Senior Design Process Engineer

Asm USA; Hampton (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AS&M in Hampton, Virginia is seeking a Senior Design Process Engineer to support the NASA Langley CMOE contract. You will join the Engineering team to deliver process system designs for facility mechanical systems and lead design activities on site.

Requires an ABET-accredited Bachelor’s in mechanical or chemical engineering and 10–15 years of direct experience with high-pressure air/steam process systems, codes, and QA.

Qualifications

• ABET-accredited bachelor’s degree in mechanical or chemical engineering.
• 10–15 years of direct experience with core process engineering design.
• Direct design experience for high-pressure air and high-pressure steam systems.

Responsibilities

• Prepare requirements, analyses, specs, drawings, cost estimates, and reports for process system designs.
• Oversee designers and drafters to ensure compliance with codes and customer requirements.
• Provide technical quality reviews and ensure adherence to QC processes.
• Foster integrity and teamwork to maintain morale.
• Travel between office and NASA facilities as needed.

Skills

Process design

High pressure systems

Flexibility analysis

Pressure drop

Relief valves

Control valves

Pumps

Steam systems

ASME B31.1

ASME B31.3

MTRs

Education

ABET accredited Bachelors in ME or CHE

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Microsoft Project

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

AS&M has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Design Process Engineer to join the team in Hampton, Virginia, supporting the Maintenance Services group for the Center Maintenance, Operations, and Engineering (CMOE) contract at NASA Langley Research Center. The successful candidate will join the Engineering team to support the Center Maintenance, Operations, and Engineering Contract (CMOE) located at NASA Langley Research Center. This position reports directly to the Manager of Mechanical Engineering.

Responsibilities

Independent preparation of requirements, computation/analyses, specifications, drawings, cost estimates, and technical reports for Process System designs. Selects and applies engineering techniques and procedures to analyze and evaluate specific problems, data, or other features of the work which are broad in scope and complexity. Projects are A/E multi-discipline.

Oversight of the activities of designers and drafters engaged in the design of NASA facility mechanical systems, to ensure the designs conform to recognized codes and standards and with customer requirements for a variety of government and industrial facility types.

Provide technical quality reviews and ensure adherence to Quality Control processes, Codes and Standards, ultimately resulting in the Highest Quality deliverables to NASA Langley.

Provide integrity and teambuilding which will encourage employee engagement and maintain a high morale.

An ABET accredited bachelor’s degree in mechanical or chemical engineering is required. Four year mechanical engineering technology degree does not comply. The candidate must have a minimum of ten (10) to fifteen (15) years of direct experience, with core skills in process engineering design.

Direct design experience must include Process Systems for high pressure air and high pressure steam. Experience with the following is necessary:

• Flexibility analysis
• Pressure drop calculations (incompressible and compressible flow)
• Relief valves (placement, inlet/outlet piping, performance, selection)
• Control valves
• Pumps
• Steam and condensate systems
• ASME B31.1 Power Piping
• ASME B31.3 Process Piping
• Certified material test reports

Candidate must have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, be a team player and communicate effectively both orally and written. Is proactive, has a problem-solving attitude and effective team management skills.

Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Facilities and active construction site environment. (20%)

Travel between office and various facilities within the NASA center is required.

Physical Requirements

Limited time spent on active construction sites. Must be physically capable of walking and climbing over rough terrain and working at elevated heights and confined spaces (20%).

Construction sites are commonly areas of high noise levels due to construction equipment and facility test operations (20%). Appropriate PPE and training will be provided for all conditions.

Must be able to walk, stand, bend, twist and sit for extended periods as well as climb, crawl, and lift up to 35 lbs. (20%).

*** AS&M is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer ***