Principal Piping Engineer

About the role

Wood is recruiting a Principal Piping Engineer to join its Baku team, providing technical leadership across all phases of oil & gas project execution. The role ensures safe, cost‑effective, high‑quality engineering solutions while complying with client requirements and industry standards.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate piping engineering design and execution activities across projects.
• Ensure all piping deliverables meet quality, schedule and budget targets.
• Review and approve calculations, specifications, material requisitions and design deliverables.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers and designers.
• Interface with clients, vendors, contractors and multidisciplinary teams.
• Support design reviews, HAZOPs, constructability reviews and project audits.
• Identify and resolve complex technical issues and propose innovative solutions.
• Contribute to proposal development, technical studies and bid evaluations.
• Promote a strong safety culture and ensure work complies with HSE requirements.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
• Significant piping engineering experience in Oil & Gas, Petrochemical or Energy sectors.
• Strong knowledge of ASME, API and other relevant international piping standards and codes.
• Proven experience leading engineering teams on complex FEED, detailed design, brownfield and greenfield projects.
• Excellent communication, leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English.

Required skills

• ASME piping standards.
• API piping standards.
• International piping codes and specifications.
• Proficiency in English (written and spoken).