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Senior Piping Designer

  2026-06-14     Affinity Executive Search     Greenville,SC  
Description:

Senior Piping Designer

Salary: Confidential

Location: Greenville, South Carolina

Minimum Degree:

Relocation Assistance: Available

Job Description

As a Piping Designer, you will support a group of engineers and designers to develop 3D models and related construction drawings for industrial manufacturing facilities. The piping designer will be responsible for having a full understanding of the projects scope, overall schedule, deliverables, milestones, manhour budgets, industry standards, applicable codes, and procedures.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Determine line count and estimated isometric quantities based on P&IDs.
  • Be knowledgeable of client procedures, project procedures, and specifications.
  • Identify and request information in the form of a 'Needs List' to maintain the schedule.
  • Utilize a 3D model (AVEVA E3D/Navisworks) review software to monitor design quality and progress.
  • Review and approve deliverables prior to issue.
  • Coordinate the design effort with other engineering and design disciplines.
  • Ensure deliverable verification procedures are followed.
  • Piping drawing checking and verification experience in the office and in the field is a plus.
  • Previous AVEVA 3D experience developing Piping Models, Pipe Supports, Equipment Models, Isometric and Orthographic Drawing extraction is a plus.
  • Develop general arrangements of plant facilities, structures and equipment considering safe maintenance and construction while interfacing with all engineering and design disciplines.
  • Field design experience with the capability to perform field walk downs using P&IDs, locating tie points dimensionally, and routing pipe through existing facilities.
  • Locate and identify pipe support types.
  • Bring that back to the office to input the field data into an AVEVA E3D model.
  • Projects may utilize Laser Scanning. Experience using Scans within AVEVA E3D is a plus.
  • Experience with executing projects within existing facilities with many obstructions and other design constraints.

Required Capabilities:

  • Independently analyzes situations and data to determine the best course of action and makes positive and active contributions to assist the organization in achieving its key financial and growth goals.
  • Involved in high level technical interface discussions with clients and sub-contractors to determine the root cause of problems and develop effective solutions to solve them.

Working Conditions:

In general, performance of the job has the Piping Designer: E3D operating from an office location vs a project location so to oversee one or more projects at one time. Piping Designer: E3D will be subject to jobsite conditions, and therefore should be able to cope with and withstand these conditions.

Education & Experience:

Candidates must have E3D/PDMS proficiency and a strong history of working with engineers & designers to produce complex construction drawings. Associate's degree and a minimum of 8 years relevant experience in the EPC industry is desired. Expertise using AutoCAD and Navisworks is preferred. Candidates must have a strong orientation towards delivering projects within challenging budget & schedule parameters. This role may require occasional overnight travel to client locations based on project requirements.

Why is This a Great Opportunity:

Location Greenville S C Employee-Owners Multiple site locations nationwide


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