Senior Principal Piping Designer

Senior Principal Piping Designer – Plant DesignJob SnapshotRole: Senior Principal Piping Designer
- Plant DesignLocation: Dubai, United Arab EmiratesIndustry: Oil and EnergyFunction: CAD‑DraftingExperience: 25 yearsJob Type: Full‑timeSalary: 50,000–70,000Gender: Any CandidateNationality: AnyPosition OverviewSenior Principal Piping Designer
- Plant Design in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is a senior Oil and Energy opportunity for a highly experienced piping design expert with deep process plant design, 3D CAD, Pre‑FEED, FEED, detailed design, team leadership, and multi‑office project execution expertise. This role is suited for a recognized piping design specialist who can lead large design teams, solve complex layout and modelling challenges, coordinate interdisciplinary deliverables, and ensure high‑quality, safe, and constructible design output for major oil and gas projects.

Key Responsibilities
Perform piping design and engineering activities for process facilities within agreed schedules, budgets, safety standards, quality expectations, and project procedures.
Develop plant design layouts, 3D models, piping drawings, and design deliverables during Pre‑FEED, FEED, and detailed design phases.
Ensure piping design work considers constructability, maintainability, economics, operational access, safety, and project execution requirements.
Build and review clash‑free 3D models in coordination with all engineering disciplines and project interface requirements.
Ensure design deliverables are completed and issued according to project specifications, McDermott procedures, Level2 and Level3 procedures, schedules, and budgets.
Perform complex piping design work using advanced technical knowledge, design judgment, and project experience.
Set priorities, organize personal work, manage time, and forecast design resource requirements when acting as Lead Designer.
Lead piping design teams to complete assigned tasks within planned schedules, approved budgets, quality standards, and project‑specific requirements.
Act as the discipline point of contact in communications and meetings with project teams, clients, vendors, suppliers, and subcontractors.
Ensure inter‑discipline aspects of piping design, model coordination, deliverables, and technical interfaces are clearly addressed.
Support the Lead Piping Engineer in measuring design progress, productivity, work‑hour performance, and deliverable completion.
Coordinate activities within the piping discipline and manage design interfaces with other engineering and design disciplines.
Ensure effective communication across disciplines and support proper management of design changes.
Coordinate 3D model reviews, track review comments, follow up on actions, and ensure model review comments are properly closed.
Coordinate large design teams as Designers Coordinator and support organized information flow between Lead Designers.
Ensure project design interfaces, responsibilities, deliverables, and review schedules are clearly identified and controlled.
Support the Department Manager with designer appraisals, team development, training guidance, and technical capability improvement.
Review project scope of work, specifications, schedules, design requirements, and inter‑discipline inputs to identify concerns early.
Raise change notifications in the Change Management System when scope changes, design impacts, or execution concerns are identified.
Develop plant design, 3D modelling outputs, piping drawings, and Plant Layout Narrative input according to agreed scope, man‑hours, and schedule.
Assist the Lead Piping Engineer with technical queries, piping estimates, design clarifications, and job scope changes.
Attend project kickoff meetings, review meetings, vendor meetings, model reviews, and coordination sessions when acting as Lead Piping Designer.
Lead and coordinate design teams remotely when required, including work in a Multi‑Office Project Execution Environment.
Identify technical, interface, schedule, and organizational issues early and follow up with corrective actions.
Support and supervise less experienced piping designers by sharing technical direction, project methods, and design best practices.
Ensure piping design work follows McDermott requirements, client standards, statutory design codes, industry standards, project procedures, and health and safety policies.
Remain accountable for the performance, output quality, and delivery results of assigned piping design teams.
Support proposals, studies, estimates, and early‑phase project work from a piping design perspective.
Explain difficult design concepts clearly and negotiate practical solutions with project teams, clients, and discipline stakeholders.
Improve design methods, project coordination, team workflows, and technical execution within the piping discipline.
Identify and resolve technical, operational, and organizational problems that may reduce design effectiveness, quality, or timeliness.
Ideal ProfileHigh school graduate with a diploma in Mechan