Piping Designer

About the role

At Jacobs, we drive to make a positive impact on people’s lives everywhere by bringing solutions and adding value to our communities and society as a whole. Grow your career with Jacobs, a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow, and succeed – today and into tomorrow.

Our Advanced Manufacturing Building Mechanical department Group elevates our clients by delivering cost-effective and transformative projects to the manufacturing, metals, electric vehicle, chemical, data center, consumer goods and products, pulp and paper and various other markets. We understand that the success of our clients is more than well-designed facilities; it’s about well-designed solutions tailored for their business needs.

We're looking for a high-energy, Piping Designer to join our Building Mechanical team and help deliver solutions to our clients. The position would be based out of our Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania office. Our role provides you the opportunity to work on the design of state-of-the-art industrial facilities. You will be part of a team working on projects that make our clients successful today, while helping them develop and capitalize on emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

• Perform mechanical/piping engineering under the direction and supervision of a senior project manager
• Coordinate the design and drafting of piping discipline tasks for a given project
• Monitor the progress of the work and the performance of the design team
• Meet with clients locally
• Knowledge of procedures and technical concepts within the piping discipline and the ability to navigate and apply relevant codes to piping design projects
• Perform piping systems concept development
• Generate piping design calculations including equipment sizing and pipe sizing calculations
• Create P&ID’s and Block Flow Diagrams
• Perform equipment selections
• Generate specifications for systems and equipment
• Coordinate and collaborate with project team members, contractors, clients and other disciplines such as architectural, structural, electrical and process to develop designs
• Perform static pipe stress analysis
• Check drawings developed by project team members
• Lead a design team within the piping discipline and take responsibility for their portion of the discipline's scope, schedule and budget
• Support work for/in other offices and other countries which may include travel
• Organize work and delegate work to others
• Work not only independently, but also as part of a design team consisting of local and remote team members
• Experience checking and performing quality assurance reviews of drawings completed by junior engineers and designers
• Formulate design criteria to be used in the development of project design specifications and drawings
• Mentor junior staff

Requirements

• 8+ years’ experience in piping design for industrial and commercial facilities
• Strong written and verbal skill set
• Ability to perform field/site visits which may include the need to climb ladders
• Adaptability to work within a fast-paced team environment with multiple deadlines
• Ability to follow and lead a building mechanical team on a project and to collaborate with other discipline team members remotely

Qualifications

• Professional Engineering License (ideally)
• BS in Mechanical Engineering

Skills

• Software experience in Revit, Plant 3D, AutoCAD, Navisworks, and Pipe-FLO

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision and basic life insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Paid time off (17 days per calendar year)
• Seven paid holidays
• Caregiver leave
• Ability to purchase company stock at a discount

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $98,000.00 to $125,000.00; though will be paid hourly based on hours worked. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.