Senior Engineer, Piping

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Job purpose

Provide engineering support and technical expertise to operating plants and pipeline, major projects and technical projects related to piping discipline through all phases of projects and ensure the reliability, availability, and maintainability of piping systems.

Key accountabilities

• Provide technical support/services in the area of piping engineering to sites and projects group through RTS (Request for Technical Services).
• Develop and write the statement of requirements (SOR) for new projects and ensure its coordination with operators/sponsors. Develop and elaborate the scope of work (SOW) for consultants.
• Design in-house engineered works including drawings, specifications/data sheets and bills of quantities as required and ensure that state-of-the-art technology is applied in the selection of piping materials and piping systems.
• Review/prepare piping design basis, plot plans, piping layouts, isometric drawings, and carry out stress analysis and material selection as required and ensure sound design and integrity of piping systems.
• Participate in HAZOP. Ensure cost-effective solutions and application of value-added engineering throughout the duration of projects.
• Provide technical expertise support to project management activities through all phases of projects, engineering, procurement, construction, pre-commissioning, commissioning and hand-over of project facilities to end users.
• Assessment of design deviation/concession request authorization (DCA) (critical to HSE, integrity and production) and contractor trend notice (CTN).

• Perform technical studies in-house or manage technical studies through engineering consultants and provide technical reports with appropriate recommendations in line with the scope of RTS for piping engineering.
• Review/approve drawings, specifications, data sheets and other technical documents related to piping engineering for all types of projects.
• Ensure that the consultants/engineering contractors’ designs are in accordance with the scope of work and facilities delivered to end-users are safe, reliable, operable and maintainable.

• Update and develop company’s DGS (Design General Specifications), in order to take account of lessons learnt from projects, current practices, latest technology and changes in international codes/standards.
• Develop and issue company design general specifications (DGS), standards, procedures and guidelines related to piping engineering for use in-house or by the contractors with regard to projects undertaken.
• Ensure company design general specifications and standards are updated, developed, maintained and implemented on all phases of projects being executed by the projects group, in line with ADNOC guidelines and industry best practice.

• Participate in RCA (root cause analysis) related to piping systems failure, troubleshoot chronic plant problems and recommend solutions.
• Ensure that the repetitive failure of piping systems is eliminated/mitigated and that proposed solutions are designed to safeguard company’s plant asset safety, integrity, maintainability and continuous operability.

• Participate in the review and endorsement in order to prequalify suppliers, vendors, manufacturers, consultants in the area of piping.
• Ensure that suppliers, vendors, manufacturers, consultants under consideration are qualified and competent to supply goods/provide services to company.

Qualifications, experience, knowledge & skills

• Bachelor degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent professional qualification.

• Eight years of experience in piping engineering within large engineering companies, preferably in the oil and gas industry.
• Good knowledge in engineering and technical support to pipeline operations and technical projects related to pipeline engineering in oil and gas industry.
• Good knowledge in piping design and engineering, selection of piping and valve materials, complying with code requirements in oil and gas industry.
• Familiarity with international design codes and standards, procurement, construction, pre-commissioning/commissioning and maintenance of piping in oil and gas.
• Good knowledge in pipeline stress analysis. Familiar with piping stress analysis software like CEASER, Auto Pipe, etc.
• Familiarity with the capabilities and shortcomings of piping related contractors/manufacturers, and a proven track record of conducting technical and commercial negotiations with them.
• Awareness in HAZOP for system examination and risk management.
• Planning and organizing, scheduling and coordinating, checking, examining and recording.

About the Company

We are one of the world's leading energy producers, and a primary catalyst for Abu Dhabi’s growth and diversification.

We operate across the entire hydrocarbon value chain, through a network of fully-integrated businesses, with interests that range from exploration, production, storage, refining and distribution, to the development of a wide-range of petrochemical products.

Since 1971, we have created thousands of jobs, driven the growth of a diverse knowledge-based economy, and played a key role in Abu Dhabi’s global emergence.

Today, we continue to look for new and innovative ways to maximize the value of our resources, pioneering those approaches and technologies that will ensure we are able to meet the demands of an ever-changing energy market, and continue to have a positive impact on the Abu Dhabi economy for generations to come.

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