Lead Pipeline Engineer

Overview

KBR is seeking an Onshore Pipeline Engineer to work within the pipeline design team on onshore pipeline projects, ensuring pipeline design integrity is maintained through project execution.

What you'll do

• Maintain technical competence in the discipline according to standards and pursue continuous professional development.
• Prepare and check FEED and detailed design pipeline scopes and related deliverables.
• Prepare and check pipeline mechanical calculations for pipeline systems.
• Prepare and check pipeline specialty items specifications, data sheets, material requisitions and TBEs (such as scraper launcher and receiver, barred tee, line pipe, scraper signaller, induction bends, full bore ball and through conduit gate and check valves, isolating joint, pipeline flanged fittings, chemical injection quills, corrosion coupons, etc.).
• Prepare and check pipeline construction specifications, external coating and FJC, and SOW for construction.
• Prepare and check pipeline drawings (such as alignment sheets, route maps, crossing drawings, approach drawings, isometrics, field area layouts, etc.).
• Prepare and check pipeline survey scope of work.
• Prepare and check pipeline schematic diagrams.
• Prepare and check the pipeline crossing matrix.
• Prepare and check pipeline material take-off and material specifications.
• Prepare and check pipeline stress analysis and reports using CAESAR II and AutoPIPE.
• Manage vendor documents for specialty items such as scraper launcher and receiver, barred tee, line pipe, scraper signaller (intrusive and non-intrusive), induction bends, full bore ball and through conduit gate and check valves, isolating joint, pipeline flanged fittings, chemical injection quills, corrosion coupons, etc.
• Prepare pipeline-related technical reports such as route selection and valve station location selection.

What you'll need

• Familiarity with the design and construction of metallic and non-metallic pipelines and their respective international codes.
• 15+ years of experience in feasibility, conceptual, basic engineering, FEED, detailed design, and EPC / EPCM projects.
• Experience in pipeline basis of design, plan and profile / pipeline alignment sheets, pipeline route maps, pipeline data sheets, pipeline material grade and wall thickness calculations, specifications of pipeline materials, valve datasheets, corrosion control plans, stress analysis reports, road crossing analysis reports, area classification studies, and sectionalizing valve station layouts.
• Knowledge of pipeline codes and standards, EPC projects, and technical evaluation of vendors related to pipeline ancillaries and other equipment.
• Ability to prepare engineering deliverables as per company technical competency standards.
• Software knowledge: MS Office, CAESAR II and/or AutoPIPE, AutoCAD, MathCAD.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with scraper stations, BVS, and associated piping design.
• Familiarity with pipeline-related technical reports such as route selection and valve station location selections.

Details

• Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.