Principal Designer Piping

• Complete advanced/complex Piping Design and Equipment Layouts in accordance with Industry Practices using 2D CAD & 3D E3D Software and/or other 3D Design software

• Ability to write execution plans for large caps and high complexity projects.

• Ability to create detailed project schedules and review schedules for multi-discipline projects.

• Ability to layout brownfield and greenfield facilities with understanding of equipment spacing criteria with respect to industry standards and operational/maintenance access and clearances

• Ability to audit and validate the adherence to the Quality process and workflow of other designers on the project team

• Serve as mentor for new and junior designers and drafters

• Serve as the technical specialist for team reviews and design reviews on packages.

• Ability to converse with the Client and identify scope change

• Serve as a qualified expert in Piping capable of making key technical decisions on a project

• Prepare construction documents which includes General Arrangements, Piping Isometrics, Piping Plans, Material Take Offs

• Prepare design sketches for use by drafting personnel

• Create design sketches, layouts, and notes from field walkdowns

• Ability to create as built P&IDs from field walkdowns

• Develop stress packages to submit to Stress Engineering, with understanding on continuations and required details on existing supports, guides, anchors, etc. impact system flexibility

• Possess understanding of more advanced thermal expansion and basic dynamic Stress analysis principals required when doing preliminary layout and work with Stress Engineers to optimize layouts on hot lines

• Basic ability to import and use/navigate a laser scan with LFM.

• Ability to lead large teams of designers and coordinate all required day to day workflow

• Ability to review new proposals/RFQs and complete estimates for small and large caps work

• Advanced experience marking up and coordinating vendor document review for major and minor equipment and coordinate logistics on the vendor document review process

• Advanced understanding on standard instrument design and installation requirements and differences in technology with ability to navigate those design and installation challenges without supervision.

• Ability to develop line study 2D drawings to develop hand take off MTOs to support cost estimates and to serve as the basis for detailed design.

• Understanding of structural design and requirements and impact to layout and pipe support loads

• Initiate conceptual physical design requirements in coordination with appropriate responsible supervisors and engineers

• Conduct and run model reviews, including ability to collect and manage comments

• Check and verify the discipline design on projects as a certified checker medium to higher complexity projects including ability to check equipment design and layouts in E3D using advanced field constructability and knowledge of fabrications means/methods

• Perform all other duties as assigned

Zachry Group is currently accepting applications for a Principal Designer for our Downers Grove Design Center office location.