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Principal Piping Designer / QA Lead (Remote) - 24097
Location
United States
Posted
9 days ago
Salary
Not specified
Job Description
Overview
We are seeking a Principal Piping Designer / QA Lead for assignment out of Portland, Oregon. The selected candidate will act in a checking and QA leadership role.
Hours are Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm
** This position can work remotely **
Responsibilities
- Verify that piping designs meet applicable national codes, standards, project design bases and material specifications
- Ensure QA and checking activities align with scope, schedule, LOD requirements and project deliverables
- Participate in technical meetings, model reviews and interdisciplinary design reviews
- Develop and maintain the Project QA and Design Verification Plan in coordination with Global QA
- Review engineering documents including drawings, datasheets, specifications, vendor packages and specialty piping data for accuracy, fit, function and compliance
- Evaluate equipment and piping layouts for constructability and installation efficiency
- Review pipe support locations, spans and compatibility with pipe stress requirements
- Provide clear redlines, feedback and correction guidance to designers/drafters and improve overall design quality
- Work closely with project delivery teams, Piping Design Leads, Engineering Managers and multidiscipline design teams
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to designers and checking staff
- Support improvements to discipline workflows, tools and standards
- Identify potential scope changes and support schedule, budget and staffing forecasts for QA activities
- Engage in internal, cross‑discipline and external quality reviews
- Support conceptual and schematic design reviews, including positioning and SMP phases
- Perform compliance reviews to ensure design inputs are consistently applied
- Review space planning deliverables and batch flyers
- Conduct P&ID peer reviews and perform P&ID reconciliation
- Review plot plans, equipment GAs, piping plans, details, support locations and spans
- Perform formal checks of the detailed design piping model
- Verify drawings for accuracy, completeness and adherence to project standards
- Validate piping material takeoffs against project specifications and LOD criteria
- Identify and resolve potential interferences between piping and other disciplines using the project’s clash detection procedures
- Evaluate designs for constructability, operability, maintainability and Safety in Design (SID) considerations
- Ensure systems can be safely fabricated, installed and maintained
- Provide QA findings to support lessons learned, training and continuous improvement
Qualifications
- High School Diploma or GED
- 15+ years piping design experience
- 10+ years in a checking or QA leadership role
- Strong capability in conducting and leading detailed model reviews
- Deep technical knowledge of pipe routing, stress considerations, supports, materials and industry standards
- Proficient with Navisworks
- Familiarity with either CADWorx or Revit
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