Principal Piping Engineer

🏢 McDermott
📍 Chennai, IndiaFull-timeOn-site
📅 Posted: 7mo ago
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The Principal Piping Engineer leads complex piping-related work within oil & gas projects, applying deep Piping expertise across conceptual, FEED, and detailed design phases. The role requires leading engineering teams on FEED/EPC projects, ensuring compliance with international codes and standards, coordinating with multiple disciplines, and delivering within schedule and budget. The ideal candidate will have 15-20 years of piping experience, a Bachelor’s or Master’s in Mechanical Engineering, and be capable of guiding process improvements and interfacing with clients and vendors. Travel flexibility is required.
Required Skills
Engineering, Construction & Trades
Drilling EngineeringProcess EngineeringASMEPiping DesignNavisworksMEP Coordination
Soft Skills & Professional Competencies
Team Leadership
Requirements
Essential qualifications include a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering and 15-20 years of experience as a Piping Engineer in Oil & Gas with major contractors, including lead piping engineer experience on FEED and EPC projects. Candidates should be familiar with conceptual, FEED, and detailed design phases, piping standards and codes (ANSI, ASME, API, BS, NFPA), piping sub-disciplines, design tools SP3D/E3D/Navisworks, and have strong project coordination and international codes knowledge; travel flexibility is required. Preference for a licensed Professional Engineer. Strong leadership and ability to interface with multiple stakeholders are essential.
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The Principal Piping Engineer is responsible for interpreting internal or external business issues and recommending best practices. They will be tasked with solving complex Piping-related problems and will work independently with minimal guidance. The Principal Piping Engineer may be responsible for leading functional teams or projects and is regarded as a specialist in the field of Piping. As such, they must have in-depth expertise in Piping as well as broad knowledge of the Piping discipline within the Engineering function.

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