Principal Engineer, Piping 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. Our clients are based globally and offer a wide range of vacancies in oil, gas and energy. WTS Energy places suitable engineers and consultants in any phase of Oil and Gas projects and in all skills relating to: Geoscience, Drilling Management and Well Services, Facilities, (FEED) Engineering, Construction, Pipeline, Subsea, Commissioning and Start Up and Operations and Maintenance. WTS Energy operates globally with offices in 14 countries and is operational in over 50 countries.

We are recruiting to fill the below position:

Job Title: Principal Engineer, Piping

Job Number: WTSHO6666
Location: Nigeria

Job Duties/ Responsibilities/ Accountabilities

• To act as a focal point/technical authority for piping engineering throughout all phases of engineering design, construction, offshore installation and commissioning
• To provide piping engineering input to other disciplines to assure that design outputs are consistent.
• To act as Company authority for the review of Design Bases, design drawings, specifications, etc.
• To act as required as the Company representative (piping) to ensure that design work by contractors meets Company standards and relevant industry codes
• To monitor the performance of design contractors and suggest remedial actions related to piping design.
• To assist Company resident and/or project engineers with the piping engineering aspects of Facilities design.
• To assist construction and commissioning teams with field questions encountered during installation
• To initiate and coordinate tasks needed for project execution
• To participate in HAZOP’s and other key design reviews.
• To assist in the development Nigerian piping engineers

Requirements

• Minimum twenty (20) years relevant experience on offshore and onshore projects within the upstream oil and gas industry.
• Must be used to working in a multi-discipline environment
• Must have worked in an expatriate situation for at least five (5) years
• Good understanding of project management controls and procedures.
• Ability to work under pressure against tight deadlines whilst maintaining a high standard of consistency and accuracy.
• Solid working knowledge of oil and gas industry piping engineering codes and standards.
• Have thorough knowledge of the design of onshore and offshore oil production facilities
• Have the ability to utilise common piping design software for piping system design and analysis
• Sound understanding of HSES management systems and the application thereof, particularly with respect to design integrity and safety.
• Ability to manage interfaces both internally and externally with contractors
• Apt reporting skills with the ability to write well structured and easily understood reports
• Able to prepare and deliver effectively presentations for information dissemination both internally to management and externally to 3rd parties
• Fluent spoken and written English.
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to deal with a broad spectrum of cultural and organisational styles
• Basic computer literacy (MS Word, Excel, Project, Lotus Notes, PowerPoint)
• Good communication and team building skills – well able to lead and gain respect both internally and externally 3rd parties.
• Ability to improvise/prioritise with little notice without losing attention to detail.
• Proven track record of managing in multicultural situations.
• University Engineering Degree (Mechanical related) – 2nd Class Honours (min)
• Relevant professional qualification preferred
• Relevant professional qualification preferred
• One year renewable contract
  

Application Closing Date
Not Stated.

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