Principal Pipeline Engineer
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About the Role
McDermott seeks a Principal Pipeline Engineer to lead pipeline engineering design and analysis for oil and gas projects. The role requires 15-20 years of experience, a Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering, and expertise in pipeline design, installation, and subsea structures.
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Responsibilities
- Interpret internal and external business challenges in pipeline engineering and recommend best practices
- Solve complex pipeline related problems and work independently with minimal guidance
- Lead functional teams or projects as a specialist in pipeline engineering
- Prepare, review, and approve pipeline design reports, analyses, and installation manuals
- Interface with all disciplines to develop clash free designs
- Prepare estimates for bid proposals and technical query reviews
- Review and approve vendor and subcontractor submittals
- Guide less experienced engineers on procedures, standards, and software
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree in Engineering
- 15 20 years of experience in oil and gas with major contractor or consultant predominantly performing detail design
- Detailed knowledge of design techniques and analysis methods, and detailed knowledge of the theory, content, and application of standards, codes, and guidelines as applicable for Mechanical Equipment
- Knowledgeable in project coordination and execution skills
- Preferably Registered Professional Engineer or member of professional engineering society
- Very good organizer, motivator, and supervisor
- Able to solve problems without assistance
- Fluent in English language
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Job Overview
- The Principal Pipeline Engineering is responsible for interpreting internal or external business issues and recommending best practices.
- They will be tasked with solving complex pipeline related problems and will work independently with minimal guidance.
- The Principal Pipeline Engineer may be responsible for leading functional teams or projects and is regarded as a specialist in the field of pipeline engineering.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
- Interpret internal and external business challenges in the pipeline engineering discipline.
- Solve complex pipeline related problems and work independently with minimal guidance.
- May be responsible for leading functional teams or projects.
- Become fully familiar with the project scope of work, specifications, schedule, and all inter discipline requirements.
- Identify changes to scope and promptly raise change notifications.
- Interface with all disciplines to develop clash free designs.
- Maintain close coordination with other engineering disciplines, Planning, Fabrication, Marine, and Project Management Team.
- Prepare estimates for bid proposals, including technical query reviews, execution statements, and workhour estimates.
- Prepare, review, and (as Lead Engineer) approve Discipline engineering design basis, philosophies, and technical specifications.
- Provide technical direction and review of Designer’s production products related to Pipeline Engineering.
- Assist procurement personnel in procuring Discipline equipment, materials, and services.
- Review and (as Lead Engineer) approve vendor and subcontractor submittals.
Essential Qualifications and Education
- Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree in Engineering.
- 15 20 years of experience in oil and gas with major contractor or consultant predominantly performing detail design.
- Detailed knowledge of design techniques and analysis methods, and detailed knowledge of the theory, content, and application of standards, codes, and guidelines as applicable for Mechanical Equipment.
- Knowledgeable in project coordination and execution skills.
- Preferably Registered Professional Engineer or member of professional engineering society as applicable.
- Very good organizer, motivator, and supervisor.
- Able to solve problems without assistance.
- Fluent in the English language.
About Us
- Our ingenuity fuels daily life. Together, we’ve forged some of the most trusted partnerships across the energy value chain.
- For more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries.
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