Senior Midstream Project Engineer

KBR, Inc.•Houston, TX

About The Position

KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) provides solutions across the asset life cycle, including licensed process technologies, advisory services, technical expertise, energy transition solutions, design capabilities, and tools to optimize planned and operating assets. KBR is seeking an experienced Senior Midstream Project Engineer to lead full-lifecycle delivery of midstream assets supporting unconventional oil development and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) programs in North America. The role covers gathering systems; oil, water, and gas pipelines; central facilities; gas compression; supply and produced-water handling and recycling; saltwater disposal (SWD); and CO₂/N₂ transmission, injection, and recycle systems. The engineer will coordinate with home-office engineering teams and subsurface and completions teams to support production-uplift initiatives, including EOR huff-and-puff and/or flood programs, while ensuring safe, compliant, and capital-efficient execution. The position is anticipated to include both home-office work in the Houston area and remote or field work. Reporting to the Project Manager, the role provides direct leadership to a team of approximately 20 through engineering, planning, design, and execution. It manages projects from concept through start-up; supports technical design, construction, field execution, regulatory and commercial coordination, integrity management, reliability, and optimization. The role also includes field safety leadership and coordination with production, operations, HSE, subsurface, completions, measurement, marketing, contractors, and other stakeholders.

Requirements

B.S. in Mechanical, Chemical, Petroleum, or Civil Engineering from an ABET-accredited program; non-engineering degreed professionals may also be considered with proven relevant experience.
15+ years of oilfield engineering and construction experience.
Proven delivery of midstream projects involving gathering pipelines for oil, gas, water, or CO₂; compression; LACT/tank batteries; SWD; and central facilities.
Hands-on experience with EOR infrastructure, including transmission, injection, recycle/compression, and fracturing-support systems such as high-rate water logistics and flowback handling.
Strong field presence, safety leadership, communication, and cross-disciplinary coordination.
Proficiency with standard office software, including Microsoft Office Suite.
Ability to meet the physical and field requirements, including exposure to temperature extremes; extensive site walking, climbing, work on uneven surfaces and in confined spaces; lifting up to 20 pounds; entering and exiting project areas; and using required PPE.
Ability to perform standard office activities, including extended sitting or standing, attending meetings, and repetitive keyboard and mouse use.

Nice To Haves

P.E. license or ability to obtain one within 12 months of employment.
Experience with dense-phase gas hydraulics, dehydration, materials selection for CO₂ service, and H₂S service considerations.
Background with applicable codes, standards, and regulators, including ASME B31.3/B31.4/B31.8, API standards such as API 650/653/12F and API 14C/14E, PHMSA, RRC, and EPA air and water compliance.
Knowledge of pipeline and facility engineering tools such as PIPEPHASE, OLGA, AFT, PIPEsim, or equivalents; AutoCAD or CAD review; and SCADA basics.
Familiarity with AFE development, cost control, scheduling using Primavera P6 or MS Project, and contractor oversight.
Working knowledge of PSM/RMP elements for applicable facilities, custody-transfer measurement (API MPMS), and allocation systems.
Background in emissions-reduction initiatives, including VRU design, flaring minimization, pneumatically driven device conversions, and LDAR.
Vendor and contractor network across the Permian for rapid mobilization, including line pipe, HDD, coating, compression, and E&I.

Responsibilities

Lead a team of approximately 20 through engineering, planning, design, and execution of midstream infrastructure, including gathering systems, CO₂/N₂/steam systems and injection facilities, compression, dehydration, measurement, and custody-transfer systems.
Manage project scope, schedule, and quality from concept through start-up; maintain risk registers and manage change.
Develop and approve basic PFDs and P&IDs, hydraulic calculations, line sizing, pipeline class and location analysis, materials selection, and corrosion and chemical-treatment strategies.
Engineer CO₂/N₂ handling systems, steam processing systems, injection skids, pressure management, recycle compression, and tie-ins to EOR patterns; coordinate sequestration and monitoring considerations with subsurface teams.
Support fracturing programs through temporary and permanent high-rate water transfer, sand-logistics tie-ins, flowback handling, and early-production-facility debottlenecking.
Support contractor bidding, award, and construction; manage field engineering, RFI resolution, redlines and as-builts, pre-commissioning, and start-up.
Ensure constructability and coordinate right-of-way and land matters, surveying, HDD and boring plans, hydrotest and pigging plans, and quality control, including NDT, coatings, and weld procedures.
Lead field safety and ensure adherence to LOTO, applicable PSM elements, and hot-work and confined-space standards.
Coordinate with land, legal, and regulatory teams on State and Federal filings, PHMSA pipeline-safety compliance, air and water permits, and CO₂ handling and reporting.
Coordinate with production, operations, HSE, subsurface, completions, measurement, and marketing to align designs with production targets and reliability KPIs.
Lead technical input for commercial agreements covering interconnects, tariffs, measurement and custody transfer, allocation, and balancing.
Implement pipeline integrity management, including ILI, MAOP reconfirmation, HCA/MCAs, corrosion control, leak detection, and overpressure protection.
Optimize compression and gathering hydraulics for changing reservoir and CO₂ EOR regimes; implement debottlenecking and low-emissions designs such as VRU, LDAR, and electrification where feasible.
Drive continuous improvement by benchmarking capex and opex, standardizing designs, and implementing digital tools such as SCADA, historians, pipeline simulation, and facility digital twins.