Specialist Piping Engineer – Offshore Water Injection Project

KBR · Abu Dhabi

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Job Title: Specialist Piping Engineer – Offshore Water Injection Project

KBR Abu Dhabi PMC Team is currently looking to fill a position of Specialist Piping Engineer for an Offshore Project to be based in UAE ( Abu Dhabi) as soon as the administrative processes are completed, will then relocate to Spain Office and then return to Abu Dhabi .

Job Purpose

The Specialist Piping Engineer is responsible for leading piping engineering activities for offshore water injection facilities, ensuring safe, reliable, and cost-effective design, installation, and integration of piping systems within existing offshore infrastructure. The role supports FEED, detailed engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and brownfield modification activities while ensuring compliance with project specifications, ADNOC requirements, and international standards.

Key Responsibilities

Piping Engineering & Design

Lead piping design and engineering activities for offshore water injection systems.
Develop and review piping specifications, material classes, datasheets, and design philosophies.
Review and approve piping layouts, General Arrangement (GA) drawings, isometrics, and 3D models.
Ensure piping systems are designed for operability, maintainability, safety, and constructability.
Perform piping routing studies considering space constraints and brownfield integration requirements.
Support line sizing, pressure drop calculations, and hydraulic assessments.

Stress Analysis & Flexibility

Review piping stress analyses and flexibility studies.
Ensure piping systems comply with code requirements for thermal expansion, vibration, and operational loads.
Coordinate with stress engineers to resolve high-stress and support-related issues.
Review critical line support arrangements and expansion solutions.

Material & Corrosion Management

Define piping material specifications suitable for seawater, treated water, and utility systems.
Assess corrosion risks and recommend mitigation measures.
Ensure material selection complies with process requirements and design life expectations.
Review corrosion allowance requirements and protective coating specifications.

Brownfield & Offshore Modifications

Conduct offshore site surveys and brownfield assessments.
Develop tie-in strategies and piping modification plans.
Support shutdown planning and SIMOPS activities.
Evaluate existing facilities and identify integration challenges for new water injection systems.
Ensure minimum impact on ongoing production operations during project execution.

Multidisciplinary Coordination

Coordinate with Process, Mechanical, Structural, Instrumentation, Electrical, and Operations teams.
Resolve interdisciplinary design clashes and interface issues.
Participate in design reviews, constructability workshops, and model reviews.
Provide technical guidance to design and drafting teams.

Procurement & Vendor Support

Prepare material requisitions and technical specifications.
Support bid evaluations and vendor selection processes.
Review vendor package piping interfaces and integration requirements.
Resolve technical queries related to piping materials and fabrication.

Construction & Commissioning Support

Provide engineering support during fabrication, installation, testing, and commissioning.
Review construction work packs and method statements.
Support hydrotesting, flushing, cleaning, and mechanical completion activities.
Resolve field engineering queries and non-conformance reports (NCRs).
Verify system readiness for commissioning and startup.

HSE & Quality Compliance

Participate in HAZID, HAZOP, Constructability, SIMOPS, and Risk Assessment studies.
Ensure compliance with project HSE requirements and company standards.
Support Management of Change (MOC) processes.
Promote safe design principles and asset integrity throughout the project lifecycle.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent discipline.
Master's Degree is an advantage.
Chartered Engineer (CEng) or equivalent professional certification preferred.

Experience

15-18 years of piping engineering experience within the Oil & Gas industry.
Minimum 5 years of experience in offshore brownfield EPC projects.
Strong experience in offshore water injection, produced water, utilities, and process piping systems.
Proven involvement in FEED, Detailed Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Commissioning, and Startup phases.
ADNOC Offshore and Middle East project experience highly preferred.
Experience with offshore islands, platforms, and shutdown/tie-in projects is desirable.

Technical Competencies

Piping Design

Offshore Process Piping
Water Injection Systems
Utility and Produced Water Networks
Piping Layout Development
Tie-In Engineering
Material Selection
Constructability Reviews

Piping Analysis

Stress Analysis
Flexibility Assessment
Vibration Analysis
Pipe Support Design
Hydraulic Evaluation

Codes & Standards

ASME B31.3 – Process Piping
ASME B31.4 / B31.8
API Standards
ASTM Standards
NACE Standards
ISO Standards
ADNOC Specifications
Shell DEP / International Oil & Gas Practices (where applicable)

Software Skills

CAESAR II
AutoPIPE
AVEVA E3D
SP3D (SmartPlant 3D)
AutoCAD Plant 3D
Navisworks
SmartPlant Review
MS Office Suite

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