A Senior Engineer is needed for a company that transports, distributes and generates energy, with diversified assets that include a balance between crude oil and natural gas in the Houston, TX area. This Senior Engineer role requires pipeline industry experience to independently lead and sponsor high-value integrity projects, ensuring strategic alignment, technical compliance, and successful execution from start to finish.
location: Houston, Texas
job type: Contract
salary: $85.18 - 94.07 per hour
work hours: 8am to 5pm
education: Bachelors
responsibilities:
- Lead non-routine Integrity projects from start to finish, including securing funding, managing scope and budget, and overseeing execution.
- Act as the primary interface for Integrity & Risk Management (I&RM) on projects involving new assets or divestitures.
- Represent the I&RM department in cross-functional teams to ensure integrity plans are integrated with strategic asset management initiatives.
- Manage project scope, schedule, costs, and risks; create outage plans; coordinate with contractors; and ensure proper documentation.
- Mentor junior staff, develop new procedures, and monitor industry for technical innovations.
- Develop project scopes and business cases, secure funding (often for projects over $100M), oversee project execution, and provide oversight on scope, cost, and schedule.
- Ensure I&RM is addressed in due diligence processes, develop I&RM plans and budgets for new projects/acquisitions, and provide technical support for business development initiatives.
- Act as a liaison for I&RM, serving as an asset lead for pipelines, and making balanced business recommendations to senior leadership.
- Maintain a safe work environment, monitor project performance, create outage plans, review inspector reports, and ensure project documentation is complete.
- strong project management skills, including the ability to prioritize and drive projects to completion.
- Ability to demonstrate broad business and technical knowledge.
- strong facilitation, collaboration, and negotiation skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Self-motivated, independent, and a team player.
- Formal project management training or a PMI credential.
- Prior experience in pipeline integrity or operations.
- Experience with risk-informed decision-making and data analysis tools (e.g., PowerBI).
- Continuous improvement background (Six Sigma, RCA).
- strong mentorship and informal leadership skills.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering is required.
- Preference for candidate to be registered as a professional engineer (P.Eng. and/or PE).
- A minimum of 7 years of related experience (project management, integrity, and/or other pipeline industry related experience is an asset); comparable technical or operational experience will be considered.
qualifications:
- Experience level: Experienced
- Education: Bachelors
skills:
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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
