PIPING ENGINEER RESUME EXAMPLE

Published: Feb 13, 2025 – The Piping Engineer designs piping systems, prepares specifications for proposals, and generates necessary documentation including drawings, BOM lists, and line lists. Utilizing CAD and 3D software, this position develops detailed piping layout drawings and performs stress analysis using Ceaser II software to ensure system reliability. The engineer also collaborates extensively with clients, cross-disciplinary teams, and global project participants to ensure that designs comply with codes, meet customer requirements, and achieve cost efficiencies.

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1. Piping Engineer, Northfield Engineering Solutions, Springfield, IL

Job Summary: 

  • Ensure Piping Discipline activities are executed within budget and schedule whilst maintaining safety and technical integrity
  • Ensure all design is undertaken according to company procedures and completed according to appropriate standards. 
  • Contribute to the attainment of business performance targets on HSE within the area of responsibility
  • Coordinate all Piping activities and work by Engineering and Project Managers
  • Direct, control, supervise and coordinate Piping engineering work to ensure timely and consistent delivery
  • Perform project site survey visit for data collection
  • Recruit, select, develop, and coach other Piping engineering team
  • Effective networking throughout the company's organization to ensure best practice utilization
  • Be a Safety Leader and promote HSEQ awareness to all engineering and support personnel
  • Functionally co-ordinates all Project Piping Engineers and designers
  • Assists in the coordination of Study scopes of work
  • Establishes competency, appraises and trains Piping personnel
  • Directs Engineering Delivery Piping Engineers (all tasks and targets)
  • Co-ordinates the Piping contribution within multi-discipline designs


Skills on Resume: 

  • Piping Design Standards (Hard Skills)
  • Project Coordination (Soft Skills)
  • Safety Leadership (Soft Skills)
  • Piping Engineering Software (Hard Skills)
  • HSE Performance Management (Soft Skills)
  • Data Collection Surveys (Hard Skills)
  • Team Development (Soft Skills)
  • Multi-Discipline Collaboration (Soft Skills)

2. Mechanical Piping Engineer, Advanced Piping Systems, Albany, NY

Job Summary:

  • Responsible for preparation and approval of project-specific specifications, datasheets, Calculations, etc.
  • Responsible for the approval of method statements, sub-contractors submittals, shop drawings
  • Coordinate internally with other disciplines for interface requirements.
  • Interact and communicate with own department, other departments, project team members, clients, and other external parties to ensure coordination of activities.
  • Plan and deliver multiple tasks in a timely fashion to meet project schedules
  • Provide site support for construction, installation, commissioning, and modification.
  • QA upon technical work performed by subordinates within Engineering Delivery
  • Approves, with the client, deviations from standards
  • Manages design manhours within approved budgets and registers changes
  • Ensures that all team members are aware of their Core Values
  • Ensures compliance with relevant codes standards and practices


Skills on Resume: 

  • Pipe Class Design (Hard Skills)
  • Material Specification (Hard Skills)
  • EHS Compliance (Soft Skills)
  • Material Selection (Hard Skills)
  • Subcontract Requisition (Hard Skills)
  • Drawing Review (Hard Skills)
  • Calculations (Hard Skills)
  • Cost Optimization (Soft Skills)

3. Senior Piping Engineer, Delta Industrial Group, Knoxville, TN

Job Summary:

  • Generating project-specific pipe classes, specifications, and special parts
  • Preparing piping material specifications, pipe stress, and pipe support specifications
  • Assist in the preparation and maintaining the project job file, data books, drawings, specification lists, lists of required design data, and design change notices
  • Review standard pipe support and piping detail drawings
  • Prepare material requisition for manual valves, bulk pipes/fittings, and special piping items
  • Assist in preparation of piping subcontract requisitioning
  • Perform basic calculations (e.g. pipe span, pipe wall thicknesses, branches)
  • Material selection based on owners' requirements, medium, and applicable standards
  • Ensure compliance with operational and EHS requirements (Environment, Health and Safety), e.g. TA-Luft
  • Select components and special items, complying with the technical and safety requirements specified by codes, standards, and laws (e.g. PED – European Pressure Equipment Directive)
  • Identify potential savings about warehouse management, quantity discounts during purchase, and even prevention of installation faults


Skills on Resume: 

  • Pipe Class Creation (Hard Skills)
  • Material Specs (Hard Skills)
  • Documentation Upkeep (Hard Skills)
  • Pipe Drawing Review (Hard Skills)
  • Requisitioning (Hard Skills)
  • Calculations (Hard Skills)
  • Material Selection (Hard Skills)
  • EHS Compliance (Soft Skills)

