Field Piping Designer

Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.

Wood’s Oil, Gas, & New Energies business has an exciting opportunity for a Field Piping Designer IV to work at our Midland, TX office and field locations. This role will focus on supporting brownfield surface facilities retrofits, expansions, and debottlenecking projects in the mechanical/piping discipline. Applicants must be authorized to work lawfully in the US without sponsorship from Wood, now or in the future.  Occasional overnight travel may be required.

Local candidates preferred, no per diem or relocation are available for this role. No outside agencies.

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As a Field Piping Designer IV, you will be responsible for developing piping layouts and designs for brownfield projects, including pipeline capacity expansion and debottlenecking, crude oil separation, water treatment, and mechanical retrofits. You will conduct site walkdowns, develop mark-ups, and create as-built documentation to ensure the highest standards of accuracy and compliance.

Our Clients and Projects Designing the future. Transforming the world.

Wood’s Operations business delivers solutions to a broad range of clients across the energy and materials industries globally. We specialize in operations, maintenance, modifications, brownfield engineering, asset optimization, and management, supporting our clients throughout the asset lifecycle. Our focus is on developing strategic relationships with our clients and providing solutions that enhance efficiency, integrity, and reliability.

What We Can Offer

• Meaningful and challenging projects delivered to industry leaders.
• Flexible working arrangements balancing client, team, and individual needs.
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion, ensuring every employee has a voice.
• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews aligned with market trends.
• A flexible benefits package tailored to your needs.
• Career development through structured growth plans and global industry connections.

 

Job Objective:
Contribute to engineering excellence by linking design theory and practical application, translating critical design concepts into workable plans for tangible end-products.

• Prepare engineering drawings from rough sketches or general engineering information
• Create designs and detailed plans for commercial, industrial, and civil sector structures and systems
• Handle technical assignments of substantial variety and complexity
• Prepare mechanical or digital drawings, diagrams, blueprints, and models using CAD/CADD software

Role and Key Accountabilities:

• Produce facility designs and layouts with knowledge of structural, mechanical, controls, and electrical equipment systems
• Understand codes applicable to equipment and construction (NEC, IEC, ASME, AISC, AWS, OSHA, NFPA, local codes, MCBU standards, and Chevron Engineering Standards)
• Perform design tasks for purchasing and construction level drawings with limited supervision
• Create reliable CAD models with precision, including assemblies, exploded view diagrams, and layouts with BOMs
• Develop and improve department practices/standards
• Review scope documents and specifications to ensure design meets SOW expectations and COMPANY requirements
• Execute designs on challenging projects
• Conduct design reviews and travel to COMPANY jobsites as required
• Typically, 5+ years of relevant design experience in oil and gas, industrial construction, or power generation industries
• Develop working drawings from equipment specifications and detailed drawings
• Create drawings involving plans, layouts, calculations, and bills of material
• Perform layouts, design, and checking work from basic data supplied
• Design and make detail drawings from rough sketches involving intricate calculations
• Establish project drafting standards and monitor their conformance
• Identify cost-effective solutions to design problems
• Assist in bid evaluations
• Design and construct models, prototypes, processes, or equipment
• Prepare estimates of time, quantities, materials, and labor required for testing, installation, manufacture, design, or construction
• Generate bill of materials from finished designs
• Act as coordinator on small projects and prepare specifications for complex equipment and processes
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