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Position Title: Senior Design Engineer - Piping

Reports to: Head of Engineering – Marine

Direct Reports: Design Engineer – Piping

Work Location: Ras Laffan, Qatar

Job Summary and Purpose

Provides the technical & technological problem-solving ability of design engineering and planning abilities in order to input to the operational performance of complex Marine mechanical and piping engineering Projects in close coordination with commercial (estimating), production (workshops) and operations (Project management & Planning) departments.

Leads a team of Engineers to develop, complete, check piping systems in conformance with contract Work scope, statutory & code requirements, IMS procedures, design parameters, site survey input, P&lD, stress inputs and vendor data, 3D modeling.

Accountabilities  

Key Accountabilities:

1. Provides technical and critical business inputs to the design engineering process in the phases such as problem definition, conceptual design, preliminary design, detailed design, and design communication.
2. Aware of latest industry practice for piping systems for ships, Jack up rigs and offshore projects and applies this to projects as value creating technical input.
3. Develop Machinery arrangement plans for different machinery spaces on Rigs, Ships like Engine room, Pump rooms, Switchboard rooms, Machinery decks, helideck as per client Requirement, Class & statutory rules, & Vendor Drawings.
4. Review contract technical documents & develop work scope.
5. Prepare technical Clarifications, Assign work to Engineers and designers.
6. Develop design Plan for Piping & mechanical system scope.
7. Prepare list of design deliverables in line with the scope of work.
8. Prepare schedule for detailed Engineering based on the construction schedule.
9. Develop technical specifications & RFQ for various static & rotating equipment's equipment like, Air Compressors, Pumps, water makers, heat exchangers, pressure vessels, Purifiers, Anchor winches, HVAC, Foam systems, Water Heaters, etc. for Procurement & Bidding purposes in accordance with various design requirements contract technical specifications, relevant Industry, and statutory codes.
10. Establish calculations for mechanical & Piping systems Compressed air, HVAC, seawater, Ballast, Bilge, fire main, Potable water, Engine cooling, Exhaust system, vent & sound, emergency bilge, Hydraulic piping system, sanitary & deck drain system etc.to ensure department IMS procedures are followed for design development & control.
11. Good experience in latest 3D model software like CADMATIC, NAVIS Works for 3D modelling of piping routing, equipment’s, and support design and isometric and 2D drawings extraction.
12. 3D modeling of piping system from Laser scan Point clouds.
13. Knowledge of Model review in 30%, 60% and 90% phases of project.
14. Knowledge and experience in design and 3D modeling of BWTS projects, Exhaust Scrubber systems
15. Good experience of SPOOLGEN software for the preparation of the spool’s fabrication drawings.
16. Strong knowledge of material properties for piping systems components like, pipe, fittings, valves and piping special parts etc. to review the vendor quotes and prepare the technical clarifications.
17. Conduct site Survey & prepare the survey report, bidding MTO’s for pricing, pipe routing proposals for work scopes by keeping in mind all the obstructions of existing piping, structures and equipment’s.
18. Scope study and develop estimation and feasibility reports for BWT (Ballast water Treatment) system installation., Scrubber systems.
19. Review the owner & class comments.
20. Resolve site issues & give solutions to production.
21. Responsible for training & development of the piping & mechanical Engineering team
22. Identify and create Potential change orders as per technical scope of work.
23. Advise head of Marine on technical issues to ensure Class compliance & owner Comments.
24. Ensuring that Engineering deliverables are completed as per the Agreed project schedule & acceptable Quality.
25. Proper delegation of work to the Piping designer & ensuring the Engineering KPIs for Piping Engineering department is achieved.
26. Guiding the Piping designers to develop drawings in accordance with the contract specifications.
27. Estimate the Manhours Piping Engineering during the Bidding stage of the project.
28. Monitor the manhours spent by the electrical designers in development of Piping drawings upon award of project.
29. Evaluate the Comments from Client and identify potential Change orders,
30. Ensure that drawings are issued in line with the safety requirements of the yard & the Classification rules.
31. Ensures that design meets All the statutory code requirements specified in the contract.
32. Displays safe behavior on site and in the office.
33. Ensures Drawings & design are produced to meet the Contract technical specs & Class rules.
34. Works along with the designer to produce drawings to meet the Department KPIs for quality.

Qualifications:

• Minimum Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent

Experience:

• At least 7 years of relevant experience in Marine design, preferably in shipyard, with at least 5 years of core experience in ACAD. Knowledge of Piping 3D modelling software’s, Pressure vessel design software’s is preferred.

• Must be familiar with piping specifications of Marine & Offshore piping design, technical practices, design instructions, plot plans, flow diagrams, pipe support design.