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Pipeline Engineer (Energy)
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Pipeline Engineer – Energy Transition Team
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We unlock a world of possibility at WSP. A place where you can forge a career aligned with your ambitions, where your ideas drive change, and where you thrive in a culture that celebrates curiosity and diversity. Joining us means contributing to landmark projects, shaping solutions for a cleaner, greener, safer future, and building a legacy as unique as you.
About the Role
Our Energy Transition Team is seeking a Pipeline Engineer to drive innovation and design excellence across diverse energy projects. This is a diverse role designed to apply your expertise to transmission projects, including natural gas (below and above 7 bar), hydrogen, and carbon dioxide pipelines. As part of this dynamic team, you’ll lead the development of mechanical designs, collaborating with stakeholders from inception through to construction and decommissioning—enabling an end-to-end pipeline and Above Ground Installations (AGI) lifecycle.
WSP supports our clients through all project stages, from feasibility studies and concept designs to FEED studies and advanced engineering. Our networks—spanning thermal generation, low-zero carbon technologies, and future fuels)—ensure you’re always working at the forefront of industry challenges.
You’ll work alongside private developers, power utilities, industry regulators, and contractors to deliver projects with precision, creativity, and long-lasting sustainability.
Key Responsibilities
- Design Leadership: Lead the creation of cost-effective, efficient, and innovative mechanical designs for pipelines across multiple project stages (feasibility, concept, FEED, value engineering, and detailed design).
- Cross-Stage Collaboration: Engage in project development, construction, and commissioning, with opportunities for onsite involvement.
- Pipeline Engineering: Deliver specialised outputs, including:
- Pipeline wall thickness calculations and piping specifications
- Routing and population studies, as well as high-pressure diversion design
- Multi-Disciplinary Teamwork: Collaborate with internals stakeholders (thermal engineers, mechanical, civic) to develop design layouts and 3D models.
- Commercial Avant-Garde: Contribute to proposals, bids, and client bids for pipeline and AGI deliverables.
- Problem Solving: Troubleshoot operational and integrity issues, applying subject matter expertise to complex problems.
- Knowledge Sharing: Support broader pipeline programme strategic goals through participation in team planning and continuous improvement.
Requirements & Qualifications
Essential
- A degree in engineering (or equivalent professional recognition) within a relevant discipline (e.g., mechanical, process, or general engineering).
- Relevant experience in pipeline or AGI design, with a track record of delivering pipeline deliverables.
- Strong understanding of industry codes and standards (e.g., IGEM/TD/1 and TD/13), including gas network operators' addendums.
- CSubstantial experience in a multi-disciplinary team, particularly concerning pipeline design, FEED engineering, or 3D model coordination.
- Proficiency in Autodesk software suite (especially AutoCAD, AutoCAD Plant 3D, Navisworks, and BIM360), and MS Office for developing specs, reports, schedules.
- Technical leadership: Ability to **h».
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- Evidence of independent contributions in engineering calculations, research-driven technical reports, and step-suggestions for design improvements.
- Ability to work autonomously and adapt in a fast-paced engineering environment.
Desirable
- Chartership or journey towards IEng/Chartered Engineer (CEng) status.
- Experience within gas transmission or hydrogen infrastructure will be an advantage.
- Experience supporting teams in finite time-critical deliverables with a focus on client expectations.
- Familiarity with operational and safety regulations within the energy sector.
Note: If requirements are fully met in entrepreneurial or transferable contexts, we encourage you to apply and discuss how your experience aligns.
Location
This flexible hybrid role may be conducted from WSP’s UK office network.
Why Work With Us?
We are world leaders in engineering for positive impact. Our work changes lives—literally. Here’s how we align with yours:
The Opportunity
- Dive into high-impact projects worldwide, driving transformations across industries.
- Do meaningful work rendering on infrastructure for generations to come.
- Leaders promote diverse ideas; challenge norms, and uphold our culture of daring innovation.
Your Working Life
- Balanced Focus: Our hybrid model prioritises flexibility, with two set remote days per week, alongside local office collaboration.
- Link your contribution to legacy. Every proposal, design choice, or problem solved, upskills that drives the future.
- Surround Yourself with Leaders. Our experts are all connected by ambitious passion to make the world better.
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At WSP, we shape a better future waiting for you. One plant, one project, and one county at a time. Are you ready to create the best work of your life? Apply now.
About WSP
We are a global engineering leader with over 11,000 employees across the UK and Ireland. Powered by diverse perspectives and dedicated to innovation, inclusivity, and integrity, we bring lasting value to the communities we serve.
What’s in it for you as a WSP employee?
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We believe energy is unlocked through diverse thinking, and our policy reflects this: all are welcomed, celebrate natural backgrounds, pioneering spaces for new voices, and build a culture of belonging.
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