Senior Engineer, Gas Asset Engineering

About us

 

 

National Grid is hiring a Senior Engineer, Gas Asset Engineering in Melville, NY. 

Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry.

To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business.

Job Purpose

 

The Engineer will perform engineering evaluation of the Gas Transmission System assets and components including integrity assessments, risk management, data collection and analysis, performance tracking, asset replacement reviews, records management, and fitness for service reviews. This role will assist in implementation of a comprehensive Transmission Integrity Management Program consistent with existing and proposed regulations for over 1200 miles of intrastate natural gas transmission pipelines.

Key Accountabilities

 

• Conduct engineering review and analysis of integrity related system issues such as failure analysis, fit for service analysis, process safety assessments, metallurgical anomalies in pipeline systems and As-built documents verification.
• Provide technical support for cathodic protection, defect assessment and repairs of gas transmission pipelines and update procedures where necessary.
• Assist to analyze metallurgical anomalies in pipeline systems and provide engineering support for NDE, In-Situ Field Testing and maintain register of existing pipelines and corresponding linear attributes.
• Identification of pipeline risk and development of long term and short-term mitigation strategies based on risk management and risk modeling utilizing PHA, LOPA, QRA and other risk analysis tools and models.
• Assist to track and report on key performance indicators (KPI) related to critical asset classes and perform regulatory reporting on pipeline assets.

• Perform Project development, management, Cost estimating and tracking, project close out associated with Capital Construction projects.
•  Able to travel overnight outside of normal work area and work overtime including nights/weekends/holidays for emergencies or other special projects.
   

         

 

Qualifications

 

•    ABET accredited Bachelor of Science Degree in an Engineering discipline is required.  Position aligns closest to Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, Chemical or

      Material Science Engineering discipline.
•    1+ years of gas-related experience preferred
•    1+ years of gas transmission experience preferred 
•    EIT/FE Certificate preferred 
•    AWS certification preferred
•    Knowledge of cathodic protection experience or NACE certification preferred 
•    Knowledge of Risk Management, Risk Assessment, and Risk Mitigation preferred
•    Knowledge of mapping systems experience preferred, especially with GIS (Smallworld, ESRI, Arc-Fm; Arc-GIS) 
•    Knowledge with pipeline assessment methods: External Corrosion Direct Assessment (ECDA), Internal Corrosion Direct Assessment (ICDA) & Inline Inspection

      (ILI) is preferred. 
•    Valid driver’s license required.

 

More Information

 

Salary - $115,000 - $135,000

This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.

 

National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise.  We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve.  National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.