Responsibilities of Piping Engineer

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Responsibilities of Piping Engineer

Piping design engineers involvement starts right from the plant feasibility study and then to detail engineering study and remains till commissioning of chemical plant.
Study of process requirements and site conditions to prepare equipment layout and complete pot plan.
Co-ordinate with civil and structural engineers to finalize pipe rack, platforms, foundations and other structural requirements.
Provide support to all purchase activities and evaluate all vendor documents for technical requirements.
Analyze all mechanical data sheets (MDS) and develop required mechanical drawings like nozzle orientations, support clip drawings etc.
Preparation piping layout and isometrics adhering to process requirements, erection, operation-ability, maintenance and safety.
Preparation of piping material specification (PMS) and valve material specification (VMS).
Preparation and regular updation of material take off (MTO) as per changes in piping layout and process piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID).
Review the vendor supplied documents like pump drawings, skid plan, equipment data sheet etc to ensure piping requirements are fulfilled.
Stress analysis of stress critical lines and support marking for all the isometrics. Ensuring sufficient structural members/pedestrals are in place to place all the piping supports.
Co-ordinate with structural and equipment departments for handling excess loads and structural members and equipment nozzles as an outcome of stress analysis.
Verify the requirements of high point vents and low point drains more than specified in process P&ID to facilitate the hydrotesting.
Assisting site construction team for any field raised issue by providing immediate solution.