Senior Stress Engineer

Reports to the Manager of Mechanical Design. Responsible for providing mechanical and/or structural engineering services. Services provided will include pipe and pipe support engineering design, skid engineering design, ductwork engineering design, pressure part engineering design, structural engineering design, managing outsourced engineering design, etc.

Produces designed items, parts, and components of complex equipment, assemblies, steel frames, connections, piping, and pressure parts using knowledge of basic engineering principles, and current manufacturing or fabrication methods and procedures. Coordinate work to interface with other departments within the company and outside vendors. Perform general administrative duties to maintain an efficient working group.

III. Key Responsibilities

• Proposal development and estimates of man-hours and materials.
• Design and analysis of various structures such as ductwork, frame structures, skids, piping, pressure parts, and supports.
• Generation of load diagrams for equipment/duct support/steel frame loads.
• Responsibility for ensuring the structural integrity of piping, ductwork, pressure parts and supports, and ensuring constructability of the structure.
• Site assessment, investigation and securing of information needed for an accurate development of ductwork and piping arrangements and proposals.
• Preparation of 3D analysis models for new and altered designs
• Provide analysis results in an effective form (written, marked up drawings, sketches, spreadsheets, presentation, as required) on work performed.
• Managing of subcontracting engineering work
• Preparation of technical and fabrication specifications.
• Monitor the work product of vendors, including schedule, budget, scope requirements, technical review, and deliverables.
• Functionally check prepared drawings, bill of materials, and designs, to ensure they meet applicable codes, standards, ISO instructions, and Customer’s specifications for a specific project.
• Ensure project adherence to the schedule.
• Review and critically analyze customer specifications and documents to ensure design compliance highlighting areas in need of exception, clarification, or noting deviations for universal acceptance.
• Through constant communications with other department personnel and disciplines, provide continuing standards and department guideline updates to reflect advanced and state of the art design concepts.
• Participate in meetings with customer’s engineering consultants or other company affiliated units when meetings are held on issues that require direct involvement. Travel, as required, for participation in these meetings or for resolution of field-encountered issues.
• Track man-hours to provide feedback to the team and functional manager on graphics man-hour expenditures per project
• Meet periodically with the functional manager to discuss team successes and failures, new design concepts, productivity enhancements, need for additional tools, etc. to provide uniformity between teams and allow growth from the experiences of other teams
• Provide design interface with other team members, i.e., construction, shop, fabrication, purchasing, vendors, etc.
• Provide leadership and accountability, design assistance in meetings with customers (as requested by the PE/PM), as well as internal design freeze, first of a kind, potential problem analysis, and lessons learned meetings
• Archive project and Department information in the appropriate Company database (DCAP, network folders, etc.).

1. Required Skills, Knowledge, And Experiences:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Civil, or Structural Engineering from an accredited institution is required. Master’s degree is a plus.
• Professional Engineering (PE) license is a plus.
• Five (5) years of experience with piping, ductwork, pressure part, or equivalent design
• Working knowledge of ASME BPVC Section I, Section XIII, and B31.1/B31.3
• Working knowledge of weld design per AWS D1.1/D1.3 and ASME Section IX
• Pro experience
• AutoPIPE or Caesar experience
• ANSYS or other FEA experience is a plus.
• 3D modeling/drafting tools such as AutoCAD 2D/3D, Plant 3D, Inventor, Creo experience is a plus
• Navisworks experience (including model integration, clash checks, etc.)
• Experience reading boiler general arrangements, detail drawings, piping layouts, pipe isometric drawings, and pipe support details, P&IDs is required.
• Must be self-motivated, capable of working with minimal supervision.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills a must.
• Excellent analytical and computer skills and data manipulation including proficiency in use of Word and Excel
• Must be organized and able to work under pressure to meet deadlines, manage multiple projects simultaneously and respond quickly to requests
• Must have a valid passport and be able to travel (domestic and international) when required