Engineer, Senior Pipeline Integrity

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Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is one of the largest publicly traded partnerships and a leading North American provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals. Our services include: natural gas gathering, treating, processing, transportation and storage; NGL transportation, fractionation, storage and import and export terminals; crude oil gathering, transportation, storage and terminals;

petrochemical and refined products transportation, storage and terminals; and a marine transportation business that operates primarily on the United States inland and Intracoastal Waterway systems. The partnership’s assets include approximately 50,000 miles of pipelines; 260 million barrels of storage capacity for NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals; and 14 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage capacity.

• Implement the written Integrity Management Programs; as well as the standards and procedures to support the IMP for all pipeline assets.
• Identify additional preventive and mitigative measures, determining the re-assessment interval and re-assessment methods through participation in Informational Analysis processes.
• Provide Engineering support for Pipeline Integrity Projects including welding calculations, material selections, determination of required hydrostatic test pressures, MOP/MAOP calculations, calculation of set points for pumps, compressors and other pressure control devices to ensure MOP/MAOP is not exceeded, evaluation of defects and recommend appropriate repairs.
• Evaluate Integrity Assessment Results to determine need for temporary pressure reductions and the need for repairs and repair methods.
• Perform complex analyses required for comprehensive fitness for service evaluations.
• Initiate and track temporary pressure reductions associated with Pipeline Integrity Activities.
• Provide input into new construction pipelines and due diligence to support Pipeline Integrity efforts.
• Incorporate newly operated assets into the IMP.
• Complete program performance evaluations measurements.
• Lead geotechnical hazards threat impact studies.
• Provide input to annual budget.
• Communicate with key internal and external personnel to resolve project specific issues related to project documentation.
• Provide engineering guidance to vendors performing work on the assigned pipeline assets.
• Stay current with the pipeline regulations, industry standards, integrity assessment methods, repair methods, etc.
• Lead preparation for regulatory inspections, audits, and technical reviews
• Act as SME during PHMSA, state agency, and third-party audits
• Mentor Pipeline Integrity Engineers and Integrity Specialists.
• Provide technical training and knowledge-sharing initiatives for various Integrity Program topics.
• Review and approve technical work products prepared by junior engineers.
• Establish best practices and lessons learned programs.
• Represent the company at industry forums such as API, PRCI, and NACE/AMPP committees

The successful candidate will meet the following qualifications:

• A minimum of a bachelor's degree in engineering is required;
  
  Mechanical, Chemical, Metallurgy degree is preferred.
• Professional Engineering registration and NACE certification is preferred.
• A minimum of 5 years experience in pipeline engineering or equivalent experience is required.
• Experience in pipeline design, operations, and maintenance.
• Detailed understanding of pipeline defect evaluations and repair to include (required):
  • Experience performing engineering critical assessments (ECA) and fitness-for-service evaluations for corrosion, cracking, dents, seam-related defects, manufacturing defects, and dents.
  • Experience applying industry-recognized assessment methodologies, including those outlined in ASME B31G, RSTRENG, and API 579.
  • Remaining life and defect growth analyses to support integrity management decisions.
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