Engineer, Staff Systems Planning

Job Description - Engineer, Staff Systems Planning (000GQX)

Job Description

Engineer, Staff Systems Planning-000GQX

Description

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is one of the largest publicly traded partnerships and a leading North American provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals. Our services include: natural gas gathering, treating, processing, transportation and storage; NGL transportation, fractionation, storage and import and export terminals; crude oil gathering, transportation, storage and terminals; petrochemical and refined products transportation, storage and terminals; and a marine transportation business that operates primarily on the United States inland and Intracoastal Waterway systems. The partnerships assets include approximately 50,000 miles of pipelines; 260 million barrels of storage capacity for NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals; and 14 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage capacity.

Tap into the professional possibilities of the largest publicly traded energy partnership that features one of the most diversified cash flow streams in the midstream segment of the energy industry. With dynamic career opportunities and a creative and supportive environment, our unique midstream energy organization offers the chance to share and be recognized for your ideas. Join our team and increase your opportunities for success.

The Staff Systems Planning Engineer at Enterprise Products is responsible for performing advanced hydraulic modeling and analysis for liquid, gas, and supercritical fluid pipeline systems. Key responsibilities include:

• Conduct system capacity evaluations, identify operational bottlenecks, and develop mitigation strategies to optimize throughput.

• Model and assess what-if operational scenarios, including equipment outages and system reconfigurations.

• Analyze abnormal or upset operating conditions, including transient surge events, ensuring compliance with DOT-PHMSA regulatory requirements.

• Collaborate with Commercial, Capital Projects, Field Engineering, Operations and Concept Development teams to evaluate new project opportunities such as new supply connections, delivery points, system expansions, service changes, and greenfield developments.

• Determine required control pressures for liquid pipelines by evaluating elevation profiles, pipe and equipment ratings, and transient surge analysis results.

• Partner with Operations and Pipeline Control to develop pipeline configurations that support safe, reliable, and energy-efficient system operation while meeting design constraints and contractual obligations.

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.

• 10+ years of experience in the energy business working with pipeline simulation is required.

• Midstream oil and gas experience preferred.

• Advanced 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

Primary Location

: USA-Texas-Houston

Shift

: Day Job

Travel

: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Unposting Date

: Ongoing

Organization

: Engineering

Job

: Engineering

Job Level

: Individual Contributor