Hydraulic Engineer- Houston
Job in
Houston, Harris County, Texas, 77001, USA
Listed on 2026-08-19
Listing for:
Viking Recruiting Resources
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-08-19
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineer, Process Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Pipeline Hydraulic Engineer
Our client is seeking a Pipeline Hydraulic Engineer for their office in Houston, Texas. Hybrid role
- Direct hire US Citizens only Seeking someone with about 15+ years of experience. Experience with DNV-GL's Synergi software is highly preferred. This individual will be responsible for hydraulic modeling; surge analysis (relief systems and valve timing), DRA optimization, capacity optimization, batch sizing analysis and commercial/business development scenario modeling, etc. Salary is DOE $160K-$190K.
Additional duties include:
- Provides consultation and project support for hydraulic applications and real-time computer-based computational monitoring.
- Evaluates model performance against actual pipeline performance to identify and execute improvement opportunities.
- Trains pipeline controllers to better understand hydraulics and operational issues.
- Evaluates pipeline performance opportunities for the control center (hydraulic analysis, etc.) and provides input into operational philosophies/improvements.
- Optimizes electrical/DRA costs by analyzing the optimal DRA dosages for each crude grade and batch size.
- Tracks and forecasts electric and DRA cost for budgeting.
- Assists Commercial/Business development by modeling potential acquisition and/or expansion projects to help them better understand the hydraulic limitations and/or design needs.
- Coordinates efforts at all levels with other departments.
- Demonstrates leadership in work groups through knowledge of hydraulic analysis and design.
- Assists Leak Detection Engineer as needed to align hydraulic models used for RTTM/CPM leak detection and transient hydraulic models (DNV-GL and Gregg Engineering).
- Supports Field Engineering teams regarding surge relief design/settings and automated shutdown logic.
- Supports Automation teams regarding valve timing and automated shutdown/slowdown logic.
- Assists Integrity Engineering teams with ILI tool runs and any potential pressure reductions as it relates to throughput impacts.
- Participates in front-end hydraulic analysis for all projects.
- Assists operations engineers/system design engineers via peer review for various modeling efforts.
- Participates in incident investigations.
- Participates in the Management of Change (MOC) process and documents Best Practices.
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