Engineer, Staff Pipeline Integrity Job Listing at Enterprise Products in Houston, TX (Job ID 000GIS)

Description

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is one of the largest publicly traded partnerships and a leading North American provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals. Our services include: natural gas gathering, treating, processing, transportation and storage; NGL transportation, fractionation, storage and import and export terminals; crude oil gathering, transportation, storage and terminals; petrochemical and refined products transportation, storage and terminals; and a marine transportation business that operates primarily on the United States inland and Intracoastal Waterway systems. The partnership's assets include approximately 50,000 miles of pipelines; 260 million barrels of storage capacity for NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals; and 14 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage capacity. Tap into the professional possibilities of the largest publicly traded energy partnership that features one of the most diversified cash flow streams in the midstream segment of the energy industry.  With dynamic career opportunities and a creative and supportive environment, our unique midstream energy organization offers the chance to share and be recognized for your ideas.  Join our team and increase your opportunities for success.

The Staff Pipeline Integrity Engineer is responsible for providing engineering expertise and technical support regarding the evaluation and failure analysis for in-service releases. Other responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Implement the company's written Integrity Management Program (IMP) as well as supporting standards, procedures, and practices for all pipeline assets. Identify improvement opportunities and support improvement initiatives for the IMP and supporting documents.
• Evaluate new NDE and repair methods and technologies. Determine value to organization and drive implementation where appropriate.
• Manage and provide technical expertise for the outside force program, which includes geohazards, seismic activity, and pipeline exposures
• Coordinate with metallurgical laboratories, review metallurgical report analyses, and recommend additional activities as necessary.
• Provide engineering support such as welding calculations, material selections, hydrostatic test plan design, MOP/MAOP and other pressure related calculations, defect evaluation, and appropriate repair recommendations for other Pipeline Integrity Engineers involved in Pipeline Integrity projects.
• Identify and develop new (and improve existing) preventive and mitigative measures through participation in Informational Analysis processes. Identify and drive improvements to the Information Analysis process.
• Evaluate Integrity Assessment results to determine need for temporary pressure reductions and the need for repairs and repair method.
• Provide support for pressure reduction decision making associated with Pipeline Integrity Activities.
• Provide IMP principles and design input to new pipeline construction projects and lead due diligence efforts within Pipeline Integrity Engineering.
• Lead the incorporation of newly operated assets into the IMP.
• Develop and improve IMP reporting of performance measures. Analyze performance measures and draw conclusions in order to understand and improve IMP effectiveness.
• Provide input to annual budget.
• Participate in and provide pipeline integrity information for all state and federal regulatory Pipeline Integrity Management inspections and audits.
• Interpret developing changes to pipeline regulations, industry standards, integrity assessment methods, repair methods, emerging technologies and how they could impact the Integrity Management Program and the organization.
• Mentor and serve as technical support expert for Rotational Engineers and Integrity Engineers. Broaden the understanding of IMP principles by other parts of the organization.

The successful candidate will meet the following qualifications:

• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Engineering is required. A degree in Mechanical, Chemical, or Metallurgy Engineering is preferred.
• Professional Engineering registration and NACE certification is preferred.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in pipeline engineering or equivalent experience is required.
• Experience in pipeline design, operations, and maintenance, a detailed understanding of pipeline defect evaluations and repair is required.
• Technical knowledge and work experience in pipeline risk management and analysis is required.
• Working knowledge of the various Federal and State pipeline regulations including Integrity Management regulations is required.
• Must have excellent written and verbal communications skills.
• Must be a self-starter and able to work both independently and with others in the organization.
• Must possess strong organizational skills.
• Must be able to work well with office and field based employees as well as regulatory agencies.
• Must have the ability to perform sedentary to light work, exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, or constantly lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Must be able to reach overhead for items, stoop, bend and twist while working. Other physical activities include: seeing, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing and performing repetitive motions. Visual acuity requirements include color, depth perception and field of vision necessary to prepare and analyze data, operate and computer and read.
• Must be willing and able to travel domestically up to 25% of the time.