Piping Design Technician Specialist

The Piping Design Technician Specialist (JT5) serves as a senior technical design professional responsible for developing complex piping system layouts, 3D models, construction deliverables, and multidisciplinary coordination for industrial, advanced manufacturing, semiconductor, life sciences, and process facility projects. This position provides technical leadership, mentoring, and design direction while ensuring compliance with project requirements, industry standards, and Jacobs quality procedures.

Primary Responsibilities:

Piping Design & Layout

Develop complex piping layouts and equipment arrangements.

Perform detailed routing of process, utility, and specialty piping systems.

Analyze design requirements from PFDs, P&IDs, specifications, and vendor documentation.

Ensure piping systems are safe, operable, maintainable, and constructible.

Support design optimization and value engineering initiatives.

3D Modeling & BIM Coordination

Create and maintain intelligent 3D piping models.

Develop LOD 300 and LOD 400 design models.

Coordinate with structural, mechanical, process, instrumentation, architectural, and electrical disciplines.

Participate in model reviews and clash detection activities.

Resolve interferences and design conflicts.

Design Deliverables

Produce:

Piping General Arrangement Drawings

Isometric Drawings

Equipment Layout Drawings

Pipe Support Information

Construction Work Packages

Material Take-offs (MTOs)

Field Installation Drawings

Review design deliverables for quality and completeness.

Technical Leadership

Mentor junior and intermediate designers.

Provide technical guidance on piping design standards and best practices.

Participate in discipline reviews and constructability reviews.

Support project staffing and work-share coordination.

Assist discipline leads with schedule and resource planning.

Construction Support

Evaluate and respond to construction RFIs.

Support field walkdowns and site assessments.

Develop solutions to field installation issues.

Review as-built documentation.

Coordinate implementation of design changes during construction.

Required Qualifications

Associate degree in Design Technology, Drafting Technology, Engineering Technology, or equivalent experience.

Typically 10+ years of piping design experience.

Advanced knowledge of:

Industrial piping systems

Process facility design

Construction practices

Pipe routing and layout principles

Proficiency with:

CADWorx

AutoCAD

Plant 3D

Navisworks

Bluebeam

Microsoft Office

Preferred Qualifications

Semiconductor or electronics manufacturing experience.

Advanced manufacturing facility experience.

Experience supporting EPC and EPCM projects.

LOD 400 modeling experience.

Point cloud and laser scan integration experience.

Construction support experience.

Lead Designer or Area Lead experience.

Technical Knowledge

Codes & Standards

ASME B31.3 Process Piping

ASME B31.1 Power Piping

ISA Standards

OSHA Requirements

Client Engineering Standards

Jacobs Design Procedures

Systems Experience

Process Piping

Utility Piping

Chemical Distribution Systems

High Purity Piping

Facility Support Systems

HVAC Piping Interfaces

Fire Protection Interfaces

Core Competencies

Advanced piping layout skills

Strong 3D modeling capability

Technical problem solving

Design coordination

Constructability awareness

Communication and leadership

Quality focus

Client service orientation

Typical Deliverables

3D Design Models

Piping Plans and Sections

Isometrics

Equipment Layouts

Material Take-Offs

Piping Support Information

Construction Packages

Redline Updates

As-Built Documentation

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