Job Description

Overview

The Remote Piping Designer role involves designing medium to complex mechanical and piping systems for industrial and power generation facilities using 2D and 3D design tools. The position requires developing piping diagrams, layouts, and coordinating design activities while adhering to project specifications and standards.

Responsibilities

  • Design medium to complex mechanical and piping systems using 2D and 3D design tools.
  • Develop piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), general arrangement (GA) drawings, and detailed piping layouts.
  • Apply understanding of pump suction requirements when designing piping systems.
  • Design and detail tapping for air and water headers.
  • Incorporate experience with HDPE and underground piping into designs.
  • Perform thorough checking of mechanical and piping drawings for accuracy.
  • Follow the engineers design development process and prepare accurate design drawings.
  • Review vendor and mechanical supplier documents for technical accuracy.
  • Coordinate mechanical and piping design activities with other disciplines.
  • Develop physical piping layouts within plant constraints.
  • Design pipe support systems for powerplant and industrial piping.
  • Incorporate energy systems, steam equipment, gas compressors, and BOP systems into designs.
  • Design piping for pressurized air, condensate, air, water, and steam systems.
  • Utilize AutoCAD and Autodesk Plant 3D for design deliverables.
  • Maintain design documentation in accordance with established practices.
  • Support project engineers by providing accurate design information.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 10 years of industrial piping design experience.
  • Associate degree in piping design or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
  • Proficiency with Autodesk Plant 3D for piping and mechanical design.
  • Strong experience using AutoCAD and other Autodesk design tools.
  • Ability to develop and interpret P&IDs and integrate them into designs.
  • Expertise in physical piping layout and routing within complex environments.
  • Experience in pipe support design for various piping systems.
  • Experience in industrial piping for air, water, and steam systems.
  • Experience with energy systems, steam equipment, gas compressors, and BOP systems.
  • Ability to work under minimal supervision while adhering to design practices.
  • Understanding of the engineers design development process.
  • Capability to review vendor and mechanical supplier documents for accuracy.
  • Strong attention to detail in checking mechanical and piping drawings.
  • Knowledge of pump suction requirements and their impact on design.
  • Experience with HDPE and underground piping design.
  • Experience designing tapping for air and water headers.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401k
  • PTO

Additional Information

  • This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Mount Laurel, NJ.
  • The standard schedule is a 40-hour work week, with additional hours compensated at a premium rate.
  • This is a hybrid position.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
401k
PTO

How this job compares in Mount Laurel, NJ

Pay in context

At roughly $55/hr, this posting sits about 63% above the $34/hr median for welding jobs across New Jersey — toward the top of a $29–$40/hr middle band drawn from 106 postings with published pay. Put another way, it pays more than about 92% 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 Mount Laurel, NJ

Mount Laurel, NJ is a small market in our index: 2 other active welding openings alongside this one, from 2 employers. Across New Jersey as a whole we're tracking 166 other active welding openings from 122 employers. With this few local postings, most welders here end up either commuting or looking at travel work. Browse welding jobs across New Jersey.

The most active employers in New Jersey at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Darling Ingredients (5), Carvana (4), and Lockheed Martin (4). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within New Jersey, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Newark at $35/hr and Lyndhurst at $30/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

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