Piping Designer III (2938)

LED FastStart•Lafayette, LA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Piping Designer will be responsible for leading a drafting team whose responsibility will be preparing layouts and designs of complex offshore/onshore piping systems utilizing Company 2D and 3D modeling software. They may occasionally be called upon to function as a Project Lead, and or Coordinator on Project(s).

Requirements

Requires a minimum of five (5) years of piping layout and design experience relating to the Upstream / Downstream Oil & Gas market
Requires past experience in a lead role supervising drafters and designers
Requires knowledge and the ability to work with MS Office Suite of products (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Access)
Must be proficient in AutoCAD
Must have advanced knowledge of piping 2D and 3D software. (AutoDesk Plant 3D, PDMS, E3D, Navisworks)
Must have knowledge of how to design in E3D using laser scan data
Must have advanced working knowledge of P&IDs, General Arrangements, Piping Plans Sections and Details, Pipe Supports and Isometrics
Must have the ability to layout process equipment with nozzle locations and interconnecting piping
Must have field experience in gathering information for retrofit purposes
Must have strong working knowledge of ASME, ANSI, API RP 14C, API RP 14E, API Spec 6A, NFPA and OSHA standards
Must have working knowledge with AWS Welding Symbols and AISC Manual

Nice To Haves

Associate Degree in Drafting and Design or equivalent preferred

Responsibilities

Prepare man-hour estimates, budgets and schedules for their respective discipline
Manage project work flow to ensure project completion and adherence to project schedules
Lead, supervise and mentor the drafters assigned to their project
Coordinate with client and engineering on determining and addressing project priorities
Principal designer involved in resolving piping design issues
Prepare layouts and overall project execution plans for assigned projects from Scope of Work (SOW) and/or verbal instructions with little or no guidance
Ensure that all drawings adhere to client, and/or company drafting standards
Ensure that all drawings adhere to client, company and/or industry design standards
Design and draft clean effect piping systems that adhere to safety and maintenance specifications
Periodical serve as Piping Checker
QA/QC project design lead
Responsible for keeping the Project Engineer and Project Manager updated on any and all concerns relating to their respective assignments
Track and report progress for assigned project drawings
Create weight estimates
Create material estimates
Perform site and vendor visits as required
Other various project responsibilities as required
Must be able to work with and communicate with other discipline leads on project