Piping Design Specialist, Senior

Audubon is seeking a Senior Piping Design Specialist to join our team, focusing on designing piping equipment, components, structures, and systems.

Responsibilities

• Supervise medium to large teams producing piping design and deliverables, managing productivity, work assignments, and performance.
• Interview candidates, train personnel, and implement work techniques for team members.
• Plan work and estimate project budgets for self and team members.
• Prepare complete design packages, including preliminary, conceptual, and construction deliverables, as well as engineering calculations.
• Create detailed drawings of parts and assemblies from layouts, incorporating projections, sectional views, and standard specifications.
• Interpret verbal or written direction to initiate preliminary designs.
• Assist with stress analysis, construction specifications, equipment and material procurement, calculations, and estimates.
• Check detailed sketches and drawings for project applicability, optimal construction, and accuracy.
• Prepare parts lists, procurement lists, bills of material (BOM), and specifications; revise them consistent with engineering changes.
• Implement revisions and change control per company standards.
• Assemble information and reference drawings from various sources.
• Identify product improvements and cost reductions while ensuring specification and code compliance.
• Assist with field surveys, documenting existing conditions, and recommending design solutions.
• Ensure accuracy of completed drawings before final release and verify compliance with company and industry standards.
• Check field red-lined drawings and generate accurate as-built drawings as needed.
• Review and assist in preparing Operation & Maintenance (O&M) manuals.
• Assist with proposal compilation using computer-aided design equipment and graphic tools.
• Utilize 2D or 3D CAD software to create layouts of piping systems, devices, and components, and produce fabrication and assembly drawings.
• Create technical specifications for procurement, fabrication, and installation of components.
• Document Engineering Change Orders (ECO).
• Design, detail, document, and verify piping parts, subassemblies, assemblies, or system configurations using engineering sketches and specifications.
• Identify dimensions, angles, curvatures, tolerances, and materials for optimal construction.
• Analyze proposed changes for fit and interference problems, recommending solutions or alternate construction options.
• Produce drawings and deliverables per company standards within project-approved schedule and budget.
• Complete man-hour estimates for discipline-specific scope of work.
• Maintain proper file management in accordance with company and industry standards.
• Interact and communicate effectively with clients, subcontractors, vendors, and consultants.
• Perform field data gathering to complete project deliverables within approved scope and schedule.
• Track and maintain awareness of overall schedule and budget for assigned projects.
• Develop detailed design schedules in coordination with scheduler/planner, engineering, and project management personnel.
• Confirm discipline-specific drawing quality is correct, consistent, and legible.
• Comply with all company and client health, safety, security, and environmental (HSSE) standards, as well as federal and local HSSE regulations.
• Actively participate in hazard identification and observation programs; report unsafe acts, conditions, or incidents immediately.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required; Associate’s Degree from a Technical Institution preferred.
• Minimum of 15 years of experience in piping design.
• AutoCAD, CADWorx, and Plant 3D software experience required; PDMS software experience preferred.
• Microsoft Office software experience preferred.
• Field experience required.
• Experience in offshore oil & gas, onshore gas processing, hydrocarbon storage and transportation, chemical manufacturing, or refining industry required.
• Small/medium project lead experience required; large project lead experience preferred.

Skills

• Ability to find solutions for or proactively address work-related problems.
• Ability to comprehend instructions and request clarification as needed.
• Ability to work in a team-oriented environment.
• Ability to teach and manage drafters.
• Innovative thinking to produce new concepts or ideas.
• Decision-making and problem-solving to reach goals.
• Accountability for actions and outcomes.
• Ability to read and understand drawing markups to determine drafting requirements.
• Proficiency in using conventional drafting tools and CAD software.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings.