Lead Process Engineer - Pipe Lead

Exyte; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Exyte US, Inc. is seeking a Pipe Stress Lead Engineer to analyze and evaluate piping design and performance for ATF projects across water, gases, and chemicals.

You will lead PSA activities, establish requirements, and develop comprehensive pipe stress reports in collaboration with Process and Mechanical teams. The role entails guiding a team, modeling static and dynamic piping, and ensuring PSA templates and checklists meet building code and best practices.

Qualifications

• BS Engineering required; 8 years in pipe stress.
• Strong knowledge of pipe stress analysis methods.
• Experience with piping models, supports, and PSA procedures.

Responsibilities

• Perform pipe stress analyses for piping systems and prepare detailed PSA reports.
• Guide and support pipe stress engineers and designers across projects.
• Develop PSA procedures, templates, and checklists and ensure project delivery milestones.

Skills

Pipe stress analysis

Communication skills

Education

BS Engineering

Professional Engineer

Tools

ROHR2

Caesar II

REVIT/Navisworks

Bluebeam Revu

B31.3 Piping Code

Job description

Discover your exciting role

The role of Pipe Stress Lead Engineer is responsible for analyzing and evaluating the design and performance of piping systems for ATF (Advanced Technological Facilities) projects on Ultrapure water, Wastewater, Bulk Gases, Specialty Gases, and Process Chemicals. This role serves as the point of contact and supports the pipe stress engineers and designers, establishes project specific PSA (Pipe Stress Analysis) requirements and PSA procedures, and develops comprehensive pipe stress reports.

Explore your tasks and responsibilities

Pipe Stress Analysis:

• Serve as the main point of contact and supports a team of engineers for the following activities:
• Develop static and dynamic piping models.
• Analyzing system stresses using pipe stress analysis software
• Designing piping support components.
• Evaluating nozzle loads.
• Collaborating with other departments.
• Reviewing vendor documents.

Communication:

• Communicate, guide, and instruct employees across different departments at varying levels within the organization, including Process and Mechanical Engineers.
• Identify and resolve knowledge gaps.

Project Delivery:

• Hold the BIM team accountable for owning the pipe routing based on P&IDs provided by Process Engineering Team.
• Establish Criteria for levels of stress analysis to be completed based on building code and best practice design requirements.
• Complete PSA on piping, where required, and provide instruction on support requirements.
• Develop final reports of PSA to be provided with final piping plans.
• Responsible for developing budgets and maintaining forecasts for work.

Procedures:

• Establish and maintain procedures for PSA including developing templates for Pipe Stress Reports and Developing checklists for stress analysis.
• Establish methodical procedure for modeling and PSA.
• Establish deliverables to and from Piping team.

Pipe Modeling Support

• Work with BIM Design team to establish routing criteria for piping systems. Provide instruction on locations requiring additional flexibility or loops early in design.
• Review designs and provide guidance for pipe routing. Identify locations for shared racking supports and assist with space planning.

Show your expertise

Minimum Required

• Education: BS Engineering
• 8 year’s experience in pipe stress

Preferred

• Professional Engineer
• 10 year’s experience in pipe stress
• Experience with plastic piping systems

Specific Skills:

• ROHR2 Software experience
• Ceasar II Software experience
• REVIT / Navisworks
• Bluebeam Revu
• B31.3 Piping Code
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Exyte US, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that is committed to celebrating diversity and supporting an inclusive workplace where associates excel based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, age, sex (e.g., pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity), national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.