Senior Principal Piping Designer

Airswift; Reading (Berks County); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Airswift is seeking a Senior Principal Piping Designer in Reading, PA for a hybrid role with 3 days in the office. The candidate will lead piping design activities in complex facilities, develop 3D models, isometrics, and orthographic drawings, and coordinate across disciplines.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience in industrial environments, strong project leadership, and proficiency with AVEVA E3D, Navisworks, and related tools. Hybrid work arrangement applies.

Qualifications

• Lead piping designer with experience in power, chemical, and industrial facilities.
• Mentor project teams across multiple locations.
• Field design including walkdowns and locating tie points.
• Estimate project costs and develop proposals.

Responsibilities

• Provide design leadership and planning across complex piping and mechanical workstreams.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure design integrity and schedule alignment.
• Oversee delivery of piping models, isometrics, and orthographic extraction.
• Support field walkdowns and ensure compliance with project requirements.

Skills

3D modeling

Project leadership

Regulatory knowledge

MS Office

Education

Piping design diploma (2–3 years)

Tools

AVEVA E3D

Navisworks

MicroStation V8i

AutoCAD

Job description

Job Title: Senior Principal Piping Designer

Schedule: Hybrid 3 days in office - 9/80 schedule

Location: Reading, PA

This opportunity is suited to a highly technical piping design professional with strong experience in plant facilities, industrial environments, and 3D model development using AVEVA E3D. The role will focus on design leadership, project planning, multidisciplinary coordination, and delivery oversight across complex piping and mechanical design activities. This position offers the chance to contribute to challenging projects involving piping models, isometrics, orthographic extraction, field walkdowns, and design execution within existing facilities.

Required Education

• 2 or 3 year technical diploma with piping design specific training

Required Experience

• Extensive relevant experience as a lead piping designer and layout design professional in power, chemical, and industrial facilities
• Experience leading and mentoring project team members across multiple office locations
• Experience executing projects within existing facilities with significant obstructions and design constraints
• Field design experience, including walkdowns, locating tie points, dimensional verification, and routing pipe through existing facilities
• Experience estimating project costs and developing proposal content

Required Skills

• Minimum 2 years of 3D model design software experience using AVEVA E3D
• Strong understanding of regulations, codes, manufacturing standards, and industry standard practices
• Ability to develop manhour estimates, staffing plans, schedules, and major project milestones
• Capability to review and approve deliverables prior to issue and ensure verification procedures are followed
• Experience using AVEVA E3D and Navisworks to monitor design quality and progress
• Experience with Microstation V8i and AutoCAD
• Ability to coordinate design effort with engineering and design disciplines across a project
• Strong MS Office skills including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Capability to develop general arrangements for plant facilities, structures, and equipment with consideration for maintenance and construction
• Ability to use P&IDs and Management of Change logs to identify scope changes and maintain schedule alignment

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience developing piping models, pipe supports, equipment models, and extracting isometric and orthographic drawings in AVEVA 3D
• Piping drawing checking and verification experience in both office and field environments
• Experience using laser scans within AVEVA E3D
• An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• Training in leadership and project execution

About Airswift

Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with unique project needs. With over 1000 employees and 9,000 contractors operating in over 60 countries, Airswift's geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry.