Senior Design Engineer – Pipe Supports

Location: Mumbai India
Practice: Industrial Engineering
Employment type: Permanent full-time
Salary: Competitive based on experience and qualifications

Our client is an established international manufacturing company. It serves the oil & gas petrochemical power district energy and wider industrial sectors. As it continues to grow it is strengthening its global engineering function with a specialist in piping support design based in Mumbai.

You will design analyse detail and develop standard and engineered piping support systems for industrial piping applications. Your support solutions will need to be safe technically compliant manufacturable and cost-effective. They will be based on piping layouts stress-analysis loads and movements project specifications operating conditions and international engineering standards.

The role combines project-specific support engineering with the development and continuous improvement of the companys piping support product range. You will report into the global engineering leadership and work alongside manufacturing quality procurement and project teams.

• Design standard and special piping supports including pipe shoes saddles cradles clamps guides line stops anchors sliding supports structural support assemblies insulated supports and spring supports.
• Review piping isometrics GA drawings support schedules stress-analysis loads displacements design temperatures insulation requirements and project specifications.
• Develop support concepts that account for vertical longitudinal lateral uplift friction thermal sustained occasional and test loads.
• Carry out engineering calculations including strength and stability checks plate bending structural member sizing weld and bolt calculations bearing and contact stresses base plate and stiffener design sliding and overturning checks deflection and buckling checks and load-capacity calculations.
• Perform or coordinate finite element analysis for complex or non-standard support configurations.
• Prepare and review 2D drawings 3D models fabrication and assembly drawings Bills of Materials and technical documentation.
• Ensure designs comply with project specifications and standards such as MSS SP-58 ASME B31.1/B31.3 ASTM AWS and AISC.
• Select suitable materials purchased components coatings sliding materials load-bearing insulation materials and fabrication methods.
• Design for manufacturability taking account of welding cutting forming machining tolerances coating galvanising assembly handling and inspection.
• Coordinate with project engineering stress engineering manufacturing procurement quality estimation and customers.
• Respond to technical queries customer comments manufacturing issues deviations and engineering change requests.
• Support prototype development qualification testing load testing and validation of new or modified products.
• Develop and improve standard designs calculation methods design templates and engineering practices.
• At senior level review other engineers calculations and drawings mentor junior team members and take technical ownership of complex or special support designs.

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related discipline.
• Strong fundamentals in engineering mechanics strength of materials machine design and structural behaviour.
• Knowledge of piping support design and fabrication practices.
• Ability to interpret piping drawings and piping stress-analysis results.
• Working knowledge of engineering materials welding bolted joints fabrication and manufacturing processes.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD and Microsoft Excel.
• Experience with at least one 3D CAD system such as Autodesk Inventor or SolidWorks.
• Experience with ANSYS or other FEA software.
• Familiarity with CAESAR II or AutoPIPE outputs is desirable. Direct pipe stress analysis experience is not required.

Design Engineer: Typically 37 years of relevant mechanical design experience. Experience in piping supports industrial piping fabricated steel products mechanical equipment or similar engineered products is preferred.

Senior Design Engineer: Typically 712 years of relevant experience. You will have a proven ability to independently design calculate review and release complex piping support assemblies.

Experience with any of the following is strongly preferred:

• A specialist pipe-support manufacturer or an EPC organisation.
• Oil & gas LNG petrochemical power district energy or other industrial piping sectors.

Experience with any of the following is an advantage:

• Cryogenic high-temperature or spring supports.
• Insulated supports and composite or load-bearing insulation materials.
• New product development.

• Sound engineering judgement and analytical problem-solving.
• High attention to technical detail.
• Ownership of your engineering assignments from start to finish.
• A practical manufacturing-oriented approach to design.
• Clear technical communication written and verbal including with customers.
• The ability to work effectively across engineering manufacturing quality procurement and project teams.
• An organised approach to priorities deadlines revisions and documentation.
• A drive to improve existing designs and contribute to product development and engineering standardisation.

• This is an individual contributor role with no direct line management. It involves technical guidance and coordination across functions.
• Occasional travel to manufacturing plants suppliers testing facilities or project sites may be required.
• Work takes place in both office and manufacturing environments. PPE must be worn in designated areas.