Senior Principal Piping Designer

WorleyParsons; Louisiana (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Worley is seeking a Senior Principal Piping Designer to lead piping layout design for industrial facilities in a full-time role in USA-LA-Cameron. The role requires deep piping design expertise, field data collection, and coordination with multi-discipline teams to deliver CADWorx/E3D models and ensure project success.

Responsibilities include leading design reviews, overseeing layout development from concept to detail, and ensuring safety and operability considerations are integrated.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years in piping and layout design for industrial facilities.
• Experience with AutoCAD and 3D design tools.
• Proficient with CADWorx or E3D and Navisworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead piping design activities from preliminary through detail design stages.
• Coordinate with designers across design areas and other disciplines.
• Participate in design reviews and ensure compliance with procedures.
• Perform field walk downs and input field data into CAD/3D models.
• Leverage laser scans when provided and model in E3D or CADWorx.

Skills

Piping design

Field data collection

Cross-discipline coordination

3D modeling

Facility knowledge

Tools

CADWorx

E3D

Navisworks

AutoCAD

Job description

Job Description - Senior Principal Piping Designer (CAM01YL)

Company : Worley

Primary Location

USA-LA-Cameron

Job

Piping

Schedule

Full-time

Employment Type : Employee

Job Posting

Oct 5, 2026

Unposting Date

Reporting Manager Title : Piping Engineering & Design Department Manager

About us

Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting, engineering, procurement and construction across the project lifecycle, with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery, we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions.

Seeking a Principal Piping Designer with piping design and field experience. As a Principal Designer, you will be responsible for having a full understanding of the project’s scope, overall schedule, deliverables, industry standards, applicable codes, and procedures. Due to changing priorities or different situations encountered, the incumbent relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Possesses analytical, technical, and problem-solving skills and abilities. Working under general supervision, the proficient individual works within defined timelines by the projects.

Primary Responsibilities

• Be knowledgeable of client procedures, project procedures, and specifications.
• Experience executing projects within existing facilities with obstructions and design constraints.
• Assist in the development of equipment and piping layout that satisfies all technical requirements on a project from the preliminary design stage through the detail design stage.
• Have a working knowledge of all safety, maintainability, and operability layout requirements.
• Coordinate area design assignments with designers in all design areas.
• Assist in coordinating and alignment between other engineering and design disciplines.
• Participate in all design reviews for the project.
• Preferred Software Experience in CADWorx and/or E3D, and Navisworks.
• Field design experience with the capability to perform field walk downs using P&ID’s, locating tie points dimensionally, and routing pipe through existing facilities. Locate and identify pipe support types. Bring that back to the office for inputting the field data into a E3D or CADWorx model.
• Projects may utilize Laser Scanning. Experience using Scans within E3D and CADWorx is a plus.

Qualifications

Technical and Industry Experience

• Minimum of 10+ years of experience in piping and layout design for industrial facilities is required, refining and chemical facilities is a plus.
• Experience with the application of AutoCAD
• MS Office skills (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) required
• 2 years 3D model design review software experience using CADWorx or E3D

Moving forward together

We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So, our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection and innovation. We're building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard.

And we're not just talking about it; we're doing it. We're reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today's low carbon energy infrastructure and technology. Whatever your ambition, there's a path for you here.

And there's no barrier to your potential career success. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change.