Principal Pipeline Engineer - 6:2 Contract Job at Progressive Global Energy and Natural Resources

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Job Title: Principal Pipeline Engineer – 6:2 Contract

Reference: PR-12340415

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Recruiter: Progressive Global Energy and Natural Resources

Salary: Negotiable

Shift: 6:2 rotation

Contract Type: Long term Contract

Client: Operator Client

To provide pipeline engineering expertise to aid in the execution of the Company's onshore and offshore projects and ongoing operations. The majority of these projects will be executed under a recently established Alliance between Company and a relatively inexperienced, but fully committed, indigenous contractor.

Job Duties/ Responsibilities/ Accountabilities:

• To act as a focal point/technical authority for pipeline engineering questions throughout the engineering design, construction and installation phases of Company's pipeline projects, most of which are offshore.
• To provide pipeline engineering input to other disciplines to assure that design outputs are consistent.
• To act as Company /Allianceauthority for the review of the pipeline aspects of Design Bases, design drawings, specifications, installation procedures, etc.
• To act as required as the Company /Alliancerepresentative (pipelines) 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 to avoid design deficiencies and installation delays.
• To assist Company /Allianceresident and/or project engineers with the pipeline engineering aspects of Facilities design.
• To assist construction and commissioning teams with field questions encountered during installation (e.g. as related to pipe laying, risers, tie-ins, hydrotesting, welding, etc.)
• To initiate and coordinate tasks needed for project execution including surveys, permitting or government reviews, material specification, installation procedures, testing, etc.
• To participate in HAZOP's and other key design reviews.
• To assist in the development Nigerian pipeline engineers.
• To provide input to Front End/Conceptual Engineering studies with respect to pipeline design, installation and operating issues.
• Provide input to Integrity Management and Planned Maintenance planning
• To be the custodian of the company database for pipeline data as it pertains to company assets

Experience:

• Minimum twenty (20) years relevant experience with an oil industry design and fabrication contractor
• Must have worked as a pipeline engineer/senior pipeline engineer for an Operator, and have been involved in both onshore and offshore projects
• Must be used to working in a multi-discipline environment
• Must have worked in an expatriate situation for at least five (5) years

Experience within West Africa preferred

• 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 pipeline engineering codes and standards with emphasis on API standards
• Have thorough knowledge of the pipelining aspects of the design of onshore and offshore oil production facilities
• 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.
• Ability to manage interfaces both internally and externally with contractors

Contact name:Stephen McMahon

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