Job Description

Overview

This position is for a Mechanical Designer 3 in the Nuclear Power Group at Sargent & Lundy, offering the opportunity to work on mechanical design projects in a hybrid work environment. The role involves developing mechanical equipment layouts, piping designs, and collaborating with a multi-disciplined engineering team.

Responsibilities

  • Develop mechanical equipment location, piping layout, and pipe support deliverables.
  • Participate in 3D model reviews and coordinate detailed design phases.
  • Provide support to other designers and project team members.
  • Layout mechanical equipment maintaining required spatial clearances using 3D modeling software.
  • Develop physical piping layout and pipe support designs in a 3D design environment.
  • Layout piping, associated components, and pipe supports using design criteria and P&ID information.
  • Verify equipment and component connection points using mechanical equipment 3D model layout and vendor drawings.
  • Ensure physical clearances are met and constructability, accessibility, and operations and maintenance requirements are maintained.
  • Work with piping stress and structural engineers to locate and detail required pipe supports.
  • Develop 2D mechanical equipment location, piping isometric, and mechanical piping composite drawings from the 3D model.
  • Generate complete bills of materials for piping and pipe supports.

Requirements

  • An Associate's Degree in drafting, or a high school diploma and 4+ years of drafting course work or equivalent technical experience.
  • Proficiency in 3D integrated plant modeling design software tools.
  • Proficiency in 3D MicroStation or 3D AutoCAD.
  • Proficiency in reading spreadsheets created from the 3D model.
  • 8 or more years of detailed physical design experience in mechanical general arrangements, piping systems, and supports.
  • 3 or more years of experience in the nuclear power industry.
  • Experience in the review of mechanical equipment and coordinating associated deliverables.
  • Ability to interface with engineering and design teams of other disciplines.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • PTO
  • 401k
  • Life & Accident Insurance
  • Disability Coverage
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Back-Up Daycare
  • FSA & HSA
  • Merit Scholarship Program
  • Employee Discount Program
  • Corporate Charitable Giving Program
  • Tuition Assistance
  • First Professional Licensure Bonus
  • Employee Referral Bonus
  • Paid Annual Personal/Sick Time (PST)
  • Paid Vacation
  • Paid Holidays
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Paid Bereavement Leave
  • Flexible Work Arrangements

Additional Information

This position is based on a hybrid work schedule requiring in-office work 3 days per week at the Sargent & Lundy office in Peachtree Corners, GA.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
PTO
401k
Life & Accident Insurance
Disability Coverage
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Back-Up Daycare
FSA & HSA
Merit Scholarship Program
Employee Discount Program
Corporate Charitable Giving Program
Tuition Assistance
First Professional Licensure Bonus
Employee Referral Bonus
Paid Annual Personal/Sick Time (PST)
Paid Vacation
Paid Holidays
Paid Parental Leave
Paid Bereavement Leave
Flexible Work Arrangements

How this job compares in Atlanta, GA

Pay in context

At roughly $42/hr, this posting sits about 43% above the $29/hr median for welding jobs in Atlanta, GA — toward the top of a $26–$39/hr middle band drawn from 19 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 84% of the comparable postings we have wage data for. Pay that far above local median usually comes attached to something: a harder cert requirement, travel, night shift, or overtime that isn't really optional. Worth establishing which before you accept.

The local market in Atlanta, GA

We're tracking 85 other active welding openings in Atlanta, GA right now, from 67 different employers. 38 of them were added in the last week. Across Georgia as a whole we're tracking 392 other active welding openings from 246 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Atlanta, or widen the search to Georgia.

Sargent & Lundy currently has 1 other opening live in Georgia, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Georgia at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC (8), Mullins Mechanical (6), and Yancey Bros. Co. (5). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Georgia, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Atlanta at $29/hr, Marietta at $29/hr, and Lithia Springs at $29/hr. Atlanta is among them.

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