Principal Pipeline Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION Wood has an opportunity for a Principal Pipeline Engineer to join our team in Qatar on a long term basis. This is a key role within the Wood Doha office delivering across study, FEED, EPC and PMC scopes of work. In this role, you will be responsible for the execution of project work in accordance with the project execution plan, including Wood and/or Project Procedures on Safety and Quality Control within the man-hour, cost and the project schedule targets. Reflecting the market focus for the office in both brownfield and greenfield opportunities, multi-skilled personnel are sought, in particular those with experience in:

• Onshore Oil and Gas
• Offshore Oil and Gas

• Direct and supervise a team of relevant discipline engineers and designers
• Responsible for providing expertise and ensures the application of correct standards in all preFEED/FEED / EPC deliverables in the design and development of projects associated with Oil and Gas processing, production and export, as well as carbon capture processing, transportation and storage
• Supervise the work of relevant discipline Engineers and Superintendents and ensure that quality and standards are maintained, and cost-effective solutions are adopted
• Fully understands the COMPANY HSE policy, procedures, regulations and objectives as they relate to his area of responsibility
• Ensures that work under his/her control is performed in a safe and environmentally sound manner
• Review any design work carried out by third parties (vendors) and participate,HAZOP, HAZID, IPF, reliability studies, and Safety and Facilities Technical Audits
• Establish the actual (as opposed to design) capacities / capabilities of existing field facilities and pipelines to identify potential bottlenecks and scope for optimization
• Identify potential applications for new technology
• Develop actively the local staff to fulfill engineers and role
• Know the environmental aspects (ISO14001) of oil and gas projects design
• Know the safety aspects of design in relation to the project cycle (e.g. HAZID, HAZOP, HAZAN, IPF classification methodology and implementation, QRA, reliability studies, Fire and Gas mapping and risk analysis techniques)
• Conduct life cycle cost analysis
• Prepare RFQ (request for quotation) technical packages for pipelines related scopes
• Prepare engineering, construction and material estimation, schedule, resource planning and update resource capacity planning half-yearly
• Provide first class engineering in one or more of the following fields; risers, subsea pipelines, landfalls, subsea manifolds, piping design and onshore / subsea pipeline
• Be familiar with working with construction engineers and installation schemes

• Bachelor's degree in relevant engineering from an accredited university
• Minimum of 15 years of relevant experience in the offshore / onshore Oil and Gas / Petrochemical and Marine industry.
• Must have at least five years of experience in similar position for international major Oil and Gas / Petrochemical / Marine projects including minimum three years in ENGINEER's / CONTRACTOR's organization.
• Experienced in using ASME, API, ISO, DNV and Shell DEP codes and standards in pipelines design and construction.
• Experienced in the use of pipeline software (AutoCAD, Microstation, MathCad, CAESAR II, Abacus, ESRI/GIS) is preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint is required