Hydraulics Engineer III (Dallas, TX or Tulsa, OK)
About The Position
As a Hydraulics Engineer III, you will lead hydraulic modeling and analysis tasks, develop and maintain system models, and provide detailed recommendations for improvements for ONEOK's Natural Gas Gathering & Processing assets. You will provide engineering analysis to enhance existing assets and evaluate potential expansion projects. The role leads steady-state hydraulic modeling for existing assets and potential expansions with minimal supervision, builds and validates models for complex analysis, and identifies opportunities to optimize business and pipeline operations. It also supports planning field operations and maintenance outages, and works with project teams and leadership to implement optimization strategies and retain expected project value.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a closely related field, or 5–10 years of applicable experience with natural gas pipeline systems.
- Experience and knowledge of engineering design and criteria for pipeline systems.
- Typically, a minimum of 7 years of experience in engineering and pipeline design or operation, preferably with a hydraulic focus.
- Experience identifying, researching, understanding, evaluating, and prioritizing problems and coordinating appropriate action or response.
- Experience and knowledge of pipeline hydraulics and operations.
- Knowledge of hydraulic modeling concepts, software, and tools.
- Ability to apply mathematics, algebraic formulas, hydraulic equations, affinity laws, and statistical methods for detailed analysis.
- Knowledge of pipeline operations and commercial functions, with the ability to understand and analyze business impacts.
- Ability to analyze and resolve complex issues or questions concerning engineering design and calculations.
- Ability to read and interpret governmental regulations, including DOT 195 and/or 192, contracts, manuals, specifications, surveys, charts, reports, and correspondence.
- Ability to identify, plan, and organize projects, goals, and initiatives through completion.
- Ability to lead groups effectively.
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple assignments with competing deadlines.
- Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify alternative solutions or approaches to problems.
- Ability to interact and collaborate with teams and communicate effectively.
- Ability to operate required office tools and equipment.
- Ability to communicate technical and other information in a logical, organized, and coherent manner.
- No licenses or certifications are required.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with hydraulic modeling software such as SPS, Fathom, Synergi Gas, ProMax, VMG Sim, or similar.
- Experience and knowledge of compressor stations and the Ariel performance program.
- Experience with BI or analytical tools such as PI and Spotfire.
Responsibilities
- Lead steady-state hydraulic modeling for existing assets and potential expansion projects with minimal supervision.
- Make and implement recommendations to improve system capacity, operating costs, and system operation.
- Build, maintain, and validate system models used for complex analysis.
- Collect and analyze data to identify significant business and pipeline optimization opportunities.
- Recommend and implement new processes and ideas to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of hydraulic modeling.
- Support planning of field operations projects and activities, including maintenance outage plans.
- Engage with project teams through evaluation, implementation, and adoption to ensure expected value is achieved and retained.
- Work with all levels of leadership to align on current and future optimization strategies.
- Report on assigned projects through project management tools or other documents as required by management or the project.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
