Senior Pipeline Engineer

McDermott International, Ltd; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

McDermott International, Ltd is seeking a Senior Pipeline Engineer in Chennai, India, with 8–15 years of experience in the Oil and Gas sector. The role involves overseeing both onshore and offshore pipeline systems, from engineering design to execution, ensuring compliance with industry standards. Candidates should have a strong background in detailed design and engineering techniques, with responsibilities including preparing calculations and reports, and liaising with various engineering disciplines. A Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering is required, and a Master's is preferred.

Qualifications

• 8–15 years of experience in Oil and Gas with detailed design work.
• Strong knowledge of design techniques, analysis methods, and applicable standards.
• Preferably a Registered Professional Engineer or member of a professional engineering society.

Responsibilities

• Perform engineering for onshore and offshore pipeline systems.
• Conduct conceptual and detailed design analyses as per specifications.
• Prepare detailed design calculations and communicate complex issues.

Skills

Detailed design

Analytical skills

Engineering software proficiency

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Master’s degree

Tools

Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

Job description

Job Overview

The Senior Pipeline Engineer uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external issues to improve the Pipeline (Eng) discipline within McDermott. They will act as a resource for colleagues with less experience and share their conceptual and practical expertise related to the Pipeline (Eng) discipline. The Senior Pipeline Engineer solves complex problems and uses discipline‑specific knowledge to improve their products or services. The Senior Pipeline Engineer impacts a range of customers, operational, project, or service activities with the Pipeline (Eng) team and other related teams and ensures they work within the appropriate guidelines and policies.

Responsibilities

• Perform the engineering for onshore and offshore pipeline systems; this role requires thorough knowledge of design codes and shall be hands‑on with software used in the pipeline discipline.
• Perform conceptual, FEED, studies, and detailed analyses and design as per design basis, project specifications, design codes, and standards.
• Prepare clear and accurate detailed design calculations and analyses including design reports and procedures; manage time to meet deadlines and budgets.
• Clearly communicate and explain complex issues to establish understanding.
• Be fully familiar with the project scope of work, specifications, schedule, and all inter‑discipline requirements; identify concerns early and take appropriate initiatives.
• Identify changes to scope and promptly raise change notifications, including supporting documentation and estimates; provide similar support for Variation Orders.
• Assist in the preparation of estimates for bid proposals, including technical query reviews, execution statements, and man‑hour estimates.
• Raise technical queries to obtain missing information, clarify work scope, and maintain preferred McDermott procedures, specifications, standards, practices, and operational requirements.
• Prepare discipline engineering design basis, philosophies, and technical specifications as required.
• Participate in finalising deliverables lists and deliverables, ensuring compliance with specifications and functional integrity.
• Attend project review meetings, vendor meetings, engineering meetings, and offshore site surveys as required.
• Provide technical direction and review of designers producing products related to Pipeline Engineering.
• Assist procurement personnel in procuring discipline equipment, materials, and services; review requisitions, evaluate technical quotations, prepare queries, compile bid tabulations and recommendations, coordinate with Procurement to expedite vendor documents.
• Review vendor and subcontractor submittals, checking for compliance with project specifications.
• Perform design verification through single‑discipline check / inter‑discipline check (IDC).
• Provide technical support to all fabrication queries, including defect/rectification requirements.
• Keep the Lead Engineer apprised of all activities and concerns, technical, budgetary and manpower related.
• Assist in providing inputs for actual, planning and forecasting progress reports including associated productivity.
• Check final subcontractor and vendor data manuals to ensure all requested data has been received and approved.
• Participate in internal, Customer, and third‑party technical audits on engineering deliverables and vendor documents.
• Assist Lead Engineer with responses to Customer and other agencies (certifying authorities, auditors, third parties) on their review and approval.
• Capture lessons learned and enter into MDR’s Lessons Learned system.
• Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience; guide them on MDR and discipline procedures, standards, worksheets, design calculations, software, requisitions, technical bid evaluations, technical queries, etc.
• Be aware of costs related to own work and the discipline.
• Prepare / review the following for pipelines and their components:
  • Material specifications and datasheets
  • Fabrication specifications
  • Installation specifications
  • Pipeline design and installation analyses
  • Material takeoffs
  • Pipeline reports and installation manuals
• Perform / review the following designs, analyses, and evaluations for pipelines and their components:
  • Wall thickness designs
  • On‑bottom stability analyses
  • Pipeline cathodic protection designs
  • Free‑span analyses
  • Pipeline expansion and rigid riser stress analyses using finite element analysis (FEA) tools
  • Route selection designs
  • Bottom roughness evaluations
  • Crossing support designs
  • Dropped object protection structure designs
  • Clamp designs
  • Subsea structure designs
  • Shore approach designs
  • Onshore pipeline designs
  • Pipeline local and global buckling mitigation designs
  • Pipeline seismic analyses
  • Installation analyses

Reports to: Project Engineer or Lead Engineer. Functional: Department Manager. Liaise with: All Engineering disciplines, Fabrication Group, Safety Dept, Document Control, Procurement Group, subcontractors and vendors, and customers. Supervises: Engineers.

Qualifications

• 8–15 years of experience in Oil and Gas with a major contractor or consultant predominantly performing detail design.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Master’s degree preferred).
• Strong working knowledge of many design techniques and analysis methods, and detailed knowledge of the content and application of standards, codes and guidelines as applicable.
• Preferably Registered Professional Engineer or member of a professional engineering society as applicable.
• Seasoned knowledge of engineering standards and specifications.
• Good knowledge of engineering software.
• Able to work independently.
• Good working knowledge of English, both oral and written.
• HSE, TQM and cost‑conscious.
• Good organizer, motivator and supervisor.
• Keen on improving the effectiveness of the work.
• Show flexibility and ensure proper hand‑over with regards to:
  • Reassignment to other departments / construction sites / fabrication yards
  • Replacement of colleagues during illness and holidays
  • Assistance to other colleagues with heavy workloads (also other projects) when possible / desirable
  • Managing / learning of current working methods and software applications
  • Reassignment to other McDermott offices