Seatrium · 17 hours ago
Topside Piping Lead Engineer
Greater Houston
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expSeatrium is a company specializing in engineering services for offshore and shipyard projects. They are seeking a Topside Piping Lead Engineer to oversee piping design processes, manage project budgets, and ensure compliance with technical quality and project requirements.
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Responsibilities
Prepare project planning include but not limited to work scopes, responsible matrix, manhours and softwares, interface matrix
Prepare Master Document List (MDL) for overall piping design related work scopes with forecast date based-on Master Project Schedule
Align the piping design input data and need date with the respective stakeholders to define the piping design output forecast date
Review and monitor project budget related to piping especially for manhour and software utilization, exotic and high-cost material purchase, warehouse balance material utilization, etc
Lead a group of piping engineers and designers for project execution or/and monitor the work executed by engineering design house where applicable
Review and monitor engineering design progress related to piping work scopes
Prepare and raise technical query (TQF) and engineering variation order (EVO) related to piping for additional work scopes
Align the piping design output (such as piping isometric drawing, pipe spool drawing, etc) with construction team to ensure all the information required by construction teams are incorporated
Understand department and project specific design workflow
Understand Contract Specification and project requirement summary
Understand Class and Regulatory Requirement, Piping, Special Item and Valve Material Specification
Understand P&ID and piping routine requirements
Understand equipment layout plan (include escape route, maintenance space, mechanical handling, other equipment)
Understand non-piping design related requirements such as fabrication, erection, painting, QA/QC, testing and commissioning
Responsible for ensuring that all works meet scope and technical quality of the project and comply with project requirements
Monitor P&ID revisions and ensure the compliance between piping 3D model with latest P&ID
Monitor design input need date and data required to execute the piping design works
Monitor 3D model clash and design review comments / punch lists
Monitor the comments from Client and Classification Society
Monitor all the piping related interface points
Monitor all the hotwork, tank’s coating and drydocking related activities where applicable
Monitor piping procurement status and surplus material due to drawing revision
Monitor all the hold items that affecting piping design completeness
Monitor and control the development of piping weight
Ensure proper communication and workflow are well established between piping stress team with pipe routine and pipe support designer team. Closely monitor the compliance between piping 3D model with the latest pipe stress analysis report
Review/comments piping arrangement, isometric and pipe supports drawings from piping designers
Review/comments on piping calculations carry out by other piping engineers/ subcontractors (e.g. pipe stress analysis report, flow master report, surge analysis report)
Review/comments technical proposal from vendor
Review/comments vendor certified Document (VCD)
Monitor and control drawing revisions especially when construction already started
Ensure proper communication and workflow are well established between piping designing team with construction team. Monitor the compliance between piping construction drawing (piping isometric and pipe support drawing) with the latest 3D model
Monitor the piping design database completeness (such as 3D model attributes, etc) to meet the project Digital Engineering requirements
Interface with vendor, other discipline lead, procurement, production, commissioning
Onboard vessel to carry out inspection at site
Provide support to piping construction, QA/QC and other non-engineering design related activities such as inspection, coating, painting, welding, test packages, etc
Qualification
Required
Prepare project planning include but not limited to work scopes, responsible matrix, manhours and softwares, interface matrix
Prepare Master Document List (MDL) for overall piping design related work scopes with forecast date based-on Master Project Schedule
Align the piping design input data and need date with the respective stakeholders to define the piping design output forecast date
Review and monitor project budget related to piping especially for manhour and software utilization, exotic and high-cost material purchase, warehouse balance material utilization, etc
Lead a group of piping engineers and designers for project execution or/and monitor the work executed by engineering design house where applicable
Review and monitor engineering design progress related to piping work scopes
Prepare and raise technical query (TQF) and engineering variation order (EVO) related to piping for additional work scopes
Align the piping design output (such as piping isometric drawing, pipe spool drawing, etc) with construction team to ensure all the information required by construction teams are incorporated
Understand department and project specific design workflow
Understand Contract Specification and project requirement summary
Understand Class and Regulatory Requirement, Piping, Special Item and Valve Material Specification
Understand P&ID and piping routine requirements
Understand equipment layout plan (include escape route, maintenance space, mechanical handling, other equipment)
Understand non-piping design related requirements such as fabrication, erection, painting, QA/QC, testing and commissioning
Responsible for ensuring that all works meet scope and technical quality of the project and comply with project requirements
Monitor P&ID revisions and ensure the compliance between piping 3D model with latest P&ID
Monitor design input need date and data required to execute the piping design works
Monitor 3D model clash and design review comments / punch lists
Monitor the comments from Client and Classification Society
Monitor all the piping related interface points
Monitor all the hotwork, tank's coating and drydocking related activities where applicable
Monitor piping procurement status and surplus material due to drawing revision
Monitor all the hold items that affecting piping design completeness
Monitor and control the development of piping weight
Ensure proper communication and workflow are well established between piping stress team with pipe routine and pipe support designer team. Closely monitor the compliance between piping 3D model with the latest pipe stress analysis report
Review/comments piping arrangement, isometric and pipe supports drawings from piping designers
Review/comments on piping calculations carry out by other piping engineers/ subcontractors (e.g. pipe stress analysis report, flow master report, surge analysis report)
Review/comments technical proposal from vendor
Review/comments vendor certified Document (VCD)
Monitor and control drawing revisions especially when construction already started
Ensure proper communication and workflow are well established between piping designing team with construction team. Monitor the compliance between piping construction drawing (piping isometric and pipe support drawing) with the latest 3D model
Monitor the piping design database completeness (such as 3D model attributes, etc) to meet the project Digital Engineering requirements
Interface with vendor, other discipline lead, procurement, production, commissioning
Onboard vessel to carry out inspection at site
Provide support to piping construction, QA/QC and other non-engineering design related activities such as inspection, coating, painting, welding, test packages, etc
Min. Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering
Preferred
Prefer to have at least 8 years of piping engineering related working experience or similar activities as describe above
Prefer to have experience in Offshore/Shipyard project, Rig building/Ship building
Prefer to have experience in FPSO project, both topsides & marine
Good knowledge in Topside Piping Design and Planning
Good knowledge in International Standards related to Piping such as ASME, ASTM, API and Classification Society Rules and Regulations
Good skill in Excel is preferred
2D applications such as AutoCAD, etc
3D model review applications such as Naviswork, etc
3D modeling applications such as Smart Plant, Aveva, Cadmatic, etc
Company
Seatrium
Seatrium is a marine engineering firm that provides marine and offshore engineering solutions. It is a sub-organization of Sembcorp Industries.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.5BKey Investors
United Overseas BankDBS BankOCBC Bank of Singapore
2024-05-07IPO
2024-01-23Post Ipo Debt· $298.28M
2023-12-28Post Ipo Debt· $378.7M
Leadership Team
Wong Weng Sun
President & CEO
Recent News
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