Piping Engineer

Piping Engineer Position

We are hiring for a Piping Engineer with a strong focus on Mechanical/Piping Design! This is a direct hire position. Candidates can work out of any of the following cities: Jacksonville FL, Dothan, Brewton or Mobile, AL. Base annual pay $120-150k+, relevant to experience. You are expected to be available for a minimum of 40 hours per week and be able to work fairly independently.

Job Description

Responsibilities – Mechanical/Piping Design, 65%

• Design responsibility for all mechanical/piping work
• Develop feasible design solutions
• Perform stress analysis and back train others
• Design guidance and review for design work by others
• Perform calculations as required
• Work with applicable codes to ensure design compliance

Responsibility – Project Design Supervision, 15%

• Develop plan of work and oversee drawings as required.
• Perform field work
  • Inspecting plant conditions
  • Verifying existing plant conditions
  • Designing structures
  • Layout new equipment for most efficient use of space and resources
• Develop design concepts for Installation of equipment and structures.
• Coordinate with other disciplines as required to produce projects with the lowest total installed cost possible
• Verify detailed design is in compliance with design intent and standards

Responsibility – Project Management, 10%

• Establish and maintain positive relationships with clients
• Lead scope development efforts by interfacing with clients as needed.
• Communicate scope needs to designers or other engineers
• Obtain quotes for engineering, equipment, material, and services
• Develop bid packages, lead bid meetings and evaluate bids
• Control documents generated during the course of the project. Issue documents to client for permanent storage.

Responsibility – Design Process Leadership, 10%

• Participate in and review work process for mechanical design work.
• Establish or modify existing design and checking standards.
• Train employees in procedures.
• Establish and maintain metrics or processes to ensure compliance with the procedures.
• Promote the establishment of "standard details" or other drawing devices to speed design of routine items.
• Implement 3D design technology and develop into the base approach for new design.
• Prioritize and distribute design work to designers, utilizing their best skills and seizing opportunities for them to learn new skills or improve their efficiency.
• Check employees' participation in using design procedures. Promote, encourage, scold, as required to achieve compliance.
• Check design time vs. project budgets and work for meeting or improving on that metric.
• Obtain feedback from project engineers and customers and utilize that information to improve or reward performance

Required:

• Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Minimum of 8+ Years Piping/Mechanical Design
• Pulp/Papermill or equivalent industrial design experience

Preferred:

• Piping Stress Analysis is a PLUS