Senior Pipe Stress Engineer

Audubon Companies, LLC; Houston, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Audubon is seeking a Senior Pipe Stress Engineer to lead the analysis, design verification, and optimization of complex piping systems in our Houston, TX office. You will coordinate across piping, structural, civil, process, and vendor disciplines throughout EPC project execution and mentor junior engineers.

The role emphasizes stress analysis, code compliance, and constructability. Responsibilities include leading CAESAR II analyses, verifying ASME B31 and API standards, and delivering stress

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering required.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred.
• LNG project experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with offshore or modularized facilities preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and perform advanced pipe stress analysis.
• Evaluate piping systems for thermal expansion and contraction.
• Develops, reviews, and approves stress analysis models and reports.
• Coordinate with piping design, structural, and vendor teams across EPC phases.
• Prepare pipe stress calculation packages, load tables, and nozzle load evaluations.
• Review and resolve RFIs, field changes, and non-conformance reports.

Skills

CAESAR II

Stress analysis

Dynamic analysis

Engineering leadership

Education

ABET-accredited engineering degree

Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred

Tools

CAESAR II

Netscape IFC

Job description

Audubon is currently seeking a Senior Pipe Stress Engineer to join our team in our Houston, TX office. The Senior Pipe Stress Engineer is responsible for leading the analysis, design verification, and optimization of complex piping systems to ensure structural integrity, code compliance, operability, and safe performance under all operating, thermal, transportation, and environmental conditions. This role provides technical leadership and coordination across piping, structural, mechanical, civil, process, and vendor disciplines throughout all phases of EPC project execution. The Senior Pipe Stress Engineer serves as a subject matter expert for stress engineering activities, supports project execution strategy, mentors junior engineers, and ensures quality and consistency of stress analysis deliverables.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead and perform advanced pipe stress analysis using software such as CAESAR II or equivalent
• Evaluate piping systems for thermal expansion and contraction
• Sustained, operating, occasional, and fatigue loads
• Wind, seismic, wave, blast, transportation, and slug flow loads
• Pressure, weight, vibration, and dynamic effects
• Verify compliance with applicable codes and standards including:
• ASME B31.3, B31.1, B31.4, B31.8
• ASCE 7
• MSS-SP standards
• API standards
• Client and project-specific specifications
• Develops, reviews, and approves:
• Stress analysis models
• Stress isometrics
• Pipe support and restraint designs
• Load calculations
• Flexibility studies
• Nozzle load evaluations
• Dynamic analysis reports
• Coordinate closely with:
• Piping design teams to improve routing flexibility and support schemes.
• Structural and civil teams regarding pipe rack, sleeper, and foundation loading.
• Mechanical and equipment vendors to validate allowable nozzle loads and equipment interface requirements
• Construction and fabrication teams to resolve field issues and optimize constructability
• HAZOP reviews
• Constructability and operability reviews
• Request, review, and validate vendor allowable loads and ensure compliance with equipment limitations
• Prepare and issue:
• Pipe stress calculation packages
• Pipe support load summaries
• Equipment nozzle load tables
• Pipe rack and structural load reports
• Support sketches and restraint details
• Review and approve third-party and vendor stress calculations when required
• FEED and Detailed engineering
• Fabrication
• Construction
• Site modifications and reroutes
• Review and resolve:
• RFIs
• Field change requests
• Non-conformance reports
• Stress-related construction issues
• Perform re-analysis for:
• Site changes
• Transportation and lifting scenarios
• Assist with project staffing forecasts, schedule development, and interdisciplinary coordination
• Support continuous improvement initiatives, engineering standards development, and lessons learned implementation
• Position requires candidate to be in client office 5 days a week

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLREQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering required.
• Bachelor’s Degree from ABET Accredited Institution preferred.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred
• LNG project experience strongly preferred
• Experience with offshore or modularized facilities preferred
• Familiarity with:
• Finite element analysis concepts
• Finite element analysis concepts
• Change Requests/Orders, Construction
• Design Verification, Dynamic Analysis
• Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC/EPCC/EPCM)
• HAZOP (Hazard and Operability Analysis)
• Model Review, Netscape IFC (Internet Foundation Classes), Piping, Problem Solving Skills, Professional Engineer, Project Execution, Schedule Development, Standards Development, Stress Engineering, Technical Leadership

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Working at Audubon

The Audubon Family of Companies provides professional consulting solutions to the energy industry. For over 25 years, our proven reputation for operational excellence and dedication to client satisfaction has helped us become a leading service provider to some of the biggest names in oil and gas. Our team of over 1,000 of the country's top professionals can deliver a full range of consulting services, from EPCM to field solutions and operational support.

At Audubon we are always growing, though we never lose sight of our commitment to excellence. Our focus on flexibility and our demand for unsurpassed quality control over continue to guide our growth as they have since our inception. We realize that service goes beyond plugging in a professional skill set. Service means flexibility. Service means understanding and solving project challenges in dynamic environments. Service means communication. We pride ourselves on providing the service of the quality which allows us to implement efficient solutions that deliver immediate value and long-term returns.

Our dedication to people requires an equal dedication to safety. Our rigorous safety program helps us maintain a safe and incident-free work environment from the desktop to the pipeline trench. Our people drive the quality and efficiency that have established Audubon as a leader in the oil and gas industry - their growth and safety are at the core of our business.

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