Pipe Material Specification Engineer

Employer

Bechtel Energy Inc.

Pipe Material Specification Engineer

B978.14.1.

Houston, Texas

Full Time

Perform mechanical engineering duties in planning and designing tools and materials. Prepare letters to vendors and clients. Prepare calculations, conceptual studies, designs, reports, or proposals. Execute problem analysis and original design. Prepare cost estimates, quantity take‑offs, and staffing requirements for proposals, forecasts, and change orders. Develop and maintain corporate piping material classes. Review client/customer specifications for compliance with applicable industry codes.

Execute and verify piping calculations (e.g., wall thickness, branch reinforcement, vacuum, specialty line blanks). Review vendor quotations for technical acceptability and complete technical bid evaluations for all piping and valve components. Issue and maintain piping and valve material specifications. Develop component commodity codes for company‑ and project‑specific databases based on industry standards, manufacturer‑specific construction, and corporate coding structures. Develop technical, design, and purchasing specifications for all bulk piping components.

Telecommuting is permitted, but applicants must live within reasonable commuting distance.

Employer will accept a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field and 5 years of progressive post‑bachelor’s experience in the job offered or in a related occupation. Alternatively, employer will accept a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field and 3 years of experience in job offered or in a related occupation. Must include some experience in each of the following:
Discipline engineering techniques, the design of engineered systems, and engineering and design calculations;
Application of Engineering Department Procedures and the application of engineering to plant constructability as applied to construction methods and materials;
Piping Material Specification software (Smart Plant Reference Data SPRD and Material Management Mat Man);
Industry codes, regulatory codes, standards, and design criteria pertinent to the pipe material specification engineering discipline; B31.3 design; and API, AWWA, ASTM and MSS codes and product specifications.

To apply, Email resumes to  Must reference job B978.14.1