Senior Flow Assurance Engineer

Senior Flow Assurance Engineer

Initial 12 Month contract

Leatherhead, Surrey – 3 days per week in the office, 2 days per week working from home

Outside IR35

Multiple Senior Flow Assurance Engineers are required to support a large Oil & Gas company based in Leatherhead, Surrey on an initial 12 month contract basis.

The roles will offer the flexibility of hybrid working with the successful candidates being able to work 2 days per week from home with the requirement to be in the office 3 days per week.

Job Description

As the Senior Flow Assurance Engineer, you will work as part of small project teams developing concept and early project definition in the Oil and Gas sector.

As a Senior Flow Assurance Engineer your main responsibilities will include:

• Act as a flow assurance engineer on a range of upstream projects, and conduct Flow Assurance studies using software packages, e.g., OLGA, PIPESIM etc.
• Develop pipeline simulation models, perform simulations of selected cases as defined by self / project and assess simulation results.
• As the Senior Flow Assurance Engineer, you will perform design calculations and prepare technical reports in accordance with company and project quality requirements.

Requirements/Qualifications

• Experience in single and multiphase pipelines steady state and transient hydraulic analyses using industry standard software, e.g., OLGA, PIPESIM, PIPENET etc. is essential.
• Minimum 10 years of hands-on experience in flow assurance modeling using OLGA transient simulation software.
• Experience in assessing flow assurance issues like slugging, hydrates, wax, erosion, corrosion etc. by use of simulation software's and providing the best mitigation solutions.
• An ability to work in a collaborative way as part of a multi-discipline project group with minimum supervision.
• As the Senior Flow Assurance Engineer, you will have experience in pipeline sizing and thermo-hydraulics Studies, transient analysis covering shut down, blowdown, start-Up, ramp-up / turndown scenarios.
• Experience in pipeline overpressure protection studies including surge pressure analysis.
• Knowledge of flow assurance issues including slugging, hydrates, wax, erosion, corrosion etc. and mitigation methods.
• As the Senior Flow Assurance Engineer, you will have a good understanding of thermodynamics and experience of Multiflash preferred.
• Knowledge of applicable regulations, codes, and standards.
• Excellent computer skills, as well as excellent oral/written presentation / report writing skills.
• Ability to work well independently and in a team.
• Experience on flow assurance conceptual and front end studies and topsides process engineering activities including process modeling in HYSYS would be an advantage but not essential.
• As the Senior Flow Assurance Engineer, you will have a proven ability to plan and execute studies.
• Ability and experience of presenting to clients.
• Operational experience would be a benefit but not essential

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