Senior Piping Lead Designer | Mentor & Deliver

Hargrove Engineers & Constructors; Texas; On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Hargrove Engineers & Constructors seeks an experienced Mechanical/Piping Designer to lead a team of designers, delivering complete mechanical and piping deliverables on time and within budget with high quality. This role operates under minimal supervision and acts as a technical specialist for complex assignments.

You will mentor staff, set design standards, coordinate across disciplines, and produce installation specifications while ensuring accuracy, conformance to codes, and adherence to best

Qualifications

• Requires 15+ years of relevant industrial experience in mechanical/piping drafting and design.
• Experience leading a design team and delivering complex piping/mechanical projects.

Responsibilities

• Familiarity with and utilizing department design and drafting standards.
• Recognizing and communicating project scope, specifications and design criteria upon assignment to a project task team.
• Recognizing and communicating scope and design changes promptly.
• On-site assistance during startup.
• Providing technical guidance to less experienced drafting personnel in the department.
• Coordinating work activities with other staff members and the discipline lead.
• Producing mechanical and piping installation specifications with engineering review and approval.
• Complete understanding of the skills and experience required to perform design functions.
• Proactively lead and coordinate the efforts of a design staff to achieve scope, schedule and budget objectives.
• Mentoring subordinates.
• Participating in squad checks to insure coordination between the design disciplines.
• Checking calculations made by other designers to ensure accuracy, conformance to codes, specifications, design criteria and conformance to good engineering practice.
• Determining construction quantities and provide construction cost estimates.
• Delegating work to designers in proportion to their technical skills and experience, then following up for support to ensure efficient progress and quality.
• Consulting with design leaders from other disciplines in proportion to their technical skills and experience, then following up for support to ensure efficient progress and quality.
• Participating in the planning of training programs, continuous education opportunities and professional development of staff.

Skills

Leadership

Team mentoring

Design supervision

Piping design

Mechanical design

Technical direction

Cost/schedule awareness

Coordination

Communication

Education

Associate degree in Engineering Technology or CAD

SPED Certification (preferred)

Tools

AutoCAD

MicroStation

Job description

Hargrove Engineers & Constructors seeks an experienced Mechanical/Piping Designer to lead a team of designers, delivering complete mechanical and piping deliverables on time and within budget with high quality. This role operates under minimal supervision and acts as a technical specialist for complex assignments.

You will mentor staff, set design standards, coordinate across disciplines, and produce installation specifications while ensuring accuracy, conformance to codes, and adherence to best