Lead Piping & Mechanical Designer

Wood is currently recruiting for a Piping & Mechanical Design Lead with experience in the chemical manufacturing industry.  You will be responsible for leading a group performing design work supporting small facility based projects in an active chemical manufacturing plant as part of the Bishop Texas capital project’s group.

•   Permanent Full Time Position with opportunities   for Overtime
•   Authorization to work permanently in the U.S. without sponsorship is required.
•   No Paid Relocation for this position

• Meet or exceed the company’s safety standards
• Leadership
  • Work Load
    • Understand the project work load for the group
    • Estimate Designer hours required for incoming projects
    • Assign design resources to support project managers
    • Evaluate work performed by members of the Piping & Mechanical Design group
  • Education & Training
    • Assist with on-boarding of new Piping & Mechanical designers 
    • Train Piping & Mechanical Group on new & existing Processes & Procedures
    • Provide guidance around best Piping & Mechanical Design approaches and work quality
• Comply with all company procedures, engineering practices and other standards
  • Fast paced work environment
  • Work closely and interact with Project team members to achieve project success
    • Plant Engineering Groups
    • Internal and External Design Contractors
    • Construction Contractors
    • Maintenance Resources
• Read and fully understand all documents which describe the scope of work to be done
  • Process Design Letters
  • P&IDs
  • Vendor Drawings
• Provide Piping & Mechanical designs for capital and maintenance projects
  • Field as-built updates as required   
  • Apply company and industry standards to generate Piping & Mechanical construction drawings. 
    • Understand elevation and coordinate systems
    • Use and reference to standards from various sources
    • Plot Plans and Elevations
  • Create written field letters to describe required work
  • Perform material take-offs and create BOMs
  • Assist with construction estimating

• 10+ years industrial experience working in the design field 
  • Chemical Manufacturing or Related Industry Experience is required
• Experience with design of Piping & Mechanical systems 
  • Piping Isometrics
  • Plan and Location Drawings
  • Pipe Rack design 
  • Piping accommodations for Pressure, Temperature, Flow, Density, and Other Instrumentation, 
  • 3-D design techniques Including Scanning and modeling 
• Field Design Experience
  • Able to wear required PPE
  • Operate Vehicles safely to job-site 
  • Climb Ladders and Stairs
  • Field measurement
• Work Environment
  • Proficiency in MicroStation 
  • Proficiency in Microsoft, Word, Excel and Outlook

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com
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