
Drive nightly progress reporting, manpower allocation, equipment needs, and forecasted completions.
Work proactively with survey, scaffolding, coatings, and other interfacing disciplines to remove work blockers.
Maintain accurate records of test pressures, durations, failures, retests, and sign-off packages for turnover to completions and commissioning.
Train and mentor foremen and craft workers on pneumatic testing hazards, procedures, and best practices.
Support system prioritization to meet turnover milestones, critical path activities, and hydro/pneumatic sequencing.
Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree (or international equivalent) and 8-10 years of relevant experience or 12-14 years of relevant work experience.
Keen knowledge of construction or engineering operations related to field activities.
Experience on LNG construction sites, especially along the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Heavy industrial direct hire construction experience related to oil, gas, refinery, petrochemical, minerals processing, or power generating stations.
Computer literate with proficiency in word processing, spreadsheets, and database applications.
Working knowledge of industry codes and standards.
Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.