PIPE SUPPORT DESIGNER

Pipe Support Designer needed for a highly reputable manufacturing company located near Knoxville, TN. This is a 6 month contract-to-hire opportunity with the ability to eventually lead a team of drafter/designers. Starting pay range is $25.00 to $30.00 per hour (depending on education, skills, and experience).

Job Description:
Responsible for creating plans, designs, specifications and drawings based on calculations and written instructions provided by customers, or engineers. These will be used by the company’s manufacturing team to build a range of different products, from pipe support systems to standardized support components, using computer-aided design software applications.

General Duties:

• Create, review, or revise product or pipe support plans and specifications.
• Design components for new or existing products or applications.
• Ensure accuracy of drawings and bills of materials generated by CADD/Designers; minimize or eliminate rework in manufacturing.
• Work in a team environment to ensure accuracy and provide quality work.
• Participate in meetings and work closely with estimating, manufacturing, OL, production and customer personnel to ensure quality design of new or redesigned products.
• Ensure that design ideas are sound and in keeping with budgetary constraints.
• Maintain working knowledge of the industry and apply industry specific codes and standards with the specifications of the designs that have been assigned.
• Ability to work with Support Modeler, MicroStation and PDMS, 2D & 3D environments and Auto CAD.
• Ensure that electronic files of design documentation and other engineering data are securely maintained.
• Verify drawings and documents are in accordance with engineering standards or release to manufacturing prior to ‘Release’.
• Perform other tasks and duties as assigned by management.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• Vocational and technical schools certifications/diplomas in AutoCAD
• 5+ years of experience in 3-D modeling environment working specifically on pipe supports.
• Associates degree in industrial design or engineering is preferred.
• Knowledgeable of the industry safety and procedural requirements.
• Working knowledge of and/or experience with ASME 31.1 and Section 8 nuclear requirements desired
• Knowledgeable of Microsoft Office software required in job.
• Conceptualization skills are required to visualize finished products and projects. Skills in computer aided drafting techniques, and structural drafting preferred.
• Goal-focused, thrive in a fast paced collaborative team environment.
• Excellent oral/written communication and creative problem-solving skills. Possess the ability to communicate with and transfer information to and from the customer and transfer drawing or report information to and from other engineers & technicians.