Principal Engineer, Pipelines

Principal Engineer, Pipelines

Working Location

South East England

Contract Type: Permanent

Sector: Energy, Onshore and Offshore Pipelines, Carbon Capture

Role Overview

If you are a Pipelines Engineer ready to provide technical leadership across major onshore and offshore projects from concept selection through FEED, ITT, and execution, this role offers genuine discipline authority and influence.

You will join a well-established engineering organisation delivering major energy projects internationally, across greenfield, brownfield, and carbon capture work. Acting as the pipelines design lead on large projects, you will direct a team of engineers and designers and take ownership of the quality of the discipline's output.

Why This Role Stands Out

• Principal-level technical leadership of the pipelines discipline
• Varied portfolio including greenfield, brownfield, and carbon capture projects
• Full lifecycle involvement from concept selection through to execution
• Hybrid working with strong remote flexibility
• International exposure with short-term visits to sites and offices worldwide

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and direct a team of discipline engineers and designers on large projects
• Perform design activities for rigid onshore and offshore pipelines across all project phases
• Supervise and review philosophies, specifications, routing studies, and mechanical design
• Check calculations and analyses including stress, spanning, global buckling, walking, on-bottom roughness, tie-ins, and expansion loops
• Oversee crossing design, hot tapping, and trenchless work such as HDD and microtunnelling
• Prepare datasheets and technical requisitions, compile ITTs, and perform bid evaluations
• Validate pipeline inspection, maintenance, and emergency repair strategies
• Check third-party design and installation activities during execution
• Visit manufacturers such as line pipe, coating, and valve suppliers as required
• Liaise closely with process, materials and corrosion, flow assurance, instrumentation, civil, and construction disciplines

Requirements

• Professional experience in oil and gas across rigid onshore and offshore pipelines
• Mandatory knowledge of pipeline design software such as DNV SESAM pipeline package, PET, AutoPipe, SAGE Profile, and AGA
• Knowledge of ANSYS, ABAQUS, and OrcaFlex is desirable
• Knowledge of UK and international codes including BS, DNV, ISO, API, and ASME is desirable
• Proven experience leading and directing discipline engineers and designers
• Strong planning, organisational, and interpersonal skills
• Ambition to develop into a high-level technical expert
• Ideally degree qualified in Pipeline, Subsea, Offshore, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering

How to Apply

To register your interest in this opportunity, please submit your CV or contact details and a consultant will be in touch.