Lead Pipeline Engineer at WTS Energy

Job Description

• Be focal point and Technical Authority for pipeline engineering throughout engineering design, construction and installation phases of Company’s pipeline projects wherein terrain will include cross country and swamps.
• Provide pipeline engineering input to other disciplines to assure design outputs are consistent.
• Be Project Authority for review of pipeline design drawings, specifications, installation procedures, etc.
• Where requested, be Company representative (pipelines) to ensure design work by contractors meets Project standard and relevant industry codes.
• Monitor performance of design contractors and suggest remedial actions to avoid design deficiencies and installation delays.
• Assist Company resident and/or project engineers with the pipeline engineering aspects of Facilities design.
• Assist construction and commissioning teams with field questions encountered during installation
• Initiate and coordinate tasks needed for project execution including surveys, permitting or government reviews, material specification, installation procedures, testing, etc.
• Participate in HAZOP’s and other key design reviews.
• Assist in development of junior pipeline engineers.

Requirements

• University Engineering Degree preferred, HND accepted with extensive experience
• Minimum twenty (20) years relevant experience with oil industry design and fabrication contractor
• Must have worked as a pipeline engineer/senior pipeline engineer for an EPC Company and Operator and have been involved in both onshore and offshore projects.
• Must have exhaustive knowledge of pipeline codes, metallurgy, welding, CP, pigging and end station design, capability to run pipeline hydraulics, particularly understanding slugging avoidance and internal corrosion management
• Knowledge of pipeline hydraulics, multiphase behaviour and API standards essential to this position
• Must be used to working in a multi-discipline environment.
• Good understanding of project management controls and procedures.
• Have the ability to utilise common software for analysis of pipeline design, installation and operating issues.
• Sound understanding of HSES management systems and the application thereof, particularly with respect to design integrity and safety.
• Apt reporting skills with the ability to write well-structured and easily understood reports
• Basic computer literacy (MS Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint)