Lead Piping & Mechanical Designer at Wood PLC in Bishop, Texas

Job Description:

JOB DESCRIPTION



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



RESPONSIBILITIES

• 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