Hybrid Capacity Planning Engineer — Gas Pipelines

Enbridge Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Enbridge Inc. seeks a Capacity Planning Engineer Specialist to join our Houston-based team. You will evaluate and optimize natural gas pipeline capacity across U.S. Transmission assets using hydraulic modeling and engineering expertise.

Responsibilities include developing hydraulic models, forecasting capacity six weeks ahead, and coordinating studies with Gas Control, Operations, Scheduling and Regulatory teams. A bachelor's in engineering and 7+ years' oil and gas experience are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering; Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, Petroleum or Chemical preferred.
• 7+ years of oil and gas pipeline experience.
• Knowledge of gas pipeline hydraulics, hydraulic simulation, natural gas flow and capacity analysis; experience with modeling tools, Gregg software preferred.
• Analytical and strong problem-solving abilities with the capacity to evaluate complex operational scenarios.
• Collaborative with strong communication and relationship-building skills across functions and teams.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and optimize system expansion projects from an operational perspective.
• Develop, calibrate, and maintain hydraulic models for U.S. natural gas pipelines and storage systems.
• Forecast daily system capacities using hydraulic models, meter data, outages, and seasonal demand profiles.
• Optimize pipeline configurations and outage scenarios to maintain nominations and reliability.
• Coordinate capacity studies and modeling results with multiple stakeholders; provide technical leadership on capacity planning.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Gregg Engineering modeling software

Job description

Enbridge Inc. seeks a Capacity Planning Engineer Specialist to join our Houston-based team. You will evaluate and optimize natural gas pipeline capacity across U.S. Transmission assets using hydraulic modeling and engineering expertise.

Responsibilities include developing hydraulic models, forecasting capacity six weeks ahead, and coordinating studies with Gas Control, Operations, Scheduling and Regulatory teams. A bachelor's in engineering and 7+ years' oil and gas experience are required.