Job Description
Industry *Oil & Gas Position Sr. Piping Designer Req Code 2611 General Location Houston Primary Responsibilities
Requisition Number: 2611
Job Title: Sr. Piping Designer
Date Opened:
Location: Houston, TX
Industry: Oil and Gas
Department: Drafting and Design
Employment Type: Full-Time
Part-Time Available: No
Eligible for US Work Authorization Sponsorship: No
FLSA Exemption: Non-Exempt
**Position may be employed through third party agency selected by the company
Job Summary:
The Sr. 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).
Job Duties and 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;
Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities):
- Requires a minimum of ten (10) years of piping layout and design project experience relating to deepwater Offshore Upstream Oil & Gas market;
- Associate Degree in Drafting and Design or equivalent preferred;
- 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, CADWorx, Plant 3D, AVEVA E3D, Navisworks);
- Must have knowledge of how to design using laser scan data;
- Must have advanced working knowledge of P&ID's, 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.
Working Conditions:
- Work is primarily conducted in an office environment (Private or Semi-Private office) but may require occasional travel to off-site work locations;
- Field duties may require outdoor work in a plant or offshore platform atmosphere;
- Interaction with other team members, as well as supervisors and client personnel;
- Working offshore or in plant and/or shop areas around production machinery with extreme noise levels;
- Must be able to wear safety equipment as required by the safety department for personal protection;
- May be at more than one job site in a day and must be able to tolerate climate changes;
- May be required to travel out of town on a periodic basis.
Physical Requirements (With or without Reasonable Accommodation):
Must be able to lift and carry twenty (20) pounds;
Sufficient clarity of speech and hearing or other communication capabilities which permits employee to communicate effectively;
Ability to sit for prolonged periods of time;
Sufficient vision or other powers of observation which permits employee to conduct analysis and investigations;
Sufficient manual dexterity which permit the employee to perform routine office duties;
Sufficient personal mobility and physical reflexes to perform office duties and travel when necessary to off-site locations.
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Drug Free Workplace:
EDG Inc. and its subsidiaries are committed to a drug free workplace. Applicants are subject to both pre-employment hair and urine drug screens.
Post-hire, employees are subject to random, periodic, post-accident, and reasonable suspicion drug testing which may include both hair and urine drug screens. In addition to the requirements of EDG's drug free workplace program, employees may be required to sign, acknowledge and comply with drug free workplace policies or programs required by clients.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. EDG
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