Lead Piping Engineer - Offshore

Job description / Role

Title: Lead Piping Engineer - Offshore

Overall Summary Lead Piping Engineer must have extensive experience in the Offshore design of Process and Utilities piping mainly for critical plant equipment and piping systems in the Oil & Gas, hydrocarbon industries. Effective leadership of a large team of piping engineers and designers and a minimum of 15 years of experience in FEED and detailed engineering of medium to large scale projects required.

Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead a team of about 5 - 10 piping engineers and designers
- Develop discipline work plan
- Develop basis of design
- Estimate work-hours
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to the project team, including the Clients
- Participate in technical reviews of plot plans and equipment layout
- Lead technical presentation to clients and their representatives
- Responsible for design integrity of piping scope, performance of assigned staff, on-schedule delivery of the work within budget.

Key Interactions:
- Broad understanding of other disciplines activities.
- Interact with the Project Management.
- Client representatives

Requirements

Qualifications & Years of Experience:

- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, with a minimum 15 years' experience in conceptual designs, FEED, and detailed designs of plants and facilities in the Oil & Gas, hydrocarbon, petroleum refinery, offshore, and/or infrastructure industries.

Key Skills & Technical Competencies:
- Extensive knowledge & understanding of Design practices, Construction Practices and Procedures.
- Extensive knowledge of codes and industry standards such ASME, NFPA & API
- Extensive knowledge in Plot Plan and equipment layout, piping layout, stress analysis, material selections, process equipment fire water protection and drain systems philosophy.
- Extensive knowledge of Saudi Aramco Standards and procedures will be an added advantage.
- Must be proficient in English, oral and written.

About the Company

We deliver science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. KBR employs approximately 28,000 people performing diverse, complex and mission critical roles in 34 countries.

KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, and long-term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results. At KBR, We Deliver.