Lead Pipeline Engineer

Wood; Sharjah; On-site; AED 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company specializing in Oil and Gas projects is seeking a Lead Pipeline Engineer based in Sharjah. The role involves comprehensive responsibilities in project engineering, design standards compliance, and team coordination. Candidates should possess extensive experience in pipeline engineering, ideally with prior exposure to the Middle East and sour service operations.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of experience, 5+ years as Lead Pipeline Engineer.
• Experience working with multi-national teams preferred.
• Familiar with software packages for Pipeline engineering design.

Responsibilities

• Oversee onshore engineering for Oil and Gas projects.
• Plan, budget, and organize Pipeline engineering deliverables.
• Review design work and ensure project standards compliance.

Skills

Pipeline Design

Mechanical Calculations

Safety Analysis Techniques

Project Coordination

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Caesar II

AutoCAD

Navisworks

MS Excel

Arc GIS

Job description

• Responsible for providing expertise and ensures the application of correct standards in onshore feasibility, conceptual, basic engineering, FEED, detailed design and development of projects associated with Oil and Gas processing, production and export of Oil and Gas.
• Assume responsibility for assigned Pipeline engineering work scopes
• Review any design work carried out by third parties (vendors) and participate in reliability studies, and Safety and Facilities Technical Audits
• Establish the actual (as opposed to design) capacities / capabilities of existing field facilities to identify potential bottlenecks and scope for optimization
• Overall responsibility for the scheduling and monitoring the quality of the work procedure
• 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
• Fully understands the COMPANY HSE policy, procedures, regulations and objectives as they relate to his area of responsibility
• 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
• Mentor and Coach young pipeline engineers, provide advice to peers in this field
• Able to travel to Basra, Iraq as and when required.
• To promote safe behavior at all times

Key Accountabilities

• Develop the pipeline design basis
• Pipeline Route selection, ROW width selection, Crossing method selection, trenching / backfilling design.
• Manage Site visit / Survey and Data Collection
• Review/Perform pipelines design activities like mechanical calculations, 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
• Review/Prepare pipeline materials/items, coating, inspection, testing and installation specifications/Datasheets
• Review/Prepare pipeline material requisition, perform technical bid evaluation / analysis and vendor data review
• Provide material take off and bill of material
• 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, Caesar II/Autopipe and awareness in Arc GIS, AutoCAD, Navisworks

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree qualification in Mechanical Engineering
• Total experience of atleast 15 years with a Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in an engineering design company as a Lead Pipeline Engineer
• 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
• Familiar with the typical software packages that are used for Pipeline engineering design