4. Piping Engineer, GreenTech Engineering, Charlotte, NC

Job Summary:

  • Responsible for any piping engineering activities of studies, modifications projects (RFM), in conjunction with piping designers, other discipline engineers, project management, and construction
  • Maintain relationships with the Client's Technical Authorities and asset engineers to ensure engineering is carried out according to the Client's specifications and requirements
  • Utilise and control external consultants or software providers where specialist expertise or software is not available in PBS
  • Reporting of progress to the PVV&S Lead Engineer and project management
  • Responsible for the correctness of piping engineering content within discipline deliverables and procurement activities
  • Contribute to incentive, cost-effective, and safe engineering solutions
  • Preparation of discipline engineering manhour estimates and review of estimates developed by external parties
  • Ensure project quality assurance objectives are met
  • Plant setup, equipment, and piping placement layouts, specification of piping materials and supports
  • CAD or 3D Modelling preparation and design of all construction-related documents for the required supporting infrastructure
  • Direct input or oversight of onsite construction and commissioning support, depending on the project
  • Production of valve datasheets and specifications and piping special datasheets and specifications, e.g. strainers, filters, flame arrestors, and other inline piping items


Skills on Resume: 

  • Piping Engineering (Hard Skills)
  • Client Coordination (Soft Skills)
  • Software Utilization (Hard Skills)
  • Progress Reporting (Soft Skills)
  • Cost-Effective Solutions (Soft Skills)
  • Piping Stress Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • 3D Modelling (Hard Skills)
  • QA Objectives (Soft Skills)

5. Piping Engineer, Oceanic Engineering Services, Baton Rouge, LA

Job Summary: 

  • Review customer specifications for proposals and prepare exception and clarification lists, provide support during customer clarifications and negotiations.
  • Responsible for piping system design, procurement support, site construction, and commission support.
  • Use CAD to develop piping layout during project bidding support, and 3D software to develop piping layout drawings, isometric drawings, and cable tray/Conduit Routine. 
  • Work out piping system design packages, mainly including all drawings, line lists, BOM lists, and other files.
  • Use Ceaser II software to conduct piping stress analysis of the main piping line.
  • Provide Hydro fluid Calculation and another process fundamental for pipe sizing.
  • Lead crosscheck between piping and relevant disciplines (Instrumentation, Structure, equipment, etc.) for the system plot plan, check and provide comments to sub-design institute’s design deliverables.
  • Cooperate actively with clients, sub-design institute as well as all project participants.
  • Ensure the design follows related Codes and matches Custom Requirements, resulting in higher customer satisfaction and cost savings.
  • Coordinate with the engineers for local and global project execution.

Skills on Resume: 

  • Specification Review (Hard Skills)
  • Piping Design (Hard Skills)
  • CAD/3D Modeling (Hard Skills)
  • Stress Analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Cross-Discipline Coordination (Soft Skills)
  • Hydro Calculations (Hard Skills)
  • Client Cooperation (Soft Skills)
  • Code Compliance (Hard Skills)

6. Piping Engineer, Horizon Pipeline Solutions, Omaha, NE

Job Summary:

  • Supervises completion Management by contractors including hydrotestpacks, system identification, and turnover of completed project facilities including preparation of necessary turnover documentation
  • Perform constructability reviews and studies to optimize design. 
  • Propose modifications to engineering design and interpret drawings, specifications, and other technical documents for the subcontractors
  • Coordinate with and support construction vendor representatives during their assignments on the job site
  • Monitor the Request for Inspection (RFI) process of contractors and inspect within the scheduled time as per contractor notifications
  • Prepare and disseminate all required documentation records such as daily status reports, punch lists describing work items to be done, sketches of work already completed, material requirements, calculations, etc.
  • Provide purpose engineering solutions to construction issues
  • Perform in-process inspections during all phases of all piping and pipeline work (metallic and nonmetallic) from receipt inspection till commissioning and handover
  • Should be well conversant with Piping and Pipeline Design codes w.r.t. construction and QA/QC.
  • Check pre-fabrication, erection, lowering, backfilling, and surveying of Piping and Built Pipelines
  • Check the correct type and sequence of fastening is performed on flanges
  • Participate in pre-commissioning, commissioning, and pigging inspections/testing and punch list preparation
  • Participate in pre-start-up safety reviews for the projects.


Skills on Resume: 

  • Completion Management (Hard Skills)
  • Constructability Reviews (Hard Skills)
  • Design Interpretation (Hard Skills)
  • Vendor Coordination (Soft Skills)
  • Inspection Monitoring (Hard Skills)
  • Documentation (Hard Skills)
  • Engineering Solutions (Soft Skills)
  • QA/QC Compliance (Hard Skills)