Principal Piping Designer Job at Solvenow Inc., Portland, OR

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  • Solvenow Inc.
  • Portland, OR

Job Description

Qualifications:

  • 15+ years of piping design experience, including 10+ years in a checking or QA leadership role.
  • Proficient in Navis.
  • Prefer familiarity in at least one major CAD platform, CADWorx or Revit.
  • Strong capability in conducting and leading detailed model reviews.
  • Deep technical knowledge of pipe routing, stress considerations, supports, materials, and industry standards.
  • Exceptional attention to detail and ability to identify design inconsistencies early.

Responsibilities:

Key Responsibilities

  • Quality Assurance & Technical Oversight
  • 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.

Leadership & Collaboration

  • 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.

Key QA Activities & Deliverables

Conceptual Design:

  • 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.

Detailed Design:

  • 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.

Integration, Coordination & Safety:

  • 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.

Technical Reporting:

  • Provide QA findings to support lessons learned, training, and continuous improvement.

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