Engineer Pipeline Lead

Responsibilities

General:

• Assume responsibility for assigned Pipeline engineering work scopes
• Overall responsibility for the scheduling and monitoring the quality of the work procedure
• Mentor and Coach young pipeline engineers, provide advice to peers in this field
• To carry out Pipeline discipline work within a project team, supporting the project team for field development of oil and gas production facilities
• To plan, budget, organize, and control a segment of the Pipeline engineering deliverables for the project
• To prepare Pipeline deliverables for a project in the oil and gas industry, and ensure that they conform to all applicable engineering codes and standards as well as the Client’s policies and procedures
• To ensure that all work is completed without compromise to quality and is delivered according to the project schedule
• To liaise with the Client’s Engineering, Operations and Maintenance staff as required to ensure a consistent approach to project completion
• To provide sound technical advice and solutions to a diversity of technical problems within the discipline
• To co-ordinate with other disciplines during all stages of design development, construction, pre-commissioning, and start-up
• To assist in the coordination of all activities related to Pipeline engineering design
• To identify any areas of concern with respect to progress and/or quality and recommend corrective actions as required
• To promote safe behaviour at all times
  

Technical

Working within the pipeline design team on onshore feasibility, conceptual, basic engineering, FEED, detailed design and EPC / EPCM projects.

• Develop the pipeline design basis
• Pipeline Route selection, ROW width selection, Crossing method selection, trenching / backfilling design.
• Carry out Site visit / Survey and Data Collection
• Perform Pipeline route selection and reconnaissance
• Perform following pipelines design activities:
  • Mechanical calculations line pipes and bend material grade and wall thickness. Expansion/Anchor forces Calculations,
  • Buoyancy, Ovality/Buckling check,
  • Road/Rail Crossing, River Crossing, Fault Crossing analysis
  • Pipeline Stress Analysis Using Caesar-II/Auto pipe Software
• Knowledge of Design, Materials, Construction, Fabrication, Inspection and Testing of Pipeline items
• Prepare pipeline materials/items, coating, inspection, testing and installation specifications/DataSheets
• Prepare pipeline material requisition, perform technical bid evaluation / analysis and vendor data review
• Provide material take off and bill of material
• To aware of Environmental aspects (ISO14001) of oil and gas design.
• To aware of Safety aspects of design in relation to the project cycle; e.g. HAZID, HAZOP, QRA and risk analysis techniques.
• Proficiency in MS Excel, Mathcad, Caesar II/Autopipe and awareness in Arc GIS, Autocad

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree qualification in Mechanical Engineering
• Total experience of around 15 years with a Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in an engineering design company as a Lead Pipeline Engineer
• Operational support / construction and commissioning experience
• Experience of working with multi-national and multi-cultural project teams is strongly preferred
• Previous experience of working in the Middle East would be an advantage
• Experience of sour service operations would be an advantage
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of Pipeline engineering design and analysis
• Thorough awareness of relevant international codes and standards
• Familiar with the typical software packages that are used for Pipeline engineering design