The Senior Systems Planning Engineer will perform hydraulic analysis for liquid, gas, and supercritical fluid pipelines. Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Calculate liquid pipeline control pressures based on elevation, pipe ratings, equipment ratings and Transient Surge study results.
• Assist Commercial Management in making informed decisions.
• Determine pipeline capacity, bottleneck identification, and bottleneck mitigation.
• Run "what if" operations scenarios such as equipment outages.
• Perform analysis of abnormal operating conditions, such as transient surge studies in compliance of DOT-PHMSA regulations.
• Work with Commercial, Capital Projects, Field Engineering and/or Concept Development in analyzing new projects including: New supplies; New deliveries; System expansions; Change of service; And green field projects.
• Interact with Operations and Pipeline Control to develop transportation $/Volume curves and facility line-ups for safe and efficient operations, based on design limitations, contract requirements, and energy costs.

Qualifications

Successful candidates will possess the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Mechanical, or Petroleum Engineering is required.
• Working knowledge of fluid properties and hydraulic theory.
• 5+ years of experience in the energy business working with pipeline simulation is required.
• Midstream oil and gas experience preferred.
• Knowledge of at least one pipeline simulation software is required. Additional working knowledge of multiple simulation software packages is preferred.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to effectively communicate to all levels of management.
• Ability to work in a team or individually.  
• Required to analyze problems, develop effective solutions and see task through to completion.
• Ability to handle multiple ongoing assignments.
• Proficiency with the following is preferred:
  • Emerson - Energy Solutions PipelineStudio
  • Emerson - Energy Solutions PipelineOptimizer
  • DNV - Synergi Gas
  • Microsoft - Excel, Outlook, and Word
  • Google - Earth
• Familiarity with the following will be a benefit:
  • Schlumberger - PIPESIM simulator
  • Kongsberg Gruppen - LedaFlow Software
  • DNV - Synergi Pipeline Simulator (SPS)
  • Microsoft - Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
  • Python programming language
  • NIST - Refrprop
  • Microsoft - SharePoint
  • TIBCO - Spotfire or any big data tool
  • Travel required is 10% or less.