Sealine Engineer / Subsea Engineer

Saipem; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Saipem in Chennai is seeking a Senior Subsea Pipeline Engineer with at least 5 years of experience in subsea sealine design. You will perform analyses and prepare technical outputs for pipelines and components, review client docs, and contribute to technical proposals during EPCI bids.

Key responsibilities include cross-discipline interfacing with geotechnical, flow assurance, materials, structural and installation teams to ensure installability and fabricability of solutions.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years experience in subsea sealine design.
• Familiarity with international standards and clients specifications for subsea pipeline design.
• Experience with Python coding.
• Expertise using Abaqus, Fatfree, Stablines, SAGE for pipelines and spools design.
• Capability to develop main tasks of Subsea Pipeline Engineering including route selection and thickness sizing.

Responsibilities

• Perform analyses, technical reports and specifications to design pipelines system and components.
• Review client technical documentation and requirements.
• Prepare technical qualifications and contribute to technical proposals when bidding for EPCI contracts.
• Interfacing with geotechnical, flow assurance, materials, structural and installation teams to ensure installability and fabricability.
• Review and respond to external interfaces, queries and deviations from clients.
• Prepare MTOs, technical specs and requisitions for materials and services purchasing.
• Oversee bid evaluation and procurements phases.
• Contribute to update and improve department tools for Sealine Engineering.
• Contribute to implementing and improving department quality system.
• Contribute to standardization and procedures for department processes.

Skills

Subsea pipeline design

Piping route analysis

Interdisciplinary interfacing

Buckling and walking analysis

Education

Engineering degree in a relevant discipline

Tools

Abaqus

Fatfree

Stablines

SAGE

Python

Job description

Qualification

Engineering degree qualified in a relevant Engineering discipline

Experience

Minimum 5 years experience in subsea sealine design

Roles & Responsibilities

• Perform all discipline analyses, technical reports and specifications required to design the pipelines system and relevant components
• Review Client's technical documentation and requirements
• Prepare technical qualifications and contribute for the definition of the technical proposal while bidding for EPCI contracts
• Interfacing actively with other internal disciplines as geotechnical, flow assurance, material technology, structural and installation and guarantee installability and fabricability of the solution
• Review and collaborate to raise external interfaces to other Contractors involved in the Project and/or queries and deviation requests to Client
• Prepare MTOs, technical specifications and requisition for material and services purchasing
• Oversee the bid evaluation and procurements phases
• Contribute to update and improve the department tools for Sealine Engineering
• Contribute to the implementation and improvement of the department quality system
• Contribute to the standardization and definition of procedures for the department working process

Required Skills

• Familiarity with international standards and Clients specifications for subsea pipeline design
• Expertise in using software for pipelines and spools design (Abaqus, Fatfree, Stablines, SAGE)
• Capability to develop main tasks of the Subsea Pipeline Engineering including: route selection, pipe wall thickness sizing, on bottom stability and concrete coating design, on bottom roughness and free-span assessment, expansion analysis, crossing of existing pipelines and cables, shore approach design, design of seabed intervention works for stress and free-span fatigue mitigation, stabilization, protection, design of pipeline components
• Capability to perform vortex induced vibration analysis on pipeline free-spans. Evaluate the pipeline response to vortex induced vibration due to the action of currents and waves, verify the capability of the pipeline to withstand the loads, design mitigation measures
• Strong capability to analyse Buckling and Walking phenomena
• Expertise in expansion loop and tie-in spool design and capability to optimize spool shape to comply with interface capacities and stress level on the pipe
• Being familiar with fabrication and pre-fabrication sequence for spools
• Being familiar with pre-lay and post-lay intervention works and trenching
• Capability to define scope of supply for Vendors for pipelines ancillaries
• Experience with Python coding
• Must have good interpersonal skills and able to interface with colleagues, supervisors, drafting designers and other engineers on multi-discipline pipeline projects