Application Engineer – Skid Packages & Process Systems

Innovate Consulting; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Innovate Consulting is seeking an Application Engineer to support design, specification, and quotation for custom-engineered equipment including skid packages and high‑pressure vessel systems. You’ll bridge sales, engineering, and manufacturing to ensure customer requirements are translated into reliable, cost‑effective solutions.

You will design and size instrumentation, process systems, and structural components, review P&ID and layouts, and perform FEA on skid structures per offshore

Qualifications

• Designs products such as chemical injection units, hydraulic power units, process systems, utility packages, pressure vessels and skid frames.
• Creates process flow diagrams, piping & instrument diagrams, hydraulic schematics, equipment layouts and fabrication drawings.
• Sizes and specifies instrumentation, control valves, positive displacement pumps and other components; completes system calculations.
• Performs mechanical design and fabrication for packaged equipment and modules from concept to validation.
• Interacts with vendors to procure parts and services required for projects.
• Documents and communicates project plans, costs and tasks for team members and supervisors.
• Uses CAD to perform structural analysis (FEA) on skid structures per offshore standards (DNV & API).
• Produces product specifications and selects raw materials per customer specs and industry standards.
• Reviews P&ID, layout and fabrication drawings for skid units and modules.
• Provides engineering support to production during build and commissioning.
• Maintains constant customer and vendor interaction and creates user manuals.
• Performs testing on skid packages to validate design per project specs.
• Communicates with customers on requirements and deliverables including design reviews.
• Troubleshoots equipment in the shop with technicians during testing and assembly.
• Capable of handling multiple projects and meeting schedules; highly organized.

Responsibilities

• Support the design, specification, and quotation process for custom-engineered equipment.
• Collaborate with sales, engineering, and manufacturing to translate customer requirements into reliable solutions.
• Provide engineering technical support to the production team during build and commissioning.
• Coordinate with vendors for parts procurement and subcontracted work.
• Assist in preparing design reviews and customer communications.

Skills

CAD

FEA

P&ID review

Multitasking

Hydraulics

Vendor coordination

Technical documentation

Communication skills

Equipment sizing

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Innovate Consulting is seeking an Application Engineer to support design, specification, and quotation for custom-engineered equipment including skid packages and high‑pressure vessel systems. You’ll bridge sales, engineering, and manufacturing to ensure customer requirements are translated into reliable, cost‑effective solutions.

You will design and size instrumentation, process systems, and structural components, review P&ID and layouts, and perform FEA on skid structures per offshore