Principal Designer Piping

Principal Designer

Zachry Group is currently accepting applications for a Principal Designer for our Downers Grove Design Center office location.

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

• 15+ years of experience and knowledge in the design requirements for respective discipline as they apply to petrochemical, refining, pharmaceutical, or power plant construction projects
• High school diploma or Associates Degrees with drafting courses;
  Bachelor's Degree preferred with design experience
• Strong Piping Design skills in accordance with several Industry standards and codes (API, ASME, PIP, etc.)
• Knowledge of expansion joint design and associated differences with respect to types of expansion joints.
• Knowledge of spring supports and functionality including differences between types of engineered supports.
• Served in several field assignment specific to design, constructability, and means/methods on piping installation and fit up.
• General knowledge of typical out of spec and specialty items associated with piping systems.
• Advanced ability to navigate in 3D E3D model and Navisworks
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite, Adobe/Bluebeam, and Document Control Systems.
• Advanced knowledge on FEL/FEED project execution staged gate process including…