Senior Pipeline Mapping Designer

RigUp, Inc.; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

RigUp, Inc. is seeking a Principal or Senior Principal Mapping Designer to lead advanced pipeline mapping and design across North America.

You will guide programs from conception through construction, approve deliverables, and mentor multidisciplinary teams while ensuring safety, quality, and budget adherence. This role requires senior-level expertise in Civil 3D, GIS routing, and survey integration, with strong client interaction and the ability to manage complex project workflows in a hybrid

Qualifications

• Extensive pipeline mapping and design experience across upstream, midstream, gathering, transmission, or distribution.
• 7+ years for Principal level or 12+ years for Senior Principal level.
• Advanced Autodesk Civil 3D (2022+) proficiency in pipeline design.
• Experience coordinating survey operations with engineering design.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with client interface.
• Ability to mentor multidisciplinary design teams.
• Knowledge of route selection, right-of-way planning, and permitting.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, Access).
• Ability to manage multiple programs, schedules, budgets, and risk.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, review, and approval of pipeline mapping packages.
• Execute advanced pipeline mapping and corridor designs using Civil 3D.
• Utilize GIS/geospatial tech for routing studies and project development.
• Support proposal preparation, project planning, and scope definitions.
• Evaluate scope changes to advise on constructability, schedule, and risk.
• Coordinate with customers, survey teams, and multiple engineering disciplines.
• Facilitate route reviews, design workshops, and client meetings.
• Present technical evaluations and pipeline mapping recommendations to stakeholders.
• Review deliverables from junior designers and mentor staff.
• Support project scheduling, workload planning, and cost metrics.
• Participate in field activities for route validation and data collection.
• Enforce HSEQ standards across design activities.
• Manage competing priorities between major programs and studies.
• Drive continuous improvement of mapping standards and tools.

Skills

Pipeline mapping

Mentoring teams

Project leadership

Communication skills

HSEQ compliance

MS Office proficiency

Tools

Autodesk Civil 3D

ArcGIS

Skyline software

Survey coordination tools

Job description

We are seeking an accomplished Principal or Senior Principal Mapping Designer to join the Pipeline Systems team, supporting critical infrastructure across the energy, chemicals, resources, and emerging energy sectors throughout North America. In this role, the selected candidate will serve as a technical expert and Subject Matter Expert responsible for delivering advanced pipeline mapping and design solutions across upstream, midstream, gathering, transmission, and distribution projects. The position involves guiding major pipeline programs from conception through construction, overseeing deliverable constructability and technical integrity, and providing formal mentorship to multidisciplinary design teams.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead the development, review, and formal approval of pipeline mapping packages, including strip maps, alignment sheets, crossing drawings, permit drawings, land and right-of-way exhibits, construction typicals, and hydrotest plan drawings.
• Execute advanced pipeline mapping and corridor designs utilizing Autodesk Civil 3D as the primary platform.
• Utilize GIS and geospatial technologies to execute routing studies, project development, stakeholder engagement initiatives, and execution activities.
• Support proposal preparation, project planning, scope definitions, and execution strategies.
• Evaluate proposed scope changes to advise project leadership on constructability, schedule, budget, and risk profiles.
• Coordinate with customers, survey teams, engineering disciplines, environmental specialists, land groups, and construction personnel to ensure integrated project solutions.
• Facilitate route reviews, design workshops, technical presentations, client meetings, and construction coordination sessions.
• Present technical evaluations, routing alternatives, and pipeline mapping recommendations to internal and external project stakeholders.
• Review, verify, and approve deliverables created by junior designers while fostering technical excellence and professional development.
• Support project scheduling, team workload planning, and cost management metrics across active assignments.
• Participate in field activities to conduct route validation, data collection, constructability reviews, and verification of completed field work.
• Enforce Health, Safety, Environment, and Quality (HSEQ) standards across all operational and design activities.
• Manage competing priorities between major capital programs and concurrent pipeline studies.
• Drive continuous enhancement of departmental mapping standards, workflows, digital tools, and industry best practices.

Required Qualifications

• Professional pipeline mapping and design experience in upstream, midstream, gathering, transmission, or distribution systems:
• Principal Mapping Designer: Typically 7+ years of experience (primary focus level).
• Senior Principal Mapping Designer: Typically 12+ years of experience.
• Prioritized technical proficiencies (candidates possessing core priority skills will be considered with supplemental training provided):
• Priority 2: Advanced proficiency with Autodesk Civil 3D (version 2022 or newer) within a pipeline design environment.
• Priority 3: Experience coordinating and integrating survey operations into engineering design packages.
• Comprehensive understanding of survey data acquisition, interpretation, processing, and engineering integration.
• Working knowledge of route selection, pipeline development methodologies, right-of-way planning, and applicable permitting requirements.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, Outlook, and Access.
• Demonstrated capability to direct technical workflows within complex project frameworks while meeting quality, budget, and milestone constraints.
• Exemplary written and verbal communication skills with the capability to interface effectively with clients, multidisciplinary teams, and organizational leadership.
• Proven background in mentoring design personnel and coordinating across multidisciplinary teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Working knowledge of ArcGIS, geospatial databases, mapping systems, and digital geospatial workflows.
• Experience utilizing Skyline software.
• Working knowledge of civil grading and drainage engineering principles.
• Direct project experience supporting upstream pipeline projects and gathering networks.
• Location: Denver, Colorado (preferred location to accommodate team growth). Remote arrangement offered, candidate must report to Mountain Standard Time Zone
• Work Arrangement: Hybrid work environment (combining office collaboration, client interface, and occasional field validation activities).