Sr. Facilities Engineer

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* Oil & Gas Position Sr. Facilities Engineer Req Code 2934 General Location Lafayette Primary Responsibilities Requisition Number: 2934
Job Title:
Sr. Facilities Engineer

Date Opened: 5/15/2026

Location: Lafayette, LA

Industry: Oil and Gas

Department: Facilities Engineering

Employment Type: Regular FT

Part-Time Available: No

Eligible for US Work Authorization Sponsorship: No

FLSA Exemption: Exempt (Eligible for Straight-Time Overtime)

Job Summary:

A Facilities/Process Engineer performs process and/or mechanical design of oil and gas production, transmission, and distribution facilities, including new installations as well as upgrades and retrofits to existing terminals, platforms and pipelines.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conceptual engineering for new field or plant developments;

• Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) and/or Detailed Engineering for Greenfield or Brownfield design projects for onshore and/or offshore facilities;

• Design of process (production separation, sour production sweetening, oil and gas dehydration, produced water treatment, export metering) and/or utility (fuel gas, chemical injection, instrument air, diesel, heat medium, cooling, drainage, power generation) systems;

• Design and Vendor interface for static (pressure vessels, tanks) and rotating (pumps, compressors, engines) equipment packages;

• Piping system design;

• Engineering studies;

• Process Hazards Analysis and Risk Identification;

• Make site visits, both onshore and offshore, to gather existing data/details and survey available space and infrastructure to support facility upgrades, modifications, or remediation;

• Interface with Project Managers, Peers, and Clients, including attending project meetings;

• Assist Project Managers and multidiscipline design team with establishing the methodology for completing a project. Research, learn and implement differing design techniques which may be industry specific;

• Evaluate proposed designs for efficiency of construction, installation, operability, maintainability, use of materials, integrity, and practicality;

• Coordinate/interface with other engineering disciplines, designers and drafters to ensure an integrated design that meets the project requirements;

• Develop process design basis details and documentation;

• Perform process simulations and develop process flow diagrams with associated heat and material balance tables;

• Perform and/or review sizing calculations for process and utility equipment, piping, in-line instruments, valves, and pipelines using available tools;

• Prepare, modify and/or review data sheets and technical specifications for process equipment, instruments, manual and actuated valves, piping systems, specialty items, etc. to meet specific project requirements;

• Perform and/or review process/mechanical engineering studies (i.e. de-bottlenecking, vent/relief, hydraulic analysis, pipe stress, API 14C compliance, firewater/deluge, material selection) and develop associated reports and spreadsheets;

• Develop and/or review P&IDs, mechanical flow sheets, and safety flow diagrams.

• Prepare equipment location plans in accordance with sound design practices, Client specifications, and industry/regulatory standards;

• Perform design verification reviews/checks of drawings and other documents prepared by others, both internal and external to the Company, to ensure correctness of design and engineering data as well as completeness;

• Provide technical support to procurement efforts including bid package assembly, bid clarification responses, and technical bid evaluations;

• Diligently maintain organized server-based project files;

• Provide on-site, both onshore and offshore, construction, commissioning, startup and operational assistance;

• Develop regulatory submittals (e.g. BSEE, USCG, and ABS);

• Additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications (Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

):

Basic or Minimum Qualifications

Must have a BS degree or higher in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering;

• For candidates with engineering degrees attained outside the U.S., the candidate must have attained an E.I.T. designation from a U.S. based state licensing board;

Requires ten (10)…