Principal Pipeline Engineer

Job Overview:
The Principal Pipeline Engineering is responsible for interpreting internal or external business issues and recommending best practices. They will be tasked with solving complex pipeline-related problems and will work independently with minimal guidance. The Principal Pipeline Engineer may be responsible for leading functional teams or projects and is regarded as a specialist in the field of pipeline engineering. As such, they must have in-depth expertise in pipeline engineering as well as broad knowledge of the pipeline engineering discipline within the engineering function.

Responsibilities:

1. Interpret internal and external business challenges in the pipeline engineering discipline; the role requires specialized depth and breadth of expertise in the area of pipeline engineering.
2. Become fully familiar with the project scope of work, specifications, schedule, and all inter-discipline requirements; including identifying concerns as early as practicable and taking appropriate initiatives to address the issues.
3. Identify changes to scope and promptly raise change notifications, including providing any necessary supporting documentation and estimates; provide similar support for Variation Orders.
4. Interface with all disciplines to develop clash-free designs.
5. Document substantive communications and forward copies to Discipline Lead Engineer and Discipline Manager.
6. Prepare estimates for bid proposals, including technical query reviews, execution statements, and workhour estimates.
7. Prepare, review, and (as Lead Engineer) approve Discipline engineering design basis, philosophies, and technical specifications.
8. Participate in finalizing deliverables lists and deliverables, ensuring compliance with specifications and functional integrity.
9. Attend project kickoff and review meetings, vendor meetings, engineering meetings, and offshore site surveys, as required.
10. Provide technical direction and review of Designer's production products related to Pipeline Engineering.
11. Assist in providing necessary design inputs to other disciplines to enable them to proceed with their deliverables.
12. Assist procurement personnel in procuring Discipline equipment, materials, and services; ensuring that work produced complies with Customer objectives and procedures.
13. Review and (as Lead Engineer) approve vendor and subcontractor submittals, checking for compliance with project specifications and providing comments as necessary.
14. Keep the Discipline Manager and Project Management Team apprised of all activities and concerns, technical, budgetary, and manpower related.
15. Assist in providing inputs for actual, planning, and forecasting progress reports including associated productivity.
16. Perform (as required) Technical Quality Audit reviews by MOR Global Procedures.
17. Guide less experienced engineers on MOR and Discipline procedures, standards, worksheets, design calculations, software, requisitions, technical bid evaluations, technical queries, etc.
18. Supervise and guide assigned engineers and coordinate with project Lead Designers for Discipline engineering and design deliverables.
19. Responsible for the engineering integrity of the assigned work area.
20. Monitor costs of own work processes.
21. Participate in the development and maintenance of Global Procedures, Software, and Standards.
22. Develop communication and presentation skills (e.g., write technical papers, participate in conferences and/or seminars, present design solutions, and/or present topics at lunch and learns etc.).
23. Identify and provide training to staff in specific techniques and proprietary software.
24. Prepare, review, and (as Lead Engineer) approve the following for pipelines and their components: Material specifications and datasheets, Fabrication specifications, Installation specifications, Pipeline design and installation analyses, Material takeoffs, Pipeline reports and installation manuals.
25. Perform, review, and (as Lead Engineer) approve the following designs, analyses, and evaluations for pipelines and their components: Wall thickness designs, On-bottom stability analyses, Pipeline cathodic protection designs, Free-span analyses, Pipeline expansion and rigid riser stress analyses using finite element analysis (FEA) tools.

Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree in Engineering.
2. 15-20 years of experience in oil and gas with major contractor or consultant predominantly performing detail design.
3. Detailed knowledge of design techniques and analysis methods, and detailed knowledge of the theory, content, and application of standards, codes, and guidelines as applicable for Mechanical Equipment.
4. Knowledgeable in project coordination and execution skills.
5. Preferably Registered Professional Engineer or member of professional engineering society as applicable.
6. Fluent in the English language.

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