Mechanical Senior Piping Design Engineer

RINA•Houston, TX

About The Position

RINA is recruiting a Mechanical Senior Piping Design Engineer for its Plant Engineering Division office in Houston, Texas. The Senior Piping Design Engineer leads and delivers advanced piping engineering activities for complex industrial and energy projects, ensuring technical excellence, compliance with applicable codes and standards, and effective integration with multidisciplinary engineering teams. The role manages complex design scopes, guides piping engineers and designers, supports project decisions, and contributes to improving piping engineering practices while meeting safety, quality, schedule, and cost objectives. The position leads piping design for complex projects or critical phases; defines and validates plot plans, equipment layouts, and piping layouts; performs or reviews piping studies, including stress and flexibility analysis; and reviews 3D models. It supports project phases from feasibility and concept selection through FEED, basic and detailed design, and cost estimation. The engineer supervises technical deliverables, ensures compliance with company and client requirements, provides support during construction and testing, guides team members, coordinates subcontractors, and interfaces with disciplines, clients, vendors, and external partners. The role also supports proposals and internal guidance and promotes innovation in piping methods and tools.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Mechanical Studies.
About 6–10+ years of piping design and engineering experience within industrial plants such as oil and gas, power, chemical, refinery, petrochemical, or LNG/LPG facilities.
Strong expertise in piping codes and standards, including ASME B31.3, ASME B31.1, ASME B31.12, API, ISO, PED, and NFPA.
Advanced proficiency with piping design tools such as PDMS/E3D, SmartPlant 3D, AutoCAD Plant, and NAVIS software.
Hands-on experience with stress analysis tools such as Caesar II.
Ability to interpret P&IDs and manage multidisciplinary inputs.
Strong technical judgment and problem-solving capability.
Ability to manage complex engineering scopes with limited supervision.
Effective communication with internal teams, clients, and external stakeholders.
Professional Engineer licensure in a US state is required.

Nice To Haves

Texas Professional Engineer licensure is preferred.
Experience in detailed facility and piping design for tank and terminal storage facilities.

Responsibilities

Lead piping design activities for complex projects or critical project phases, ensuring technical quality, code compliance, and alignment with project requirements.
Define and validate plot plans, equipment layouts, and piping layouts with regard to safety, constructability, operability, and multidisciplinary interfaces.
Perform and/or review piping engineering studies, including stress and flexibility analysis in accordance with applicable standards such as the ASME B31 series.
Review 3D models.
Support feasibility studies, concept selection, FEED, basic and detailed design, and cost estimation activities.
Provide technical judgment and support decision-making on complex or critical piping design issues.
Supervise and validate piping deliverables, including design reports, specifications, MTOs, drawings, and construction and testing documentation.
Ensure compliance with company standards, regulatory requirements, and client specifications.
Provide senior technical support during construction, installation, and testing.
Resolve complex layout, stress, and constructability issues arising during project execution.
Guide, review, and mentor Piping Design Engineers, Junior Engineers, and Piping Designers.
Review and coordinate piping design activities performed by subcontractors or third parties.
Serve as a technical interface with other disciplines, clients, vendors, and external partners.
Support technical and commercial proposals and contribute to internal guidelines and procedures.
Promote innovation and continuous improvement in piping design methodologies and tools.