Sr. Facilities Engineer

Industry: Oil and Gas

Position: Sr. Facilities Engineer

Req Code: 3048

General

Location:

Metairie

Job Title: Sr. Facilities Engineer

Date Opened: 10/9/2026

Location: Metairie, 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)

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

• Conceptual engineering for new field or plantdevelopments;
• 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, sourproduction 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, togather existing data/details and survey available space and infrastructure tosupport facility upgrades, modifications, or remediation;
• Interface with Project Managers, Peers, and Clients, including attending project meetings;
• Assist Project Managers and multidisciplinedesign 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 meetsthe 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 andactuated 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 tothe Company, to ensure correctness of design and engineering data as well ascompleteness;
• Provide technical support to procurement efforts including bid package assembly, bid clarification responses, and technical bidevaluations;
• Diligently maintain organized server-basedproject 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.

• 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 aU.S. based state licensing board;

• Requires ten (10) years experience in engineering design and/or project management of oil and gas and/or industrial facilities;
• Familiarity with engineering and design requirements for projects associated with oil and gas production facilities and equipment installations, including regulatory compliance (BSEE, USCG, ABS, DNV) as well as applicable codes and standards (CFR, API, ASME, NFPA);

Experience with developing sizing calculations,…