Senior Pipeline Engineer

Location: Aberdeen
Employment Type: Permanent

Salary: Competitive + Fantastic Benefits

Shape the Future of Pipeline Integrity and Safety

Are you an experienced Pipeline Engineer looking to apply your expertise across complex offshore and onshore projects?

Bureau Veritas is seeking a Senior Pipeline Engineer to join our Aberdeen-based engineering team. This is an exciting opportunity to work as an independent competent person, delivering verification and certification services for major energy infrastructure projects throughout the full asset lifecycle.

You will play a pivotal role in ensuring pipeline systems are designed, installed and operated in accordance with industry standards, regulatory requirements and best engineering practice, helping clients manage risk and maintain the highest levels of safety and integrity.

What You'll Be Doing

As a Senior Pipeline Engineer, you will work independently and as part of multi-disciplinary project teams, supporting a diverse portfolio of offshore and onshore pipeline projects.

Key responsibilities include:

Performing independent verification of pipeline design, installation and integrity assessments.

Reviewing engineering deliverables including specifications, design basis documents, calculations, reports, drawings and procedures etc

Assessing compliance with project requirements, industry standards and regulatory obligations.

Reviewing technical studies covering routing, wall thickness design, free spans, stability, crossings, cathodic protection, installation and structural integrity.

Supporting life extension and remaining life assessments for ageing assets.

Reviewing fabrication, welding, coating, testing and quality documentation.

Participating in audits, inspections, surveillance activities and technical witness scopes.

Producing verification reports, compliance assessments and verification statements.

Working closely with clients, contractors, regulators and internal stakeholders.

Mentoring and supporting developing engineers within the team.

About You

We're looking for an experienced pipeline professional with strong technical expertise and a passion for engineering excellence.

You will ideally have:

A degree in Mechanical, Civil, Offshore or a related Engineering discipline.

Chartered Engineer (CEng) status or a desire to work towards it.

Significant experience in pipeline engineering design, integrity management or verification activities.

Experience across offshore and/or onshore pipeline developments.

Knowledge of the full project lifecycle, including FEED, detailed design, fabrication, installation, commissioning and operations.

Experience with both rigid and flexible pipelines and risers.

Excellent communication and technical report writing skills.

Technical Expertise

Experience in several of the following areas is desirable:

Pipeline design and integrity assessment

Structural and pressure containment analysis

On-bottom stability assessments

Free span analysis

Installation engineering

Materials compatibility

Corrosion, coatings and cathodic protection

Fatigue and engineering criticality assessments

Verification, certification and risk-based methodologies

Strong knowledge of industry codes and standards, including:

ASME

NORSOK

BS/EN Standards

Energy Institute Guidelines

Software Experience

Experience with two or more of the following would be advantageous:

OrcaFlex

Flexcom

Abaqus

ANSYS

AutoPIPE

CAESAR II

Crackwise

Mathcad

Why Join Bureau Veritas?

At Bureau Veritas, we help clients achieve compliance, improve performance and manage risk across some of the world's most challenging projects. You'll be joining a collaborative team of experts, working on technically complex projects that contribute to the safe and sustainable operation of critical energy infrastructure.

If you're looking for an opportunity to apply your expertise, influence major projects and advance your career within a global leader in testing, inspection and certification, we'd love to hear from you.

Our Benefits

Core Benefits

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Professional membership subscription

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Pension scheme (up to 12%)

Flexible Benefits

Electric Vehicle Lease Scheme

Cycle to Work

Tech purchase scheme

Travel and dental insurance

Gym and retail discounts

Holiday buy/sell options

Give As You Earn scheme

Apply today and help shape safer, more resilient pipeline systems for the future.

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