Principal Piping Engineer

About Worley

Worley is a global company specializing in energy, chemicals, and resources. The company partners with customers to deliver projects and create value across asset lifecycles, offering expertise in consulting, engineering, procurement, and construction. Worley supports customers in navigating complexity and transitioning to sustainable solutions, leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery.

Worley is committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace where all individuals feel they belong and can thrive. The company encourages applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including disabled or neurodivergent individuals, recognizing that diverse and inclusive cultures foster safety and innovation.

Principal Piping Engineer Role

Worley is seeking a Principal Piping Engineer for a full-time position in Al Khobar, Eastern Province. This role involves acting as a Subject Matter Expert for piping dynamic stress analysis and vibration engineering, contributing to projects across various stages from FEED to commissioning and site troubleshooting. The position requires 5-10 years of relevant experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for piping dynamic stress analysis and vibration engineering.
• Perform and review dynamic and static piping stress analysis using CAESAR II or equivalent software.
• Assess piping systems for natural frequency, resonance, mode shapes, dynamic stresses, and fatigue analysis.
• Analyze dynamic loads from pumps, compressors, reciprocating equipment, PSV/PRV, pulsation, and transient events.
• Evaluate water hammer, steam hammer, slug flow, FIV, and AIV, and recommend mitigation measures.
• Review piping layouts and identify systems requiring dynamic analysis and vibration assessment.
• Design and optimize dynamic supports, guides, anchors, snubbers, and restraints.
• Evaluate dynamic forces and moments transferred to supports, structures, and connected equipment.
• Check equipment nozzle loads against applicable project, vendor, and industry requirements.
• Investigate piping vibration and dynamic integrity issues, and perform root-cause analysis.
• Recommend practical engineering solutions for excessive vibration, resonance, and fatigue.
• Review piping stress calculations, reports, isometrics, layouts, and support drawings prepared by engineers.
• Develop and review piping stress and dynamic analysis methodologies, criteria, and procedures.
• Ensure compliance with applicable ASME, API, project specifications, and client standards.
• Coordinate with process, mechanical, rotating equipment, structural, instrumentation, and operations teams.
• Review vendor data related to equipment excitation forces, pulsation, vibration, and nozzle loads.
• Provide technical support during FEED, detailed engineering, construction, commissioning, and site troubleshooting.
• Lead technical reviews and provide SME input during design/model reviews, HAZOPs, and client meetings.
• Mentor piping stress engineers and perform technical/quality reviews of engineering deliverables.
• Support resolution of technical queries, deviations, site issues, and engineering optimization related to piping dynamic stress.

Experience Required

• Candidates should possess between 5 to 10 years of relevant experience in piping dynamic stress analysis and vibration engineering.

Work Location and Type

This is a full-time position based in Al Khobar, Eastern Province.