Job Summary
Join our Pipeline Systems team and play a pivotal role in delivering critical infrastructure that supports energy, chemicals, resources, and emerging energy markets. As the demand for reliable and sustainable pipeline infrastructure evolves, you will provide technical leadership and mapping expertise to ensure the successful planning, design, and execution of complex pipeline projects across North America. This position offers the opportunity to influence major pipeline programs from concept through construction, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, and serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers and project stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development, review, and approval of pipeline mapping deliverables, including strip maps, alignment sheets, crossing drawings, permit drawings, land and right-of-way exhibits, construction typicals, and hydrotest plan drawings.
- Perform advanced pipeline mapping and corridor design utilizing Autodesk Civil 3D as the primary design platform.
- Apply GIS and geospatial technologies to support routing studies, project development, stakeholder engagement, and project execution.
- Support proposal development, project planning, scope definition, and execution strategy activities.
- Evaluate scope changes and advise project leadership on potential impacts to constructability, schedule, budget, and project risk.
- Coordinate with customers, survey teams, engineers, environmental specialists, land groups, and construction teams to deliver integrated solutions.
- Facilitate route reviews, design workshops, customer meetings, and construction coordination sessions.
- Present technical recommendations, routing alternatives, and pipeline mapping solutions to internal and external stakeholders.
- Lead, review, and approve work produced by junior designers while promoting technical excellence, quality, and continuous professional development.
- Support schedule development, workload planning, and cost management objectives within assigned projects.
- Participate in field activities to support route validation, data collection, constructability reviews, and verification of completed work.
- Champion our Health, Safety, Environment, and Quality culture across all project activities.
- Balance leadership responsibilities on major capital programs while supporting multiple studies and projects as required.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of mapping standards, workflows, digital tools, and best practices throughout the organization.
Qualifications
- For Principal Mapping Designer – Typically 7 years of experience supporting pipeline mapping and design projects within upstream, midstream, gathering, transmission, or distribution systems.
- For Senior Principal Mapping Designer – Typically 12 years of experience supporting pipeline mapping and design projects within upstream, midstream, gathering, transmission, or distribution systems.
- Advanced proficiency with Autodesk Civil 3D (2022 or newer) in a pipeline design environment.
- Strong working knowledge of ArcGIS, geospatial databases, mapping systems, and digital geospatial workflows.
- Experience utilizing Skyline and Microsoft Access is considered an asset.
- Strong understanding of survey data acquisition, interpretation, processing, and integration into engineering design deliverables.
- Knowledge of route selection, pipeline development, right-of-way planning, and permitting requirements.
- Working knowledge of civil grading and drainage principles is considered an advantage.
- Experience supporting gathering systems and upstream pipeline projects is beneficial.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and Access.
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical work within complex project environments while balancing quality, schedule, and budget objectives.
- Strong analytical thinking, technical problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively engage customers, project teams, and leadership.
- Proven ability to mentor less experienced designers and foster collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and multiple project commitments.
- A proactive, adaptable, and solutions-oriented approach supported by a high level of accountability and ownership.
- Commitment to safety, quality, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.
Location
This position is based in Denver, Colorado, the role supports a hybrid work environment, offering opportunities for office collaboration, customer engagement, and occasional field activities to support project execution and validate engineering and design solutions.
Benefits
PEAK's benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Dependent Care Savings Account (DCA), and 401K plan. PEAK believes that taking care of our team is essential for success and we are proud to provide benefits that enhance both your well-being and your future. Additionally, our associates may be eligible for Paid Sick Leave as required by Federal, State, or local laws.
Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO)
PEAK Technical Staffing is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. PEAK does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. All employment decisions are made based on qualifications, merit, and business need. We encourage all individuals to apply.
Americans Disabilities Act (ADA)
The physical and mental requirements described in this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Must be able to perform the essential physical functions of the position, including sitting, standing, walking, stooping, kneeling, and lifting up to 25 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation.
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