ThePipe Support Engineer plays a critical role in ensuring the structural integrity, constructability, and functionality of piping systems by designing and implementing effective pipe support solutions.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Design pipe support systems including rigid supports, spring supports, snubbers, guides, and anchors.
- Interpret piping stress analysis results and develop appropriate support configurations.
- Prepare and review pipe support drawings, standards, and fabrication sketches.
- Perform support design calculations and load evaluations, and prepare and review pipe support analysis reports for various piping systems, including Weld Pipe Attachment (WPA) evaluation.
- Ensure compliance with ASME B31.1, B31.3, and MSS standards.
- Coordinate with piping stress, layout, and structural teams.
- Develop support configurations/designs within 3D tools (SmartPlant 3D, PDMS, etc.), with familiarity with Navisworks for model review.
- Review vendor drawings and support hardware documentation.
Candidate should be familiar with pipe support vendor components such as LISEGA (preferred), ANVIL, Hilti, etc.
- Prepare material requisitions and perform technical bid evaluations.
- Support construction and resolve field issues.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Structural Engineering.
- 5+ years of experience in piping support engineering.
- Knowledge of pipe support hardware and thermal expansion effects.
- Familiarity with piping stress analysis outputs.
- Knowledge of ASME B31.1, B31.3, and MSS standards.
- Experience with SmartPlant 3D, PDMS/E3D, AutoCAD, or MicroStation.
- Ability to perform support calculations and MTOs.
- Strong coordination and communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in nuclear or heavy industrial projects, including ASME Section III (NF) pipe supports.
- Knowledge of dynamic supports (snubbers, seismic).
- Familiarity with FEA tools such as ANSYS, STAAD.Pro and/or GT-STRUDL.
- Ability to use Lisega
📌 Pipe Support Engineer (Madrid)
🏢 Holtec
📍 Madrid