Lead Piping Engineer

Job Description – Lead Piping Engineer (CAL
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Company:
Worley

CAN‑AB‑Edmonton

Piping

Full‑time

Employment Type:

Employee

Unposting Date:
Jul 31, 2026

Reporting Manager

Title:

Department Manager, Mechanical Engineering

Building on our past. Ready for the future

Worley is a global professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources experts. We partner with customers to deliver projects and create value over the life of their assets. We’re bridging two worlds, moving towards more sustainable energy sources, while helping to provide the energy, chemicals and resources needed now.

Purpose

As a Lead Piping Engineer at Worley, you will provide senior‑level technical leadership and project delivery expertise within our Canada West Engineering team. This role is responsible for leading complex piping engineering scopes across large capital projects and/or portfolios of small to medium projects, while ensuring technical excellence, safety, quality, and alignment with Worley’s global engineering standards and client expectations.

The Lead Piping Engineer is a recognized subject matter expert and discipline leader who plays a key role in driving engineering quality, mentoring senior engineers, supporting project execution, and contributing to continuous improvement of piping engineering practices across the region.

Key Responsibilities

Depending on business needs, this role may function in one of two leadership capacities:

Project Discipline Lead (Major Projects)

• Act as the Piping Engineering Discipline Lead on large, complex projects, supervising and mentoring teams of up to ~15 piping engineers and designers.
• Provide technical leadership and oversight to ensure high‑quality, safe, and compliant piping engineering deliverables across all project phases.
• Work collaboratively with project management, engineering managers, other disciplines, and clients to deliver projects safely, on schedule, and within budget.
• Monitor engineering progress against approved budgets, schedules, and work plans; proactively identify risks and implement corrective actions.
• Apply formal change management processes and support scope definition, change evaluation, and impact assessments.
• Coordinate staffing and resource requirements with the Piping Engineering Department Manager and project leadership.

Portfolio Lead

• Act as Portfolio Lead for a group of small to medium projects for one or more key clients.
• Provide technical and project leadership to a team of piping engineers executing multiple concurrent projects.
• Coordinate resource planning and workload balancing with the Piping Engineering Department Manager and Portfolio Leadership Team.
• Ensure consistent application of Worley standards, procedures, and best practices across the project portfolio.
• Serve as a senior technical escalation point for complex piping design, analysis, and constructability challenges.

Technical & Project Delivery Accountabilities

You and your team will be expected to:

• Deliver piping engineering services that meet Worley, client, contractual, statutory, and regulatory requirements, safely, on time, and within budget.
• Lead and/or contribute to piping engineering deliverables, including:

Design basis development, specifications, datasheets, calculations, reports, and drawings.

• Participation in engineering studies, technical evaluations, and risk assessments.
• Support to procurement, fabrication, construction, and commissioning activities (e.g., material requisitions, technical bid evaluations, RFIs, site technical support).
• Development and review of deliverables appropriate for all project phases (concept, FEED, detailed design, construction support).
• Support the preparation of proposals, estimates, execution plans, budgets, schedules, and staffing forecasts.
• Proactively identify, communicate, and manage changes to scope, schedule, and cost.
• Ensure technical governance, quality assurance, and adherence to Worley engineering processes and standards.
• Maintain up‑to‑date knowledge of evolving industry practices, technologies, codes, and standards related to piping engineering.
• Foster strong collaboration and communication across disciplines and with…