PLR Design Engineer at Zigma Limited

Job Purpose

• Pre-FID: Provide offshore pipeline engineering support to mature the pipeline design basis, route selection, technical specifications, installation philosophy, schedule and cost inputs up to RTA and contract readiness, ensuring alignment with project execution strategy, HSE requirements and FID governance.
• Post FID: Be responsible for the technical follow-up, review and validation of the pipeline design and associated installation engineering deliverables, ensuring that the pipeline system is safe, constructible, compliant with Contract requirements, project specifications, applicable codes and standards, and ready for procurement, fabrication, installation, pre-commissioning, commissioning and handover.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate the review of pipeline engineering deliverables, ensuring timely comments, closure of technical queries and alignment with Contract requirements.
• Follow up pipeline design activities including route engineering, wall thickness, on-bottom stability, free- span/VIV, buckling, expansion, crossings, shore approach, corrosion protection and coating design.
• Support installation engineering by reviewing applicable installation analyses, lay tension, curvature limits, stinger configuration, abandonment and recovery, weather limitations and installation procedures.
• Ensure design maturity is sufficient before procurement, fabrication, welding qualification, coating, load-out, offshore installation and pre-commissioning activities commence.
• Provide technical support during fabrication, construction, installation and pre-commissioning, including resolution of site queries, non-conformances, deviations and engineering changes.
• Report pipeline engineering progress, critical issues, technical risks and required decisions to the SURF Package Manager and relevant project stakeholders.
• Act as Company technical representative for pipeline design and engineering matters with EPC contractor, vendors and third-party specialists.
• Ensure contractor deliverables comply with Contract requirements, project specifications, approved design basis, applicable codes and Company rules.
• Review and challenge contractor assumptions, calculation reports, procedures, installation analyses, method statements and readiness dossiers.
• Participate in technical meetings, design reviews, constructability reviews, installation readiness reviews, HAZID/HAZOP/PTR and risk workshops.
• Monitor contractor performance on pipeline engineering deliverables, comment resolution, technical query closure and interface deliverables.
• Support offshore execution as required, including technical assistance to Company site representatives during installation and pre-commissioning campaigns.

Qualification

• Professional Experience (number of years) : 15
• Experience within project and project management: (number of years) : 10
• Offshore/Onshore Pipeline Installation
• Offshore/Onshore Pipeline Design