Lead Mechanical Designer - Piping & Brownfield Projects

Hargrove and Associates, Inc; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Hargrove and Associates, Inc is seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineer to lead development and technical review of complex equipment layouts and piping plans in brownfield environments. You will translate process requirements into coordinated design packages, verify field conditions, and guide cross-disciplinary reviews to ensure constructability and maintainability.

The role requires 7+ years in industrial mechanical design, strong AutoCAD and 3D plant-design skills, and knowledge of ASME

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited university.
• EIT registration strongly preferred.
• 7+ years of progressive industrial mechanical or piping design experience, including brownfield experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and technical review of equipment layouts, piping plans, sections, isometrics, and fabrication details.
• Translate process and project requirements into coordinated mechanical design packages using P&IDs, line lists, piping specs, vendor drawings, laser scans, and field verification.
• Establish design approaches for brownfield installations including routing, access, maintainability, constructability, lifting, outage, and sequencing constraints.
• Perform checking and quality reviews of drawings, models, BOMs, MTOs, and vendor information.
• Lead field walkdowns and design verification; ensure redlines and final as-builts are integrated into plant records.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary design interfaces and facilitate reviews with engineering, operations, maintenance, safety, construction, and vendors.
• Develop or improve drafting practices, standard details, design workflows, and quality-control checklists.
• Provide design input to estimates, schedules, procurement packages, and vendor reviews.
• Identify design risks and communicate impacts to project leadership; support HS&E procedures compliance.
• Participate in design reviews, constructability reviews, safety audits, and lessons-learned sessions.

Skills

Brownfield design

Piping design

Field verification

Design reviews

Cross-discipline coordination

Quality checks

Education

Bachelor or Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering

EIT registration preferred

Tools

AutoCAD

3D plant-design tools

Job description

Hargrove and Associates, Inc is seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineer to lead development and technical review of complex equipment layouts and piping plans in brownfield environments. You will translate process requirements into coordinated design packages, verify field conditions, and guide cross-disciplinary reviews to ensure constructability and maintainability.

The role requires 7+ years in industrial mechanical design, strong AutoCAD and 3D plant-design skills, and knowledge of ASME