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Field Engineer (Associate, Staff or Senior)

Colonial Pipeline Company

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Compensation
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Location
Jackson, LA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Field Engineer provides engineering technical expertise, leadership, and analysis across pipeline and facility assignments. The role applies engineering techniques to improve safety, reliability, and efficiency, addresses health and safety hazards, and works with other groups to ensure compliance with company standards and processes. The position may be filled at the Associate, Engineer, Staff, or Senior level depending on the candidate pool.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Engineering Design, nice to haveTechnical Analysis, nice to haveCritical Thinking, nice to haveAnalytical Thinking, nice to haveTime Management, nice to havePresentation Skills, nice to haveAttention to Detail, nice to haveOil and Gas Codes, nice to haveIndustry Codes and Standards, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering or Equivalent, nice to have3+ Years Engineering Experience, nice to have1+ Years Oil and Gas Experience, nice to haveAbility to Travel 30%, requiredAbility to Drive for Business, required5+ Years Pipeline or Oil and Gas Experience, nice to have3+ Years Colonial Pipeline Experience, nice to haveEIT or PE Certification, nice to have

Benefits

401(k) Match
Medical Insurance

Full job description

Collins, MS

Jackson, LA

Houston (Pasadena, TX)

Full time

R0002082

Colonial has provided a wide range of opportunities for job candidates who are highly qualified, skilled, motivated and team players. Employees find exciting opportunities to grow and develop their careers at a stable company which offers a generous compensation and benefits package that includes annual incentive bonuses, retirement plans, insurance coverage and a host of other features that support a happy, active, productive and rewarding life. Come to Colonial, a great place to work, where people matter most, and where safety 24/7 is paramount.

Ready to work for Colonial Pipeline Company?

Are you intrigued by the thought of being part of revolutionizing the energy industry and a new era in the pipeline industry? Do you want to be a part of a company that is obsessed with excellence in everything we do? A company growing and expanding our business that is full of opportunity? If so, we are seeking smart, safety focused, and energetic professionals to join our team to help us to the next level of excellence!

What is it that we do at Colonial Pipeline Company?

Colonial Pipeline is the largest refined products pipeline in the United States, transporting more than 100 million gallons or 2.5 million barrels per day. Colonial transports various grades of gasoline, diesel fuel, home heating oil, jet fuel, and fuels for the U.S. military through a pipeline system. Colonial transports approximately 45 percent of all fuel consumed on the East Coast, providing refined products to more than 50 million Americans.

About Field Engineer (Associate, Staff or Senior) Position

This position may be filled at the Associate, Engineer, Staff or Senior level depending on the candidate pool.

As a Field Engineer, you will provide engineering technical expertise, leadership, and engineering analysis to complete a wide variety of engineering assignments. You will apply engineering techniques and analyses to improve pipeline and facility safety, reliability, and efficiency. The Field Engineer recognizes and addresses the health and safety hazards involved with the performance of assigned duties within different environments throughout the pipeline system. You will work with various work groups to ensure compliance with Colonial standards, specifications, practices and/or processes.

What You Get to Do:

  • Perform assigned technical analysis/design work with minimal guidance or oversight

  • Coordinate design work with designers, drafters, and other engineers.

  • Monitor vendor equipment testing at the factory for Colonial acceptance at field locations.

  • Identify, analyze, and resolve equipment issues with assistance from Local and Control Center Operations.

  • Review and approve design drawings, technical analysis, nitrogen push and drain up calculations, blasting plans and/or construction specifications for quality, accuracy, and completeness

  • Review equipment installations and/or applicable construction work in the field.

  • Collaborate on Preventive Maintenance activities on Colonial’s pipeline system.

What You Bring to the Table:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering discipline from an accredited college or university; will consider a combination of experience and/or education.

  • Ideally, 3+ years of engineering experience with approximately 1+ years of engineering experience in oil/gas or related industry.

  • Ability to travel up to 30% of the time and drive for company business.

  • Skilled at critical and analytical thinking, time management, present information effectively, detail oriented and ability to be focused.

  • Awareness of Oil/Gas related codes and standards (API, ASME, CFR Part 195, etc.)

  • Awareness of general industry codes and standards (ANSI, IEEE, ASME, NFPA, NEMA, NESC, PSM, etc.).

  • Technical understanding of Engineering Design and Technical Analysis (multiple discipline interface, etc.).

  • Commitment to consistently adhere to policies and procedures and be a positive example for others by demonstrating the Company’s core values of Respect, Accountability, Innovation, Safety, and Excellence in completing work assignments.

  • Self-motivated, have phenomenal work ethic and looking for the right company to support your growth.

Got Extra to Bring?

  • Ideally, 5+ years of liquid pipeline, oil, gas industry experience.

  • Ideally, 3+ years of Colonial Pipeline experience.

  • Certified Professional Engineering (EIT or PE).

Advantages of Working at Colonial Pipeline Company:

Prosperity, Health, Wellness, and Happiness – Check out Colonial’s Total Rewards (https://www.colpipe.com/careers/benefits-and-total-rewards)

Are you up to the challenge? What are you waiting for? Apply today!

Colonial Pipeline is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other reason prohibited by federal, state or local law.

Statement to all Third-Party Agencies and Similar Organizations:

Colonial Pipeline accepts resumes only from agencies with which we formally engage their services. Please do not forward resumes to our applicant tracking system, Colonial Pipeline employees, hiring managers, or send to any Colonial Pipeline facility. Colonial Pipeline is not responsible for any fees or charges associated with unsolicited resumes.

Colonial Pipeline Company operates the world’s largest pipeline of its kind. It delivers refined petroleum products – gasoline, diesel fuel, home heating oil, jet fuel and fuels for the U.S. military – through a network of 5,500 miles of underground pipe buried under more than 3,000 miles of right of way in the Southern and Eastern United States. A vital part of the nation’s infrastructure, Colonial places the highest emphasis on safe operations that protect its employees as well as the communities in which we live and serve, and the environment along the pipeline route.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,048 open Field Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$85–115K/yr984 salary ranges
  • US median$21–25/hr229 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 47 open Field Engineer jobs in Louisiana and 2,048 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Louisiana
Experience
Field Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (1,267 postings).
Education
872 of the 2,048 open Field Engineer jobs (43%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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