Senior Principal Piping Designer — CATS & SPECS (E3D)

KBR Careers; Newark (DE); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K plan with company match

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

AD&D

Flexible spending account

Disability insurance

Paid time off

Flexible work schedule

Job summary

KBR Careers seeks a Sr. Principal Piping Designer for CATS & SPECS to lead catalogs and specifications in AVEVA E3D and related platforms. You will develop, maintain, and enforce piping data standards across multi-discipline teams, ensuring data integrity for major projects.

The role requires deep piping design expertise, standards knowledge, and a track record of guiding teams in data management and 3D design processes. On-site Newark, DE expected.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years producing and maintaining piping catalogs and specifications.
• Strong knowledge of ASME, ASTM, MSS, API piping standards.
• Experience with E3D or comparable 3D design platforms.
• Ability to lead catalog/specification initiatives across projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and administer piping catalogs and specifications in the project 3D design environment.
• Configure piping data, specifications, and engineering standards for project execution.
• Ensure consistency and quality of catalog data across disciplines.
• Create piping class libraries, attributes, and reference data.
• Coordinate with engineering, procurement, and design teams to meet requirements.
• Support setup, validation, and troubleshooting of specifications in E3D or similar systems.
• Lead best-practice improvements for catalog/specification management.
• Provide mentorship to designers on catalog and specification development.
• Drive continuous improvement in piping data management and 3D workflows.

Skills

Piping design expertise

Problem solving

Communication skills

Mentorship

Data management

Quality assurance

Tools

AVEVA E3D Catalogs & Specifications

PDMS

SP3D

CADWorx

Plant 3D

OpenPlant

Job description

KBR Careers seeks a Sr. Principal Piping Designer for CATS & SPECS to lead catalogs and specifications in AVEVA E3D and related platforms. You will develop, maintain, and enforce piping data standards across multi-discipline teams, ensuring data integrity for major projects.

The role requires deep piping design expertise, standards knowledge, and a track record of guiding teams in data management and 3D design processes. On-site Newark, DE expected.