Principal Pipeline Engineer at Renaissance African Energy Company

Renaissance Africa Energy Company, (“Renaissance”) is a leading integrated energy company committed to advancing energy security and industrialisation across Nigeria and the African continent through sustainable and innovative solutions. We are seeking highly performing, experienced and skilled professionals with the drive to create significant business impact.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Principal Pipeline Engineer

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Job type: Full-time

Job Purpose 

• To provide pipeline Engineering expertise and support the delivery of HA & HB-Buko projects.  
• The HA & HB-Buko projects aim to provide circa 350-450 MMscf/d of gas to the NLNG Train-7 from 2029+, as well as 25-30 kb/d of oil and condensate for export. The projects’ projected gas supply constitutes circa 25% of the overall supply to the NLNG Train-7.
• The HA project completed FEED in Apr-25 and is now completing the tendering phase of the project contracts.  While the HB-Buko project has initiated FEED in Q2-26.
• Current plan is for a joint HA/HB-Buko FID by end of Q1-27.
• Given the strategic importance of both projects to the NLNG Train 7, and to derisk the project execution schedule to protect the First Gas Date, a full integration and optimization of HA & HB-Buko has been endorsed by the JV partners to improve the business case and to accelerate further optimizations of the projects. 
• The position involves provision of technical input & assurance throughout the project lifecycle including Conceptual, FEED, Detailed Design, Procurement, Construction, Installation & Commissioning stages, to safeguard design, technical and operational integrity. Managing all pipeline engineering activities and deliverables for HA & HB-Buko projects. 

Responsibilities

• Design activities concentrate on unique topics (remotely guided by procedures or scarce precedents). 
• Translates the guidelines and standards into practice and solves common technical challenges and provides technical recommendations which have a perceptible impact on local business performance; actively drives the identification, development and implementation of new technologies and opportunities to optimize field operations. 
• Contributes to the training and guidance of other professionals in the field. May represent the Company externally as a subject matter expert with suppliers, customers, and external agencies. 
• Integrates across engineering disciplines to achieve delivery. 
• May have SME responsibilities for regional/global Functional community. 
• Leads discipline team/tasks within design, construction, operation, or maintenance of facilities/plant, interfacing with stakeholders and managing contractors. 
• Provide specialist skills, integrity, and knowledge in key areas of subsea pipeline engineering, including design codes, legislative requirements, and current good engineering practice. 
• Undertake responsibility for production of deliverables, which may include engineering support to the drafting office, design calculations, procedures, analyses, progress reports, bid evaluations, study reports and various third-party submissions. 
• Undertake responsibility for delivery of full pipeline design scopes on projects through management of junior engineers with minimal supervision. 
• Provide pipeline analysis support for projects. 
• Provide technical guidance to designers and less experienced engineers from multidisciplinary team. 
• Provide detailed design and analysis of rigid pipeline systems in accordance with acknowledged industry codes, standards and design guides, and scopes of work. 
• Provide mechanical line sizing, integrity calculations, thermo-mechanical analysis for offshore pipelines. 
• Manage the performance of detailed pipeline engineering activities including: 
• Wall thickness selection:
  • On-bottom stability analysis 
  • Allowable free-span analysis 
  • Thermal expansion analysis 
  • Bottom roughness analysis 
  • Thermo-mechanical design (low cycle fatigue analysis, lateral buckling and walking analysis) 
  • Rigid spool and jumper design 
  • Pipeline route selection / optimization. 
  • Pipeline crossing design. 
  • Installation analysis 
• Production and checking of design documentation including feasibility reports, detailed design reports, equipment specifications etc. 
• Provide support for preliminary pipeline routing assessments considering all interfaces, functional requirements, manmade and geo hazards using results from geotechnical and geophysical (G&G) survey. 
• Coordinate pipeline engineering support to the execution of multidiscipline projects in line with defined budget and schedule. 
• Liaise with associated subsea related disciplines and understand the interfaces within a project. 
• Provide pipeline engineering assistance during occasional periods of offshore or site works. 
• Supervise Pipeline Engineers and support in Quality Assurance/Quality Control of FEED and detailed design deliverables. 
• Train / mentor junior and graduate engineers. 
• Actively participate in relevant training to pursue continuing professional development. 
• Provide input to project cost and schedule estimating. 
• Assist with the development of the project specifications and purchase requisitions, as well providing support to bidding and subcontractor selection processes. 
• Assist with development of pre-commissioning and commissioning procedures and activities including, testing, flooding, pigging, gauging, assessing, and mitigating risks, coordinating with other facility disciplines, and implementing process safety in work execution. 
• Participate in Project reviews, HAZID, HAZOP and others. 
• Promote zero accident, zero incident culture through inherently safe design meeting all regulatory requirements, and applicable industry codes and standards. 
• Manages the relation with multiple (groups of) internal and external stakeholders on tactical/strategic level and manages opposite interests. Scale and severity of consequences if things go wrong are moderate, requiring careful stakeholder management from an impact and reputation perspective. 

Requirements

• Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering. 
• Experience with offshore platforms, FPSOs, or onshore terminals is desirable. 
• Minimum of 14 years’ experience within the oil and gas industry
• Knowledge of HSSE framework and International engineering standards, best practices, and systems. 
• A good understanding of practices, standards and technologies relating to Oil and Gas facilities.  
• Strong team, personal and people management skills, committed to learning and continuous improvement 
• Considerable customer focus, interpersonal skills and commercial astuteness are required together with initiative, expertise and energy to identify and exploit business opportunities. 
• Good communication skill is essential. 
• Ability to function effectively in a multi-ethnic, multi-disciplinary environment. 
• Good leadership, coaching, negotiating, decision making, personal relations and communications skills are paramount for success. Inter-cultural awareness, team integration abilities are a requirement.  
• Personal effectiveness and ability to work and deliver with minimal supervision. 

Application Closing Date
30th June, 2026.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited does not request monetary payments (e.g. insurance policy, visa/work permit, HUET or HSSE training, special job offer, etc.) for employment. 
• All successful applicants who receive an offer of employment from Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited would have been required to go through a formal and transparent recruitment process.
• Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited is an Equal Opportunity Employer.