Principal Pipeline Engineer; Energy

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We are seeking to recruit a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our Energy Transition Team, helping to contribute towards its continuing success. Working as part of a large engineering group the role requires the candidate to lead the development of mechanical designs on a wide range of transmission projects, including natural gas at below and above 7 bar, hydrogen and carbon dioxide.

There is also an opportunity to work on projects within the wider energy portfolio.

The UK Energy Transition team provides services to our clients and their projects from initial inception through development and construction to operation and decommissioning. An approach that sees us support our clients over the entire lifecycle of a project. Our team’s expertise covers all thermal generation and conversion technologies and includes novel, first‑of‑a‑kind concepts and other low or zero‑carbon technologies such as future fuels and carbon capture, utilisation and storage.

Working together with private developers, power utilities, government bodies, banks, lending agencies, contractors and OEMs, we safely deliver projects whilst meeting and exceeding client expectations.

The candidate should be experienced in the delivery of concept, FEED and detail design work and be familiar with working for an OEM, Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Contractor or a similar organisation. Location is flexible across our UK office network.

• Working with the project team to develop cost‑effective, efficient and innovative solutions to complex problems to create practical designs based on these solutions
• Working on projects in a variety of stages of maturity, including feasibility studies, Concept Designs, FEED Studies, Value Engineering and Detailed Design. There will be opportunities for site work during project development, construction and commissioning
• Preparation of Pipeline deliverables and Above Ground Installations such as wall thickness calculations, piping specifications
• Undertaking Pipeline routing and population studies
• Undertake high pressure pipeline diversions
• Working closely with other engineering disciplines in development of designs
• Supporting development of layouts and 3D models
• Developing proposals and bids for the piping and layout discipline and contributing to multi‑disciplinary proposals

• A Degree in a relevant Engineering subject
• Chartered Engineer or working towards IEng/Ceng and a member of relevant Engineering Institute
• Understanding of IGEM/TD/1 and TD/13, and gas network operators addendum’s
• The ability and desire to assume a lead role in the development of pipeline and AGI engineering deliverables
• Knowledge of national and international codes and standards used within the industry covering design and manufacturing requirements of plant equipment and piping
• Experience of carrying out pipeline and AGI design
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