LNG Feedgas Forecast & Pipeline Systems Engineer

Woodside Petroleum Ltd; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental leave

Competitive pay

Inclusive culture

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Woodside Energy seeks an experienced engineer to lead the development and operationalization of an integrated LNG feedgas forecasting, flow assurance, and optimization capability supporting Louisiana LNG. The role intersects natural gas transportation, LNG operations, hydraulic modeling, and gas quality management to drive predictive decision-support across the upstream network.

The successful candidate will be responsible for evolving from reactive monitoring to predictive feedgas intelligence,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering is required, preferably Mechanical, Chemical, Petroleum or Civil.
• 8-15+ years of experience in natural gas transmission, LNG operations, gas supply, flow assurance, or system planning.
• Direct experience with interstate or intrastate natural gas transportation systems.
• Experience performing hydraulic modeling and system optimization.
• Experience supporting operational decision making during outages, constraints, and abnormal operating events.

Responsibilities

• Develop hydraulic and flow assurance models for interstate and intrastate natural gas transportation systems.
• Perform steady-state and transient hydraulic simulations under normal and abnormal conditions.
• Analyze impacts of compressor outages, pipeline maintenance, storage withdrawals, and market changes.
• Support short-term and long-term gas supply planning through system modeling and scenario analysis.
• Identify capacity constraints and develop mitigation strategies.
• Analyze impact of feedgas composition, pressure, and flow on LNG facility performance.
• Support LNG operating decisions through forecasting and scenario analysis.
• Collaborate with LNG Operations to optimize facility performance and feedgas management.
• Develop predictive capabilities for gas quality and facility performance forecasting.
• Support nomination, scheduling, and gas supply optimization activities.
• Integrate operational, commercial, SCADA, gas quality, and market data into decision-support workflows.
• Develop automated reports, dashboards, and intelligence tools.
• Communicate findings to Operations, Gas Supply, Commercial, and leadership teams.

Skills

Hydraulic modeling

System optimization

Operational decision-making

Gas supply planning

LNG operations

Interstate pipeline

Project leadership

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Gregg Engineering

Synergi Gas

Pipeline Studio

SPS

Atmos SIM

BRE ProMax

Job description

Woodside Energy seeks an experienced engineer to lead the development and operationalization of an integrated LNG feedgas forecasting, flow assurance, and optimization capability supporting Louisiana LNG. The role intersects natural gas transportation, LNG operations, hydraulic modeling, and gas quality management to drive predictive decision-support across the upstream network.

The successful candidate will be responsible for evolving from reactive monitoring to predictive feedgas intelligence,