Senior Pipeline Design Engineer

RINA•Houston, TX

12d•Onsite

About The Position

RINA is recruiting a Senior Pipeline Design Engineer for its Houston, Texas office within the Plant Engineering Division. The role leads piping design projects for petroleum, natural gas, power, industrial, and related facilities, performing and overseeing engineering and CAD design work to ensure compliance with client and industry specifications. The engineer assigns work, trains and mentors team members, and manages subconsultant design activities. The position oversees technical activities, coordinates discipline resources and engineering, design, and drafting work, manages interfaces with other disciplines and construction or installation activities, and interacts with clients. It controls schedules, reviews pipeline engineering and third-party work, oversees requisitioning and technical bid evaluations, and provides construction support. The role also develops personnel, improves work methodologies by capturing project experience, contributes to business development and proposals, and ensures pipeline designs comply with applicable regulations, standards, and codes. It reports to the Pipeline Principal Engineer.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering field.
At least 10 years of experience in detailed facility and piping design for Oil & Gas facilities.
Professional Engineer licensure in a U.S. state.
Strong understanding of engineering and construction practices for refined products facilities.
Thorough understanding of piping codes including B31.1, B31.3, B31.4, and B31.8.
In-depth knowledge of technical specifications for bidding documents.
Familiarity with resource management and scheduling.
Working knowledge of computer-aided design software and engineering-related PC software, including AutoCAD.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

Nice To Haves

Texas Professional Engineer licensure.
Liquid hydraulics analysis experience.
CAESAR II pipe stress analysis experience.

Responsibilities

Oversee and execute technical activities within the discipline and provide technical direction to resolve engineering issues.
Identify project and contract hot spots, criticalities, and activity priorities.
Optimize technical engineering processes to reduce time and costs.
Coordinate discipline resources and supervise engineering, design, and drafting activities.
Manage interfaces with other disciplines and construction or installation activities to support cost-effective solutions.
Interact with client management and engineering departments to facilitate project efforts.
Control project schedules and ensure adherence to timelines.
Supervise review and independent analysis of pipelines during third-party engineering activities.
Oversee requisitioning and technical bid evaluations.
Develop personnel skills through work assignments, responsibilities, seminars, and courses.
Capture project experience to improve work methodologies.
Report to the Pipeline Principal Engineer.
Participate in business development by preparing proposal scope descriptions and hours estimates and taking part in client meetings and presentations.
Collaborate with other engineering disciplines and third-party consultants.
Develop and mentor technical staff.
Ensure pipeline designs comply with local, state, and federal regulations and applicable industry standards and codes.