The Senior Pipeline Engineer uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external issues to improve the Pipeline discipline within McDermott, performing engineering for onshore and offshore pipeline systems. This role solves complex problems, mentors less experienced engineers, and impacts a range of customer, operational, project, and service activities.
About the Role – Pipeline Engineering for Oil & Gas Infrastructure
Core Focus: Conceptual, FEED, studies, and detailed design for onshore and offshore pipeline systems
Technical Scope: Wall thickness, on-bottom stability, cathodic protection, free-span, and FEA-based riser stress analyses
Design Deliverables: Material specifications, fabrication/installation specifications, and material takeoffs
Mentorship: Acts as a resource and guide for less experienced engineers
Company Legacy: McDermott – over 100 years of energy infrastructure innovation
Career Growth & Global Energy Impact
Strategic Location: Dubai – a major hub for offshore energy and pipeline engineering projects
Global Scale: Join a company with 30,000+ employees across 54 countries driving the energy transition
Technical Depth: Apply advanced FEA tools and pipeline design codes across diverse projects
Career Growth: Advance into lead engineering or specialist roles within a globally respected energy contractor
Position Overview
This Senior Pipeline Engineer role performs engineering for onshore and offshore pipeline systems, conducting conceptual, FEED, studies, and detailed analyses per design codes and standards. You will prepare detailed design calculations, reports, and procedures, identify scope changes and raise notifications, assist with bid proposal estimates, provide technical direction to Designers, support procurement and vendor submittal reviews, participate in technical audits, and guide less experienced engineers on discipline procedures and standards.
Why This Role Matters: As Senior Pipeline Engineer, you apply deep technical expertise across the full pipeline lifecycle, from conceptual design through detailed FEA-based stress and stability analyses, shape critical onshore and offshore infrastructure that delivers energy safely and sustainably worldwide, mentor and guide less experienced engineers, strengthening the broader Pipeline discipline, support procurement, vendor management, and technical audits across major energy projects, and build a specialized career with a company that has been making the impossible possible in energy infrastructure for over 100 years.
Key Responsibilities
Pipeline Design & Analysis
- Perform engineering for onshore and offshore pipeline systems with hands-on discipline software expertise
- Perform conceptual, FEED, studies, and detailed analyses and design per design basis and codes
- Prepare detailed design calculations, design reports, and procedures within agreed deadlines
Technical Coordination & Scope Management
- Be fully familiar with project scope, specifications, schedule, and inter-discipline requirements
- Identify scope changes and promptly raise change notifications and Variation Order support
- Raise technical queries to obtain missing information and clarify work scope
Deliverables, Bids & Procurement Support
- Assist in preparing estimates for bid proposals, technical query reviews, and manhour estimates
- Prepare discipline engineering design basis, philosophies, and technical specifications
- Assist procurement personnel with requisitions, technical quotation evaluation, and bid tabulations
- Review vendor and subcontractor submittals for compliance with project specifications
Quality, Mentorship & Reporting
- Perform design verification through single-discipline and inter-discipline checks
- Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience, guiding them on procedures and standards
- Participate in internal, customer, and third-party technical audits
- Keep the Lead Engineer apprised of technical, budgetary, and manpower-related activities
Specialized Pipeline Engineering Deliverables
- Prepare material specifications, fabrication/installation specifications, and material takeoffs
- Perform wall thickness design, on-bottom stability, cathodic protection, and free-span analyses
- Conduct pipeline expansion and riser stress analyses using finite element analysis (FEA) tools
- Support route selection, crossing support, subsea structure, and shore approach designs
Qualifications & Requirements
Educational Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Master’s degree preferred)
Experience Requirements
- 8-15 years of experience in Oil and Gas with a major contractor or consultant, predominantly in detail design
- Preferably a Registered Professional Engineer or member of a professional engineering society
Technical Knowledge
- Strong working knowledge of design techniques, analysis methods, and applicable codes and standards
- Seasoned knowledge of engineering standards and specifications
- Good knowledge of engineering software used in pipeline design
Essential Skills
- Ability to work independently with good organizational, motivational, and supervisory skills
- Good working knowledge of English, both oral and written
- HSE, TQM, and cost-conscious mindset
- Flexibility for reassignment across departments, sites, or offices as needed
About McDermott
Our ingenuity fuels daily life. McDermott has forged some of the most trusted partnerships across the energy value chain for more than 100 years — laying subsea infrastructure thousands of feet below sea level, installing platforms far from shore, and building offshore wind infrastructure. Today, McDermott drives the energy transition with more than 30,000 employees across 54 countries.
Career Excellence: Apply specialized pipeline engineering expertise to major onshore and offshore projects with a global energy infrastructure leader.
Who Should Apply?
- Senior Pipeline Engineers: With 8-15 years of Oil & Gas detail design experience
- FEA/Riser Stress Analysis Specialists: Experienced with wall thickness and stability designs
- Registered Professional Engineers: Seeking a senior technical role with a major energy contractor
- Onshore/Offshore Pipeline Designers: Skilled in cathodic protection and route selection design
- Mentoring-Minded Engineers: Ready to guide junior engineers while advancing their own expertise
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