Plumbing Designer Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Plumbing Designer to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Maintains a continued focus on keeping up with code requirements, design software, and other industry trends;
- Knowledge of construction terminology;
- Assists with the upkeep of project design and construction files;
- Prepares electronic drawings with accuracy, neatness, and efficiency using industry software;
- Performs collision changes in Navisworks as collisions are identified by the design team;
- Knowledge of AutoCAD, Revit, Navisworks, and discipline specific engineering software (i.e., TRACE, HASS, and SKM);
- Identifies issues with designs and communicates issues with senior designers and engineers as they arise;
- Assists in the development of design approaches and concepts on assigned projects with assistance from senior design staff;
- Communicates with team members, project managers, other disciplines, and outside vendors to obtain necessary information on drawings;
- Visually reviews plans for defects in design work;
- Assists in the studies, load calculation, and selection of equipment to fit the project design;
- Assists in the training and mentoring of team members;
- Processes drawings received from the architect into models that can be used by the design team;
- Assists in data collection and/or field verification;
- Implements design requirements as related by design team.
Requirements:
- Knowledge of building materials, construction methods, building codes and regulations;
- Ability to interact professionally and comfortably and build and maintain excellent interpersonal relationships;
- Demonstrated experience using Revit, CAD; Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel;
- Minimum of five years’ experience with Plumbing Design in consulting services or Plumbing Contracting;
- Strong experience with AutoCAD, Revit, and other design related software;
- Working knowledge of various Building, Plumbing, Fire, Energy Conservation, and Fuel Gas codes;
- Communicates well verbally, in writing, and graphically, with other staff;
- Knowledge of mechanical engineering principles, practices and techniques;
- Excellent problem solving skills;
- Strong personal ambition and work ethic;
- Working knowledge of the NFPA, and other industry related standards;
- Certified in Plumbing Design by American Society of Plumbing Engineers or ability to obtain is a plus;
- Minimum 3 years of plumbing design experience in the consulting engineering industry;
- Ability to demonstrate strong organizational and time management skills;
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Plumbing engineering from an accredited four-year college or university is a plus.