Piping Designer
We are seeking a Piping Designer with design engineering experience in all aspects of mechanical piping and pipe support design for steam and condensate systems in paper mills. This includes extensive field work for creation of accurate P&ID’s and PFD’s, providing engineering design support for all stages of capital projects, performing stress analysis modeling for approval and ASME Code Compliance, including reports. This person should have experience in project management, estimating, equipment procurement, construction management and field supervision.
4/11/2024
Waukegan, Illinois
Full-time
Office
General Duties and Responsibilities:
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- Execute and manage steam and condensate projects, with the process engineer, to achieve the technical, operational and financial goals of the project.
- Conduct field surveys of existing piping systems for P&ID and PFD creation, piping design, and proposal creation.
- Collaborate with the process engineer to establish and document equipment and piping specifications and sizing requirements to meet the technical and operational requirements of the project.
- Interact with customers to establish project scoping and development of project requirements.
- Participate in project meetings with customers to ensure proper execution of projects.
- Prepare proposals, datasheets, and written specifications.
- Assist paper mills with troubleshooting.
- Conduct operator training at customer location.
- Ensure that the piping installations adhere to the P&IDs.
- Participate in on-site start-up and post-start-up of the system.
Skills Requirements
- • 5+ years’ experience in mechanical process steam piping design. Experience with paper machines, paper drying and paper machine drying equipment is preferred.
• Completely fluent using AutoCAD for creating and editing P&ID’s and Process Flow Diagrams. Fluency using AutoCad Plant 3D is preferred.
• Proficiency with Outlook, MS Word, Excel, Adobe Acrobat
• Knowledge of piping, valve, pump, transmitter, insulation and other specifications used in paper mill steam systems.
• A full and thorough understanding of P&ID’s and PFD.
• Knowledge of pipe support basics (supporting, guiding, and anchoring)
• Experience with large bore steam piping design
• Capable of navigating physically challenging field conditions, including heat, stairs, ladders(environment)
• Exceptionally high level of personal responsibility regarding working safely in hazardous environments)
• Highly organized and systematic in approach to fieldwork and subsequent CAD work to successfully manage projects spanning long periods
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical literature. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Education Requirements
- Degree in a technical field
Physical and Travel Demands
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- Usual office working conditions.
- Desire to work in an industrial environment.
- Travel approximately 50%