The Becht Team
John Conway
John Conway has 44 years’ experience in inspection and reliability in the petroleum refining, steel, and nuclear power industries. He is the developer of a proprietary four phase turnaround inspection planning program that reduces clients’ regulatory and business risk. His expertise includes risk-based inspection, API 571 damage mechanism assessments, turnaround inspection scoping, planning, execution, and reliability centered maintenance programs. Selected positions and responsibilities:
Owner, Refinery Inspection Consulting Services LLC, Corpus Christi, TX
- Provided inspection consulting services for refinery inspection programs and turnaround planning
Asset Integrity Manager, Corpus Christi, TX (contract)
- Developed and managed the asset integrity management program
Consultant, Houston, TX (contract)
- Provided consulting services with respect to risk-based inspection (RBI) of fixed equipment
Maintenance Superintendent, Flint Hills Resources, Corpus Christi, TX
- Positions held: Inspector, Inspection Manager, Reliability Coordinator
- 1988- 1991 All Tech Inspection (Part Owner) – Position: Refinery Inspector
- 1983-1988- City of Austin- Austin Texas- Position: Public Works Inspection Manager
- 1980-1983- ARAMCO-Saudi Arabia-Positions held: Field Supervisor, Inspection Staff Engineer
- 1978- 1980- Rockwell Hanford – Richland Washington-Positions held: QA Engineer, Project Engineer
- 1976-1978- US Steel-Baytown Texas- Position held: Metallurgical Analyst
Certifications/Training
- National Board – NBIC – National Board Inspection Code (National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors, Columbus, Ohio)
- API 510 with 571 endorsement, API 570, API 653
- NACE-Senior Corrosion Technologist, NACE Coatings
- RBI-API 580/581-proficient in API RBI Software
- CWI Certified Welding Inspector (American Welding Society AWS)
Mr. Conway holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Education from the University of Texas at Austin. He is an API Refining and Equipment Standards Member.
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- Mechanical Eng
- Mechanical Integrity
- Nuclear
- Piping
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