Piping Designer, Senior
About The Position
The Senior Piping Designer leads mechanical piping scopes of work, including piping layouts, design deliverables, project coordination, and quality reviews. The role may serve as Piping Lead on projects, coordinating piping design activities and supporting project engineering staff. It also includes tracking progress and productivity, documenting existing field conditions, supporting construction inquiries, and providing technical guidance to junior designers. The designer coordinates with owners, operators, design-build contractors, and other disciplines to develop piping layouts that address operational, maintenance, constructability, and project requirements. Designs must account for applicable codes, standards, project specifications, cleanability, CIP/SIP requirements, maintenance access, thermal growth, and installation sequencing. The role also coordinates piping design with mechanical equipment and structural engineering, and contributes to corporate drafting standards, templates, and best practices. Work is performed in a Vestal Corporation office. The role involves prolonged sitting and computer use, moving around the office and office complex, and frequent communication with others.
Requirements
- At least 10 years of mechanical piping design experience.
- Experience with and understanding of Engineering, Architecture, and Construction terminology.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite, Revit, and AutoCAD.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail, facilitation, team building, collaboration, organization, and problem-solving skills.
- Effective time management, personal conduct, and change management abilities.
- Ability to interact effectively with coworkers, clients, vendors, and other business contacts.
- Must comply with Vestal Corporation’s core values for safe and efficient business operations and sound working relationships.
Nice To Haves
- Associate degree preferred.
- Ability to read and understand both 2D and 3D drawings preferred.
Responsibilities
- Prepare mechanical piping scopes of work for select projects.
- Assist with piping deliverables and man-hour budgets for engineering proposals and changes to active projects.
- Lead piping layout and general arrangement for assigned project areas or systems.
- Serve as Piping Lead when assigned, coordinating piping design activities and supporting project engineering staff.
- Execute and oversee piping design using AutoCAD Plant 3D and, when required, Revit.
- Track piping design progress and productivity and communicate status to project management.
- Perform field observations and document existing conditions on select projects.
- Coordinate with owners, operators, and design-build contractors to gather requirements and develop piping layouts that support operations, maintenance, and constructability.
- Apply applicable piping codes, standards, and project specifications to piping layouts and deliverables.
- Develop layouts that consider cleanability, CIP/SIP requirements, maintenance access, thermal growth, and installation sequencing.
- Coordinate piping design with mechanical equipment, including boilers, ammonia refrigeration systems, cooling towers, pumps, and packaged process equipment.
- Coordinate with other disciplines to resolve design interfaces and layout conflicts.
- Develop conceptual pipe support strategies and coordinate support requirements with structural engineering.
- Review piping models, drawings, and isometrics prepared by other designers for quality, constructability, and compliance with project standards.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior piping design staff.
- Support responses to construction RFIs and review piping-related field change requests.
- Lead development and maintenance of corporate piping drafting standards, templates, and best practices.
- Coordinate proactively with other disciplines to support integrated project delivery.
- Comply with company Quality Control and Project Management procedures.
- Promote a positive and professional working environment.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
