Senior Piping Materials Specification Engineer
On-site · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Job Summary
Senior Piping Materials Specification Engineer responsible for planning, developing, coordinating, and reviewing plant design and piping work on large projects, optimizing facility layout based on diagrams and client needs, ensuring configuration compliance and procurement alignment, and resolving complex piping-related technical issues. Will prepare and oversee engineering drawings, calculations, data sheets, bid summaries, and material specifications; facilitate discussions with clients and third parties; coordinate with multi-disciplinary teams; provide technical guidance and mentoring to engineers and designers; and interact with client representatives and suppliers to obtain approvals. Experience on power and semiconductor projects preferred.
Required Qualifications
- A recognized degree in a job-related engineering or scientific discipline from an accredited college or university, or a professional license in an appropriate engineering or scientific discipline from a recognized licensing board, or specialized courses in relevant general engineering, design or science or an appropriate engineering discipline.
- Broad progressive work experience in design engineering, science, or other relevant types of engineering such as systems startup, field engineering or plant operation in large industrial plants, utilities, process plants, or engineering/construction firms.
- Broad knowledge of industry/regulatory codes and standards and design criteria pertinent to the discipline.
- Knowledge and understanding of technical and cost issues related to selection of design features within the discipline.
- Knowledge of engineering work planning and control methods.
- Prepares and/or assists in the preparation of cost estimates, quantity take-offs and staffing requirements for proposals, forecasts and change orders.
- 10 years to 20 years of relevant Senior Materials Specification engineering experience.
- Develops & updates Corporate / Project Piping Material Class Specifications as required.
- Executes and verifies related calculations (wall thickness, branch reinforcement, vacuum, specialty line blanks, etc.).
- Reviews Vendor Quotations for Technical Acceptability and completes Technical Bid Evaluations for all piping and valve components.
- Issues and maintains piping and valve material specifications utilizing Smart Plant Reference Data.
- Development of component commodity codes for company and project specific databases based on industry standards, manufacturer specific construction and corporate coding structure.
- Development of technical, design and purchasing specifications for all bulk piping components.
- Development of specialty items as required by project.
- Works closely with clients and other disciplines on resolution of piping related issues.
- Good working knowledge of application of SPR, Nevis works will be an added advantage.
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