Principal Piping Designer

Primary Purpose
Delivers advanced models and detailed documentation that ensure constructability, regulatory compliance, and project efficiency.

Leads the development and review of 3D models, piping layouts, and orthographic drawings, ensuring compliance with company standards and industry codes. Provides technical guidance, project leadership, and resolution of complex design issues. Requires expertise in AutoCAD Plant 3D, piping design, construction practices, and strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving abilities.

Duties and Responsibilities

Creates complex two-dimensional and three-dimensional models using advanced design and modeling software.
Reviews design documents for accuracy, constructability, and compliance with safety standards.
Integrates geographic data into design layouts for infrastructure projects.
Identifies design risks and recommends corrective actions to prevent delays.
Implements digital workflows to improve drafting efficiency and collaboration.
Provides technical guidance to junior drafters on software and drafting techniques.
Prepares detailed visualizations and renderings for client presentations.
Ensures sustainability considerations are incorporated into design documentation.
Performs other duties as assigned.
$92000 -146000 / year

Qualifications
Education

Requires a 4 year degree in a relevant field, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
Experience

Requires 5 years of related experience.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Required: Design Engineering - The process of devising a system, component, or process to meet desired needs.
Required: Engineering Drawing/Blueprint Interpretation - Engineering drawings are a rich and specific outline that shows all the information and requirements needed to manufacture an item or product.
Required: Technical Drawing - Technical drawing, also known as an engineering drawing, is a detailed, precise diagram or plan that conveys information about how an object functions or is constructed.
Required: Computer-Aided Design (CAD) - The use of computers to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design.
Required: 2D/3D Modeling - Creating two-dimensional or three-dimensional drawings of objects, with 2D mainly for line drawings and 3D modeling for creating spaces and objects.
Required: Regulatory Compliance - Ensuring an organization's adherence to laws, regulations, guidelines and specifications relevant to its business processes.
Required: Prototyping - Building an early sample, model, or release of a product for the purpose of testing a concept or process.
Required: Quality Management - Quality management ensures that an organization, product or service is consistent. It has four main components: quality planning, quality assurance, quality control and quality improvement.
Required: Requirements Management - The process of documenting, analyzing, tracing, prioritizing and agreeing on requirements and then controlling change and communicating to relevant stakeholders.
Required: Documentation & Records Management - Creating, distributing, using, maintaining and disposition of recorded information maintained as evidence of business activities and transactions.
Benefits

SoCalGas offers a comprehensive benefits program to help support employees both personally and professionally. These benefits include, but are not limited to:

Competitive pay & Annual Bonus program 
Medical, dental, and vision packages (plus free Mental Health resources/sessions) 
401K company match & Company provided Pension Plan 
Work/Life Balance including generous PTO 
Wellness Programs/Classes  
Tuition/Education Reimbursement 
Career Development Tools & Resources through SoCalGas University