What You Would Do in This RoleWe are seeking a Lead/Senior Piping Stress Engineer to provide technical leadership on major oil and gas projects. This role is intended for a highly experienced professional who brings deep technical expertise in piping stress and local stress evaluation, combined with the ability to lead discipline execution, influence design decisions, and mentor engineering teams.You will act as the technical authority for piping stress engineering and local stress assessment, supporting projects from early design through construction and commissioning.
- Serve as the Lead Piping Stress Engineer on assigned projects, establishing technical direction, execution strategy, and design philosophy
- Perform and oversee complex pipe stress analyses for static and dynamic conditions using CAESAR II and AutoPIPE and related tools
- Lead local stress and fatigue assessments using FEA tools such as NozzlePro to evaluate:
- Local nozzle stresses
- Pipe wall stresses at welded attachments (e.g., trunnions, shoes, dummy legs, and supports)
- Compliance with applicable code allowables and fatigue requirements
- Establish project-specific stress analysis criteria, methodologies, and acceptance limits
- Review and approve stress models, calculations, FEA results, and technical reports prepared by the team
- Evaluate piping flexibility, restraint strategies, support loads, nozzle loads, and equipment interactions
- Perform flexibility analyses for critical piping systems to ensure system integrity and compliance with ASME B31.3 and CSA Z662 Codes as applicable
- Be fully familiar with the stress analysis of SAGD pipelines per CSA Z662
- Perform visual inspections and approve non-critical lines
- Provide expert input to piping layout, routing, welded attachment design, and support detailing to ensure structural integrity and constructability
- Interface closely with Piping Design, Mechanical, CSA, Process, and Project Management teams
- Review vendor drawings and data for stress-critical equipment and packaged units
- Participate in design reviews, HAZOPs, constructability reviews, and client technical meetings
- Assisting in the negotiation of critical engineering issues
- Provide engineering support during fabrication, construction, and commissioning, including resolution of field stress and nozzle-related issues
- Maintaining current knowledge of industry and regulatory standards
- Mentor and technically develop junior and intermediate pipe stress engineers, including FEA best practices
- Prepare and review specialty item datasheets for spring supports, expansion joints, snubbers, etc. Issue MRQs/MRPs
- Review technical bid evaluations for piping stress engineering items
- Planning, allocating and reviewing work programs.
- Preparing weekly progress reports for each project including work completed, work planned for the following week and discipline needs
- Updating project schedule on a weekly basis including marking tasks which are completed, in progress, and any potential delays.
- Ensure tasks are listed correctly in schedule. Project schedule along with tracking engineering tasks and deliverables are to be reviewed and maintained in conjunction with Project Management.
- Establishing scopes of work, man-hour estimates, schedules and priorities for projects or proposals
- Ensure stress work is on budget and schedule and meets all QAQC requirements
- Work on the change management
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent)
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) registered in Alberta, or eligible for registration
- 10+ years of progressive pipe stress engineering experience in the oil and gas industry
- Experience with oil sands facility piping, well pads, SAGD pipelines, underground pipelines, LNG, refining/petrochemical facilities, gas processing plants
- Demonstrated experience leading piping stress scope on EPC projects
- Expert knowledge of applicable codes and standards (ASME B31 series, CSA Z662, ASME VIII, API)
- Advanced proficiency with CAESAR II and AutoPIPE
- Proven proficiency with FEA tools, specifically NozzlePro, for evaluating:
- Local nozzle stresses
- Pipe wall stresses at welded attachments and reinforcements
- Fatigue and code compliance for stress-critical connections
- Strong understanding of dynamic analysis including wind, seismic, vibration, and slug flow
- Ability to exercise sound engineering judgment and defend technical decisions with clients and stakeholders
- Strong communication skills and experience in client-facing technical leadership roles
- Strong organizational skills, technical competence and attention to detail
- Self-motivated and efficient with time management
- Ability to meet safety requirements to attend site visits
Preferred
- Brownfield, MOC, and revamp projects in operating facilities
- Discipline Lead, Principal Engineer, or Technical Authority roles within an EPC organization
- Experience developing engineering standards, procedures, or best practices related to piping stress and local stress evaluation
