Measurement Project Engineer

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At MPC, we’re committed to being a great place to work – one that welcomes new ideas, encourages diverse perspectives, develops our people, and fosters a collaborative team environment.

This position reports to the Measurement Project Manager providing support for measurement projects by coordinating the various steps necessary to complete new gas, natural gas liquids, crude metering & analyzer stations at MPLX G&P, Interconnects, Gathering Systems & Compressor Stations.

This position belongs to a family of jobs with increasing responsibility, competency, and skill level.

• Work through engineering, construction, and operations to support capital projects by taking measurement project assignments from conception to completion. Coordinate team participation through all phases of the project, communicating regularly with the project team members and project stake holders.
• Participate in area budget meetings, project planning & engineering meetings to determine priority status of plant, interconnect, pipeline, compressor station & large volume metering & analyzer station projects
• Review Contracts to determine relative project scope regarding MPLX measurement needs to meet contract obligations & customer’s requirements
• Determine final scope work by meeting with next tier of critical SME stakeholders (Project Engineering, Accounting, Measurement SME’s, Area Measurement Supervisors, key Operations personnel)
• Consult with Site Project Manager to review P&IDs, PFDs, 3D models, & HYSIS/Promaxmodels – provide markups as needed to ensure metering & sampling points are properly specified to provide accurate gas & liquid measurement
• Effectively relate the project scope, the required tasks and cooperation needed from company & contract employees and define roles & responsibilities in order to complete each project successfully and on time.
• Develop Gantt Charts or project planning sheets for all major projects to manage and track construction progress, fabrication stages, hold-points, inspection dates & equipment deliveries
• Create RFQ Bid Packages based on specified equipment needs that comply with company design standards – select bidders from vetted pool of approved fabricators to receive Bid Pkgs – review bids, then notify most suitable bidder of job award
• Work with construction to convey MPLX expectations of their work relating to measurement equipment installs, their commitment to meet our timeline deliverables and to stay on schedule to avoid delays
• Attend fabricator’s facilities as needed for QA/QC inspection (or request MPLX SME attend) to inspect equipment during hold points to ensure applicable API, AGA, GPA, ASME, NFPA & NEC and MPLX design standards are met to pass stated QC expectations & tolerances
• Perform regular project site walk-throughs to evaluate on schedule status of required tasks by contractors – create punch lists of unfinished or incorrect work needing attention, issue list to contractors and request needed date of completion return as needed & repeat process relaying status to PM
• Track measurement and analytical scope budget & project progress and provide frequent updates to the Measurement Services & Area Measurement Team stakeholders
• Provide final coordination of internal & external startup & commissioning personnel for new metering & analytical stations. Provide communication with all relevant contractors, corporate back office analysts & operations personnel about status of startup
• Attend startup of site providing technical & operational support as needed – verifying proper operation of equipment as designed – confirming accurate flow data is received into DCS & Measurement Servers
• Provide training for Measurement Services personnel in project management, how to create Meter Schematics, Project Scope Packages, Reviewing / Revising PID’s / PFD’s / Plot Plans as well as training to develop approved equipment lists to meet the Project Scope specifications
• Manage folders, subfolders, & documents on SharePoint related to updates or changes to equipment actually procured as well as manage updates to PFDs & Metering Schematics on…