
Design Engineer I = Pipe Stress
- Houston, TX
- $76,000-130,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Assist the Lead in employing cost competitive engineering techniques to develop the most cost-effective total project solution for execution of the discipline engineering work
- Develop and review specifications, including design criteria
- Participate in activities associated with equipment and material procurement, permitting, and subcontracting
- Perform and check calculations, specify equipment, and solve problems of moderate engineering complexity
- Review vendor equipment documentation within the discipline and from other disciplines for compliance with project requirements, and actively seek discrepancy resolution
- Analyze and make independent recommendations regarding solutions to problems with varying complexity in accordance with organization and/or project objectives and guidelines
- Other duties as assigned
- Accredited four (4) year degree or global equivalent in engineering field of study and three (3) years of work-related experience; a recognized professional certification or registration in the applicable field, if required; some locations may have additional or different qualifications in order to comply with local requirements
- Ability to communicate effectively with audiences that include but are not limited to management, coworkers, clients, vendors, contractors, and visitors
- Job related technical knowledge necessary to complete the job
- Ability to learn and apply knowledge of applicable local, state/province, and federal/national statutes and guidelines
- Ability to attend to detail and work in a time-conscious and time-effective manner
- Professional registration
- Intermediate knowledge of discipline codes and standards, commercial availability and cost of materials
- Practical field experience
- Intermediate computer and software skills to include the use of word processing, e-mail, spreadsheet and electronic presentation programs
- Prepare preliminary stress analysis and calculations
- Prepare preliminary manual/computer line stress calculations(including thermal, dead weight, loop, etc.) with modeling, loading calculations and summaries of piping systems
- Perform stress analysis of moderately complex systems using stress analysis software and with conclusive results regarding suitability of the design
- Develop data for spring hanger design and engineered supports
- Intermediate knowledge of:
o Requirements outlined in the piping flexibility, support elements, expansion joint and shock arrestor specifications
- Basic knowledge of piping engineering software (Red Bag, MatMan, Auto Pipe, CAESER II, etc.)