Lead Pipeline Engineer at WTS Energy

WTS Energy provides recruitment and manpower services for the global oil and gas and energy industries. We supply engineers and consultants to our clients' projects and operations, and perform employment outsourcing services such as workforce management in oil and gas regions around the world. WTS Energy operates globally with offices in 14 countries and is operational in over 50 countries.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Lead Pipeline Engineer

Location: Nigeria

Job Description

• Be focal point and Technical Authority for pipeline engineering throughout engineering design, construction and installation phases of Company’s pipeline projects wherein terrain will include cross country and swamps.
• Provide pipeline engineering input to other disciplines to assure design outputs are consistent.
• Be Project Authority for review of pipeline design drawings, specifications, installation procedures, etc.
• Where requested, be Company representative (pipelines) to ensure design work by contractors meets Project standard and relevant industry codes.
• Monitor performance of design contractors and suggest remedial actions to avoid design deficiencies and installation delays.
• Assist Company resident and/or project engineers with the pipeline engineering aspects of Facilities design.
• Assist construction and commissioning teams with field questions encountered during installation
• Initiate and coordinate tasks needed for project execution including surveys, permitting or government reviews, material specification, installation procedures, testing, etc.
• Participate in HAZOP’s and other key design reviews.
• Assist in development of junior pipeline engineers.

Requirements

• University Engineering Degree preferred, HND accepted with extensive experience
• Minimum twenty (20) years relevant experience with oil industry design and fabrication contractor
• Must have worked as a pipeline engineer/senior pipeline engineer for an EPC Company and Operator and have been involved in both onshore and offshore projects.
• Must have exhaustive knowledge of pipeline codes, metallurgy, welding, CP, pigging and end station design, capability to run pipeline hydraulics, particularly understanding slugging avoidance and internal corrosion management
• Knowledge of pipeline hydraulics, multiphase behaviour and API standards essential to this position
• Must be used to working in a multi-discipline environment.
• Good understanding of project management controls and procedures.
• Have the ability to utilise common software for analysis of pipeline design, installation and operating issues.
• Sound understanding of HSES management systems and the application thereof, particularly with respect to design integrity and safety.
• Apt reporting skills with the ability to write well-structured and easily understood reports
• Basic computer literacy (MS Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint)

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
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