Mechanical Piping Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Tennessee.

📋 Description

• Assist in the design and integration of high-temperature piping systems for custom process equipment, molten salt systems, furnace systems, and other related industrial apparatus.

• Create safe, dependable, and maintainable piping solutions while collaborating closely with mechanical equipment, process, electrical, controls, fabrication, and operations teams.

• Design and provide support for high-temperature piping systems, including piping layouts, pipe supports, expansion features, connections, and equipment interfaces.

• Generate piping specifications, design criteria, calculations, material selections, drawings, isometrics, and technical documentation for custom process systems.

• Assess thermal expansion, material compatibility, insulation, routing, support loads, maintainability, safety, and fabrication limitations.

• Align piping design requirements with high-temperature vessels, furnaces, electrochemical systems, instrumentation, controls, electrical power, and facility interfaces.

• Aid in design reviews, procurement, vendor coordination, fabrication, installation, testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, and configuration control activities.

• Recognize piping design risks, interface conflicts, constructability challenges, and technical constraints that may impact safety, reliability, cost, or schedule.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in mechanical piping design for high-temperature process systems, industrial equipment, chemical processing, molten salt systems, or analogous applications.

• Solid understanding of piping design principles, pipe routing, supports, thermal expansion, materials, insulation, design documentation, and equipment interfaces.

• Capacity to support multidisciplinary engineering packages and coordinate technical specifications with design, fabrication, installation, and operations teams.

• Experience in applying relevant piping codes, standards, quality requirements, safety expectations, and documentation controls.

• Ability to operate in a complex technical environment that necessitates careful coordination, practical solutions, and a strong emphasis on safety and quality.

• Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with molten salt piping, high-temperature metallic or specialty materials, furnace interfaces, or advanced energy process systems.

• Familiarity with pipe stress considerations, thermal growth management, specialty valves, heat tracing, insulation, or custom fabricated piping assemblies.

• Background in supporting DOE, NNSA, nuclear, laboratory, chemical process, or highly regulated industrial facility projects.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)

• Retirement Plan (401k)

• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)

• Paid Time Off (Vacation & Public Holidays)

• Short Term & Long Term Disability