Lead Piping Engineer

Who is our client and your future employer? : Ranked among the world’s largest petrochemicals manufacturers, it is a public company based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. With operations in around 50 countries, The Company has a global workforce of over 31,000 talented individuals. The company operates through three strategic Business Units - Petrochemicals, Agri-Nutrients and Specialties. They support customers by identifying and developing opportunities in key end markets such as construction, medical devices, packaging, Agri-nutrients, electrical and electronics, transportation, and clean energy.

The company’s manufacturing, sales, technology, and innovation facilities are located throughout the globe and are managed by four regional offices: the Middle East and Africa, Asia, the Americas, and Europe.

The Company invests heavily in Technology and Innovation (T&I). The T&I facilities are spread across the globe with hundreds of dedicated scientists contributing to the ongoing development of new patents and certifications.

LHR Americas : The job opportunity you have long waited for. LHR Americas recruit people from around the world to work in Saudi Arabia.

**Who are we looking for? ***: We are looking for a Lead Piping Engineer who will be responsible for the design, review and verification of piping engineering on assigned projects to ensure safe, high quality, fit for purpose design in addition to providing consultancy services and studies to our client Affiliates. As a lead he shall ensure piping engineering is aligned with all disciplines, executing the work within budget and on schedule whilst motivating and managing a team of engineers and designers and developing younger engineers.

Qualifications :

• Bachelors or Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Masters degree beneficial but not essential.

• Typically 10 years’ experience in petrochemical, fertilizer, refining, oil or gas industrial environment. Typically, 7 years should be with a recognized international FEED/EPC contractor, performing piping engineering to build green and brown field facilities in the petrochemical, or related chemical and Fertilizer industry.

• Experience in the following

• Complete project cycle (basic engineering and detailed engineering including construction, pre-commissioning and commissioning support) of green/ brown field projects is ideal.

• Resolving operational/design issues

• Piping design specialty related to PDP & FEED

• Pre-tender stage design

• Scheduling, man-hour control, productivity and status reporting

• Secondment

• you shall also have following:

• Typical FEED project size of circa 50,000 hrs.

• Up to date with the latest technical developments in the respective fields of expertise

• Supporting Procurement in meeting clients/vendors

• To be competent in the following areas:

• Deep knowledge of relevant international codes and standards i.e. ASME B31.1, B31.3, B31.4, B31.8 and Industrial practices and regulations

• Capability to interpret Project standards, specifications, analyze exceptions when put up by vendors/contractors and to provide technical and engineering support to piping issues.

• Shall possess knowledge to review/update and develop company's piping standards.

• Comprehensive and in

• depth knowledge is essential for handling of all the activities related to development / review of piping engineering deliverables during basic and detailed engineering phases of major projects.

• Experience in preparation of Plot plan/Plant layout, Equipment layout/unit plot plan, Piping General Arrangement Drawings, Piping material specifications.

• Experience in preparation of Request for quotations, Material requisitions, evaluation of Technical offers, project specifications.

• Experience on Piping stress Analysis (static and dynamic) using CAESAR- II

• Capability to review and approve piping design document.

• Knowledge in Value Engineering techniques/ practices

• Troubleshooting all piping related malfunctions and shall have core strength to carryout Root Cause Analysis of plant's chronic problems and develop the solution for resolving such problems.

• Work with vendor technical representatives to resolve technical problems.

• In-depth experience in piping design in PDP & FEED.

• Preparation of proposal for PDP and FEED

• Train, coach and mentor

• Preparing technical articles for publication and presentation at conferences

• Good written and verbal communication skills in English Language

• Strong interpersonal, leadership, planning, communication, analytical and problem solving skills.

• Strong planning, analytical and problem solving skills.

• Good presentation skills.

• Able to do following

• take proper and quick decision.

• work independently

• manage all aspects regarding to piping design engineering

• provide and develop appropriate technical solutions for specific project issues

• Ensure the delivery of challenging project and client targets using sound technical knowledge and d