Engineer III, Pipeline Risk
Houston, TX, US, 77042
Phillips 66 & YOU - Together we can fuel the future
As an Engineer III, Pipeline Risk, you will apply engineering judgment, pipeline integrity principles, and data-driven risk practices to help Phillips 66 Midstream understand and manage pipeline integrity risk. This role combines technical analysis, risk-model interpretation, and cross-functional collaboration to produce clear recommendations that support safer operations, informed decision-making, and continuous improvement in risk management. You will work closely with Asset Integrity, field, technical, and data teams to strengthen the quality, usability, and strategic value of pipeline risk information.
What You'll Do
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Perform pipeline risk analyses using the Phillips 66 Pipeline Risk Model and other applicable risk-assessment methods, analyzing probability-of-failure and consequence-of-failure drivers to identify high-risk pipeline segments and threat-specific risk profiles.
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Maintain, evaluate, and improve risk-model data inputs, lookup values, algorithms, and data-quality processes, applying structured data analysis techniques to inspect, cleanse, transform, and model information used in the risk model.
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Integrate and analyze pipeline information from sources such as PODS, CIM, GIS data, inspection records, operating history, maintenance history, corrosion data, damage-prevention information, and consequence-related datasets.
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Validate risk-model data, identifying gaps, inconsistencies, outliers, and misalignments; partner with data owners and subject-matter experts to resolve issues and strengthen data accuracy and completeness.
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Evaluate preventive and mitigative measures, including leak-detection capability, geohazards, third-party damage, and corrosion, and provide risk results and technical recommendations that support assessment planning, inspection-method selection, and reassessment prioritization.
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Develop and update risk worksheets, risk assessments, assessment-planning inputs, alignment-sheet information, dashboards, and other technical deliverables, and respond to ad hoc requests for business planning, facility risk applications, and regulatory support.
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Prepare executive-level summaries that clearly explain risk-ranking changes, uncertainty, assumptions, and recommended actions to management and field stakeholders, and document analysis methods, data limitations, results, and decision rationale in a clear, traceable manner.
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Support the integration of risk outputs with GIS, pipeline integrity, facility integrity, and other Asset Integrity processes.
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Monitor changes in applicable regulations, codes, standards, company procedures, and industry practices, and assess their impact on risk methods and data requirements.
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Identify and lead opportunities to automate, simplify, standardize, and improve risk-analysis workflows, data integration, reporting, and quality controls, contributing to the ongoing refinement of Phillips 66's broader data and analytics strategy.
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Participate in incident, near-miss, and lessons-learned evaluations that inform risk-model or risk-data updates, and follow Phillips 66 safety, operating, information-management, engineering, and integrity-management requirements.
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Build and maintain technical expertise in pipeline risk and data analysis through ongoing training, professional development, and awareness of emerging technology, regulations, and industry best practices.
What You'll Bring - Required
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Legally authorized to work in the United States
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Bachelor's degree or higher
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3 years of experience analyzing engineering, asset, inspection, reliability, integrity, or operational data
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Experience applying structured risk-management, risk-assessment, reliability, or engineering-analysis methods
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Experience interpreting pipeline design, construction, operating, maintenance, inspection, corrosion, and integrity information
What Makes You Stand Out - Preferred
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Bachelor's degree in engineering, applied mathematics, data science, geology, geography/GIS, or a related technical discipline
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6 years of experience analyzing engineering, asset, inspection, reliability, integrity, or operational data
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Experience with pipeline integrity management for gas transmission, hazardous-liquid transmission, or gathering systems
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Working knowledge of PHMSA requirements, including 49 CFR Parts 192 and 195, and related state requirements
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Working knowledge of API RP 1160, ASME B31.8S, and other applicable pipeline integrity standards
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Experience with quantitative, probabilistic, relative, scenario-based, or consequence-based risk assessment
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Experience with pipeline risk models, spatial risk analysis, or integrity-management databases, including tools such as PODS, CIM, SRA, Esri ArcGIS, or Oracle/SQL data
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Experience integrating tabular, spatial, inspection, operating, maintenance, corrosion, and public data sources
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Experience with data-quality assessment, data governance, data visualization, dashboard development, or workflow automation
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Experience with HCA/MCA evaluation, spill-impact analysis, and public-safety and environmental consequence analysis, including air-dispersion analysis for HVL pipelines using PHAST where applicable
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Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, and experience with SQL, Python, FME, or Power BI
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Experience preparing technical documentation for audits, regulatory inquiries, management reviews, or formal integrity records
Compensation Range
This position has a base salary range of $127,800 - $156,200.
At Phillips 66, we are committed to pay transparency and competitive, equitable compensation. Each role is assigned a salary grade with a defined pay range, benchmarked against industry peers. Where a candidate offer falls within the posted range depends on the candidate's experience, skills, and alignment with the role’s requirements. Offers are made to ensure internal equity and market competitiveness. Our compensation programs are designed to reward performance and support career growth.
Midstream
The Phillips 66 Midstream business is a safe, reliable, and trusted provider for the movement, storage, gathering, and processing of liquid or gas energy via pipelines or terminals. We are an industry leader in logistics and operate or manage more than 70,000 miles of pipelines that transport crude oil from oil fields to refineries and finished products from refineries to storage terminals. We operate 39 terminals that supply finished products to consumer gas stations, as well as crude oil and NGL storage terminals and NGL fractionation facilities. Our capabilities include extensive natural gas gathering and processing operations, enhancing our wellhead-to-market strategy. We also provide the connectivity between the various Phillips 66 business units.
Total Rewards
At Phillips 66, providing access to high quality programs and care for you and your family is important to us. Maintaining a culture of well-being — physical, emotional, social, and financial — is essential for a high-performing organization. When we are at our best, we are poised to deliver exceptional results — personally and professionally. Benefits for certain eligible, full-time employees include:
- Annual Variable Cash Incentive Program (VCIP) bonus
- 8% 401k company match
- Cash Balance Account pension
- Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits with an annual company contribution to a Health Savings Account for employees on HDHP
- Total well-being programs and incentives, including Employee Assistance Plan, well-being reimbursement, and backup family care services
Learn more about Phillips 66 Total Rewards.
Phillips 66 has more than 140 years of experience in providing the energy that enables people to dream bigger and go farther, faster. We are committed to improving lives, and that is our promise to our employees and our communities. We are sustained by the backgrounds and experiences of our diverse teams, which reflect who we are, the environment we create and how we work together. We have been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign, U.S. Department of Labor and the Military Times for our continued commitment to inclusive practices and policies in the hiring and retention of those in the LGBTQ+ community and military veterans. Our company is built on values of safety, honor and commitment. We call our cultural mindset Our Energy in Action, which we define through four simple, intuitive behaviors: We work for the greater good, cultivate an environment of trust, seek different perspectives and pursue excellence.
Learn more about Phillips 66 and how we are working to meet the world's energy needs today and tomorrow, by visiting phillips66.com.
To be considered:
In order to be considered for this position you must complete the entire application process, which includes answering all prescreening questions and providing your eSignature on or before the requisition closing date of 10/08/2026.
Candidates for regular U.S. positions must be a U.S. citizen or national, or an alien admitted as permanent resident, refugee, asylee or temporary resident under 8 U.S.C. 1160(a) or 1255(a)(1). Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.
Nearest Major Market: Houston