Principal Piping Designer

Principal Piping Designer (BAT
00GE
)

Job Details

• Location:
  
  Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Schedule:
  
  Full‑time
• Employment Type:
  
  Employee
• Posting Date:
  May 11, 2026
• Unposting Date:
  July 11, 2026

• Develop a full understanding of the project’s scope, overall schedule, deliverables, milestones, man‑hour budgets, industry standards, applicable codes, and procedures.
• Participate in interactive planning meetings to establish major milestones.
• Create staffing plans to meet budget and schedule requirements.
• Determine line count and estimated isometric quantities based on P&IDs.
• Be knowledgeable of client and project procedures, and specifications.
• Establish design areas within the unit or areas of responsibility.
• Identify and request information via a “Needs List” to maintain schedule.
• Monitor and utilize the Master P& log to identify scope change.
• Use AVEVA E3D/Navisworks for 3D model review to monitor design quality and progress.
• Review and approve deliverables prior to issue.
• Coordinate design effort with other engineering and design disciplines.
• Ensure deliverable verification procedures are followed.
• Participate in all design reviews for the project.
• Validate piping drawings in office and field (experience a plus).
• Prior AVEVA 3D experience developing piping models, pipe supports, equipment models, and extracting isometric and orthographic drawings (a plus).
• Develop general arrangements of plant facilities, structures, and equipment, ensuring safe maintenance and construction and interface with all engineering disciplines.
• Perform field design, walk‑downs, and pipe routing through existing facilities, identify pipe supports, and input field data into AVEVA E3D.
• Use laser scanning when available (experience with scans in AVEVA E3D is a plus).
• Execute projects within existing facilities with many obstructions and other design constraints.
• Lead and mentor project team members from multiple office locations, including Global Integrated Delivery centers.

• Minimum 10 years of lead piping design and layout design experience for power, chemical, and industrial facilities.
• Strong background in discipline work and competent understanding of regulations, codes, manufacturing standards, and industry‑standard practices.
• Experience in estimating project costs and writing proposal content.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Minimum 2 years of 3‑D model design software experience, primarily using AVEVA E3D.
• Experience with Microstation V8i and AutoCAD.
• Technical or 2‑3 year diploma with piping design specific training (required).
• Equivalent education and experience with leadership and project execution training (preferred).

We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.