Senior Piping Designer

ICM Ventures•Colwich, KS

About The Position

The Senior Piping Designer provides advanced drafting and piping design support to the Design Services team and directs and quality-checks the work of other designers. The role completes projects accurately and on schedule, works independently, and develops project scope and procedures with input from team leaders and managers. The position produces 2D and 3D design and construction drawings for piping systems, including complex layouts and models based on P&IDs. Work includes field walk-downs and tie-in measurements, equipment and structural modeling, isometric drawings, bills of material, line lists, and tie-in lists. The designer interprets piping stress analysis reports and collaborates with stress engineers to achieve safe and economical designs, while incorporating safety, operability, maintainability, and constructability. The role participates in P&ID reviews, project meetings, and design and model reviews; coordinates with project teams, customers, structural and stress engineers, and third-party designers; and mentors and trains designers and drafters. It also supports engineering standards and procedures, manages drawing revisions and document submittals, estimates and monitors design hours and schedules, checks others’ work, and provides progress feedback and recommendations for improvement. Travel to obtain field measurements and understand project scope may be required, up to 10% of the time.

Requirements

Associate degree or technical degree required.
At least 10 years of applicable piping design experience.
Excellent computer skills, including MS Office and AutoCAD (current version or one of the previous three versions) in 2D and 3D.
Ability to read and interpret technical drawings.
Current, valid, unrestricted driver’s license.
Ability to travel up to 10% of the time for field measurements and project-scope understanding.
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds seldom.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree or technical degree preferred.
Proficiency in Cadworks, Navisworks, and ReCap preferred.
Familiarity with AISI, AISC, ASME, and ASTM specifications preferred.
Knowledge of construction and fabrication techniques preferred.
Understanding of the use of a tape measure, square, level, and various layout tools.
A proficiency test may be required as part of the interview process.

Responsibilities

Complete assigned projects accurately and on time, working independently and developing scope and procedures with input from team leaders and managers.
Perform design and drafting assignments using AutoCAD 2D and 3D techniques.
Prepare plans and construction drawings that account for piping system operation and layout.
Conduct field walk-downs, locate tie-ins, and produce dimensioned field sketches.
Build equipment models from vendor and specification documents.
Create isometric drawings and bills of material.
Prepare layouts, designs, and 3D models of complex piping systems based on P&IDs.
Generate complex structural models and coordinate and troubleshoot them with the structural engineer.
Interpret piping stress analysis reports and collaborate with stress engineers on safe, economical designs.
Manage and communicate with third-party designers to ensure quality and efficient work.
Mentor and train other designers and drafters.
Generate line lists and tie-in lists.
Participate in P&ID review meetings and lead model-review discussions with the technical project team, third-party designers, and customers.
Use scanned point-cloud files to produce accurate piping models.
Create and modify Cadworks catalogs and piping specifications to meet standards and maintain their integrity.
Follow and contribute to engineering standards, formats, and procedures for creating and revising drawings, and communicate requirements to others.
Use sketches, notes, and other input material to generate drawings.
Report design changes and mistakes to the project team and manage the revision process.
Manage multiple responsibilities, initiate assigned project tasks independently, and adapt to changing tasks.
Maintain responsibility for the quality of personal work and work produced by other designers; follow continuous-improvement methods and recommend improvements.
Incorporate safety, operability, maintainability, and constructability into design work.
Review and check others’ work and provide constructive feedback.
Generate man-hour estimates, monitor progress against hours and schedule, and report status to the project team.
Participate in project meetings and design/model reviews and provide accurate feedback about design progress.
Use document-management software and respond through submittal and RFI tools.
Travel as necessary to acquire field measurements and understand project drafting scope, up to 10% of the time.