What are the responsibilities and job description for the Piping Designer position at H+M Industrial EPC?
Position Title: Piping Designer
Reports to: Piping Department Manager
Position Status: Permanent Full Time
FLSA Status: Non- Exempt
Location: Pasadena, TX (Hybrid)
Work Schedule: Standard schedule is Monday through Friday.
Purpose: Execute pipe design projects related to heavy industrial facilities.
Core Job Responsibilities
- Perform piping drafting/design tasks including 3D routing of pipe, determine location of pipe supports and creation of Isometric drawings, sketches necessary for the fabrication and installation of piping systems.
- Ability to read and interpret equipment drawings and technical data from third party vendors.
- Develop, quantify, and organize piping material take-offs (MTOs)
- Follow company CAD standards and client piping specifications
- Ensure design compliance with respective client/company specification and codes.
- Perform fieldwork necessary to gather data, check tie-ins and provide construction support
- Ability for check and back check drawings produced by drafting.
- Interact with designers and engineers within the engineering group, and from other disciplines, in a team environment to create multi-discipline design packages for construction.
- Work within company policy as outlined in the H M Employee Handbook as well as the H M Safety Manual and OSHA Safety rules.
- Interface with designers from other disciplines to provide a complete 3D model that meets project requirements.
- Competent in understanding and updating P&IDs
Essential Skills & Qualifications
- 10 years of AutoCAD, CADWorx and Navisworks experience in heavy industrial projects
- Experience with utilizing point cloud software such as Autodesk Recap or CloudWorx.
- Experience with Clash Detection is a plus.
- Strong technical, written, and verbal skills with a strong customer service attitude
- TWIC (must be able to obtain a TWIC card)
- Thorough understanding and efficiency with standard design and drafting practices
- Code and Plant Specific Standard knowledge/comprehension a must
- Must be able to meet deadlines and work overtime as needed to complete the job
- Strong process plant design background from conceptual design to plant layout and design of process and utility piping systems
- Knowledge of process and utility piping specifications and codes
- Ability to visualize and layout process plants and piping in 3D
- Ability to develop and work from P&IDs for use in plant layout & piping design
- Basic knowledge of structural steel design related to equipment supports, pipe racks, and building structural framing
- Basic knowledge of instrumentation types and their impact on piping design
Physical Requirements
- Occasionally lift objects weighing up to 25 pounds
- Sit for long periods of time
- Occasionally stoop, kneel or crouch
- Use hands and arms to reach for, grasp and manipulate objects
Environment: Working conditions encountered in this job include those found in a typical office setting as well as an indoor/outdoor manufacturing setting which includes exposure to outside weather conditions, work at elevated heights, climbing of stairs and ladders, and physical manipulation of tools and mechanical equipment. This job demands the use of typical manufacturing personal protective equipment as well as advanced protective equipment as needed.
