Lead Piping Engineer

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Lead Piping Engineer**"Belong, Connect, Grow, with KBR!**

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Title: Lead Piping Engineer

Company: KBR Corporate – Inhouse Engineering

Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE — KBR Office

Job Purpose

• Provide technical leadership for piping engineering within FEED and Detail Engineering projects in the Oil & Gas sector.
• Define piping design bases, codes, standards, and deliverables to ensure safe, reliable, and cost-effective solutions.
• Single point of contact for Piping deliverables and Activities.
• Interface with client and other stakeholders for successful execution of the project
• Coordinate with multi-disciplinary teams (process, mechanical, civil, electrical, instrumentation) and vendors to ensure integrated piping systems.
• Mentor engineers, drive quality, and ensure schedule adherence for piping deliverables across project phases.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering design and engineer piping systems, supports, routing, isometrics, stress analysis, and related components.
• Develop and review piping design basis, piping material specifications, datasheets, and technical bid evaluations.
• Perform and supervise piping stress analyses, thermal expansion, pipe routing optimization, and vibration considerations.
• Ensure compliance with applicable codes and standards and project-specific requirements.
• Participate in risk assessments and safety reviews (HAZOP, HAZID, LOPA) and operability/maintainability considerations.
• Facilitate 3D model reviews and Plot plans reviews internally and externally with client, operations and other stakeholders.
• Review and approve technical deliverables (isometrics, P&IDs, BOMs, MOC/Change Notes, design change requests, technical queries).
• Develop and manage execution plans, man-hour estimates, and budgets for piping scope.
• Ensure compliance to QA/QC practices & adhere to quality of deliverables.
• Review and Approval of standard deliverables, various datasheets, and requisition packages related to piping.
• Support field construction, commissioning, and start-up activities; address punch lists and as-built documentation.
• Stay current with advances in piping technology and recommend value-added solutions.
• Understand the MOC process and employ effective change management throughout the lifecycle of the project
• Contribute to Lesson Learnt from the Project
• Liaise with other supporting offices to ensure timely delivery of Piping scope.
• Responsible for man-power planning, scheduling and reporting in consultation with Discipline Manager and Engineering Manager.

Experience

• 18+ years of experience in Concept, FEED and Detail Engineering and EPCM experience in the Oil & Gas industry. 5+ years of which must be as a Lead design engineer in Oil and Gas industry.
• Experience in Middle East clients like ADNOC, ARAMOC, PDO, Qatar Energies others are highly preferred.
• Familiarity of Onshore and Offshore facilities and carried out Greenfield and Brownfield Projects.
• Experience in working with multicultural project teams across the various project execution center’s

Qualifications

• Master or Bachelor of Engineering in a related field.
• Professional membership or relevant certifications (e.g., PE/Chartered Engineer) are a plus.
• Certification related to piping desig