Plumbing Designer

Job Responsibilities

• Affords assistance in client contact and communication pertaining to specific projects.
• Attends client meetings.
• Affords assistance in the analysis of data received by others to plan and design projects.
• Prepares design computations and applies plumbing design fundamentals.
• Understands and utilizes plumbing design terminology.
• Affords assistance in the preparation of reports and white papers.
• Affords assistance in performing site/field investigations to collect data for plumbing assignments.
• Might instruct and supervise daily tasks of drafters and Designer Levels I and II.
• Affords advice, guidance, and mentoring for drafting and plumbing designer staff.
• Affords technical support to other staff in area of expertise.
• Affords advanced CADD and Revit drafting on a regular basis to produce designs into non-routine final drawings.
• Affords ability to visualize from two dimensions to three dimensions.
• Affords ability to produce drawings in three dimensions.
• Affords ability to produce designs and drawings from vendor’s and manufacturer’s catalog and technical data.
• Affords ability to research discipline-related code issues and present interpretation.
• Affords ability to provide complete designer checks of one’s own work.
• Affords ability to verify drawings/PDF’s look presentable and conform to company standards.
• Affords ability to perform domestic water and sanitary drainage fixture unit calculations.
• Affords ability to calculate slopes of sanitary pipe system to indicated invert elevations.
• Affords ability to coordinate route of underground piping below slab with foundation and structural engineer.
• Affords ability to calculate domestic water requirements and size domestic water booster pump based upon available pressure and flow.
• Affords ability to calculate hot water requirements and size hot water heater(s) and expansion tank.
• Affords ability to size hot water heater return pump.
• Affords ability to calculate roof areas for sizing storm system.
• Affords ability to layout and size storm system.
• Affords ability to coordinate roof drains location with architect/structural engineer.
• Affords ability to provide and coordinate plumbing fixture cut sheets with architect/client for approval.
• Affords ability to provide complete plumbing fixture and equipment schedules.
• Affords ability to coordinate VTRs with mechanical engineer.
• Affords ability to coordinate plumbing services and utilities with civil engineer.
• Affords ability to complete Kitchen Design: Calculate gas load requirements. Coordinate meter location with civil/gas company. Layout and size gas system. Calculate grease requirements. Layout and size grease system and size grease interceptor. Coordinate hot water temperature requirement with kitchen schedule/consultant. Coordinate plumbing kitchen design requirement with kitchen consultant.
• Affords ability to complete Industrial System Design: Calculate compressed air requirements and size air compressor. Calculate vacuum requirements and size vacuum pumps and holding tanks. Write all required specification for small and medium sized jobs. Perform all tasks assigned on prevention checklists.
• Affords ability to cross check plumbing drawings against other discipline drawings and participate in redi-check and other cross-checking activities.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a high school/GED diploma and 7 years experience, or Associate's degree or equivalent from two-year accredited college or technical school and minimum 6 years related experience.

Physical Requirements

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.