Team Lead Piping Engineer

Overall summary

Lead piping engineer with proven extensive experience in the design of process and utilities piping mainly for critical plant equipment and piping systems in the oil & gas, hydrocarbon, petroleum refinery, onshore, and/or infrastructure industries. Effective leadership of a large team of piping engineers and designers and a minimum of 20 years’ experience in FEED and detailed engineering of medium to large scale projects required.

Duties and responsibilities

Lead a team of about 10 - 20 piping engineers and designers

Develop discipline work plan

Develop basis of design

Estimate work-hours

Provide technical leadership and guidance to the project team, including the clients

Participate in technical reviews of plot plans and equipment layout

Lead technical presentation to clients and their representatives

Responsible for design integrity of piping scope, performance of assigned staff, on-schedule delivery of the work within budget

Key interactions

Broad understanding of other disciplines activities

Interact with the project management

Client representatives

Qualifications & years of experience

Bachelor of science in mechanical engineering, with a minimum 15 years’ experience in conceptual designs, FEED, and detailed designs of plants and facilities in the oil & gas, hydrocarbon, petroleum refinery, offshore, and/or infrastructure industries.

Key skills & technical competencies

Extensive knowledge & understanding of design practices, construction practices and procedures

Extensive knowledge of codes and industry standards such as ASME, NFPA & API

Extensive knowledge in plot plan and equipment layout, piping layout, stress analysis, material selections, process equipment fire water protection and drain systems philosophy

Extensive knowledge of Saudi Aramco standards and procedures will be an added advantage

Must be proficient in English, oral and written