Senior Principal Piping/Mechanical Designer

Airswift; Reading (Berks County); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Airswift is seeking a Senior Principal Piping/Mechanical Designer in Reading, PA. The role focuses on design leadership, project planning, coordination, and delivery oversight for complex piping and mechanical work in industrial facilities.

Hybrid work is expected with 3 in-office days per week aimed at efficient collaboration and progress tracking. Ideal candidates bring extensive lead experience in power, chemical, and industrial settings, proficient AVEVA E3D/Navisworks/Microstation, and

Qualifications

• 2–3 year technical diploma with piping design training.
• Lead piping designer with experience in power, chemical and industrial facilities.
• Experience mentoring teams across multiple offices and coordinating with engineering disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Provide design leadership, project planning, and delivery oversight for piping and mechanical work.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary design efforts across project teams.
• Develop piping models, isometrics, and orthographic drawings; perform field walkdowns.
• Manage design execution within existing facilities with design constraints.

Skills

Aveva E3D

Navisworks

Microstation V8i

AutoCAD

Piping design

Isometrics

Field walkdowns

Project leadership

Mentoring

MS Office

Education

Technical diploma in piping design

Tools

AVEVA E3D

Navisworks

Microstation V8i

AutoCAD

Job description

Job Title

Senior Principal Piping/Mechanical Designer

Job Details

• 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.