Lead Pressure Vessel & Piping Engineer

• The purpose of the Lead Pressure Vessel and Piping Engineer is provide technical expertise within Messer’s Project Execution department regarding various forms of plant static equipment including design, specification, fabrication, repair, operation and code compliance across various technologies such as cryogenic air separation, hydrogen production and CO2 purification/liquefaction. Since every single plant project requires process piping and pressure vessels, the engineer will be involved in some capacity with a wide variety of projects with a large range of technical complexity.
• This position will primarily provide value to the organization by executing deliverables for capital projects, providing preliminary equipment design/cost bases to the proposals group, supporting operations team for mechanical integrity issues and interfacing with other engineering disciplines as required.

Messer is the world’s largest privately held industrial gases company and what we do matters because it is woven into every part of life, from the medical gases that patients rely on to the essential elements needed to safely and sustainably produce the goods our communities depend on.

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Join us and take pride in the impact you will make by providing solutions essential to our world and lives. Reach your highest potential at our stable, inclusive company with diverse opportunities in a growing industry, supported by people who care.

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• Discipline Technical Expertise:
  Serve as the lead technical authority for pressure vessel and piping engineering across multiple concurrent capital projects, providing technical guidance to project manager, engineering counterparts and suppliers regarding static equipment design, fabrication, installation, commissioning, and operation.
• Act as the discipline escalation point for complex technical issues, code interpretations, equipment failures, and field deviations
• Engineering and Design of Capital Projects:
  Establish engineering design criteria and technical requirements for major projects. Support project teams in evaluating technical, schedule, and cost impacts associated with design decisions and project changes.
• Lead the design, specification, selection, commissioning, troubleshooting, and optimization of process piping and pressure vessel systems.
• Review and approve engineering deliverables including calculations, specifications, datasheets, stress analyses, vessel designs, inspection reports, and engineering deviations from 3rd parties and vendors
• Contractor and Vendor Leadership:
  Provide oversight of engineering contractor organizations supporting Messer projects, including review and approval of designs, calculations, specifications, schedules, procedures, and quality documentation.
• Conduct critical supplier audits and technical capability assessments for strategic equipment vendors.
• Lead factory acceptance testing activities for critical static equipment and provide technical acceptance recommendations.
• Quality and Compliance Governance:
  Develop, maintain QA/QC program, inspection requirements, and engineering best practices related to piping and pressure vessels.
• Ensure compliance with applicable industry standards and codes including ASME B31.3, ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code, CGA requirements, and Messer engineering standards.
• Process Safety and
  
  Risk Management:
  
  Serve as lead pressure vessel and piping representative during HAZOPs, risk assessments, PHRs, MOCs, and incident investigations. Lead resolution of discipline-related safety findings and risk mitigation actions.
• Provide technical recommendations regarding mechanical integrity, fitness-for-service, equipment life extension, and code compliance concerns.
• Develop, maintain, and update Messer pressure vessel and piping specifications, engineering standards, standard drawings, and best-practice documents.
• Identify opportunities to lower cost and improve productivity, reliability and safety through emerging technologies, engineering tools, fabrication…