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Overview

The Mechanical Designer is responsible for heavy industrial piping design and plant layout. Key duties include translating field sketches into finished 3D CAD/Solidworks construction documents, evaluating plant scopes, managing schedules, and coordinating with project managers and engineers to meet strict project budgets.

Responsibilities

  • Knowledge of multi-discipline project execution, construction methods, and local/industry compliance codes.
  • Creating detailed design, process, and construction drawings.
  • Reviewing engineering calculations, specialty item lists, and equipment data sheets.
  • Adhering to project scopes, budgets, and schedules.
  • Collaborating with cross-functional disciplines to resolve design conflicts.

Requirements

  • Education: High School Diploma or Associate's Degree.
  • Experience: 5 to 7 years of background working in heavy industrial piping design and plant layout.
  • Software: Strong proficiency in 3D AutoCAD, Cloud Scanning Software, and Solidworks.
  • Must have Skill Set: P&ID's, Solidworks.

Benefits

  • ESOP

Additional Information

  • Location: Hammond, IN
  • Hire Type: Direct

Benefits

ESOP
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How this job compares in Hammond, IN

Pay in context

At roughly $47/hr, this posting sits about 62% above the $29/hr median for welding jobs across Indiana — toward the top of a $24–$31/hr middle band drawn from 85 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 100% 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 Hammond, IN

Hammond, IN currently has 3 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 2 employers. 1 of them was added in the last week. Across Indiana as a whole we're tracking 126 other active welding openings from 75 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Hammond, or widen the search to Indiana.

The most active employers in Indiana at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are NCW (37), Lensing Building Specialties & Architectural Sales (4), and Skillforce (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

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