Piping Field Engineer
Edgewater Technical Associates is seeking an experienced Piping Field Engineer to provide field engineering and construction support for complex industrial and nuclear projects in Oak Ridge, TN. This role serves as a key interface between engineering, construction, craft personnel, subcontractors, and project management to ensure the safe and efficient installation of piping and mechanical systems.
Responsibilities
- Provide field engineering support for piping fabrication, installation, testing, and turnover.
- Review and interpret piping drawings, specifications, and construction documents.
- Perform field walkdowns and support piping layout, routing, supports, and constructability.
- Coordinate with engineering and craft personnel to resolve field installation issues.
- Support material takeoffs, quantity calculations, material tracking, and construction planning.
- Monitor installation activities for compliance with engineering, quality, safety, and project requirements.
- Support field inspections, troubleshooting, startup, commissioning, and system turnover.
- Coordinate with subcontractors, vendors, and project teams to support schedule and field execution.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent with relevant piping, mechanical construction, or field engineering experience.
- Strong industrial piping fabrication, installation, or construction experience.
- Ability to read and interpret piping drawings, specifications, and technical documents.
- Experience coordinating with engineering, construction supervision, pipefitters, welders, and subcontractors.
- Knowledge of piping installation, material takeoffs, quality control, and construction safety.
- Journeyman pipefitting or equivalent piping craft experience.
- Previous Piping Field Engineer, Mechanical/Piping Engineer, Piping Supervisor, or Foreman experience.
- DOE project experience.
- Familiarity with ASME piping requirements.
- Experience with CAD, Bluebeam, and/or Primavera P6.
- Experience supporting piping inspections, startup, commissioning, or system turnover.
- United States Citizenship.
Benefits
- Paid time off.
- Medical, dental, life, vision, and disability insurance.
- Pre- and post-tax 401(k) retirement account with Company matching contributions and 100% vesting for eligible participants beginning day one.
Edgewater Technical Associates, founded in 2003, is a New Mexico-based small business specializing in fixed-price construction projects, engineering, and technical services for the Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Defense (DOD), National Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Canadian Commercial Nuclear Industry, and private sector commercial contractors involved in nuclear, high-hazard, or complex operations.