Coordinator, Piping Design

Primary Location

USA-Texas-Midland

What you will be doing

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is one of the largest publicly traded partnerships and a leading North American provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals. Our services include natural gas gathering, treating, processing, transportation and storage; NGL transportation, fractionation, storage and import and export terminals; crude oil gathering, transportation, storage and terminals; petrochemical and refined products transportation, storage and terminals; and a marine transportation business that operates primarily on the United States inland and Intracoastal Waterway systems. The partnership’s assets include approximately 50,000 miles of pipelines; 260 million barrels of storage capacity for NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals; and 14 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage capacity.

The Piping Design Coordinator works closely with the Project Manager, Field Engineering, Operations and Maintenance on multiple projects, to coordinate the development of projects from inception to completion. This is accomplished by providing and tracking the exchange of information to all stakeholders, including the corporate design team, third party engineering contractors, installation contractors, and operations, related to the areas of design and drafting; so to ensure that all relevent and necessary Company or industry standard specifications are followed. The Piping Design Coordinator must have proven experience, skills, and ability in resolving technical disputes, expediting work flow, and meeting project deadlines as it relates to project design and drafting requirements. The Piping Design Coordinator responsibilities include, but are not limited to

• Facilitate project design and drafting management as necessary to ensure the successful completion of all project related activities. Detailed items include
• Providing standardized PFD / P&ID symbology for drawing development
• Providing / Verifying equipment, instrument, and valve tagging numbers
• Providing / Verifying piping line numbers
• Initiating and providing new Facility Codes for grass root facility projects.
• Resolving drawing development issues
• Working with 3rd parties to identify existing drawings for editing
• Reviewing and identifying any deviation from the Company standards for drawing development
• Perform technical and administrative reviews of design packages submitted by third parties to ensure compliance with all relevant Company specifications, industry codes and standards, and accepted practices. Details include
• Reviewing project “Issued” drawings
• Reviewing project “As-Built” drawings
• Preparation of process flow diagrams (PFD), piping & instrument diagrams (P&ID), general equipment layouts, facility plot plans, and equipment and instrument lists for various company plant, pipeline and related facilities construction projects.
• Assist in the development of Project Scopes, Engineering / Design Scopes, and Construction Scopes of Work, for use in the establishment of contracts with third parties.
• Attend project meetings to obtain full understanding of customer needs and scope definitions, and to provide technical input toward efficient and effective designs.
• Assist in the review of man hour estimates and work schedules to assure efficiency in the execution of projects.
• Coordinate the distribution of design packages related to projects to ensure that all stakeholders are allowed input, and that all necessary information is exchanged.
• Provide design and drafting services for time / budget critical projects.
• Provide design and drafting services associated with the preliminary development of potential projects.
• Create parts lists by performing material take-offs to ensure the timely availability of items.
• Maintain record of documents and correspondence pertaining to technical design issues throughout the development of projects.
• Participate in the development and maintenance of Company standard drawings.
• Maintain a high level of expertise in necessary areas of design and drafting and ensure access to specialty resources and technology.
• Provide necessary guidance and instruction to support staff so to ensure efficiency in the daily operation of the department.
• Assist in the development and implementation of specifications and procedures related to the handling of department business to facilitate lower costs in the creation and maintenance of drawings and documentation.
• Coordinate with Project Managers, purchasing agents, inspectors, engineering contractors, and construction contractors relating to design drawing content, materials and construction issues.
• Coordinate with Project Managers on design and project logistical issues to assure effective, linear progress of the project.
• Assist in the drafting associated with daily operation of the system.
• Provide guidance so to enhance the ability of others to obtain required information through the use of departmentally developed tools and methods.
• Assist in the development and implementation of techniques for more efficient utilization of CADD and recommending and specifying appropriate drafting software applications.
• Participate in preliminary project site surveys, to identify potential constraints and any existing system points of connection.
• Facilitate and maintain records regarding technical communications among stakeholders, including Project Management, Operations, Company Technical Service Departments, and Third Parties.
• Assist in the development and implementation of Company standards, specifications and procedures.
• Must be willing and able to travel by air and/or automobile to facility sites as required.
  

What Your Background Should Look Like (minimum Qualifications)

The successful candidate will meet the following qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalency with some college or technical school training required.
• Prefer two-year college drafting degree or technical schooling with emphasis on CADD design.
• Minimum five years pertinent design experience and 2 years Project Coordination experience.
• Prefer strong plant and / or pipeline related design experience.
• Relevant level of CADD experience, with recent AutoCAD experience required.
  
  

Shift

Day Job

Travel

Yes, 10 % of the Time

Unposting Date

Ongoing

Organization

Engineering

Job

Engineering

Job Level

Individual Contributor