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Senior Pipeline Engineer
Senior Pipeline Engineer-March 2024
Dubai
Mar 27, 2026
About Senior Pipeline Engineer

  Company Overview:

  People power our future. That is why advancing a dynamic, inclusive environment, where everyone grows and thrives is critically important to us.

  Our ingenuity fuels daily life. Together, we’ve forged some of the most trusted partnerships across the energy value chain to make what was once just an idea a reality: laying subsea infrastructure thousands of feet below sea level, installing offshore platforms hundreds of miles from shore, and using our expertise to design and build offshore wind infrastructure.

  For more than 100 years, we've been making the impossible possible. Today, we're driving the energy transition with more than 30,000 of the brightest minds across 54 countries.

  Here, what you do matters.

  Job Overview:

  The Senior Pipeline Engineer is responsible for performing the engineering for onshore and offshore pipeline systems. This role requires through knowledge of design codes and shall be hands-on on software used in the pipeline discipline. The Senior Pipeline Engineer is responsible for performing conceptual, FEED, Studies, and detailed analyses and design as per design basis, project specifications, design codes, and standards. As such, they must have in-depth expertise in pipeline engineering as well as broad knowledge of the pipeline engineering discipline within the engineering function. They shall be able to apply knowledge and skills to a wide range of standard and non-standard situations. The Senior Pipeline Engineer shall prepare clear and accurate detailed design calculations and analyses including design reports and procedures. They shall have good time management capabilities to meet agreed deadlines and budgets, and develop plans for short-term work activities in own area. Shall be able to clearly communicate and explain complex issues and work to establish understanding.

  Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

  Be fully familiar with the project scope of work, specifications, schedule and all inter-discipline requirements; including identifying concerns as early as practicable and taking appropriate initiatives to address the issues.

  Identify changes to scope and promptly raise change notifications, including providing any necessary supporting documentation and estimates. Provide similar support for Variation Orders.

  Interface with all disciplines to develop clash free designs.

  Interface with other departments to obtain input for Discipline designs and drawings.

  Maintain close co-ordination with other engineering disciplines, Planning, Fabrication, Marine, and Project Management Team, as required.

  Document substantive communications (communications that result in significant decisions or assignment of actions) and forward copies to Discipline Lead Engineer and Discipline Manager.

  Assist in preparation of estimates for bid proposals, including technical query reviews, execution statements and manhour estimates.

  Raise technical queries to obtain missing information, clarify work scope, and to maintain preferred McDermott procedures, specifications, standards, practices and operational requirements.

  Prepare Discipline engineering design basis, philosophies, and technical specifications, as required.

  Participate in finalizing deliverables lists and deliverables, ensuring compliance with specifications and functional integrity.

  Attend project review meetings, vendor meetings, engineering meetings and offshore site surveys, as required.

  Provide technical direction and review of Designers producing products related to Pipeline Engineering.

  Prepare and review design reports and procedures.

  Assist in providing necessary design inputs to other disciplines to enable them in proceeding with their deliverables.

  Assist procurement personnel in procuring Discipline equipment, materials and services; ensuring that work produced complies with Customer objectives and procedures. Procurement assistance includes preparing and reviewing requisitions, evaluating technical quotations and preparing queries, compiling bid tabulations and recommendations, preparing purchase requisitions, and coordinating with Procurement to expedite vendor documents, as directed by Discipline Lead Engineer.

  Assist in updating weight report based on receipt of vendor information.

  Review vendor and subcontractor submittals, checking for compliance with project specifications and providing comments as necessary.

  Perform design verification through single-discipline check/ inter-discipline check (IDC).

  Provide technical support to all fabrication queries, including identifying defect / rectification requirements.

  Keep the Lead Engineer apprised of all activities and concerns, technical, budgetary and manpower related.

  Assist in providing inputs for actual, planning and forecasting progress reports including associated productivity.

  Check final subcontractor and vendor data manuals to ensure that all requested data has been received and approved.

  Participate in internal, Customer and third party technical audits on engineering deliverables and vendor documents.

  Assist Lead Engineer with responses to Customer and other agencies (such as certifying authorities, auditors, third parties, etc.) on their review and approval.

  Capture lessons learned and enter into MDR's Lessons Learned system.

  Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience.

  Guide less experienced engineers on MDR and Discipline procedures, standards, worksheets, design calculations, software, requisitions, technical bid evaluations, technical queries, etc.

  Be aware of costs related to own work and of the discipline.

  Prepare/ review the following for pipelines and their components:

  Material specifications and datasheets.

  Fabrication specifications

  Installation specifications.

  Pipeline design and installation analyses.

  Material takeoffs

  Pipeline reports and installation manuals.

  Perform/review the following designs, analyses and evaluations for pipelines and their components:

  Wall thickness designs

  On-bottom stability analyses

  Pipeline cathodic protection designs

  Free-span analyses

  Pipeline expansion and rigid riser stress analyses using finite element analysis (FEA) tools

  Route selection designs

  Bottom roughness evaluations

  Crossing support designs

  Dropped object protection structure designs

  Clamp designs

  Subsea structure designs

  Shore approach designs

  Onshore pipeline designs

  Pipeline local and global buckling mitigation designs

  Pipeline seismic analyses

  Installation analyses

  Essential Qualifications and Education:

  Bachelor Degree in Mechanical / Civil / Naval Arch. Engineering/ Engineering

  8-10 yrs. in oil and gas with major contractor or consultant predominantly performing Subsea Pipeline engineering related work.

  6-15 yrs in Oil and Gas with major contractor or consultant predominantly performing detail design

  Strong working knowledge of most of the design techniques and analysis methods used for subsea pipeline engineering, and detailed knowledge of content and application of standards, codes and guidelines as applicable for offshore.

  Conversant with subsea pipeline design related industry recognized Software. Working experience for ADNOC EPCI projects is an added advantage.

  Preferably Registered Professional Engineer or member of professional engineering society as applicable

  Seasoned knowledge of engineering standards and specifications.

  Good knowledge of engineering software.

  Able to work independently.

  Good working knowledge of English, both oral and written.

  HSE, TQM and cost conscious.

  Good organizer, motivator and supervisor.

  Keen on improving effectiveness of the work.

  Show flexibility and ensure proper hand-over with regards to:

  The reassignment to other McDermott offices.

  The reassignment to other departments/construction sites/fabrication yards.

  The replacement of colleagues during illness and holidays.

  The provision of assistance to other colleagues with heavy workload (also other projects) when possible/desirable.

  The managing/learning of current working methods and software applications.

  The reassignment to other McDermott offices.

  Preferred Qualifications and Education:

  Master Degree is Preferred#LI-JG2

  At McDermott, we proudly work together to create and deliver innovative engineering and construction solutions for the energy industry. Our customers trust our technology-driven approach to design and build infrastructure solutions to responsibly transport and transform natural resources into the products the world needs today. Because we’re powered by the most innovative minds, we rise to every challenge to make what was once just an idea a reality.

  McDermott is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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