Piping Department Manager

CDI Engineering Services•Baton Rouge, LA

17d

About The Position

“Together We Make Life Better”. Our quality engineering, sustainable solutions and safety record inspire everything we do. Our diverse and inclusive workforce allows all employees to feel valued and safe to give their opinions and improve our company. Tata Consulting Engineers USA, LLC, (TCE), is a multi-disciplinary engineering organization offering a full range of integrated engineering design, project support, procurement and construction management services to the energy and chemicals industries. Piping Department Manager Discipline Manager (DM) manages and directs the work of staff design personnel under minimal supervision in order to complete assigned work on time, within budget, and in accordance with applicable codes/standards and TCE Work Process guidelines. Internal Piping Department consist of approx. up to 25 full time piping designers/drafters. The DM performs difficult and complex duties requiring independent decisions and extensive related experience. The DM administers corporate policy as required and develops and implements long range employee development plans and objectives. The DM develops staffing guidelines with responsibility for all personnel transactions in their assigned department(s). DM provides technical leadership and assists engineers in solving complex design engineering problems through state-of-the-art technology and drives all related efforts in the development of, and advancement in technology excellence.

Requirements

Previous experience should include:
Daily management of team, something around deadlines, design packages that need to go out, etc.
Responsible for hiring, coaching, training, etc.
Participate in client visits, assist with proposals, estimates, etc
Demonstrated experience in preparing orthographic drawings, Isometrics and Bill of Materials.
Strong understanding of piping systems for industrial systems.
Demonstrated experience with selection and design of piping supports and Bluebeam.
Demonstrated experience with 3D design products like CADWorx, Plant 3D or Autoplant.
Experience in designs of industrial facilities, natural gas treatment, oil and gas or power industries.
Ability to establish and maintain relationships with clients and all levels within TCE and at client site around professionalism, trust, integrity, and collaboration.
Ability to multi-task and be highly organized for effective project planning.
Excellent attention to detail and written communication skills.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
15+ years of relevant industry experience.
5+ years’ experience working as a Lead and/or Manager in piping department supervising personnel.
Experienced with AutoCAD, CADworx, Plant 3D, LFM, Recap, etc
Demonstrated experience in developing equipment and overall facility layouts.
Demonstrated experience in the preparation of an overall 3D piping model.

Nice To Haves

Employee Management experience a plus.

Responsibilities

Working with Discipline leads establishing budgets for tasks and deliverables and make sure they are distributed and maintained.
Ensure that discipline leads have the correct project standards and checklists.
Assure all QA / QC standards are being followed.
Ensures processes are followed to provide quality checks and reviews of all assigned projects.
Provides support and input for client proposals, SOQs, and presentations.
Plans, develops, coordinates and directs department personnel to the successful completion of projects.
Uses scheduling tool(s) to prepare and maintain schedules ensuring projects are on time and within budget projections.
Manages quality and accuracy standards and reviews and approves completed design plans.
Determines technology staffing needs and recruits, hires, develops and motivates discipline team.
Takes an active role in support of business development activities.