Principal Piping Designer

Optimus Aberdeen Ltd; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking engineering consultancy as a Lead Designer, where your expertise in piping and support layout for offshore and onshore projects will be crucial. In this role, you will shape project designs, manage schedules, and ensure compliance with client specifications. Your attention to detail and communication skills will help foster collaboration within the design team and drive improvements in working practices. This innovative firm values diversity and offers a dynamic work environment, making it an exciting opportunity for experienced professionals looking to make a significant impact in the engineering field.

Qualifications

• Proficient in piping layout for O&G and petrochemical plants.
• Experience with AutoCAD and laser scan manipulation is essential.

Responsibilities

• Shape project designs and aid in scheduling and resource allocation.
• Ensure designs meet client requirements and identify personnel needs.

Skills

Piping and support layout

Laser scan manipulation

2D AutoCAD skills

MS Office

Fabrication isometric drawing production

Attention to detail

Excellent communication skills

Education

Relevant engineering degree or equivalent experience

Tools

AutoCAD

Plant 3D

Job description

Optimus is a FEED and Concept design specialist, but also undertakes detail brownfield and greenfield design scopes through to fabrication.

Working with the design team, the Lead Designer shapes the project and aids in the creation of the schedule, resource allocation and time assignments. The Lead Designer is responsible for ensuring that designs meet client requirements including gathering specific information within the project cycle and designing solutions.

Assurance of competence of design personnel under the Lead Designer’s control. Identification of personnel shortfalls and submission of proposal to the Design Team Leader for solutions such as training, coaching or replacement.

Liaison with the Design Team Leader to identify areas for development and to implement improvements in working practices.

Early identification to the Lead Engineer / Design Team Leader of areas of concern during the course of any project or study with necessary corrective action identified.

Identification of design scope of work required to undertake a project/job. Estimation of deliverables, manpower and time required to execute the scope of work. Input to project plans and schedules via the Lead Engineer.

About You

The ideal design candidate should be proficient in / at:

• Piping and support layout for offshore and onshore O&G / petrochemical and industrial plants, with previous experience in the role.
• Plant 3D admin and setup ideal but not essential.
• Laser scan manipulation, formatting and interrogation.
• 2D AutoCAD skills are also required for drawing production.
• MS Office.
• Concept and detail layout skills.
• Fabrication isometric and pipe support drawing production and checking.
• Survey sketches to a high standard.
• MTO production.

A current offshore survival and medical is preferred.

Candidates may be required to occasionally visit on or offshore sites for survey purposes, however not for extended periods.

The candidate shall have good attention to detail, be a proficient and experienced checker, along with excellent communication skills and ability to discuss and articulate conceptual and detail designs.

About Us

We are all about practical delivery. Our expert engineering solutions are always tailored, pragmatic, credible and fit for purpose. That is the Optimus way.

Optimus is an integrated, multi-discipline engineering design, project delivery and consultancy organisation. Founded in 1999, the business began as a consultancy with a headcount of just four. In the intervening years, Optimus has grown into a highly respected international engineering consultancy with almost 100 employees working for clients worldwide.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and value inclusion and diversity. We welcome applications from all persons regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status.