Stress Engineer II
Zachry Group · Houston, TX · 1 mo ago
On-siteEngineeringFull-time
About the role
This is a great opportunity to get involved in some interesting and challenging design projects.
Responsibilities
- Review and analyze piping systems and components for thermal flexibility, vibration, supports, and other factors.
- Ensure piping systems conform to applicable codes and client standards.
- Perform ASME B31.1 and ASME B31.3 formal stress analysis using Caesar II software.
- Conduct informal (visual) stress analysis for large and small bore piping systems.
- Work with piping designers to optimize pipe routing on piping design including specifying required pipe supports.
- Specify engineered support equipment such as expansion bellows, spring cans, constant tension hangars, snubbers, and engineered piping supports including detailed review of vendor equipment design documents.
- Prescribe and evaluate piping loads on process equipment nozzles including ASME pressure vessels as well as on engineered and standard support steel.
- Prepare formal stress evaluation reports.
- Perform field surveys to collect required field data and assist with interpretation of engineering drawings and specifications in the field.
- Attend client, vendor, and internal team meetings.
- Ability to clearly communicate information and ideas verbally and in writing.
- Manage project schedules and budgets as well as provide weekly reports communicating project status, issues, and needs.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering
- 1-3 year experience in Mechanical Engineering with understanding of stress analysis and system flexibility
- Strong attention to detail and capable to perform detailed technical evaluations and drawing checking
- Strong communication skills required to provide effective inter-discipline, client, vendor, and construction coordination on projects
- Highly motivated with ability to work in an interactive and open team environment
- Must be organized, self-directed, able to prioritize and multi-task, work in a team environment and take direction from others
- Willingness to travel and work in office and field environments
- Commitment to safety, quality, responsibility, high work standards, and initiatives
- Strong attention to detail and ability to prepare design concepts, technical documents, and drawings.
- Must maintain active status in a drug and/or alcohol testing consortium
Preferred qualifications
- EIT (Registered Engineer in Training)
- Field plant experience
- Experience in the petrochemical, oil/gas, chemical, and/or power industry
- Previous experience with stress analysis or stress analysis concepts
- Experience working with ASME Section I and VIII pressure vessel and B31.1 and B31.3 piping codes