Senior Piping Designer

Overview

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CDI Engineering Solutions is a multi-disciplinary engineering organization offering a full range of integrated engineering design, project support, procurement and construction management services to the energy and chemicals industries.

Position Summary

CDI Engineering Solutions is currently seeking a Senior Piping Designer at our clients site. The designer’s responsibilities will include total delivery of the mechanical and piping deliverables and services to support plant operating and outage schedules, while also meeting quality expectations.

Duties will include performing design work and assembling MOC and IFC packages. This position requires experience in mechanical and piping design and involves utilization of computer aided design software.

This person must collaborate with and support engineering and field construction activities.

Qualifications

Understands and complies with client's departmental processes and procedures designed to support internal controls efforts.

Identifies and brings to the attention of department management internal controls deficiencies.

Knowledge and application of piping materials and specifications.

Familiarity with relevant API, ASME codes.

Design of moderately complex process and utility piping systems.

Knowledge and application and design of piping supports and restraints.

Knowledge of Stress and Flexibility analysis of piping system.

Knowledge of manual valve sizing, use and application.

Knowledge of good design practices for sizing all piping systems.

Identification of need, application of steam traps and liquid drainers.

Identification of need, application of safety valves and devices to maintain the mechanical integrity of piping systems.

Selecting piping specialty items given the design criteria.

Drafting of P&ID’s and GA’s.

Design of piping limited specific equipment and inline instrumentation arrangements such as pump suctions and discharges, tanks, control valve stations, etc.

Familiarity with specifications and installation details of construction bulk materials and equipment.

Ability to create accurate mechanical / piping installation documents from the information found on vendor equipment drawings.

Knowledge and understanding of work flow / information flow through MOC Procedures.

Knowledge and understanding of schedule constraints and information requirements to meet outage and Turnaround requirements.

Ability to develop mechanical / piping installation specifications with client engineering review and approval.

Knowledge and application of clients engineering design and CAD drafting standards.

Working knowledge of 2D AutoCAD, CADWorx (preferred), Navisworks (or other 3D modeling).

Ability to laser scan

Proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.

Good communication skills, both verbal and written.

Ability to work independently and collaboratively with the clients Engineering team.

The ability to acquire Transportation Worker Identification Credentials (TWIC).

The ability to prove drug and alcohol free at random or for cause.

Ability to climb multiple flights of stairs and lift 25 lbs.

Have a valid drivers license and ability to drive vehicles within the plant boundaries.

EEO Statement

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