Engineer II

The Central Texas Field Engineering team is seeking a motivated individual to support the execution of pipeline design projects. The pipeline design engineer will be primarily responsible for planning, managing, and executing design projects. You will need strong organizational skills and communication skills to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders as well as provide support to the operations team. This role plays a critical part in design, construction, and the maintenance of our gas system.

3-5+ years of AutoCAD experience is a must. This position will be fully in-office, but will also include occasional site visits to projects in the Austin area. This posting is scheduled to close on March 12th.

What You Will Do

Coordinates and performs an intermediate level of engineering activities.

Coordinate and perform engineering activities relative to the design, operation, and maintenance of company pipeline and storage systems and related facilities.

Coordinate projects among regions, departments (Marketing, Contract Administration, Accounting, Operations, and Customer Services), outside agencies, and contractors including:

* Bid proposals and contracts

* Line extensions

* Construction and/or relocation projects

* Corrosion control

* Pipeline Integrity projects

* Pipeline Maintenance projects

* Regulator and metering station projects

* Evaluation of distribution system capacity, reliability, and risk

Provide technical and/or engineering assistance to management, employees, governmental/regulatory personnel, contractors, customers, and others on matters including:

* Meter and regulator settings

* CNG facilities

* Equipment/system design

* Pipeline sizes

* Policies and procedures

* Utilization of materials or instrumentation

* Pipeline modeling using capacity planning software

* Database analyses

* Growth planning

* Emergency valve isolation plans for pipeline systems

* Material specs

* Strategic planning (as specified by position)

* Right of way and permitting

* Asset Risk (as specified by position)

* DIMP (as specified by position)

* TIMP (as specified by position)

Research, analyze, compile, and/or prepare information including:

* Engineering Design

* Pipeline system capacity studies

* Pipeline system risk studies

* Pipeline bid proposals

* Construction contracts

* Status/activity reports

* Job orders

* Purchase requisitions

* Selection of materials, tools, or instrumentation

* Federal & state regulation standards, etc.

Regular and reliable attendance is required in performance of job.

Employee may be required to perform additional duties as assigned.

What You Will Do

Preferred Bachelor's Degree engineering

Knowledge of piping plan standards and related governmental regulations.

Experience with application of math, algebraic formulas, calculus, and statistics.

Experience in use and function of office equipment including computers and software such as GIS, AutoCAD, Synergi, Excel, Access, Technical Toolbox, Copperleaf, Maximo, Solidworks, or other relevant software.

Experience and training related to:

* Interpersonal/communication skills

* Customer services field policies and procedures

* Transmission/distribution pipeline operations

* Company/governmental operating and safety procedures

* Line extension and relocation policies and procedures

* Calculation of mechanical properties of material

* Construction/industry standards and procedures

* Asset planning and management software (as specified by position)

* Job estimating and compliance software (as specified by position)

Experience identifying, researching, evaluating, and prioritizing operational problems or specific situations and coordinating appropriate action/response.

Experience researching and preparing pipeline construction contracts, pipeline capacity lease (PCL) requests, budget projects, job orders, material requisitions, engineering studies, and correspondence.

Experience reading and interpreting governmental regulations, blueprints, contracts, manuals, specifications, surveys, charts, load studies, asset investment, risk reports, and other forms of data and written communication.

Experience interacting, negotiating, advising, and communicating effectively.

Demonstrated…