Seatrium

Global offshore and marine engineering conglomerate

Topside Piping Lead Engineer

Design EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeHouston, TX, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

At least 8 years of piping-engineering-related work experience or similar activities is preferred.
Experience in offshore or shipyard projects, rig building, or shipbuilding is preferred.
Experience in FPSO projects, including topsides and marine, is preferred.
Good knowledge of topside piping design and planning.
Good knowledge of international piping standards, including ASME, ASTM, API, and classification-society rules and regulations.
A minimum Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Good Excel skills are preferred.
Experience with 2D applications such as AutoCAD.
Experience with 3D model review applications such as Navisworks.
Experience with 3D modeling applications such as SmartPlant, AVEVA, or Cadmatic.

Responsibilities

Prepare project planning materials, including work scopes, responsibility matrices, man-hours and software requirements, and interface matrices.
Prepare the Master Document List for overall piping-design work scopes, with forecast dates based on the Master Project Schedule.
Align piping-design input data and required dates with stakeholders to define piping-design output forecast dates.
Review and monitor the project budget related to piping, including man-hours and software utilization, high-cost and exotic-material purchases, and warehouse-balance material utilization.
Lead piping engineers and designers in project execution, or monitor work performed by an engineering design house where applicable.
Review and monitor engineering-design progress for piping work scopes.
Prepare and raise technical queries and engineering variation orders for additional piping work scopes.
Coordinate piping-design outputs, including piping isometric and pipe-spool drawings, with the construction team to ensure required information is incorporated.
Ensure work meets the project's scope and technical-quality requirements and complies with project requirements.
Monitor P&ID revisions and ensure the piping 3D model complies with the latest P&ID.
Monitor design-input due dates and data required to execute piping-design work.
Monitor 3D-model clashes, design-review comments, and punch lists.
Monitor comments from the client and classification society.
Monitor piping-related interface points.
Monitor hot work, tank coating, and drydocking activities where applicable.
Monitor piping-procurement status and surplus material resulting from drawing revisions.
Monitor hold items that affect piping-design completeness.
Monitor and control piping-weight development.
Establish communication and workflow between the piping-stress team, pipe-routing team, and pipe-support designers; monitor the 3D model's compliance with the latest pipe-stress analysis report.
Review and comment on piping-arrangement, isometric, and pipe-support drawings prepared by piping designers.
Review and comment on piping calculations performed by other piping engineers or subcontractors, including pipe-stress analysis, flow-master, and surge-analysis reports.
Review and comment on vendor technical proposals and vendor-certified documents.
Monitor and control drawing revisions, especially after construction has started.
Establish communication and workflow between the piping-design team and construction team; monitor piping construction drawings' compliance with the latest 3D model.
Monitor completeness of the piping-design database, including 3D-model attributes, to meet project Digital Engineering requirements.
Interface with vendors, other discipline leads, procurement, production, and commissioning.
Board vessels to carry out site inspections.
Support piping construction, QA/QC, and other non-engineering-design activities, including inspection, coating, painting, welding, and test packages.

Desired Qualifications

Experience in offshore or shipyard projects, rig building, or shipbuilding.
Experience in FPSO projects, including topsides and marine.
Good Excel skills.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Prepare project planning include but not limited to work scopes, responsible matrix, manhours and softwares, interface matrix.
Prepare Master Document List (MDL) for overall piping design related work scopes with forecast date based-on Master Project Schedule.
Align the piping design input data and need date with the respective stakeholders to define the piping design output forecast date.
Review and monitor project budget related to piping especially for manhour and software utilization, exotic and high-cost material purchase, warehouse balance material utilization, etc.
Lead a group of piping engineers and designers for project execution or/and monitor the work executed by engineering design house where applicable.
Review and monitor engineering design progress related to piping work scopes.
Prepare and raise technical query (TQF) and engineering variation order (EVO) related to piping for additional work scopes.
Align the piping design output (such as piping isometric drawing, pipe spool drawing, etc) with construction team to ensure all the information required by construction teams are incorporated.
Understand department and project specific design workflow.
Understand Contract Specification and project requirement summary.
Understand Class and Regulatory Requirement, Piping, Special Item and Valve Material Specification.
Understand P&ID and piping routine requirements.
Understand equipment layout plan (include escape route, maintenance space, mechanical handling, other equipment).
Understand non-piping design related requirements such as fabrication, erection, painting, QA/QC, testing and commissioning.
Responsible for ensuring that all works meet scope and technical quality of the project and comply with project requirements.
Monitor P&ID revisions and ensure the compliance between piping 3D model with latest P&ID.
Monitor design input need date and data required to execute the piping design works.
Monitor 3D model clash and design review comments / punch lists.
Monitor the comments from Client and Classification Society.
Monitor all the piping related interface points.
Monitor all the hotwork, tank’s coating and drydocking related activities where applicable.
Monitor piping procurement status and surplus material due to drawing revision.
Monitor all the hold items that affecting piping design completeness.
Monitor and control the development of piping weight.
Ensure proper communication and workflow are well established between piping stress team with pipe routine and pipe support designer team. Closely monitor the compliance between piping 3D model with the latest pipe stress analysis report.
Review/comments piping arrangement, isometric and pipe supports drawings from piping designers.
Review/comments on piping calculations carry out by other piping engineers/ subcontractors (e.g. pipe stress analysis report, flow master report, surge analysis report).
Review/comments technical proposal from vendor.
Review/comments vendor certified Document (VCD).
Monitor and control drawing revisions especially when construction already started.
Ensure proper communication and workflow are well established between piping designing team with construction team. Monitor the compliance between piping construction drawing (piping isometric and pipe support drawing) with the latest 3D model.
Monitor the piping design database completeness (such as 3D model attributes, etc) to meet the project Digital Engineering requirements.
Interface with vendor, other discipline lead, procurement, production, commissioning.
Onboard vessel to carry out inspection at site.
Provide support to piping construction, QA/QC and other non-engineering design related activities such as inspection, coating, painting, welding, test packages, etc.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Prefer to have at least 8 years of piping engineering related working experience or similar activities as describe above.
Prefer to have experience in Offshore/Shipyard project, Rig building/Ship building.
Prefer to have experience in FPSO project, both topsides & marine.
Good knowledge in Topside Piping Design and Planning.
Good knowledge in International Standards related to Piping such as ASME, ASTM, API and Classification Society Rules and Regulations.
Min. Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Good skill in Excel is preferred.
2D applications such as AutoCAD, etc.
3D model review applications such as Naviswork, etc.
3D modeling applications such as Smart Plant, Aveva, Cadmatic, etc.

BUSINESS UNIT

Seatrium Limited

About the Company

Seatrium

Global offshore and marine engineering conglomerate

Seatrium is a leading offshore and marine engineering group formed by the 2023 merger of Singaporean shipyards Sembcorp Marine and Keppel Offshore & Marine. It operates by delivering complex ship repair, construction, and engineering services for the offshore oil and gas industry, as well as expanding into offshore renewables and new energy solutions. The company’s products and services include designing, building, and maintaining large-scale offshore platforms, vessels, and related marine structures, supported by a global network of shipyards and engineering teams. The merger creates one of the world’s largest players in its sector, combining deep industrial experience with scale to better compete in global markets, improve project execution, and pursue growth in energy transition opportunities. The goal is to be a hub for marine innovation that serves clients across traditional offshore markets and emerging renewable energy projects.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Singapore, Singapore
Founded: 1963

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