Senior Piping Designer (Process Systems)

Location: Onsite in Rochester and/or Rush, New York, with occasional travel to customer and supplier locations, typically less than 25%

Salary: $40.00–$53.00 per hour, plus possible annual incentive and/or long-term incentives.

Company

hirify.global Optimation delivers custom-engineered process equipment and automated systems, including chemical process systems, modular equipment, and turnkey solutions from concept through fabrication, installation, and commissioning.

What you will do

• Lead piping design for skids, modules, and containerized systems from P&IDs through detailed design and fabrication release.
• Develop 3D piping layouts and routing, plans, sections, isometrics, spool drawings, and piping bills of material.
• Select and specify pipe, fittings, flanges, valves, supports, and in-line instruments according to project specifications and ASME B31.3 or B31.1.
• Design pipe supports and coordinate stress, thermal growth, flexibility, and nozzle-load work with engineering.
• Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, controls, manufacturing, fabrication, and assembly teams on integrated equipment designs and installations.
• Lead design reviews, support proposals and estimates, mentor junior designers, review design work, and improve piping standards and tools.

Requirements

• 7+ years of piping design experience in an industrial process, chemical, energy, or engineering-services environment.
• Advanced proficiency in AutoCAD 2D/3D and a 3D plant design tool such as AutoCAD Plant 3D, CADWorx, or SolidWorks Routing.
• Strong knowledge of ASME B31.3, pipe specifications, P&ID interpretation, and valve and fitting selection.
• Experience producing fabrication-ready isometrics, spool drawings, and piping bills of material.
• Strong understanding of mechanical design principles, manufacturing processes, dimensioning, tolerances, and fabrication requirements.
• Ability to independently manage complex design assignments from concept through detailed design and release, review technical drawings, solve design challenges, and collaborate with engineering and manufacturing teams.
• Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to provide technical guidance to other designers.
• Associate degree, bachelor's degree, technical certification, or equivalent experience in Drafting/Design, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• Commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement, and ability to work onsite in Rochester and/or Rush, NY, with travel up to 25%.

Nice to have

• Pipe stress analysis experience with Caesar II or close collaboration with stress engineers.
• Experience with skid-mounted or modular process systems and their fabrication.
• Experience with 3D laser scans and point clouds.
• Familiarity with pressure vessel design under ASME Section VIII and SolidWorks.
• Experience developing technical estimates, supporting proposals, participating in customer design reviews, mentoring junior designers, or leading technical design activities.
• Knowledge of industrial safety standards and equipment design requirements.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work with clients and multidisciplinary engineering, design, programming, fabrication, and assembly teams.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, retirement benefits, paid time off, and other benefits.
• Employees share ownership and participate in the company's financial rewards.
• Commitment to safety, quality, continuous improvement, inclusion, equal employment opportunity, and reasonable accommodations.