Intermediate Piping/stress Engineer

An entry-level professional in the field of Engineering. Uses professional concepts to resolve problems of limited scope and complexity. Limited or no prior experience in this role.

**Responsibilities**
- Perform pipe stress analysis (static and dynamic) for critical piping systems in accordance with ASME piping codes, standards, and industry practices.
- Identify different stress packages through review of P&IDs / Line Designation tables.
- Provide pipe loading information to other disciplines as required. Resolve high pipe loads on equipment nozzles & high secondary stresses in piping.
- Selection of spring hangers, snubbers, struts for pipe supports.
- Preparation and interpretation/review of stress calculations of relatively complex nature.
- Locate and identify pipe supports on isometrics, review piping isometrics against piping material specifications.
- Prepare complete documentation of the stress analysis and support design.
- Participates in reviewing and checking designs, drawings and data from suppliers.
- Collaborate with designers, engineers, and the construction team to optimize pipe routing and support schemes.
- Knowledge to ensure compliance with ASME B31.1, B31.3, B31.4, B31.8, and other international design codes (API, ASTM).
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize piping designs for cost, efficiency, and safety.

**Competencies**
- **Action Oriented**- Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm. For example, takes timely action on important or difficult issues. Identifies and pursues new opportunities that benefit the organization.
- **Ensures Accountability**- Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments. For example, accepts responsibility for own work, both successes and failures. Handles fair share and does not make excuses for problems. Usually meets commitments to others.
- **Communicates Effectively**- Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. For example, listens attentively and takes an interest. Keeps others well informed; conveys information clearly, concisely, and professionally when speaking or writing.
- **Manages Complexity**- Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. For example, consistently looks at complex issues from many angles; obtains a rich and deep understanding; swiftly cuts to the core issue; skillfully separates root causes from symptoms.
- **Decision Quality**- Makes good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward. For example, knows when to act independently and when to escalate issues. Integrates various inputs, decision criteria, and trade-offs to make effective decisions. Typically makes good independent decisions.
- **Optimizes Work Processes**- Knows the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement. For example, uses metrics and benchmarks to monitor accuracy and quality. Takes steps to make methods productive and efficient. Promptly and effectively addresses process breakdowns.

**Skills**
- **Perform Gap Analysis**- Works with full competence to conduct gap analysis between current and future states to identify components of the overall change strategy. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
- **Data Collection and Analysis**- Works with full competence to determine and analyze trends from data that is collected to assist in compiling reports that will help in decision-making. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
- **Review and Reporting**- Works with full competence to create reports, and review reports created by others, for various audiences as relevant, in a lucid and effective manner, keeping in mind the purpose of reports. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
- **Data Control**- Works with full competence to acquire, organize, protect and process data in order to fulfill business objectives. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
- **Requirements Elicitation and Facilitation**- Works with full competence to lead facilitated sessions for requirements elicitation, focus groups, and user acceptance testing. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
- **Business Requirements Analysis**- Works with full competence to express user needs in terms of business requirements, identify current capability of the business to deliver, conduct build or buy analyses, and recommend preferred approach. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
- **Database Reporting**- Works with full competence to use database reporting tools and techniques. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
- **Business intelligence and data analysis**- Works with