Senior Process Piping Engineer

Location: Melbourne, Florida, United States

Department: Process Piping Engineering

About Melbourne:

Our headquarters is located in Melbourne, Florida, a vibrant city on the Space Coast where high-tech innovation meets coastal living. Here, you’ll work on dynamic, impactful projects while enjoying front-row views of rocket launches from our rooftop and quick access to some of Florida’s most beautiful beaches. Just an hour from world-class attractions like Disney World and Universal Studios, Melbourne offers the perfect balance of career growth, family life, and fun, all in a warm subtropical climate with a relaxed, suburban feel.

Overview

As a Senior Process Piping Engineer, you will lead the design of piping systems for launch sites, test stands, and manufacturing, processing, and support facilities. This includes (but is not limited to) sizing tanks, compressors, pumps, pressure regulators, control valves, vaporizers, heat exchangers, filters and strainers, separators, knockout tanks, phase separators, accumulators, pressure relief devices, vent systems, and manifolds. It also includes selecting instrumentation such as pressure, temperature, flow, and level instruments, transmitters and switches, gauges, control valves and positioners, and associated control and shutdown devices. To be successful in this role, you must be able to translate Owner requirements into design reality and communicate the design through engineering drawings and specifications while following all pertinent codes and regulations. Critical thinking and analytical skills are a must. Teamwork and coordination with other disciplines is essential to a complete design.

On a typical day, you will work in CAD programs such as Revit and Inventor for 3D design. CAESAR II, AFT Arrow, and AFT Fathom are often used for analysis, along with Nastran and hand calculations. You will also support budget performance, manage team hours, work closely with Project Managers, and serve as the technical interface with clients, leading page turns, design reviews, and participating in client meetings.

If you’re interested in this role but don’t meet every preferred qualification, we still want to hear from you. We value relevant experience, strong fundamentals, and a willingness to learn. If you’re looking to take your career to the next level, work with a talented team of professionals who love what they do, enjoy a flexible work schedule, and share in the profits of our 100 percent employee-owned firm, BRPH might be a great fit for you.

For a complete job description, please visit BRPH.com and submit your resume.

Job Responsibilities 

Project Leadership and Execution

• Take process mechanical and piping projects from inception to closeout with minimal oversight, including understanding and or developing the project scope, fee, and schedule.
• Make decisions independently on engineering problems and methods and represent the company to resolve important questions and to plan and coordinate work.
• Monitor project budgets and maintain overall responsibility for profitability, schedules, timely completion, and quality of assigned projects.
• Assist the National Practice Leader with forecasting workload and resources for assigned projects and or department.
• Develop engineering proposals and agreements in conjunction with the National Practice Leader.

Engineering Design and Technical Delivery

• Apply intensive and diversified knowledge of engineering principles and practices across broad assignments and related fields.
• Design fluid and gas handling systems, including component selection and sizing for compressors, pumps, regulators, control valves, vaporizers, filters, and instrumentation.
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of compressible and incompressible flow, thermodynamics, and material selection.
• Prepare reports, construction specifications, engineering drawings, construction and design schedules, construction cost estimates, and discipline man-hour fee estimates.
• Perform computer-aided design drafting to produce routine final drawings using the latest version of Revit to produce designs into working drawings.
• Research discipline-related code issues and present interpretations.
• Provide coordination of all applicable project discipline drawings and specifications.

Codes, Standards, and Constructability

• Work with and apply relevant ASME codes, including ASME B31.3 and ASME BPVC Section VIII, as applicable.
• Coordinate with and help resolve conflicts with other disciplines based on an excellent understanding of the design process.
• Be responsible for preparation of project construction specifications and review of shop drawings, submittals, and RFIs.

Construction Administration

• Visit construction sites to review, monitor, and report progress.
• Perform construction administration duties such as shop drawing review, attending construction site meetings, answering RFIs, preparing supplemental instructions and proposal requests, writing status reports, etc.

Mentorship and Team Leadership

• Manage the productivity of junior engineers and designers assigned.
• Assist in supervising, coordinating, and checking the work, as well as instructing, leading, and mentoring Engineer Levels I, II, III, and IV, and Designers and Drafters.
• Promote communication, cooperation, and quality among staff.
• Should be active in professional trade organizations.

Qualifications

Tools and Software Proficiency

Must be proficient in the use of:

• Microsoft Windows, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Bluebeam.
• Autodesk Revit, Autodesk Inventor, or other 3D modeling package.
• AFT Arrow and AFT Fathom.
• CAESAR II or other pipe stress analysis package.

Education and/or Experience

• Minimum of eight years of experience as an engineer in Mechanical Engineering.
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Proficiency in Bluebeam Revu or other PDF editing package.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• EIT/FE and PE licensure are not required at hire; candidates must demonstrate the desire and ability to obtain EIT/FE (as applicable) and pursue Professional Engineer (PE) licensure.
• Familiar with ASME B31.3 and ASME BPVC Section VIII.
• Basic-level knowledge of Autodesk Revit or other 3D modeling software with desire to learn Revit.
• Basic-level knowledge of Autodesk Inventor or other 3D modeling software.

Preferred Experience and Qualifications

• Basic-level knowledge of CAESAR II or other pipe stress analysis software.
• Basic-level knowledge of AFT flow analysis software.
• Proficient with Autodesk Revit.
• Proficient with Autodesk Inventor or other 3D modeling software.

Physical Requirements

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.