Director, Pipeline Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Take charge of the design foundation for Nscale's natural gas transmission pipelines, encompassing hydraulic design, MAOP and pressure regime, line pack and inventory strategy, routing and sizing, as well as expansion provisions.

• Conduct and oversee steady-state and transient hydraulic modeling, keeping models updated as evolving engineering assets.

• Illustrate how pipeline design aligns with engine demand, turndown, campus availability, and pressure needs.

• Assess gas storage and supply resilience strategies, including line pack utilization, interconnect diversity, and cross-connection methods.

• Manage the overpressure protection philosophy, covering regulation, monitoring, slam-shut, and relief selection.

• Define control strategies at interconnects, letdown stations, and plant interfaces, including measurement and SCADA requirements.

• Lead and facilitate HAZOPs and design reviews, address action items, and oversee changes throughout the design and construction phases.

• Engineer interfaces with plant fuel gas systems.

• Ensure compliance with 49 CFR Part 192 and relevant ASME B31 codes.

• Set standards for material, welding, construction, class location, and MAOP documentation.

• Build integrity management foundations, including planning for baseline assessments, pigging, inspections, and mainline valve philosophy.

• Assist with commissioning and initial gas flow, including purge and pack planning and readiness evaluations.

• Provide technical management for engineering consultants and pipeline construction contractors.

• Handle technical interactions with upstream pipeline operators and interconnect partners.

• Manage the scope, timeline, and budget for third-party pipeline engineering.

• Create Nscale engineering standards, specifications, and reference designs.

• Collaborate with generation engineering, permitting, land, commercial, EPC, upstream, and customer teams.

• Establish and lead the internal pipeline engineering department.

• Convey pipeline and process risks and readiness to project leadership and executives.

⛳️ Requirements

• More than 15 years of experience in natural gas pipeline engineering, covering design, construction, and operations.

• Extensive experience in a lead or owner's engineer capacity on transmission systems.

• Profound hydraulic engineering expertise, including transient modeling of gas transmission systems.

• Strong capability in process engineering, including inventory-based system behavior, design for regulation and overpressure protection, control philosophy development, and HAZOP.

• Proficient understanding of 49 CFR Part 192 and ASME B31.8, specifically regarding MAOP determination, class location, and code interfaces with B31.1 or B31.3.

• Practical experience with measurement and regulation stations, interconnects with major interstate pipelines, and handling nominations and transportation mechanisms.

• Experience managing pipeline scopes through construction, hydrotesting, and first gas phases of major projects.

• Demonstrated ability to oversee engineering consultants and construction contractors.

• Proven track record in developing standards, processes, and teams, including recruiting and mentoring engineers.

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Chemical, or Civil Engineering, or a related field.

• Willingness and ability to travel regularly to project sites, vendor facilities, and construction locations, typically 25% or more during construction and commissioning phases.

• PE license is preferred.

• Active participation in industry standing, such as code committee involvement or leadership within technical societies, is an advantage.

🏝️ Benefits

• Highly competitive compensation package in the US, which includes bonus and equity eligibility.

• Annual performance reviews.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.

• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions.

• Generous paid time off (PTO) along with US federal holidays.

• Flexible work environment that promotes autonomy.

• Potential for flexible paid time off, parental leave, and participation in retirement plans.