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Senior Piping Designer
Play an integral role in Worley's Mechanical and Piping team, supporting the delivery of complex power generation, industrial, energy, and infrastructure projects across North America. As industries continue to modernize and invest in operational reliability, efficiency, and sustainability, you will contribute to the development of high-quality piping and facility designs that support safe, constructable, and cost-effective project execution.
Based in Denver, you will collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering and design teams on projects ranging from brownfield facility upgrades to large-scale capital developments. Through technical expertise, innovation, and collaboration, you will help customers solve complex design challenges while supporting operational excellence and long-term asset performance.
Purpose of the role
As a Senior Piping Designer, you will provide advanced piping design expertise across all phases of project execution, from conceptual design through detailed engineering, construction support, and commissioning. You will be responsible for developing and reviewing piping models, layouts, and design deliverables while ensuring compliance with customer requirements, project specifications, industry standards, and Worley quality processes.
You will serve as a technical resource within the piping design team, supporting multidisciplinary coordination, mentoring junior designers, and helping drive efficient project execution. Working closely with engineering, drafting, project management, and customer stakeholders, you will develop practical and constructable solutions that support project objectives while maintaining technical excellence, safety, quality, and schedule commitments.
Location: Denver, Colorado
This position is based in our Denver office and supports a hybrid work environment that combines office collaboration, customer engagement, and project delivery activities. The Denver team supports power generation, industrial, energy, and infrastructure projects throughout North America and serves as a key engineering and design center for complex facility projects.
You will be responsible for:
• Delivering piping design services that meet Worley, customer, statutory, and regulatory requirements while maintaining schedule, budget, safety, and quality objectives.
• Developing detailed piping models, piping layouts, equipment arrangements, pipe supports, and associated design deliverables utilizing AVEVA E3D and related design tools.
• Determining line counts, isometric quantities, and piping design requirements based on P&IDs, engineering data, and project specifications.
• Reviewing and interpreting customer standards, project procedures, design criteria, and technical specifications to support project execution.
• Identifying design information requirements and proactively managing design inputs to maintain project schedules and deliverable commitments.
• Providing technical guidance, design direction, and work assignments to work-share teams, CAD technicians, and less experienced designers.
• Leading model reviews, interference checks, clash detection activities, and design coordination sessions using AVEVA E3D and Navisworks.
• Reviewing and approving design deliverables prior to issuance while ensuring technical accuracy, completeness, and compliance with quality standards.
• Coordinating piping design activities with process, mechanical, civil, structural, electrical, instrumentation, and project management teams.
• Developing general arrangement drawings, piping layouts, equipment arrangements, and constructability-focused facility designs.
• Performing field investigations, site walkdowns, tie-in verification, and existing facility assessments to support brownfield and revamp projects.
• Integrating field data, laser scan information, and existing facility conditions into 3D models and design deliverables.
• Supporting constructability evaluations and developing practical solutions that account for operational constraints, maintenance requirements, and installation considerations.
• Participating in internal, customer, and multidisciplinary design reviews.
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives, design standards development, and best practice implementation across the piping design team.
What you'll bring to the role
• Two or three-year technical diploma with piping design-focused training, an Associate's degree, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Minimum 8 years of progressively responsible experience in piping design supporting industrial, power generation, energy, or infrastructure projects.
• Extensive experience developing piping layouts, piping models, equipment arrangements, and associated design deliverables.
• Strong knowledge of engineering drawing practices, drafting principles, piping design methodologies, and interdisciplinary design coordination.
• Demonstrated proficiency with AVEVA E3D, including 3D modeling, design reviews, clash detection, and deliverable generation.
• Minimum 5 years of experience utilizing AVEVA E3D for model development, design review, and project execution activities.
• Experience working within existing operating facilities, including field verification, tie-in design, and brownfield project execution.
• Familiarity with laser scanning technologies and integration of scan data into 3D design environments.
• Experience with AutoCAD, MicroStation V8i, and other related design software applications.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience checking and verifying piping deliverables both in office and field environments.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and consistently meet project deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor junior designers and provide technical leadership within multidisciplinary teams.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to effectively engage engineering teams, project stakeholders, customers, and contractors.
• Commitment to safety, quality, innovation, continuous improvement, and customer service excellence.
• Willingness to travel and support field assignments as project requirements dictate.
Compensation for Colorado applicants:
• Salary Range is $106,168 - $152,715 annually or ($52 /hr. - $70 /hr.) and commensurate with experience.
Feel the energy at Worley with access to a range of benefits including paid-time off, holiday pay (usually 8 per year in the US), and eligibility to participate in the medical, life, dental, and vision insurance plans, as well as 401K plan.
Apply today
If you are looking for an opportunity to apply your piping design expertise on complex and meaningful projects while collaborating with some of the industry's leading engineering professionals, we encourage you to apply. Join Worley and help deliver the infrastructure solutions that support today's industries and tomorrow's energy future.
About Us
Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting, engineering, procurement and construction across the project lifecycle, with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery, we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions. Join us and help drive innovation and sustainability in our projects.
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