Senior Rigid Pipeline Design Engineer

Contract or permanent staff – Outside IR35 for contract

Sutton, London – Hybrid working

Oil & Gas sector

A Senior Rigid Pipeline Design Engineer is required to work on either a long term contract basis or a permanent staff basis for a large Oil & Gas company based in Sutton.

As the Senior Rigid Pipeline Design Engineer, you will be able to work on a hybrid working set up for both a permanent staff role and an outside IR35 contract role.

Key Responsibilities & Activities

As the Senior Rigid Pipeline Design Engineer, you will provide specialist skills in key areas of subsea rigid pipeline/spool engineering, in accordance with client's specifications / scope of work, design codes and  guidelines, including but not limited to:

• field layout / routing design
• mechanical design
• thermomechanical design
• engineering of stabilisation, freespanning, lateral buckling and walking mitigation/control measures
• post-lay assessments
• Perform rigid pipeline/spool in-place design calculations and analyses.
• As the Senior Rigid Pipeline Design Engineer, you will produce and review material take-off, design reports, technical notes, engineering drawings (in collaboration with draftsmen), design review slide packs, technical scope of work, technical queries, deviation requests, risk assessments etc., for tenders, FEEDs and EPCIs.
• Propose and implement design solutions of complex problems which achieve cost & risk reduction.
• As the Senior Rigid Pipeline Design Engineer, you will identify risk, participate in risk assessments and manage/mitigate risk.
• Take ownership of, organise and prioritise allocated tasks / scope of work.
• Manage time/budget constraints to meet deadlines. 
• Supervise and coordinate small teams and junior engineers.
• As the Senior Rigid Pipeline Design Engineer, you will participate in rigid pipeline project team and discipline meetings.
• Interface (meetings and correspondence) with the various disciplines and functions within a project, clients, subcontractors, suppliers, third parties etc., in a technical capacity.
• Report to project lead / engineering manager and discipline manager.
• As the Senior Rigid Pipeline Design Engineer, you will communicate project experience and lessons learnt to the discipline.
• Ensure implementation of company guidelines, best practices, processes, project experience and lessons learnt.
• As the Senior Rigid Pipeline Design Engineer, you will contribute to discipline developments such as engineering tools, continuous improvements and technology developments.
• Actively participate in training and pursue continuing professional development.
• Train and mentor junior and graduate engineers.
   

Essential Education, Skills & Experience

• Degree in a STEM subject.
• As the Senior Rigid Pipeline Design Engineer, you will have knowledge of subsea pipeline design and finite element analysis
• Sound communication skills in English, both verbal and written
• Ability to:
• present self in a professional manner appropriate to the role
• organise, prioritise and deliver work to meet deadlines
• As the Senior Rigid Pipeline Design Engineer, you will work within time and budget constraints and raise/maintain risks which may affect schedule and budget in collaboration with management
• deliver under pressure, adapt to changing requirements and ensure competing deadlines
• understand code, client and project requirements
• undertake responsibility for producing deliverables such as design reports, drawings etc.
• work effectively and collaborate within a team
• supervise / coordinate small teams or junior engineers
• manage interfaces
• build and maintain significant professional relationships at all levels
   

Desirable Education, Skills & Experience

• MSc or PhD in a STEM subject
• As the Senior Rigid Pipeline Design Engineer, you will have engineering experience within the subsea energy industry
• As the Senior Rigid Pipeline Design Engineer, you will have professional experience using Abaqus
• Professional experience using VBA and Python
• Understanding of fracture mechanics / ECA
• Understanding of rigid pipeline/spool installation engineering
• As the Senior Rigid Pipeline Design Engineer, you will have an understanding of welding and rigid pipeline/spool fabrication
• Understanding of geotechnical engineering relevant to rigid pipelines/spools
• General understanding of SURF design / developments
• As the Senior Rigid Pipeline Design Engineer, you will have experience in working in a multidisciplinary and multicultural engineering team
• Chartership with a relevant professional engineering institution (e.g. IMechE, ICE etc.

At First Recruitment Group we understand just how important it is to secure the right people. That is why our Recruitment Consultants always take the time to understand requirements in detail and offer sound advice to both clients and candidates.

We actively recruit at all levels and this is a superb opportunity for Senior Rigid Pipeline Design Engineers looking for new employment.