Pipeline, Facilities & Installations Engineer

National Fuel Gas Company; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

National Fuel Gas Company is seeking a Pipeline, Facilities & Installations Engineer in Pittsburgh, PA. The role supports facilities, pipelines, and installation projects from concept through commissioning, balancing safety, cost, and reliability while coordinating with operations, contractors, and vendors.

The successful candidate will design production facilities and pipeline systems, review engineering calculations and data sheets, and ensure designs are safe, maintainable, and ready for

Qualifications

• Requires engineering degree in Mechanical, Chemical, or Petroleum field.
• Minimum 5 years in oil & gas, facilities, or pipeline engineering related to design, construction, and commissioning.
• Experience supporting facility or pipeline projects from design through construction and closeout.
• Experience with natural gas facilities, gathering systems, pipeline infrastructure preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering support for facilities, pipelines, and installations from concept to commissioning.
• Develop safe, constructible, and cost-effective designs and solve design and field challenges.
• Develop cost estimates, schedules, and technical justifications for capital projects.
• Review drawings, vendor submittals, and construction packages for technical accuracy.
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Engineering judgment

Analytical thinking

Clear communication

Mentoring

Multitasking

Education

Mechanical, Chemical, or Petroleum engineering degree

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Pipeline, Facilities & Installations Engineer

Pittsburgh, PA

Company Overview

Seneca Resources Company, LLC, the oil & gas exploration and production subsidiary of National Fuel Gas Company (NYSE: NFG) explores for, develops and produces natural gas and crude oil reserves in Appalachia. Seneca’s headquarters are located in Houston, Texas with offices in Pittsburgh, Brookville, Mansfield, Williamsport and Kane, PA. Seneca’s investment activity is in the Marcellus and Utica Shales in Pennsylvania, where the company controls approximately 1.2 million net prospective acres and is one of the largest producers in the basin with approximately 1,000 wells. As an active exploration and production company in the northeastern U.S. for more than 100 years, Seneca Resources Company, LLC is committed to safety, environmental stewardship, increased productivity and maximizing shareholder value.

Job Responsibilities

The Facilites, Pipeline & Installations Engineerwill serve as an integral member of the Environmental Engeeringteam with responsibilities including, but not limited to, the following:

Engineering and Technical Support

• Provide engineering support for facility, pipeline, and installation projects from concept development through commissioning and closeout
• Apply engineering principles to resolve design, field, operational, maintenance, reliability, and construction-related challenges
• Develop recommendations that balance safety, compliance, constructability, cost, schedule, production impact, reliability, and maintainability
• Provide clear technical direction to operations, field leadership, contractors, vendors, and internal stakeholders
• Identify recurring problems, perform or support root cause analysis, and develop sustainable corrective actions rather than short-term fixes

Facility and Pipeline Design

• Design and evaluate production facilities, separators, tanks, pipeline systems, and associated infrastructure
• Develop and review facility layouts, equipment arrangements, piping designs, pressure control schemes, utility systems, pipeline routing, tie-ins, and mechanical installation concepts
• Prepare and review engineering calculations, hydraulic and capacity evaluations, equipment sizing, pressure ratings, material selections, drawings, specifications, data sheets, and construction packages
• Review vendor drawings, technical submittals, equipment proposals, and fabrication documentation for technical accuracy and operational suitability
• Ensure designs are safe, constructible, maintainable, compliant, and suitable for reliable operations and future expansion where appropriate

Capital Project Development and Execution

• Lead or support capital and operational projects involving facilities, pipelines, infrastructure replacement, and reliability improvements
• Develop project scopes, cost estimates, AFEs, design bases, schedules, execution plans, technical justifications, and material requirements
• Coordinate engineering deliverables, contractor support, long-lead equipment, outage requirements, tie-in windows, commissioning needs, and stakeholder dependencies
• Monitor project scope, schedule, quality, and cost; resolve technical issues and communicate risks or required corrective actions
• Maintain project and engineering records, including calculations, drawings, redlines, P&IDs, as-builts, test records, equipment data, and closeout documentation

Construction, Commissioning, and Field Support

• Provide engineering support during construction, installation, maintenance outages, troubleshooting, testing, commissioning, and startup
• Resolve conflicts among drawings, specifications, field conditions, equipment configurations, site constraints, and operational needs
• Review field changes, requests for information, material substitutions, nonconformance issues, and design deviations
• Verify installations align with approved engineering intent, specifications, company standards, and turnover requirements
• Support pre-job planning, constructability reviews, punch lists, deficiency resolution, commissioning readiness, and lessons learned

Regulatory, Contractor, and Operational Support

• Ensure engineering designs, recommendations, and project activities support applicable safety, environmental, regulatory, and company requirements, including Management of Change processes
• Provide technical information, regulatory submittals, inspections, audits, compliance reviews, and incident investigations
• Provide technical oversight to engineering consultants, construction contractors, equipment vendors, and service providers
• Review contractor proposals and technical submittals; support bid evaluations, scope reviews, technical clarifications, and project kickoff activities
• Support operational troubleshooting, maintenance and reliability improvements, CMMS data quality, failure-trend evaluations, and equipment replacement decisions

Comply with Seneca’s EHSQ policies, standards and procedures and demonstrate active and regular involvement in EHSQ programs

Job Qualifications

• Mechanical, Chemical, Petroleum, or a related engineering discipline preferred
• Minimum 5 years of progressively responsible engineering experience in oil and gas, industrial facilities, pipeline systems, infrastructure development, construction support, maintenance engineering, reliability, or a related field
• Demonstrated experience supporting facility or pipeline projects from design through construction, commissioning, and closeout
• Experience with natural gas production facilities, gathering systems, compression, dehydration, metering, pipeline infrastructure, or similar industrial assets preferred
• Experience coordinating with operations, contractors, field leadership, vendors, and cross-functional teams
• Experience with capital project development, cost estimating, AFE support, maintenance programs, CMMS data, or failure analysis preferred

Technical Knowledge

• Natural gas production, gathering systems, facility engineering, equipment layout, and pipeline design and construction
• Engineering calculations, hydraulic analysis, equipment sizing, pressure ratings, system capacity, and operating constraints
• P&IDs, isometrics, plot plans, construction drawings, specifications, technical documentation, redlines, and as-built records
• Maintenance and reliability principles, CMMS systems, asset hierarchy, and equipment records
• Relevant safety, environmental, regulatory, industry code, and accepted engineering-practice considerations
• Project estimating, scheduling, cost control, contractor coordination, commissioning, and closeout

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and technical issues while maintaining attention to detail and follow-through
• Strong engineering judgment, analytical ability, and practical technical problem-solving skills
• Ability to translate field and operational issues into safe, constructible, and maintainable engineering solutions
• Clear written and verbal communication with operations, field personnel, engineers, contractors, vendors, and leadership
• Ability to interpret drawings, calculations, specifications, equipment documentation, and field records
• Mentor less-experienced technical personnel

The successful candidate must be authorized to work in United States of America.

Seneca Resources offers a competitive salary, hybrid work scheduleand a comprehensive benefits package. This position is not eligible for relocation.

Seneca ResourcesCompany, LLC is an Equal Opportunity / Aff… All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, protected veteran status, marital status or other protected status under federal, state or local laws.

National Fuel is a proud equal employment opportunity employer. We believe our differences makes us all better, pushing us to look at things differently while enriching our own personal life experiences. That’s why we’re committed to building a diverse workforce and an equitable and inclusive work environment.
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