Pipeline Engineer

Job Description

Organizational Context This role sits within Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM), one of the Netherlands' leading energy producers with a long and proud history of powering the country's energy needs. As NAM enters an exciting new phase, the company is transitioning into an independent joint venture and moving away from Shell's operating model. This transformation presents a unique opportunity to help shape the future of a more autonomous organization while continuing to deliver safe, reliable, and responsible energy operations.

As a Pipeline Engineer, you will be a key member of the Infrastructure & Maintenance Engineering Chapter within NAM's Agile organization. Embedded within a multidisciplinary Agile Integrity Squad, you will play a vital role in ensuring the safe, reliable, and cost-effective operation of pipeline systems across NAM's production assets.

In this position, you will apply industry-leading pipeline integrity management practices and inspection technologies to maintain asset integrity, protect NAM's license to operate, and support the company's ambition to be a safe, efficient, and competitive energy operator. The role offers a unique combination of technical expertise, project engineering responsibility, and collaborative problem-solving.

You will work closely with fellow Pipeline Engineers, Operations and Maintenance teams, integrity and engineering specialists, materials and corrosion experts, and external technical service providers. You will also engage with regulators, contractors, and local authorities to ensure pipeline integrity and maintenance activities are delivered safely, efficiently, and in full compliance with applicable standards and regulations.

• Provide technical leadership and execution oversight for NAM's Pipeline Integrity Management Program across pipeline assets.
• Lead the integrity assessment process for NAM pipelines and drive continuous improvement of the long-term integrity assessment strategy.
• Identify, prioritize, and proactively manage pipeline integrity threats and opportunities across relevant Production Units, maintaining close collaboration with key stakeholders.
• Ensure integrity assessments are planned and executed in a timely manner using appropriate systems and tools, including IMS-PLSS and SAP.
• Lead annual pipeline integrity assessments and reporting activities, including assessments for non-piggable pipelines and lifetime extension evaluations.
• Apply Pipeline Standard Workflows to ensure consistent, high-quality execution and "right-first-time" delivery.
• Continuously update Standard Workflows (SWFs) to reflect emerging assessment technologies, lessons learned, industry best practices, and evolving regulatory requirements.
• Engage with industry organizations and pipeline inspection vendors to ensure NAM's inspection programs leverage the latest and most effective technologies for identifying and managing integrity threats.
• Collaborate with industry peers to define, validate, and implement best practices within NAM's integrity management processes.
• Oversee the performance of strategically sourced pipeline inspection and integrity-related vendor contracts, ensuring delivery against agreed objectives and standards.
• Ensure the quality, accuracy, and robustness of data analysis and technical deliverables provided by external vendors.
• Perform data integration, interpret findings, and present actionable insights and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Consolidate assessment results, inspection data, and stakeholder feedback to develop risk-based reassessment intervals and budget recommendations.
• Work closely with cross-functional disciplines, including Materials & Corrosion, Process Engineering, Process Chemistry, Inspection, Operations, and Geomatics, to monitor and manage degradation mechanisms and Integrity Operating Window (IOW) parameters.
• Develop and maintain performance metrics and governance processes to ensure prescribed methodologies effectively manage integrity threats, support Goal Zero, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and NAM's Integrity Management Program.
• Serve as NAM's focal…