How Do I Become a Pipeline Engineer?

The pipeline engineer is the person in charge of the pipeline design of the project and is responsible to its department manager; the pipeline engineer is responsible for the entire design process of preliminary conception, basic design, detailed design, commissioning and construction.

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Participate in the bidding process of pipeline projects throughout the process and provide relevant professional opinions;

Responsible for pipeline process flow chart design, equipment layout drawing design and process pipeline design;

During the project implementation phase, communicate with other relevant units for technical communication and coordinate project progress;

Responsible for the pipeline construction project schedule, supervise the construction progress, and review the construction related costs;

Responsible for on-site equipment and pipeline installation technical support, to resolve and deal with technical problems that occur on-site;

Responsible for the optimization of pipeline lines and equipment, and for the reliability and stability of system operation;

Responsible for maintaining and repairing the completed pipeline system;

Provide technical support to other parts of the company, such as sales.

Education and training: Bachelor degree or above in plumbing, electrical engineering, water supply and drainage and automation, technical titles above intermediate level.

Work experience: Familiar with relevant international standards and knowledge of pipelines, such as calculation of pipeline wall thickness, calculation of pipeline stress, material selection and preparation of material specifications, material stress, relevant provisions for equipment layout, and various equipment operating characteristics; use

According to different job title levels, the average annual salary of a junior pipeline engineer is 60,000 to 120,000 yuan; the annual salary of a senior pipeline engineer can reach 150,000 to 300,000.

Although domestic universities do not yet have the formal specialty of plumbing, and there is no examination of registered plumbing engineers in the community, plumbing engineers are already a very mature and valued class of engineers. There are not many pipeline engineers who have actual field engineering experience and have a high level of design. Such talents are very popular in China. For example, pipeline engineers are needed in oil and gas storage and transportation, and HVAC projects. After gaining a lot of experience, a pipeline engineer can develop into a project leader or project manager. ^[1]