Piping Engineer

Piping Engineering Professional

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

As a Piping Engineering Professional, you will be an integral member of the design team, counted on to perform a significant portion of Piping engineering and design for our projects. You will need strong communication and interpersonal skills as you work closely with your Piping Lead, other Piping Stress Engineers and Designers, and other disciplines.

It is expected that you have a solid foundation in the fundamentals of Piping Engineering, knowledge of multiple subject areas, experience with specific codes applicable to Piping, understand how Piping design integrates with and impacts other disciplines. You will be given as much responsibility as you are willing to take, and your opportunities for career growth will be limited only by your own motivation, capabilities, and attitude.

This position will require you to serve as a Lead Piping Engineer for small projects, or as a Sub-Lead for larger projects. Works independently, acts as a Lead, collaborate with team of designers and engineers to complete all piping and mechanical activities. You will be given as much responsibility as you are willing to take, and your opportunities for career growth will be limited only by your own motivation, capabilities, and attitude.

Under general supervision, competently perform all conventional aspects of Piping Engineering and design:

• Participate in technical meetings and all the piping 3D model reviews.
• Prepare and review engineering documents such as drawings, datasheets, and specifications to ensure compliance with Project specification.
• Evaluate equipment and piping layout to optimize installation.
• Review of piping support, MTO, layout and isometrics.
• Reviewing and approving vendor drawings.
• Prepare Piping Line List. Review all P&IDs for conformance to the piping material specifications.
• Select special piping material components not covered by piping material specifications and prepare SP Item List.
• Prepare pipe wall (pressure and vacuum), spectacle blind, and other required material and component pressure-retaining thickness calculations.

Exhibit a high level of attention to detail and quality control:

• Committed to checking your own work, reaching out to peers and seniors for guidance when questions arise.
• Perform calculation checking of other engineers' work.

Take responsibility for managing workload, make and keep commitments, and take full ownership of assigned work:

• You may be given tasks with ill-defined conditions of satisfaction; in which case you will be expected to take the initiative to determine what is needed to meet the project and client needs.
• Clearly define your own scope and start to develop your ability to forecast level of effort needed to complete that scope.
• Be ready to identify scope change and escalate it to your Piping Lead or Project Manager.
• Recognize when help is needed, reaching out to peers and senior engineers for guidance.
• Work in a timely, accurate, and cost-effective manner with strong attention to detail.

Developing leadership skills:

• Provide technical guidance, coaching, and/or mentorship to designers/drafters and less experienced engineers.
• Be proactive in advancing workflows, systems, and tools within the structural discipline. Embrace emerging technologies.

As a Lead Piping Engineer for an assigned project:

• Serves as Piping Lead to develop and provide specifications for piping requirements and related engineered piping and support items.
• Technically evaluate piping material bidder's lists; assist inspection in evaluating manufacturing and fabrication facilities.
• Fully understand all Piping scope, recognize how that scope is both generated and impacted by other disciplines, and identify scope change.
• Take ultimate responsibility for all aspects of the deliverables, including calculations and all construction documents.
• Develop and manage schedule, budget, and staffing forecasts for the structural scope.
• Attend project meetings and take an active role to help team resolve concerns and solve problems across all disciplines.

With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we've gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means, and space to maximize your potential. You'll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits, and opportunities to do good too – from participating in our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place.

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