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Title: Pipe Support Engineer
Location: Richland, WA
Clearance: No
Citizenship Requirement: Yes, US citizenship required.
Req #: 4046 (3197)
Salary: $85,000 - $115,000
Expected Contract Length: 1 year with potential for extension
Project Overview:
Join us as we make history at the Hanford Vit Plant, known as the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant. We are designing and building a one-of-a-kind facility that will turn radioactive and chemical waste left over from World War II and Cold War plutonium production into a form safe for disposal. Your efforts will help protect the nearby Columbia River and the communities, salmon, and wildlife along its shorelines throughout the Northwest.
Sitting at the confluence of the Columbia, Snake and Yakima rivers near two mountain ranges, our community provides access to year-round outdoor recreation, 300 days of sun a year, more than 200 wineries within a 50-mile radius, and the amenities of large cities just a three-hour drive (or short flight) to Seattle and Portland.
Job Summary:
In this role, your essential duties include the locating and designing supports for various piping systems and performing associated calculations. Candidates should be familiar with common pipe support hardware, industry standards, and relevant codes such as AISC & ASME B31.3. Work closely with layout personnel and pipe stress engineers to deliver a quality and cost-effective design. Coordinate with other engineering disciplines and vendors as required.
Major Responsibilities:
• Develops designs for complete and complex 3D model equipment layouts & pipe designs with minimum supervision from which detailed scale models and/or construction drawings are completed
• When working in a lead-role, assigns tasks to best use the knowledge, experience, and capabilities of less experienced PD&P designers/drafters assigned
• Ensures compliance with approved PD&P design standards in own work and by those assigned, to provide quality design
• Reviews and checks calculations, design models, drawings and design documents prepared by assigned designers/drafters for quality, accuracy, neatness, functionality and satisfactory completion
• Participates in constructability reviews
• Possesses responsibility for the accuracy of bulk material quantity take-offs and material requisitions for materials applicable to the discipline
• Works with designers in other disciplines to coordinate overall design and technical requirements
• Develops work plans, budgets, and schedules for basic PD&P designer tasks based on input and direction from supervisor in designated discipline
• Answers questions from client or construction group on PD&P design scope
• Provides on-the-job training for personnel within PD&P design
• Generates 2D drawings or 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) design models of high complexity with minimal guidance from others
• Ensures PD&P systems designs comply with all applicable installation codes, regulations, and standards
Education and Experience Requirements:
Requires bachelor's degree in engineering (or international equivalent) and 2-5 years of relevant experience or 6-9 years of relevant work experience
Required Knowledge and Skills:
• Must be authorized to work and remain in the United States without Bechtel visa sponsorship now or in the future.
• Must be able to complete and pass a pre-employment drug screen, physical (if located at the construction site), and background check which includes verification of employment and education.
• Must be able to obtain a Department of Energy badge for access to the Hanford Site. (Even if teleworking, must still be able to comply with security requirements to obtain a badge.)
• Non-U.S. citizens from countries identified by the Department of Energy as posing heightened security concerns-including sensitive countries, state sponsors of terrorism, countries of risk, and other designated countries -are subject to additional security requirements that limit site access.
• Prior experience using pipe stress analysis programs ME150 (FAPPS)
• Prior experience using Pipe SupportModeler software
The salary range for this role is $85,000 - $115,000; however, Craig Technologies considers several factors when extending an offer for employment, including but not limited to, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education/training and preferred skills and knowledge.
Note: This job description describes the general nature of the duties and requirements of the job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list or to limit the supervisor's ability to modify work assignments as appropriate.
All candidates selected will be subject to a security background investigation and must meet all eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
Craig Technologies is an EEO Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or any other non-job-related protected status. All candidates selected will be subject to a security background investigation and must meet all eligibility requirements for access to classified information.