Job Description
The role involves leading pipeline engineering projects in the energy sector, including design, permitting, procurement, construction support, and commissioning of oil, natural gas, CO₂, hydrogen, and RNG pipelines and facilities, ensuring safety, compliance, and technical excellence.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead pipeline engineering from concept through commissioning, ensuring safe, compliant, and constructible designs.
- Coordinate multi-discipline teams and provide technical guidance on pipeline and facility projects.
- Develop and own pipeline basis-of-design and design criteria, including route, pressures, temperatures, and material selection.
- Produce and review engineering deliverables such as alignment sheets, route exhibits, construction drawings, and specifications.
- Support permitting, stakeholder coordination, and regulatory compliance through technical inputs.
- Assist procurement and construction teams by preparing RFP packages, reviewing vendor bids, and supporting field changes.
- Support construction inspection, hydrotest planning, and commissioning activities.
Requirements
- Preferably a Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) with energy-sector experience to support oil natural gas, CO₂, hydrogen, and RNG pipeline and facility projects.
- Ability to lead pipeline engineering from concept through commissioning, coordinating multi-discipline teams and delivering safe, compliant, constructible designs for large-scale pipeline and related facility work.
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related discipline.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred or ability to obtain promptly per state requirements.
- Act as the primary pipeline engineering point of contact for pipeline and facility projects including mainline pipeline, laterals, valve sites, meter regulator stations, pig launcher receiver sites, terminals, and compressor station tie-ins.
- Develop and own pipeline basis-of-design and design criteria including design pressures, temperatures, route constraints, constructability considerations, and material selection.
- Produce and review key deliverables such as alignment sheets, plan profile, route exhibits, typical details, and construction drawings.
- Prepare pipeline material specifications, line lists, tie-in packages, and piping pipeline data sheets.
- Design crossings and special designs such as HDD, bored crossings, road, rail, and water crossings.
- Design valves, pigging facilities, scraper traps, and appurtenance designs.
- Support permitting and stakeholder coordination by providing technical inputs for environmental, land, and regulatory teams, including easements, constructability constraints, and route alternatives.
- Support procurement and construction activities by preparing RFP packages, reviewing vendor bids, providing technical clarifications, and supporting RFIs, submittals, field changes, and as-builts.
- Provide construction inspection support, hydrotest planning support, and commissioning startup activities.
- Prepare sealed design packages, calculations, and QA/QC documentation, and maintain organized project files and change control.
- Experience with AutoCAD Civil 3D, Bluebeam, Microsoft Office Suite, and familiarity with GIS is a plus.
- Experience with pipeline engineering deliverables such as alignment sheets, crossing details, material specifications, and tie-in packages.
- Field experience supporting construction, hydrotesting, commissioning, and working around operating facilities.
- Consulting or EPC background and familiarity with owner-operator standards.
- Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience.
Benefits & Perks
Compensation packages including annual bonuses, spot bonuses, and peer recognition awards
Work schedule flexibility with some positions offering flexible work hours
Generous Paid Time Off and Paid Parental Leave
Travel vouchers based on travel preferences
401K match up to 4% of compensation
Tuition Assistance and Student Loan Repayment up to $25,000
Paid Licensing Certification Fees and Renewals
Employee Referral bonuses up to $5,000
Annual Wellness Reimbursement up to $500 for wellness-related expenses
Gym memberships, fitness trackers, home gym equipment
Dependent Care Match
Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
Pet Insurance
Health Savings Account and Flex Spending Account options
Employer paid LTD, STD, and life insurance
Metlife Supplemental Benefits covering accident, hospitalization, and critical illness
Member Assistance Program with counseling, legal, financial, and work-life services
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