Senior Engineer - Piping Flexibility

NES Permanent Placement division is seeking for its client, a global leader in the engineering and construction of major projects for the energy and infrastructure sectors, both offshore and onshore for a Senior Engineer - Piping Flexibility in Abu Dhabi.

Job purpose:

• Coordinate technical activities performed inside or outside the company;
• Ensure good stress analysis design of piping networks both at technical and cost level;
• Issue technical part of inquiries, bid analysis and order for piping supports components;
• Refer to project piping and layout lead for project activities and to head of piping flexibility section for technical solution and improvement.

Responsibilities:

• The Engineer executes the activities within his area of responsibility, ensuring the compliance with the QA/QC and HSE requirements;
• Development Technology know how and Commercial support;
• Feasibility;
• Bidding phase / Commercial proposal development;
• Estimate quantity and cost for critical support;
• Project Execution
• Be responsible for the quality, respect of budget and respect of project schedule for piping flexibility analysis tasks;
• Review the Client technical documentation and requirements;
• Be responsible for the design of all piping supports components;
• Issue project piping flexibility (Stress analysis) specification and critical lines list;
• Perform calculations of critical piping networks;
• Issue loads to allow the design of pipe-rack and foundations;
• Issue technical part of requisitions for all piping supports components required by flexibility analysis;
• Issue technical bid evaluation for all piping supports components offers;
• Issue technical part of requisitions for all piping supports components purchase orders;
• Review and approve vendors documents;
• Maintain project technical files and update Company standards;
• Perform the inter-disciplines checking for the part of documents in accordance with the scope of piping flexibility section;
• Check sub-contracted discipline engineering documents in accordance with the scope of piping flexibility section;
• Check documents issued by piping flexibility engineers;
• Check the isometrics for construction of critical lines;
• Assist P and ID section preparation for flexibility inputs of line list;
• Inform on a permanent basis the Project Piping and Layout leader of any foreseen technical or cost impact or delay risk;
• Capitalize piping flexibility activities performed during the project;
• Construction and start up;
• Provide technical support;
• Assist, when necessary, engineering adjustment on site;
• Home office activities (Master);
• Projects coordination: provide input to Flexibility Engineer to harmonize design and methodologies;
• Provide support to projects and procurements to solve non standards problems;
• Define the modification of department work flow and dep technical standards;
• Participate to the modification of company work flow and technical standardization;
• Collect project feed backs for continuous improvement implementation (Lesson Learned);
• Participate to vendor and outsourcing qualification;
• Participate to project/company procurement strategy (Purchasing team);
• Develop and scout tools for simplified design activities;
• Plan, control and manage outsourcing engineering center.
   

Candidate profile:

• at least 12 years of experience in a similar role;
• good knowledge and experience of piping flexibility analysis using CAESAR software;
• good knowledge and experience of pipe supporting activity required;
• Oil&gas and/or Offshore Fixed Platform project experience and/or Gulf client experience preferred;
• Microsoft excel, Word, working knowledge is required.

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.