Pipeline and Maintenance Engineer

• PositionPipeline and Maintenance Engineer
• CompanyEast African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)
• Job IDJR101746
• Reports ToNot stated in the advert
• LocationKampala (focal point for PS1 perimeters)
• Job TypeFull Time
• Experience7 to 10 years, including 2+ in NDT
• CategoryOil and Gas Jobs in Uganda
• Published26 October 2026
• DeadlineNot stated in the advert

The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Project involves building and operating a buried, cross-border pipeline that carries crude oil produced from Uganda’s Lake Albert oilfields to the port of Tanga in Tanzania, where the oil is then sold on to world markets. Once topsoil and vegetation are reinstated, people and animals can cross freely anywhere along its length.

EACOP Ltd’s shareholders are TotalEnergies, the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC), the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) and CNOOC. EACOP recruits directly through its official Workday careers portal, and its adverts stress exemplary behaviour on H3SE (health, safety, security, social and environment) rules, ethics and the project code of conduct.

The Pipeline and Maintenance Engineer implements written schemes of inspection for pressure vessels, piping, PSD, pipelines, lifting equipment and structures, and makes sure equipment registers, inspection scheduling, reporting and remedial actions run through the CMIMS. The engineer ensures inspections and non-destructive testing follow safety rules, inspection plans and technical standards, coordinates inspection on site and supervises inspection contractors.

The role prepares and reviews inspection reports, including findings analysis and fitness-for-service assessment, and proposes corrective actions on material selection, coating, cathodic protection, operating conditions and corrosion inhibition. The engineer checks that repairs, modifications and procurement comply with codes, reviews management of change requests, joins technical audits of NDT, welding and fabrication contractors, updates risk-based inspection data, and is the focal point for inspection and corrosion at the PS1 perimeters.

• Implement inspection plans for pressure vessels, piping, PSD, pipelines, lifting equipment and structures.
• Manage equipment registers, inspection scheduling and remedial actions in the CMIMS.
• Ensure inspections and NDT comply with safety rules, plans and standards.
• Coordinate inspection on site and supervise inspection contractors.
• Assist third-party representatives with statutory inspections.
• Prepare and review inspection reports and fitness-for-service assessments.
• Propose corrective actions on materials, coating, cathodic protection and corrosion inhibition.
• Ensure repairs, modifications and procurement meet codes and company rules.
• Join technical audits of NDT, welding, piping, pressure vessel and coating contractors.
• Update RBI data and keep lifting, flexible and temporary repair registers current.

Required Education

• Bachelor level or similar.
• Mechanics or materials engineer, or equivalent, with emphasis on mechanics, materials, metallurgy and corrosion.

Work Experience

• 7 to 10 years of experience.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in NDT inspection techniques.

Technical Skills

• Codes: ASME, API, NACE and related inspection regulations.
• Integrity: materials, metallurgy, welding, corrosion, failure modes and NDT.
• Methods: RBI and fitness-for-service (API RP 579, ASME, DNV).
• Systems: good knowledge of CMIMS.

Other

• Oil and gas: knowledge of process equipment, technology and pipelines.
• Language: proficient oral and written English.

Not stated in the advert.

• Own pipeline integrity work on a flagship project.
• Apply NDT, RBI and fitness-for-service in practice.
• Supervise inspection contractors and audits.
• Be the inspection and corrosion focal point for PS1.
• Work to ASME, API and NACE standards.
• Senior engineering role based in Kampala.

Apply online on EACOP’s official careers portal: Pipeline and Maintenance Engineer, JR101746 (EACOP Workday). Create a candidate profile, upload your CV and submit before the role closes.

Closing date: not stated in the advert. The role was published on 26 October 2026, so apply as soon as possible.

• Show your years of NDT inspection work.
• List ASME, API or NACE certifications.
• Mention RBI or fitness-for-service studies you did.
• Name the CMMS or CMIMS tools you used.
• Apply early since no closing date is stated.