What are the responsibilities and job description for the PRINCIPAL PIPELINE ENGINEER position at Gul Interstate?
Position Title : Principal Pipeline Engineer
Location : Houston, TX
Gulf Companies has served the global energy industry since 1953 by supporting the complete project lifecycle and developing valued business partnerships to ensure the success of the project. Our worldwide experience and multi-disciplined capabilities encompass all aspects of the Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management, Field Inspection, GIS Integrity, Staffing Services and more.
Position Description
The Principal Pipeline Engineer handles medium, large and complex projects. He / she has wide latitude of technical authority with full work responsibilities, as well as limited administrative responsibilities, over a group of Pipeline Engineers and Designers. He / she may assign and review work of lower-level personnel. He / she may also function as the Lead Pipeline Engineer, responsible for all discipline technical and scheduling matters pertaining to the assigned project. Work is periodically reviewed by the Chief Pipeline Engineer for accomplishment of objectives.
Essential Functions
- Function as the Lead Pipeline Engineer on smaller to mid-size projects.
- Responsible for oversight of pipeline related engineering work products (calculations, design, specifications, etc.).
- Good understanding of oil and gas pipeline design practices, project planning and cost control requirements and procurement procedures.
- Experience with performing detailed design of Gas or Liquids pipelines; with both is preferred.
- Provide technical leadership to lower-level engineers.
- Prepare engineering training materials.
- Function as interface between engineering teams, management and clients.
- Ensure that all engineering work is done in accordance with applicable regulations and codes as well as Gulf procedures.
- Independently prepares or reviews discipline projects specifications.
- Reviews the discipline scope of work to be executed to ensure it matches project specification and / or the proposal documents as appropriate.
- Provide quality control checks on pipeline engineering documents.
- Independently perform Routing, ROW and Workspace selection; studies on construction techniques and economic feasibility studies. Coordinate with field and third party (Environmental or Geotechnical or Survey) personnel.
- Familiar with permitting requirements for pipeline design and construction.
ADDENDUM : PIPELINE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
DEPARTMENT FUNCTIONS Pipeline Engineering is a highly specialized group whose function is to provide design-engineering service covering :
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Gulf is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
