Senior 3D Piping Designer – Mining & Plants

Bechtel Corporation; Santiago; On-site; CLP 117,417,000 - 176,125,000; Full time

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Job summary

Bechtel Corporation in Santiago, Chile, seeks a highly experienced piping designer to develop and maintain 3D piping models for mining and metal processing projects, preferably using S3D. You will work with process, mechanical, civil/structural, electrical and instrumentation teams to integrate piping systems into the plant design, ensuring compliance with project specs and industry standards.

This role requires a technical degree and at least 10 years of piping design and 3D plant modeling

Qualifications

• Technical degree or diploma in a related design/engineering field.
• Minimum of 10 years of piping design and 3D plant modeling experience, or 12–14 years of related work experience.
• Extensive experience in piping and layout for mining and mineral processing facilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed 3D piping models and layouts for industrial and mining projects.
• Create and optimize equipment, piping, and plant layouts to ensure safe, operable, maintainable, and constructible designs.
• Route piping systems considering process requirements, stress considerations, accessibility, operability, maintenance clearances, and safety requirements.
• Verify equipment access, maintenance envelopes, lifting requirements, and operational clearances.
• Perform clash detection and resolving design conflicts with other disciplines.
• Extract piping isometrics, orthographic drawings, and piping & general arrangement drawings from the 3D model.
• Coordinating with engineers, designers, and other project stakeholders to ensure design quality and consistency.
• Incorporating vendor information and ensuring proper integration of equipment and piping systems.
• Support constructability, operability, and maintainability reviews throughout the project lifecycle.
• Participate in multidisciplinary design reviews, HAZOPs, constructability reviews, and client model reviews as required.

Skills

Piping design

3D plant modeling

S3D

2D drafting

Work authorization

Education

Technical degree or diploma in a related design/engineering field

Tools

S3D

3D CAD

Job description

Bechtel Corporation in Santiago, Chile, seeks a highly experienced piping designer to develop and maintain 3D piping models for mining and metal processing projects, preferably using S3D. You will work with process, mechanical, civil/structural, electrical and instrumentation teams to integrate piping systems into the plant design, ensuring compliance with project specs and industry standards.

This role requires a technical degree and at least 10 years of piping design and 3D plant modeling