Principal Piping Designer

SolveNow Inc.; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SolveNow Inc. in Portland, Oregon, seeks a Senior Piping QA Lead with 15+ years in piping design and 10+ years in checking/QA leadership to ensure designs meet codes and project bases.

You will mentor designers, lead model reviews, develop QA plans, and coordinate with multi-discipline teams to drive quality, constructability, and efficient installations. Strong Navis and CAD familiarity are essential.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of piping design experience.
• 10+ years in a checking or QA leadership role.
• Familiarity with CAD platforms (CADWorx or Revit).
• Strong capability in conducting and leading detailed model reviews.
• Deep technical knowledge of pipe routing, stress considerations, supports, materials, and industry standards.
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to identify design inconsistencies early.

Responsibilities

• Quality Assurance & Technical Oversight
• Verify piping designs meet applicable national codes, standards, project design bases, and material specifications.
• Ensure QA and checking activities align with scope, schedule, LOD requirements, and project deliverables.
• Participate in technical meetings, model reviews, and interdisciplinary design reviews.
• Develop and maintain the Project QA and Design Verification Plan in coordination with Global QA.
• Review engineering documents for accuracy, fit, function, and compliance.
• Evaluate equipment and piping layouts for constructability and installation efficiency.
• Review pipe support locations, spans, and compatibility with pipe stress requirements.
• Provide redlines, feedback, and correction guidance to designers/drafters.
• Work with project delivery teams and multidiscipline design teams.
• Mentor and guide designers and checking staff.
• Support improvements to discipline workflows, tools, and standards.
• Identify potential scope changes and support forecasts for QA activities.
• Engage in internal and external quality reviews.

Skills

Piping design

QA leadership

Model reviews

Attention to detail

Tools

Navis

CADWorx

Revit

Job description

Qualifications

• 15+ years of piping design experience, including 10+ years in a checking or QA leadership role.
• Proficient in Navis.
• Prefer familiarity in at least one major CAD platform, CADWorx or Revit.
• Strong capability in conducting and leading detailed model reviews.
• Deep technical knowledge of pipe routing, stress considerations, supports, materials, and industry standards.
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to identify design inconsistencies early.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Quality Assurance & Technical Oversight
• Verify that piping designs meet applicable national codes, standards, project design bases, and material specifications.
• Ensure QA and checking activities align with scope, schedule, LOD requirements, and project deliverables.
• Participate in technical meetings, model reviews, and interdisciplinary design reviews.
• Develop and maintain the Project QA and Design Verification Plan in coordination with Global QA.
• Review engineering documents including drawings, datasheets, specifications, vendor packages, and specialty piping data for accuracy, fit, function, and compliance.
• Evaluate equipment and piping layouts for constructability and installation efficiency.
• Review pipe support locations, spans, and compatibility with pipe stress requirements.
• Provide clear redlines, feedback, and correction guidance to designers/drafters and improve overall design quality.
• Work closely with project delivery teams, Piping Design Leads, Engineering Managers, and multidiscipline design teams.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to designers and checking staff.
• Support improvements to discipline workflows, tools, and standards.
• Identify potential scope changes and support schedule, budget, and staffing forecasts for QA activities.
• Engage in internal, cross‑discipline, and external quality reviews.

Conceptual Design

• Support conceptual and schematic design reviews, including positioning and SMP phases.
• Perform compliance reviews to ensure design inputs are consistently applied.
• Review space planning deliverables and batch flyers.
• Conduct P&ID peer reviews and perform P&ID reconciliation.

Detailed Design

• Review plot plans, equipment GAs, piping plans, details, support locations, and spans.
• Perform formal checks of the detailed design piping model.
• Verify drawings for accuracy, completeness, and adherence to project standards.
• Validate piping material takeoffs against project specifications and LOD criteria.

Integration, Coordination & Safety

• Identify and resolve potential interferences between piping and other disciplines using the project's clash detection procedures.
• Evaluate designs for constructability, operability, maintainability, and Safety in Design (SID) considerations.
• Ensure systems can be safely fabricated, installed, and maintained.

Technical Reporting

• Provide QA findings to support lessons learned, training, and continuous improvement.