Senior Offshore Pipeline Engineer

KBR Careers; Leatherhead; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR Leatherhead is seeking a Senior Offshore Pipeline Engineer to join our subsea pipelines practice. You will lead high-profile offshore and subsea pipeline studies, FEED and detailed design, delivering compliant solutions to ASME B31 and DNVGL standards in a hybrid working environment.

Essential requirements include a degree in engineering, extensive subsea pipeline experience, strong technical knowledge, and ability to manage multiple projects.

Qualifications

• Degree in Engineering (or equivalent) required.
• Extensive subsea pipeline experience required.
• Experience with ASME B31 and DNVGL standards.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality work across subsea pipeline projects.
• Lead feasibility, concept and FEED studies.
• Oversee detailed design and ensure standards compliance.
• Mentor junior engineers and liaise with clients.
• Support proposals and business development activities.

Skills

Subsea pipeline design

FEA analysis

Caesar II

Project management

Mentoring juniors

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Caesar II

Mathcad

Job description

Senior Offshore Pipeline Engineer

KBR is a global provider of differentiated, professional services and technologies delivered across a wide government, defense and industrial base. Drawing from its rich 100-year history and culture of innovation and mission focus, KBR creates sustainable value by combining engineering, technical and scientific expertise with its full life cycle capabilities to help our clients meet their most pressing challenges today and into the future. We deliver science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. KBR employs approximately 37,000 people worldwide with customers in more than 80 countries and operations in over 29 countries. KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, and long-term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results. At KBR, We Deliver. We are seeking an experienced Senior Subsea Pipeline Engineer to join our growing consulting team at KBR's Leatherhead office. This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong engineer to work on high-profile, complex subsea pipeline projects across multiple stages of development, while contributing to a collaborative and forward-thinking team. The role is based in our Leatherhead office, 40 hours per week, with hybrid working potentially available.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality technical work across subsea pipeline engineering projects at various stages of development.
• Lead and contribute to feasibility, concept and FEED studies for offshore and subsea pipeline systems.
• Perform and oversee detailed engineering design of subsea pipelines in accordance with ASME B31 series and DNVGL standards, including: Wall thickness design On-bottom stability Free span analysis Global buckling Bottom roughness assessment End expansion Stress analysis Design of spools and rigid risers.
• Pipeline routing studies and preparation of specifications and datasheets.
• Supervise and check work performed by other engineers and draughtsmen.
• Apply engineering judgement to identify risks, opportunities and solutions on complex subsea challenges.
• Support and mentor junior engineers within the team.
• Liaise effectively with other engineering disciplines and deputise for the lead engineer in client meetings where required.
• Contribute to proposal preparation and business development activities.
• Engage with clients and stakeholders at a technical level, building trusted long-term relationships.

Essential Requirements

• Degree in Engineering (or equivalent).
• Extensive years of experience in pipeline engineering and subsea pipelines.
• Strong technical knowledge across subsea pipeline design, analysis and delivery to ASME B31 and DNVGL standards.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously (up to 5 at a time) and deliver to strict deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.
• Desirable Chartered Engineer status (or actively working towards it).
• Experience working within both operator and contractor organisations.
• Subsea pipeline construction experience.
• Deepwater project experience.
• Finite element analysis (FEA) capability, including experience with Caesar II and Mathcad.
• Experience writing technical proposals.
• Experience leading or mentoring small engineering teams.
• Papers published at technical conferences.

KBR Company Information

When you become part of the KBR team, your opportunities are endless.

Through collaboration with our customers, we're defining tomorrow's challenges, then providing the solutions and services to overcome those challenges, always maintaining our commitment to total safety and reliability.

At KBR, we partner with government and industry clients to provide purposeful and comprehensive solutions with an emphasis on efficiency and safety.

With a full portfolio of services, proprietary technologies and expertise, our employees are ready to handle projects and missions throughout their entire lifecycle, from planning and design to sustainability and maintenance.

Whether at the bottom of the ocean or in outer space, our clients trust us to deliver the impossible on a daily basis.

Working at KBR means being rewarded for your contributions.

In addition to competitive benefits and professional development, our people are empowered to use all their potential, creating meaningful change for themselves and the clients.

We attract the best minds in the world because our expertise thrives on creativity, resourcefulness and collaboration.

That is how we supply our clients with cutting-edge solutions and services.

As the needs of the world change, we're ready to respond and guide the way forward with strategic, sustainable, and technological advancements grounded in more than a century of practical application and execution.

In everything we do, we're guided by our ONE KBR Values: We Value Our People - We create diverse, inclusive environments in which each person can feel safe, respected and valued, and where everyone has opportunities to grow and reach their full potential. We Deliver - We are uncompromising in our commitment to deliver innovative, high-quality, technology-led solutions for our customers and exceptional, sustainable value for all our stakeholders. We Are People of Integrity - We value honesty, trust, courage, fairness, prudence and tenacity. We believe doing what's right for the planet, the communities where we work, and our people is good for business. We Empower - We empower our people with a shared purpose, the right tools and the supportive culture they need to be proactive decision-makers, to be adaptive to change, and to succeed. We Are a Team of Teams - We have a will to succeed, but we value the achievements of our team of teams over individual accomplishments. Our collective focus makes us a better, stronger, more effective company.

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