Principal Piping Designer

Qualifications:

• 15 years of piping design experience including 10 years in a checking or QA leadership role.
• Proficient in Navis.
• Prefer familiarity in at least one major CAD platform CADWorx or Revit.
• Strong capability in conducting and leading detailed model reviews.
• Deep technical knowledge of pipe routing stress considerations supports materials and industry standards.
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to identify design inconsistencies early.

Responsibilities:

Key Responsibilities

• Quality Assurance & Technical Oversight
• Verify that piping designs meet applicable national codes standards project design bases and material specifications.
• Ensure QA and checking activities align with scope schedule LOD requirements and project deliverables.
• Participate in technical meetings model reviews and interdisciplinary design reviews.
• Develop and maintain the Project QA and Design Verification Plan in coordination with Global QA.
• Review engineering documents including drawings datasheets specifications vendor packages and specialty piping data for accuracy fit function and compliance.
• Evaluate equipment and piping layouts for constructability and installation efficiency.
• Review pipe support locations spans and compatibility with pipe stress requirements.
• Provide clear redlines feedback and correction guidance to designers/drafters and improve overall design quality.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Work closely with project delivery teams Piping Design Leads Engineering Managers and multidiscipline design teams.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to designers and checking staff.
• Support improvements to discipline workflows tools and standards.
• Identify potential scope changes and support schedule budget and staffing forecasts for QA activities.
• Engage in internal crossdiscipline and external quality reviews.

Key QA Activities & Deliverables

Conceptual Design:

• Support conceptual and schematic design reviews including positioning and SMP phases.
• Perform compliance reviews to ensure design inputs are consistently applied.
• Review space planning deliverables and batch flyers.
• Conduct P&ID peer reviews and perform P&ID reconciliation.

Detailed Design:

• Review plot plans equipment GAs piping plans details support locations and spans.
• Perform formal checks of the detailed design piping model.
• Verify drawings for accuracy completeness and adherence to project standards.
• Validate piping material takeoffs against project specifications and LOD criteria.

Integration Coordination & Safety:

• Identify and resolve potential interferences between piping and other disciplines using the projects clash detection procedures.
• Evaluate designs for constructability operability maintainability and Safety in Design (SID) considerations.
• Ensure systems can be safely fabricated installed and maintained.

Technical Reporting:

• Provide QA findings to support lessons learned training and continuous improvement.