LIDAR Analyst

Acuren

LIDAR Analyst responsible for acquiring, processing, and interpreting 3D laser scan data for mechanical integrity inspections. Ensuring compliance with API standards and producing comprehensive reports.

Posted 4/25/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Perform terrestrial LiDAR scanning of storage tanks (external and internal), pressure vessels and associated components
Plan scan setups to ensure full coverage of critical areas and minimal shadowing and data gaps
Establish and verify control points where required
Document field conditions and constraints
Register and align multiple scans into a unified point cloud
Conduct deformation analysis including out-of-roundness, plumbness (tanks), settlement trends, and bulging or localized distortion
Collaborate with API-certified inspectors to interpret findings and identify code-relevant conditions
Produce colorized deviation maps, annotated 3D models and quantitative measurement summaries
Maintain traceable workflow from raw data to final report

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Surveying, Geomatics, Engineering, or a related technical field or equivalent field experience in LiDAR or industrial inspection
Minimum 8 years experience with LiDAR scanning systems (e.g., Leica, FARO)
Proficiency in point cloud software (e.g., Cyclone, Scene, Cloud Compare)
Working knowledge of pressure vessel and tank geometry and settlement behavior
Familiarity with requirements of API 653, API 510
Strong knowledge of NDE/NDT methods (UT, VT, etc.), industrial construction and maintenance
Familiarity with spatial and geometric reasoning
Attention to measurement accuracy and detail
Clear technical communication (visual + written)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary
Medical, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance
401K Plan
Paid Holidays
Paid Time Off

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Hard Skills & Tools

LiDAR scanningdeformation analysispoint cloud softwaremeasurement accuracypressure vessel geometrysettlement behaviorNDE methodsNDT methodsAPI 653API 510

Soft Skills

technical communicationattention to detailcollaborationspatial reasoninggeometric reasoning