Airswift is looking for a I/C/E Lead Engineer to work for a major LNG Project in Houston, TX, for an initial 2-year assignment likely to be extended.
Project will design, build, and commission a new 1.1 mile lateral pipeline, aerial pipe bridge, metering station, and interconnect facilities to enable the delivery of third party gas to a new Gulf Coast LNG facility now in construction. The project is currently moving into the FEED/EPC phase with startup scheduled for 3Q27. Successful candidate will join the Owner’s Project Management Team and function as the Owner’s Instrument / Controls / Electrical Engineering representative during design, fabrication, construction and commissioning. Work location will be at a Houston based EPC, with frequent trips to the site in Sabine Pass, TX. and to the Owner’s offices in Houston and Beaumont, Tx.
Job Summary:
Act as Owner’s Engineer in the management of engineering, design and all Instrument / Controls / Electrical related technical aspects for a new natural gas pipeline. Provide technical leadership and to all operational, regulatory and project driven activities including gas pipeline design and construction.
Job Responsibilities:
Provide Instrumentation / Controls / Electrical Engineering Leadership as Owner’s Engineer for new natural gas pipeline project. Support the development and execution of Instrumentation / Controls / Electrical activities including one-line diagrams, inter-connect agreements, control architecture, gas metering skid design, DCS interface, cable routing, control logic, material procurement, etc. The successful candidate is not expected to be a Specialist in all aspects of I/C/E field, but rather have sufficient technical depth, breadth of experience, motivation, and communication skills to work with Contractors and Owner’s Operations Engineers to resolve issues and maintain project progress.
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• Participate in development and review of all Instrumentation / Control / Electrical design deliverables, preparing and evaluating bid packages, and interacting with engineering, operation and fabrication disciplines
• Provides technical support to all aspects of the project and acts as the primary point of contact with the engineering contractors for Instrumentation / Controls / Electrical related activities
• Perform complex technical and administrative tasks relative to the Design and coordination of Instrumentation / Controls / Electrical packages.
• Provide technical input and review of the design, construction, pre-commissioning, commissioning and startup of facilities.
• Address technical issues arising in all phases of the project development related to Instrumentation / Controls / Electrical packages of the facilities.
• Responsible for project development: engineering studies, technical bid reviews, preliminary engineering, detail designs, materials procurement, construction, pre-commissioning, handover, commissioning and startup.
• Review/provide input to the design of Instrumentation / Controls / Electrical packages that fully complies with Operator standards and specifications.
• Manage the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Contractors through project execution to ensure Instrumentation / Controls / Electrical activities are completed on-time and within budget
• Provide design input in identification, sizing, selection, procurement of Instrumentation / Controls / Electrical material Project scope and economic development
• Basic project economic evaluation, including cost estimating and generation of AFEs
• Development of project schedules
• Project / construction management
• Routine project report generation
Qualifications & Experience:
• Minimum 4-year accredited degree in Electrical (or related) Engineering.
• 10 years of oil and gas industry experience including US Gulf Coast projects
• Registration as a Professional Engineer in TX is strongly preferred but not mandatory
• Expert knowledge of common engineering practices and Industrial codes including API, NEC, IEEE, UL, ANSI/NEMA, and others
• Working knowledge of Natural Gas Pipeline Engineering and Construction codes and standards
• Communicate effectively and take on the required project challenges, managing all aspects of the I/C/E discipline
• Self-motivated worker requiring minimal supervision
• Must be willing to travel up to 25% of time to project locations as required
