Senior Pipe Stress Engineer

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Project Overview:

Jubail is one of Bechtel’s most remarkable achievements—a city built from the sand up, requiring vast resources and logistical planning on an unprecedented scale. It the biggest civil engineering project in modern times—and it's getting bigger. Bechtel has managed the Jubail project, located in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, since it began in the mid-1970s. Saudi Arabian Bechtel Company (SABCO) serves as the Management Services Contractor (MSC), or “owner’s representative” for our client, the Royal Commission (RC). We are the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) managers, managing design submissions from local AE firms, and overseeing the actual construction work being performed by local contractors and sub-contractors in Jubail and Ras-Al-Khair Industrial Cities. In June 2021, Bechtel’s contract with the Royal Commission was renewed for another 5 years with work focusing on building new residential communities, iconic buildings/ bridges, major site preparation, commercial buildings, mosques, schools, hospitals, sports facilities, clinics, universities, utility services and infrastructure (electrical sub-stations, lift stations), roads and highways, port & pipeline expansions, and more. 

Job Summary:

Reporting to the Area Engineering Manager, the Senior Stress Engineer is responsible to review the design submissions from design consultants (AEs) and investors for piping/pipeline stress analysis and relevant support design calculations. The work will require close coordination with the broader Engineering Department and with other departments and external stakeholders as well as assuming technical responsibility for interpreting, organizing, executing, and coordinating across multiple projects. The role will also involve close coordination between Engineering and Construction Departments to ensure quick and optimized resolution of Technical Queries for changes encountered in the field. 

Major Responsibilities:

• Conduct technical reviews of stress analysis and pipe support calculations for underground and above ground utility pipeline networks to ensure compliance to relevant industry standards and safe design practices.
• Ensure all applicable static and dynamic load cases are correctly applied in the pipeline flexibility analysis.
• Coordinate with non-metallic pipe vendors to obtain correct pipe properties to ensure stress analysis conforms to vendor supplied parameters
• Assist in design reviews of pipeline engineering deliverables such as design basis, pipeline material specifications, pipe wall thickness calculations, hydro-test packages, piping plans and isometric drawings etc.
• Review concrete and steel pipe support design calculation and coordinate with Civil / Structural engineering teams for resolution of any design deficiencies.
• Assist in review of technical submissions for maintenance and inspection of existing pipelines.
• Participate and provide input in risk management, value engineering and constructability workshops.
• Provide timely response to sensitive technical queries from Consultants or Construction Contractors (RFI, FCD).
• Manage technical discussions with third parties (design consultants, customer, suppliers and regulators) in order to facilitate appropriate technical decisions.
• Support the design development of utility infrastructure by proactively engaging with project engineer and design contractor.
• Interdisciplinary coordination with Civil, Structural and Mechanical, design teams to ensure appropriate design inputs are incorporated to meet scope requirements.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• University degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline with minimum of 10 years’ experience in pipe stress analysis within multi-discipline design teams.
• In-depth knowledge and experience with stress analysis software’s like CAESAR-II and its applicability and interpretation.
• Demonstrated experience with stress analysis and pipe supports design for non-metallic (FRP/GRE/HDPE) pipelines above-ground and underground.
• In-depth knowledge of pipe support design and selection for underground and above-ground sea water, sales gas, potable water, irrigation system, industrial waste water, lift stations and chilled water piping/pipeline systems.
• In-depth knowledge of design codes and standards applicable for Pipe Stress Analysis (ASME B31.3, B31.4, B31.8
• Proactively work with design consultants to define design inputs and criteria to ensure the full range of operating scenarios are considered in stress analysis.
• Experience in working within an integrated engineering design team on complex industrial infrastructure projects.
• Experience in conducting design reviews at 10%, 30%, 90% & IFC design development stage and providing input to ensure code compliance and optimized design solutions.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Proficient knowledge of core discipline engineering procedures and processes.
• Broad knowledge of industry/regulatory codes and standards and design criteria pertinent to the discipline including ISO 14692 for FRP piping.
• Experience in pipe stress analysis related to process and utilities pipelines such as sea water, sales gas, chilled water, process water, fire water, industrial waste water, steam, gas, district cooling systems, sanitary wastewater, irrigation water, potable water, etc in PC/EPC and/or operating industry, with multiple years in a stress engineer role. 
• Acquaintance with general piping/pipeline design engineering activities such as   pipe wall thickness calculations, material specifications, hydro-test packages, and development of plant piping and pipeline layouts.
• Knowledge and understanding of technical optimization and economics related to selection of design features within the discipline.
• Knowledge of engineering work planning and control methods.
• Knowledge of precedents, principles and practices of related discipline.
• Knowledge of relevant construction practices and the economics involved.
• Familiarity with Quality Management Systems based on ISO:9001 standards as applied to engineering design.
• Skill in oral and written communication.
• Highly collaborative across departments and disciplines.
• Able to work in a culturally diverse environment.

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