PLR Design Engineer

Zigma Limited is an independent, indigenous energy company in Nigeria. Zigma’s mission, under its CEO Funmi Ogbue, is to become the first female-led ‘mini-major’ with interests in the upstream, midstream and downstream energy sectors, first in Nigeria and then in Africa more widely. Aligning with Funmi’s passion for improving local communities, Zigma will place Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) policies at the heart of its operations and aims to become a champion for the responsible development of African energy projects–at the same time as delivering significant value to its investors and partners.

Too often, women and children in Africa suffer the worst from the over-zealous exploitation of energy resources. Zigma believes this should stop. Join us on our journey.  Use the menu below to find out more about becoming a partner, an investor or a team member.  You can find out more about our current projects and partners by using the links here. Together, we will show that responsible, thoughtful behaviour can make a difference.  And deliver long term economic benefits to our investors, countries and our communities.
We are  recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: PLR Design Engineer

Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers
Job Purpose

• Pre-FID: Provide offshore pipeline engineering support to mature the pipeline design basis, route selection, technical specifications, installation philosophy, schedule and cost inputs up to RTA and contract readiness, ensuring alignment with project execution strategy, HSE requirements and FID governance.
• Post FID: Be responsible for the technical follow-up, review and validation of the pipeline design and associated installation engineering deliverables, ensuring that the pipeline system is safe, constructible, compliant with Contract requirements, project specifications, applicable codes and standards, and ready for procurement, fabrication, installation, pre-commissioning, commissioning and handover.
  Responsibilities
• Manage and coordinate the review of pipeline engineering deliverables, ensuring timely comments, closure of technical queries and alignment with Contract requirements.
• Follow up pipeline design activities including route engineering, wall thickness, on-bottom stability, free- span/VIV, buckling, expansion, crossings, shore approach, corrosion protection and coating design.
• Support installation engineering by reviewing applicable installation analyses, lay tension, curvature limits, stinger configuration, abandonment and recovery, weather limitations and installation procedures.
• Ensure design maturity is sufficient before procurement, fabrication, welding qualification, coating, load-out, offshore installation and pre-commissioning activities commence.
• Provide technical support during fabrication, construction, installation and pre-commissioning, including resolution of site queries, non-conformances, deviations and engineering changes.
• Report pipeline engineering progress, critical issues, technical risks and required decisions to the SURF
• Package Manager and relevant project stakeholders.
  Act as Company technical representative for pipeline design and engineering matters with EPC contractor, vendors and third-party specialists.
• Ensure contractor deliverables comply with Contract requirements, project specifications, approved design basis, applicable codes and Company rules.
• Review and challenge contractor assumptions, calculation reports, procedures, installation analyses, method statements and readiness dossiers.
• Participate in technical meetings, design reviews, constructability reviews, installation readiness reviews, HAZID/HAZOP/PTR and risk workshops.
• Monitor contractor performance on pipeline engineering deliverables, comment resolution, technical query closure and interface deliverables.
• Support offshore execution as required, including technical assistance to Company site representatives during installation and pre-commissioning campaigns.
  Qualifications
• Professional Experience (number of years): 15
• Experience within project and project management: (number of years) : 10
• Offshore/Onshore Pipeline Installation
• Offshore/Onshore Pipeline Design.
  Application Closing Date
  Not Specified.
  How to Apply
  Interested and qualified candidates should:
  Click here to apply online