Principal Engineer, Pipelines

Kintec Global Recruitment; Ribble Valley; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Kintec Global Recruitment seeks a Principal Engineer, Pipelines to provide senior technical leadership across onshore and offshore pipeline work, including carbon capture. You will own the pipelines discipline from concept selection through FEED, ITT, and execution, acting as design lead and ensuring high-quality output.

The role offers genuine hybrid working with strong remote flexibility and opportunities for international site visits, supporting cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Qualifications

• Experience in oil and gas across rigid onshore and offshore pipelines.
• Familiarity with UK and international codes (BS, DNV, ISO, API, ASME) is desirable.
• Strong leadership and ability to direct engineers and designers.

Responsibilities

• Lead and direct a team of discipline engineers and designers on large projects.
• Perform design activities for rigid onshore and offshore pipelines across all project phases.
• Supervise and review philosophies, specifications, routing studies, and mechanical design.
• Check calculations and analyses including stress, spanning, global buckling, walking, on-bottom roughness, tie-ins and expansion loops.
• Oversee crossing design, hot tapping, and trenchless activities (HDD, microtunnelling).
• Prepare datasheets and technical requisitions, compile ITTs, and perform bid evaluations.
• Validate pipeline inspection, maintenance, and emergency repair strategies.
• Check third-party design and installation activities during execution.
• Visit manufacturers (line pipe, coating, valves) as required.
• Liaise with process, materials and corrosion, flow assurance, instrumentation, civil, and construction disciplines.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Interpersonal skills

Career growth

Education

Bachelor's in Pipeline/Offshore/Civil/Mechanical Eng

Tools

DNV SESAM

PET

AutoPipe

SAGE Profile

AGA

ANSYS

ABAQUS

OrcaFlex

Job description

Principal Engineer, Pipelines

Location: South East England (Hybrid)

Overview

A permanent opportunity for an experienced Pipelines Engineer to provide principal-level technical leadership across major onshore and offshore pipeline work, including carbon capture. You will lead the pipelines discipline from concept selection through FEED, ITT, and execution, acting as design lead and owning the quality of the team's output.

Why This Role Stands Out

• Principal-level technical leadership of the pipelines discipline
• Varied portfolio across greenfield, brownfield, and carbon capture work
• Full lifecycle involvement from concept selection through to execution
• Genuine hybrid working with strong remote flexibility
• International exposure with short-term visits to sites and offices worldwide

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and direct a team of discipline engineers and designers on large projects
• Perform design activities for rigid onshore and offshore pipelines across all project phases
• Supervise and review philosophies, specifications, routing studies, and mechanical design
• Check calculations and analyses including:
• Stress
• Spanning
• Global buckling
• Walking
• On-bottom roughness
• Tie-ins and expansion loops
• Oversee crossing design, hot tapping, and trenchless activities (HDD, microtunnelling)
• Prepare datasheets and technical requisitions, compile ITTs, and perform bid evaluations
• Validate pipeline inspection, maintenance, and emergency repair strategies
• Check third-party design and installation activities during execution
• Visit manufacturers (line pipe, coating, valves) as required
• Liaise closely with process, materials and corrosion, flow assurance, instrumentation, civil, and construction disciplines

Requirements

• Experience in oil and gas across rigid onshore and offshore pipelines
• Strong knowledge of pipeline design software, such as:
• DNV SESAM pipeline package
• PET
• AutoPipe
• SAGE Profile
• AGA
• Knowledge of ANSYS, ABAQUS, and OrcaFlex is desirable
• Familiarity with UK and international codes (BS, DNV, ISO, API, ASME) is desirable
• Proven experience leading and directing discipline engineers and designers
• Strong planning, organisational, and interpersonal skills
• Ambition to develop into a high-level technical expert
• Ideally degree qualified in Pipeline, Subsea, Offshore, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering

Contract Type

Permanent

Work Schedule

Hybrid working with strong remote flexibility and some short-term international visits