Mechanical Piping Designer

Do you want to work with a company that changes lives all over the world? Aqua-Chem is a global provider of economically efficient and sustainably engineered solutions for purified water.

The Mechanical Piping Designer at Aqua-Chem is responsible for the mechanical design/drafting of water treatment process equipment including, but not limited to, skid frames, pipe routing, major component placement, bill of materials and component design development.

Schedule: Monday

• Friday, 8:00am

• 5:00pm

Location: On-site; Knoxville, TN

Pay Range: $60,000-75,000/yr, Dependent on Experience

Benefits: Group Medical, Dental Vision, STD, LTD, Life AD&D, 401(k) Match, Paid Vacation, Paid Holidays, and Paid Sick Time

Essential Duties:

• Complete assigned design/drafting tasks accurately and on time.

• Perform complex drafting tasks to prepare drawings of intricately designed parts and assemblies.

• Generate multiple views of equipment in 3D models and 2D manufacturing drawings.

• Handle responsibilities with effective interpersonal skills and to effectively interface with others inside and outside the engineering department.

• Make arithmetic computation using standard formulas when required for calculating dimensions, allowances and technical specifications.

• Create final drawings indicating dimensions of parts, qualities of materials to be used, load capacities, etc.

• Recognize the need for and perform simple computer design customization.

• Check the work of other designer/drafters.

• Initiate engineering change notices when required.

Education Required:

• Associate's Degree in a designer/drafting related field (preferred) or equivalent experience.

Experience Required:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen

• Two (2) years or more experience with design/drafting of process equipment or relevant experience

• Experience with SolidWorks in both 3D modeling and 2D drawings. Experience with FEA computations and AutoCAD Inventor a plus.

• Experience with reading and understanding Process & Instrument Diagrams (P&ID).

• Two (2) years or more experience with design/drafting of sanitary piping, process piping, and power piping.

• Work requires some active physical exertion when working on the shop floor and detailing as built drawings.

• Experience with Microsoft Office products and other application software with the ability to learn additional application software when required

• Other Duties: Evaluates customer requests for special documentation

Physical Skill and Effort:

• Work requires accurate and coordinated manual skills. Work requires mostly moderate physical exertion.

• This description indicates the general nature of the tasks and responsibilities required of positions given this classification. It is not intended as a complete list of specific duties and responsibilities. Nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of management to assign, direct, and control the specific duties of individuals performing this function. The Company reserves the right to change, modify, amend, add to or delete from any section of this document as it deems, in its judgment, to be proper.

Aqua-Chem provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.