Engineer, Senior Fixed Equipment Job Listing at Enterprise Products in Mont Belvieu, TX (Job ID 000F3M)

Description

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is one of the largest publicly traded partnerships and a leading North American provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals. Our services include: natural gas gathering, treating, processing, transportation and storage; NGL transportation, fractionation, storage and import and export terminals; crude oil gathering, transportation, storage and terminals; petrochemical and refined products transportation, storage and terminals; and a marine transportation business that operates primarily on the United States inland and Intracoastal Waterway systems. The partnership's assets include approximately 50,000 miles of pipelines; 260 million barrels of storage capacity for NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals; and 14 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage capacity.

The Senior Fixed Equipment Engineer is responsible for proactive fixed equipment and piping engineering and reliability support. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Support and advise on key static equipment and mechanical integrity considerations.  This may include but is not limited to:
• Fitness-For-Service assessments
• Piping stress and flexibility analysis and troubleshooting
• Fired heater design and troubleshooting
• Heat exchanger design and troubleshooting
• Bolted Flange Joint design and troubleshooting
• Valve and Gasket selection
• Boiler design and troubleshooting
• Assist fixed/static equipment design, material selection, reliability, and construction quality assurance.
• Provide engineering support to Operations, to include engineering of temporary and permanent repair solutions.
• Perform Level 1 and 2 Engineering Fitness for Service assessments per API 579.
• Make advancements or develop needed calculation tools, processes, procedures or standards, to improve project design, material selection, quality assurance, and reliability. 
• Provide input during new construction design model reviews.
• Review construction stress calculations and design for complex designs and critical equipment. 
• Conduct field walkdowns for critical areas during new construction.
• Stay current with regulations, industry standards, engineering, inspection and repair methods, and applicable technologies and propose program improvements as appropriate.
• Assist inspectors planning mechanical integrity assurance programs and preventative maintenance programs for OSHA, PSM, EPA, SPCC and DOT covered assets

The successful candidate will meet the following qualifications:

• A minimum of five years' experience in engineering, inspection, testing, repairs and alterations of fixed equipment in a refining, petrochemical, chemical, midstream, or similar processing units is required.
• A minimum of a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering is required. 
• This position requires travel to Company facilities outside of Houston/MTBV up to 20% of your time
• Engineering Fitness for Service (FFS) assessment experience is required.
• Advanced stress analysis experience is preferred.
• Experience in industry standard software tools including COMPRESS, CAESAR II, Mathcad, etc. are preferred
• Excellent communications skills and computer skills, including use of Microsoft Word and Excel, are required.
• Must have working knowledge of the Federal and State regulations affecting fixed equipment, including: Process Safety Management (PSM), DOT and EPA RMP requirements.
• Technical knowledge and practical working experience in condition and time-based inspection processes, non-destructive examination (NDE) method selection and fixed equipment defect assessment and repair are required.
• Must be well versed in the API 510, API 570, API 579, API 2201, API 650, API 620, API 653, API 571, NBIC, ASTM specifications, ASME Section VIII Div. 1 and 2, ASME B31.3, B31.4 and B31.8.
• Working knowledge of damage mechanisms occurring in fixed equipment in petrochemical and midstream environments is required.