Principal Pipeline Engineer

Job description / Role

Opportunity

Wood has an opportunity for a Principal Pipeline Engineer to join our team in Qatar on a long-term basis. This is a key role within the Wood Doha office delivering across study, FEED, EPC, and PMC scopes of work. In this role, you will be responsible for the execution of project work in accordance with the project execution plan, including Wood and Project Procedures on safety and quality control within the man-hour, cost, and project schedule targets. Reflecting the market focus for the office in both brownfield and greenfield opportunities, multi-skilled personnel are sought, in particular those with experience in:

• Onshore oil and gas
• Offshore oil and gas

Responsibilities

• Direct and supervise a team of relevant discipline engineers and designers.
• Responsible for providing expertise and ensuring the application of correct standards in all pre-FEED, FEED, and EPC deliverables in the design and development of projects associated with oil and gas processing, production, and export, as well as carbon capture processing, transportation, and storage.
• Supervise the work of relevant discipline engineers and superintendents and ensure that quality and standards are maintained, and cost-effective solutions are adopted.
• Fully understand the company HSE policy, procedures, regulations, and objectives as they relate to his area of responsibility.
• Ensure that work under his/her control is performed in a safe and environmentally sound manner.
• Review any design work carried out by third parties (vendors) and participate in HAZOP, HAZID, IPF, reliability studies, and safety and facilities technical audits.
• Establish the actual (as opposed to design) capacities/capabilities of existing field facilities and pipelines to identify potential bottlenecks and scope for optimization.
• Identify potential applications for new technology.
• Develop actively the local staff to fulfill engineering roles.
• Know the environmental aspects (ISO 14001) of oil and gas project design.
• Know the safety aspects of design in relation to the project cycle (e.g., HAZID, HAZOP, HAZAN, IPF classification methodology and implementation, QRA, reliability studies, fire and gas mapping, and risk analysis techniques).
• Conduct life cycle cost analysis.
• Prepare RFQ (request for quotation) technical packages for pipelines related scopes.
• Prepare engineering, construction, and material estimation, schedule, resource planning, and update resource capacity planning half-yearly.
• Provide first-class engineering in one or more of the following fields: risers, subsea pipelines, landfalls, subsea manifolds, piping design, and onshore/subsea pipeline.
• Be familiar with working with construction engineers and installation schemes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in relevant engineering from an accredited university.
• Minimum of 15 years of relevant experience in the offshore/onshore oil and gas/petrochemical and marine industry.
• Must have at least five years of experience in a similar position for international major oil and gas/petrochemical/marine projects including a minimum of three years in engineer's/contractor's organization.
• Experienced in using ASME, API, ISO, DNV, and Shell DEP codes and standards in pipeline design and construction.
• Experienced in the use of pipeline software (AutoCAD, Microstation, MathCad, CAESAR II, Abacus, ESRI/GIS) is preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint is required.

About the Company

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people.