Piping Designer

GOAL OF THE POSITION

We are seeking a Piping Designer with design engineering experience in all aspects of mechanical piping and pipe support design for steam and condensate systems in paper mills. This includes extensive fieldwork for the creation of accurate P&IDs and PFDs, providing engineering design support for all stages of capital projects, performing stress analysis modeling for approval, and ASME Code Compliance, including reports. This person should have experience in project management, estimating, equipment procurement, construction management, and field supervision.

General Duties and Responsibilities:

• Execute and manage steam and condensate projects, with the process engineer, to achieve the technical, operational, and financial goals of the project.
• Conduct field surveys of existing piping systems for P&ID and PFD creation, piping design, and proposal creation.
• Collaborate with the process engineer to establish and document equipment and piping specifications and sizing requirements to meet the technical and operational requirements of the project.
• Interact with customers to establish project scoping and development of project requirements.
• Participate in project meetings with customers to ensure proper execution of projects.
• Prepare proposals, datasheets, and written specifications.
• Assist paper mills with troubleshooting.
• Ensure that the piping installations adhere to the P&ID and piping designs
• Participate in on-site start-up and post-start-up of the system.

SKILLS REQUIREMENTS

• 5+ years’ experience in mechanical process in steam piping design. Experience with paper machines, paper drying, and paper machine drying equipment preferred
• Must be completely fluent in using AutoCAD for creating and editing P&IDs and PFDs. Fluency using AutoCad Plant 3D is required
• Proficiency with Outlook, MS Word, Excel, Adobe Acrobat
• Knowledge of piping, valve, pump, transmitter, insulation, and other specifications used in paper mill steam systems.
• A full and thorough understanding of P&IDs and PFD.
• Knowledge of pipe support basics (supporting, guiding and anchoring)
• Capable of navigating physically challenging field conditions, including heat, stairs, ladders, paper machine operations
• Exceptionally high level of personal responsibility regarding working safely in hazardous environments
• Must be highly organized and systematic in approach to fieldwork and subsequent CAD work to successfully manage projects spanning long time periods
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical literature. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers. Experience in legibly writing field notes
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Degrees in technical fields such as Mechanical engineering or Mechanical Design

PHYSICAL AND TRAVEL DEMANDS

• Usual office working conditions.
• Desire to work in an industrial environment.
• Travel approximately 50%