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Specialist Piping Engineer – Offshore Water Injection Project

KBR, Inc.
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Full Time
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Job Overview

  • KBR Abu Dhabi PMC Team is looking for a Specialist Piping Engineer for an Offshore Water Injection Project.
  • The role will be based in Abu Dhabi, then relocate to Spain Office, and return to Abu Dhabi.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead piping design and engineering activities for offshore water injection systems.
  • Develop and review piping specifications, material classes, datasheets, and design philosophies.
  • Review and approve piping layouts, General Arrangement (GA) drawings, isometrics, and 3D models.
  • Ensure piping systems are designed for operability, maintainability, safety, and constructability.
  • Perform piping routing studies considering space constraints and brownfield integration requirements.
  • Support line sizing, pressure drop calculations, and hydraulic assessments.
  • Review piping stress analyses and flexibility studies.
  • Ensure piping systems comply with code requirements for thermal expansion, vibration, and operational loads.
  • Coordinate with stress engineers to resolve high stress and support related issues.
  • Review critical line support arrangements and expansion solutions.
  • Define piping material specifications suitable for seawater, treated water, and utility systems.
  • Assess corrosion risks and recommend mitigation measures.

Brownfield & Offshore Modifications

  • Conduct offshore site surveys and brownfield assessments.
  • Develop tie in strategies and piping modification plans.
  • Support shutdown planning and SIMOPS activities.
  • Evaluate existing facilities and identify integration challenges for new water injection systems.
  • Ensure minimum impact on ongoing production operations during project execution.

Multidisciplinary Coordination

  • Coordinate with Process, Mechanical, Structural, Instrumentation, Electrical, and Operations teams.
  • Resolve interdisciplinary design clashes and interface issues.
  • Participate in design reviews, constructability workshops, and model reviews.
  • Provide technical guidance to design and drafting teams.

Procurement & Vendor Support

  • Prepare material requisitions and technical specifications.
  • Support bid evaluations and vendor selection processes.
  • Review vendor package piping interfaces and integration requirements.
  • Resolve technical queries related to piping materials and fabrication.

Construction & Commissioning Support

  • Provide engineering support during fabrication, installation, testing, and commissioning.
  • Review construction work packs and method statements.
  • Support hydrotesting, flushing, cleaning, and mechanical completion activities.
  • Resolve field engineering queries and non conformance reports (NCRs).
  • Verify system readiness for commissioning and startup.

HSE & Quality Compliance

  • Participate in HAZID, HAZOP, Constructability, SIMOPS, and Risk Assessment studies.
  • Ensure compliance with project HSE requirements and company standards.
  • Support Management of Change (MOC) processes.
  • Promote safe design principles and asset integrity throughout the project lifecycle.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent discipline.
  • Master's Degree is an advantage.
  • Chartered Engineer (CEng) or equivalent professional certification preferred.

Experience

  • 15 18 years of piping engineering experience within the Oil & Gas industry.
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in offshore brownfield EPC projects.
  • Strong experience in offshore water injection, produced water, utilities, and process piping systems.
  • Proven involvement in FEED, Detailed Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning, and Startup phases.
  • ADNOC Offshore and Middle East project experience highly preferred.
  • Experience with offshore islands, platforms, and shutdown/tie in projects is desirable.

Technical Competencies

  • Offshore Process Piping
  • Water Injection Systems
  • Utility and Produced Water Networks
  • Piping Layout Development
  • Tie In Engineering
  • Material Selection
  • Constructability Reviews
  • Stress Analysis
  • Flexibility Assessment
  • Vibration Analysis
  • Pipe Support Design
  • Hydraulic Evaluation

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