Principal Designer Piping Job at Zachry Group in Downers Grove

RESPONSIBILITIES 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. Write execution plans for large caps and high complexity projects. Create detailed project schedules and review schedules for multi-discipline projects. Layout brownfield and greenfield facilities with understanding of equipment spacing criteria with respect to industry standards and operational/maintenance access and clearances. 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. Act as the technical specialist for team reviews and design reviews on packages. Converse with the Client and identify scope changes. 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, and Material Take Offs. Prepare design sketches for use by drafting personnel. Create design sketches, layouts, and notes from field walkdowns. Create as-built P&IDs from field walkdowns. Develop stress packages to submit to Stress Engineering, understanding continuations and required details on existing supports, guides, anchors, etc. impacting system flexibility. Possess understanding of more advanced thermal expansion and basic dynamic Stress analysis principles required when doing preliminary layout and work with Stress Engineers to optimize layouts on hot lines. Import and use/navigate a laser scan with LFM. Lead large teams of designers and coordinate all required day-to-day workflow. Review new proposals/RFQs and complete estimates for small and large caps work. Mark up and coordinate vendor document review for major and minor equipment and coordinate logistics on the vendor document review process. Understand standard instrument design and installation requirements and navigate those design and installation challenges without supervision. Develop line study 2D drawings to create hand take-off MTOs to support cost estimates and serve as the basis for detailed design. Understand structural design and requirements and its impact on layout and pipe support loads. Initiate conceptual physical design requirements in coordination with appropriate responsible supervisors and engineers. Conduct and run model reviews, including the ability to collect and manage comments. Check and verify the discipline design on projects as a certified checker for medium to higher complexity projects, including checking equipment design and layouts in E3D using advanced field constructability and knowledge of fabrication means/methods. Perform all other duties as assigned. #J-18808-Ljbffr