Piping Designer

Requisition
19804
-Posted
07/09/2026

- Engineering
- Level of Experience (4)
- Travel - 30% or less
- Job Location Options (1)

Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Job Title: Piping Designer
Career Level From: Senior Associate
Career Level To: Specialist
Organization: Piping and Process Eng )
Job Specialty: Core Technology

Piping designers for Y-12 will be responsible for providing CAD drawings for maintenance and construction design packages. Designers will perform walk-downs of process piping and utility piping systems in support of nuclear and non-nuclear projects at Y-12. Design activities involve the preparation of conceptual design and title II output documents including P&IDs, piping drawings, construction drawings, utility drawings, bills of material for cost estimating and man-hour estimates.

Experience with 3D modeling is required. Experience with Smart Plant 3D software is desirable.

Candidate must effectively and cooperatively work as a team member of an integrated project team. Designers will routinely perform walkdowns in the existing plant facilities in order to generate design documents.

The piping designer shall be responsible for interpreting, organizing, and executing assignments and engineering design for process piping and utility piping systems in support of nuclear and non-nuclear projects at CNS. A strong candidate for the piping designer position should have experience with design in systems such as potable water, gas supply systems, acid and caustic fluids, brines, cryogenics, steam and condensate, hot and chilled water systems, chillers, boilers, cooling towers, and vacuum systems.

Additionally, experience with pipe routing, piping component selection and ASME B31.3 and B31.1 Code Compliance is required.

• Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security
• Top-notch, dedicated colleagues
• Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization
• Career advancement and professional development programs
• Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives
• Bachelor's degree:
  Minimum 2 years of relevant experience.
• Ten or more years of relevant education, training and/or progressive experience may be considered to satisfy educational and years of experience requirements for this posting.
• Knowledgeable in industry piping codes such as ASME, ASTM and AWWA along with their associated quality programs such as ASME NQA-1 and 10
  
  CFR 830.120

• Ability to plan, self-perform tasks on a project
• Coordination of engineering efforts as a design team member, project management, and construction, start-up, project controls, customers and control owners
• Technical knowledge of related engineering systems, applications of engineering and construction methods and materials, and engineering application of computers
• The position requires the ability to present information clearly and effectively through the oral and written word and utilize automated workflow systems
• Must be able to coordinate verification and validation of documents with technical and operations personnel prior to release for approval and implementation
• Ability to develop and maintain historical information
• Ability to prepare, interpret, maintain, and incorporate requirements of technical drawings and operating documents
• Nuclear related design experience in a NRC or DOE regulated environment is desirable.

You get #morethanajob. We encourage employees to achieve a healthy personal balance among home, work and the community. One of the ways we embrace work-life balance is by offering flexible work arrangements that provide alternatives to the traditional workweek, while still meeting business needs. Top talent and personal commitment mean more to our success than any other factors, so we reward our people with the kinds of benefits that make a positive difference in the quality of their lives.

Benefits such as: medical plan, prescription drug plan, vision plan, dental plan, employer matched 401(k) savings plan, disability coverage, education reimbursement and many more. Want to stay healthy and fit but hate the cost of a gym membership? Take advantage of one of our onsite workout facilities and eat healthy in our onsite cafeterias. Much more than a workplace, at Y-12, you can build a career that lasts a lifetime.

The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.

If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.

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