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Join Us as Lead Pipeline Engineer
We are seeking an experienced Lead Pipeline Engineer to join our Abu Dhabi engineering team, supporting a major pipeline project in Iraq. Responsible for leading the pipeline discipline during the engineering phase and providing PMC/Consultant technical assurance of the EPC Contractor's pipeline engineering and design.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead the pipeline engineering discipline, coordinate pipeline engineers/designers and ensure timely, high-quality delivery of the pipeline scope.
* Review, comment on and technically approve EPC Contractor engineering and design deliverables, ensuring compliance with the contract, FEED, project specifications, applicable codes and international standards.
* Review key pipeline engineering documents including design basis, specifications, philosophies, calculations, reports, datasheets, material requisitions, route maps, alignment sheets, MTOs and method statements.
* Provide technical assurance for pipeline routing and alignment, material and grade selection, wall-thickness calculations, stress and upheaval-buckling analysis, constructability and crossing design, including HDD and road/rail/water crossings.
* Review engineering requirements associated with hydrotesting, tie-ins, corrosion protection/cathodic protection interfaces and integration with above-ground facilities.
* Lead and coordinate pipeline interfaces with process, piping, civil/structural, electrical and other disciplines, as well as the Client, EPC Contractor, vendors and project/site teams.
* Participate in HAZID, HAZOP, SIL, Design Reviews, Model Reviews, technical workshops and Constructability Reviews, ensuring pipeline-related actions are properly addressed and closed.
* Manage technical queries and clarifications, evaluate design alternatives and provide practical recommendations to optimize the design while maintaining safety, integrity and constructability.
* Identify engineering risks, contractual/design deviations, schedule impacts, scope changes and potential variations early, and provide clear technical input to project management.
* Review vendor documentation and support technical bid evaluations, technical clarifications and recommendations where required.
* Monitor engineering progress, interdisciplinary interfaces and EPC Contractor performance to ensure deliverables are completed to the required quality and schedule.
* Provide technical guidance and mentoring to pipeline engineers and support the project during construction, pre-commissioning and commissioning, including site visits when required.
Qualifications
* Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from an accredited university; a postgraduate qualification is an advantage.
* Minimum 15 years of overall professional experience in oil & gas, water transmission or comparable pipeline infrastructure.
* Minimum 10 years of directly relevant pipeline design and engineering experience, covering FEED and detailed engineering through construction engineering support, pre-commissioning and commissioning.
* Minimum 5 years in a Lead or Senior Pipeline Engineering role, with responsibility for technical assurance, multidisciplinary coordination and supervision of engineers/designers.
* Proven PMC experience, particularly reviewing and managing an EPC Contractor's engineering deliverables.
* Strong expertise in pipeline routing/alignment, materials, wall-thickness design, stress/buckling analysis, HDD and crossings, hydrotesting, tie-ins, cathodic protection and constructability.
* Experience on major water transmission, oil & gas or similar pipeline infrastructure projects in the Middle East is strongly preferred.
* Previous Iraq project experience is an advantage.
* Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder-management skills.
* Fluent professional English is essential.
* Willingness and ability to undertake regular business travel to Iraq as required by the project.
Location
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Equal Opportunity Statement
ILF UAE is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace without discrimination of any kind with regards to race, gender, age, ethnicity, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage equal access to career opportunities and development for all qualified individuals.